work smarter not harder

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Permalink Reply by book learnin on July 11, 2013 at 8:25am

basically moving each tile more out than the last like stepping drawers. (if this helps more.)

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 11, 2013 at 8:51am

Like this?

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

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Permalink Reply by AnewGHy on July 11, 2013 at 9:07am

I have written a script do something similar, but on top of laying out all the profiles, model scale & material thickness can be specified. It also colours the lines to the format specified by the laser cutter, and more importantly includes the outline of the following profile with each cut so i know where each part connects (with the scoring colour code assigned).

Permalink Reply by book learnin on July 11, 2013 at 9:35am

like that!!! Thank You so much and thank you for the notes!!!

Permalink Reply by book learnin on July 11, 2013 at 9:36am

okay i just dont know what the name of the A B A B unit is and the C D A V d unit is?

Thank You

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 11, 2013 at 9:52am

I attached the file so you can see which components they are.

ABAB is shortest list and CDAVd is Box properties.

If you have a file with components and you don't know where to find them, Hold Alt+Ctrl and click on the component. It will show you where to find it on the toolbars.

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on July 11, 2013 at 9:40am

old school way without grasshopper: use the shear command in the front view, click a point, click straight up, and angle it over until the layers are no longer overlapping in the top view.

Permalink Reply by dominik nuessen on July 11, 2013 at 9:57am

I like that... Thanks!