I'm thinking of scripting a thing that unfolds a diagrid tube, such that it could be strips for laser cutting. The image below is something similar done by hand.
Anyone have experience?
I'm using a VB component written by Giulio Piacentino called newDiagonalsVB to aid this process.
Here's a definition I've been working on to do something similar. It doesn't incorporate tabs like yours, but something like that shouldn't be too hard to add.
Andrew Heumann
Mar 26, 2011