Complex 3D volumes to 2D parts ready to cut. (Flatten twisted surfaces to 2D sheets)

[grandpi]

Hi Gerald, Hi everybody,

I would like to present you this software with great abilities !!!.I was looking on the web for a software i have seen 3 years ago to unfold 3D volume (http://www.touchcad.com/). Finally, i have found a cheaper and easy to use software : http://www.laminadesign.com/ :cool:

I think a good help to go ahead with Mechmate cutting...
Have a look and tell me what do you think. thanks.

Pierre.

[duluthboats]

Very interesting I will have to play with the demo. It could be some great software.
Thank you, Pierre, for bringing this to the forum.

Gary

[grandpi]

Gary,

As you think , it is going to became a "master" software if it could accomplish correctly and easily all the functions it is made for : i'm going to use the trial tonight.

The photo-results of 3d realisations are incredibles thinking they came from flat parts materials !!!

Have you seen all the "automatic" possibilities to stick flat parts beetwen each other ???. I'm really exited by this software....

Bye, Pierre.

[normand blais]

Salut Pierre a tu fait quelques experiences avec LAMINA .Sur le site de Rhino3d il y a des (WIP) work in progress qui peuve se raprocher de LAMINA et etre tres interessant. .le lien http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/RhinoHomeLabs.html les commande de PANNELING http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/PanelingCommands.html#Anchor_Commands
Il y a aussi ARCHCUT
http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/ArchCut.html

Nouveau script pour grasshopper

http://jarek-rhinoscripts.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-post-just-testing.html

Les nuit quand tu ne peut pas dormir essaie cela http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/RhinoScript.html Bonne lecture
Normand

[normand blais]

This is a link from Jonathan David Chertok's site , it explain strategy for new ways to work with mesh.
http://www.universaljointdesign.com/pdf/SCHMIEDOFER_Discrete%20Freeform%20Architecture.pdf
something in the same spirit for architectural drawing http://www.visualarq.com/ it is a beta but the video look promising.
Normand