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@bertier said:

hello,

I am a woodworkertoo, and I use cutlist
I had great talks with Steve about it and what I'd like to do...

one of the main things is we have sheets around here that don't match US or NZ ones...

I'd like to be able to create a list of standard boards and sheets for us...

that would be great to start

and of course I talk metrics...

MERCI !

Are you speaking about the layout feature that Steve's plugin does? Currently Cutlister does not do layouts but may some day.

Sorry if I misunderstand your question...

And yes, metric will be top on my list

Cheers,
Dana W

@dave r said:

Dana, I am adding words like 'ply', 'MDF', etc. to component definition names to get them to sort into the Sheet Materials section of the cut list.

I don't have a model available at the moment but I'll hunt around and see what I can find.

Dave

I see. Well, I will have to think about if I want to add that in as a feature...

If you could send me a drawing when you find one that would be great.

Btw, in what capacity do you do woodworking if you don't mind me asking? Like, do you do it as a hobby, a one man shop or a medium to large cabinet shop?

Cheers,
Dana W

@srx said:

Thank you! Good tools in Autocad. I missed it in SketchUp.

Yeah, we we're in the same boat... really missed freeze.

@thomthom said:

SketchUp Length class is pretty much all you need to use. Everything in SketchUp is internally in inches, but the Length class will convert the internal units into a presentable string in the current model units.

Length, Numeric and String all have methods useful when dealing with units.

Thanks thomthom I'll be looking into that shortly!

@dave r said:

As I said before, I rarely apply materials to models from which I generate cut lists. I don't want to have to add another step to the modeling process so that things can be sorted into lumber, sheet materials or hardware. Steve's CutList v4.x works perfectly for me in that respect. I think I'll stick to that. It does metric, too.

I see. Are you using the sort by component name option in his plugin? Could you send me a drawing so I can see what you're doing and maybe I could integrate it.

I'll be working on metric shortly, shouldn't be too tough. I left it out initially because I needed to focus on other aspects.

@dave r said:

Thanks for offering your plugin here. It's a good thing although it doesn't work for me with my preferred work flow.

Could you elaborate more? I'm interested in hearing what others are doing out there... Is it doing something different than what you are used to with Steve's plugin?

This plugin is very much a work in process and new features/functionality will be added as time goes on. Always open to suggestions.

@bagatelo said:

Metric options is very interesting to me... Thanks....

Well, I guess I'll have to start working on metric integration...

@dedmin said:

Does it exports only inches?

Currently there is no support for metric but if I get nagged enough I'll work on adding it

@dedmin said:

Finlay - something like this is badly needed! I have a different suggestion - why not implement dynamic component's attributes in Your plugin - this way we can put a lot of useful data - banding, grain direction, padding, joinery and etc. I think it is not practical to include cutting layouts - better to use external programs for this. This way the use of the plugin can be extended a lot, not only for woodworking. Now we can put tons of useful data in dynamic components, but no way to export and use it for production. This is a simple bookcase as a sample.
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Thanks dedmin!

Dynamic component attributes are something I've had on my mind as well. Theoretically it should be somewhat simple to implement. Some issues would be people's various conventions for labeling things. Things I could see as attributes (which include some of yours):

• grain direction (length, or width)
• edge banding (1L, 2L, 1W, 2W, or combination)
• adjustable shelf holes
• rabetting
• notes (anything specific for the part)

Maybe if we could compile a list of properties that would be useful to have, I could start thinking of how to implement...

I'd love to see how people apply this to things other than woodworking as it should have the capability of doing so.

In regard to cutting layouts, I'm assuming you mean the Layout feature the original Cutlist plugin had? I know in our shop we don't necessarily use them but if they existed maybe we would. I felt the other implementation wasn't as flexible as I would have liked, that is why I have held off on integrating it.

I have (hopefully) built the plugin so that you could theoretically export parts to CNC files or other programs that need lists of parts in a particular format. I'd be interested in hearing any suggestion on this front.

Cheers,
Dana W.

@dave r said:

Interesting plugin. I'll have to take a look at it. I've been using Steve's cutlist plugin for some time now which works very well.

Will it sort sheet goods and hardware/parts by words added to component definition names? I do a lot of drawings from which I need cutlists but I don't usually apply materials.

You can do an "Individual" cut list which will sort parts (e.g. groups or components) by their sub-assembly which is basically a group that contains the items. For example, a sub assembly could be "dresser" which is a group of parts that make up the dresser.

The plugin respects both Group names and Component definition names equally in that regard.

It will not know what is a sheet/hardware/solid part if you do not apply a material to it since that is the mechanism in which the plugin determines what type it is. However, if you just need to sort by part within a sub-assembly, that should be simple in Excel; just export it as "CSV" and "Individual" cutlist and you should be fine.

Let me know if that was helpful or if I miss understood your question.

Cheers,
Dana W.

Thanks for all the welcomes and props! Glad to help contribute

Good to know. Cheers to the mods!

Hey everyone,

I've created a plugin that allows you to take your models and turn them into cut lists for your woodworking projects. A cut list is a table of parts used to make up a piece of cabinetry or furniture (such as a door, wall end, back or finished end).

Here are some screenshots:

Cutlister Interface

Export Individual cut list (web view)

Export Batched cut list (web view)

What Cutlister allows you to do is select cabinets in your model (or the whole model) and generate various parts lists for printing and exporting into various formats. This plugin has similar features to AutoCAD's "Smartlister" software, but without the $2000 price tag.

Currently the plugin can export in:

• .csv for importing into Excel/Pages.
• Web page for easy viewing and fast printing.
• Printable labels which you can print out an affix to your cabinet parts (support for only Avery 5366 labels currently)

You can export your cut lists in a few different formats:

• Batched cut lists: Parts are grouped based on Material/Thickness. This is useful when you are cutting out your cabinet parts so you can "batch" your work by material/thickness, which is a common method for cutting large amounts of cabinet parts.
• Individual cut lists: Parts are grouped based on the sub-assembly (group of a group). This is very useful when assembling a cabinet when you have multiple cabinets to build.
• Full cut lists: Ungrouped list of all the parts in the model. Useful if you need a raw list of parts.

Cutlister understands what type of parts you have in you model based off of the material you give it. For example, if you set the "Sheet Materials" to "mdf, plywood, cdx" it would consider anything in your model with those materials as a sheet good. The names are case insensitive meaning these are equivalent: mdf, MDF, mDf, MdF, etc...

One of the other cool things the plugin allows for is easily creating your own output formats and structures by sub-classing the core classes (see the 'Cutlister/extensions/' folder for an example).

Cutlister could be used for other purposes other than woodworking, but that was what it was designed for. Please let me know if you end up doing something cool with it!

Note: The plugin has not been thoroughly tested on Windows yet, please report any issues you have!

I'll be working on creating a video to explain how to use Cutlister and explain more advanced usage soon.

For more information, please read the README file here:
https://github.com/danawoodman/Google-Sketchup-Cutlister-Plugin

The plugin started life as a modification of Steve Racz's Cutlist plugin:
http://steveracz.com/joomla/content/view/45/1/
... but since then has been completely re-written from the ground up to include a bunch of new features, new design and cleaned up code base among other things.

Download (version 1.1):
.zip file: https://github.com/danawoodman/Google-Sketchup-Cutlister-Plugin/zipball/v1.1
.tar.gz file: https://github.com/danawoodman/Google-Sketchup-Cutlister-Plugin/tarball/v1.1

The code is released under an MIT license and is hosted at GitHub:
https://github.com/danawoodman/Google-Sketchup-Cutlister-Plugin

Hope you enjoy it!
Dana Woodman

Ahh got ya, was very confused there for a moment!

Thanks!

This is strange... I just posted a reply to my Utilities plugin and now I can't find it on SketchUcation:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36465

Says it doesn't exists... What happened?

Dana

Thanks everyone! Glad you like it!

Hey Everyone,

I've written a collection of SketchUp visibility utility functions that allow you to:

• Hide selected entities (faces, edges, groups, components).
• Hide selected layers.
• Isolate (aka Show Only) selected entities.
• Isolate selected layers.
• Freeze selected groups and components (hide & lock).
• Unhide all entities (does not unfreeze frozen items).
• Unfreeze all groups/components (does not unhide all items).

These tools work in concert to allow you to mimic an AutoCAD like workflow when working with items in your model.

I've desired the ability to "Freeze" items in a model so I can work on other items without affecting them. This can be accomplished by using the Freeze tool to lock and hide items which allows you to modify and hide/show other entities without affecting the frozen items.

[EDIT]
See Dan Rathbun's VisTools v1.3.3 here