Re-orient solids for 2D-CNC layouts

by FrankS

Jun 27, 2013

GH_Remapper_ReOrient_03.gh

Purpose: preparation of 2d-layout for cnc-cutting.

Select any number of solids in space.

- They will be layed out on the xy-plane in a grid (no nesting).

- Largest surface in each brep will be placed on the xy-plane 

- Boolean option: sort by thickness or area

(as a reply to this thread over at discourse, but they do not allow attachments yet:

http://discourse.mcneel.com/t/cnc-generating-toolpaths/463 )

  • Rob Ebeling

    You made my day. Thnx.

    Sep 24, 2013

  • Josh Beckmann

    Thanks for posting this Frank. It has the potential to be very useful for me. I'm not super familiar with grasshopper, so please excuse any overly simplistic questions. My impression of how to use the program is to select "multiple breps" by right-clicking on "reference solids to re-orient". I get some strange results when I do this- even with simple parts. See attached. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

     

    Feb 11, 2016