I have noticed this as well.  it is something to do with the boolean
difference command.  if the surface normals are flipped than a union
is performed.  I have redone a portion of the script to try to fix
this problem.  I'll post it soon.


On Apr 11, 10:04 am, Paul Shroom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I have notist the strut thickens is cut in to the base of the strut as
> well as the sides so if you where to select strut thickens at 5 the
> strut depth will be 2.5 to deep on ether side when slotted together it
> would be 5 over hangging ether side of your modal. duts enyone have a
> sulution to this? regards Paul.
>
> On Apr 10, 11:42 pm, tim <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I should have mentioned that with very complex breps it seems to break
> > down.  Has something to do with the surface section normals and the
> > boolean command.  I am looking into it and will let you know if I find
> > a fix for it.  As far as using the geometry from grasshopper you need
> > to use the bake command.  select the components in grasshopper and
> > push the icon with the egg.  That will bake it to rhino where it can
> > be exported etc.
>
> > On Apr 8, 11:20 am, Paul Shroom <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi tim,
> > > I downloaded to your waffle grid system because I'm very interested in
> > > cutting 3-D shapes withlasercutters.
>
> > > When I load your file into grasshopper all that is displayed is two
> > > cables on the grasshopper interface and nothing else.
> > > Just thought I'd let you know as I don't think this is working quite
> > > right.
>
> > > I apologise if I have made a mistake because I've only been using
> > > these applications for a week or so now.
>
> > > Best regards,
> > >  Paul
>
> > > On Apr 7, 8:00 am, tim <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > There have been several posts on people working onwafflegrid systems
> > > > specifically forlasercutting.  Stemming from the work of others,
> > > > mainly Andrew Payne,  I have created a variant that allows the user to
> > > > input any polysurface and also manually specify the cut plains.
> > > > Enjoy,
> > > > Tim Meador
> > > > RNL
>
> > > > <a target="_blank" rel=nofollow href="http://groups.google.com/group/
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