@yvan said:
The geometries should also be exported as follow:
Create a dynamic component with attributes to be exported in the csv file.
http://www.catalystinteriors.com.au/images/stories/sketchup/01.png
Select primary face in all components to be machined. (components such as hardware are excluded if no face is selected). Only one face per component can be selected.
http://www.catalystinteriors.com.au/images/stories/sketchup/02.png
Tooling is set by placing geometries in specific layers. For example vertical drilling with a 5mm bit would be associated with the dxf layer called “DV_5”; Routing offset for external shape with DXF layer “ROX_9” (9 for a 9mm router bit.) any combination of machining can be accomplished by linking tooling “strategies” in the CAM software with DXF layers created by Sketchup.
http://www.catalystinteriors.com.au/images/stories/sketchup/03.png
When the model is ready all “primary” faces are exported as DXF polylines in a specified folder together with the csv file.
http://www.catalystinteriors.com.au/images/stories/sketchup/04.png
The csv file is then used to automate the import in the CAM software (Enroute, Aspan etc...)
http://www.catalystinteriors.com.au/images/stories/sketchup/05.png
this is very interesting and this process is exactly what i have been looking for?
i need to be able to select a face of a cabinet, automatically apply the shelf drilling & hinge boring.
export this as a flat dxf, i have been doing this with a section slice and opening this is in autocad to set
requirements for cam but the dxf from sketchup comes through with broken segmented lines so i use
the dxf to trace. can anyone help with this??