hi oliver, i like the idea of bake/export_selected to a manufacturing export format. in my case that would be STEP in order to send files to a CAM software (cimatron). STEP export/import from rhino to cimatron supports layers which is essential for complex CAM jobs dealing with different geometries for various stages of the manufacturing process. since importing into cimatron means converting every single file to a native format, it makes no sense to export every layer to a single STEP file.
i would consequently like to have a bake-to-layer functionality, maybe accompanied by a export-to-file-with-different-layers component. layer names were best to be set by a prefix sting (e.g. jobtitle_part) and a variable (e.g. parameter). i think, this is possible using format expressions, isn't? the sphere puzzle is my practical example, i posted the video before. we can change the shape of the pieces in GH an send a new NC file to the milling machine in less then 5 minutes now. still there is a lot of "pushing geometry and files around" involved. optimizing baking and exporting could speed things up ;-) http://www.design.udk-berlin.de/CNCLab/Kugelpuzzle also just an idea, thanks, frank On Nov 29, 1:16 pm, dodo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I have two more things that are the next step after creting the 3d > shape. I am mainly thinking about the construction process after we > come up with a complicated shape. > > Is it possible to have a export component to export the GH shapes to a > file, like IGES, SAT, ... or dwg and a print component to print the > neccessary 2d plans into a pdf file. > > Maybe it would be possible, not only to program the shape, but also > create the files for manufacturing. I guess this would also need a > "make 2d drawing" component. > > The idea is, if we are creating a shape with 200 different shapes in > GH, I still need to do the manal labor to communicte those to the > manufacturing people. It would be great if we could export all those > different shapes into a folder, print the nessary plans for it into > 250 pdf files and send an excel sheet with all the side data. > > If you change things in GH everything will update in the folders. > (Even if it takes 2h for GH to calculate. For me it would take a few > days!) > > I just think that GH is offering the way to do something like this. > The manufacturing side, at least in Architecture still relies on > plans, excel sheets, 2d and 3d files and it would be great to being > able to also automise these steps inside GH. > > Just an Idea, thx oliver
