Sketchup Cutlist 4.1 1
Any of yous guys using this program and plugin? I just purchased Cutlist Plus Fx the other day and absolutely love it. It's very intuitive (for the tech. So I just got into Sketchup and got the cutlist plugin. Its telling me a lot of components could not diagramed because its putting everything on a 1x6. More Sketchup Cutlist 4.1 1 videos.
So I just got into Sketchup and got the cutlist plugin. Its telling me a lot of components could not diagramed because its putting everything on a 1x6.
No sheet material will show either. The actual component dimension sheet looks right its mainly the cutting diagram. After reading some threads I see it could be an axis issue so I'll play with that.
But is there not a way to just select the best board size automatically? Or again axis issue? There aren't that many options to choose and Ive tried all the combos I can think of. There doesn't seem to be much help out there on this thing. My drawing is all components and all on one layer. I have them saved in a master copy with my separate layers and scenes but just minimalized it for playing with CL. I noticed a Materials column on the cutlist as all unassigned.
Is there a place to do that or does it even matter? After playing with cutlist a bit I found it to be a pretty nice extension.
Cutlist For Sketchup 2017
A few things that one should be aware of. You need to make sure to use the same thickness if you want parts to be placed on the same board or sheet.
While this is pretty obvious, it's often the case that using the mouse you get slightly off (1/2' is not the same as 1/2'). So when I create depth, I specify it in direct number(s) - lower left Dimensions box. You can just type the numbers after mouse drawing an approximation. In fact, I avoid using the mouse to specify any dimension as it leads to inconsistencies. You can use materials to force grouping of different types. However, you can also force sheet material by specifying a key word in the group name.
I put plywood in the group name ('side panel, plywood') and it pushes that part onto the sheet material. You can also specify key words on the cutlist tab for forcing onto sheet material ('Sheet material Words'). For example, you could add luan to the list and anything with luan in the material or part name will be pushed onto a sheet.
After playing with cutlist a bit I found a few things that one should be aware of. You need to make sure to use the same thickness if you want parts to be placed on the same board or sheet. While this is pretty obvious, it's often the case that using the mouse you get slightly off (1/2' is not the the same as 1/2').
So when I create depth, I specify it in direct number(s) - lower left Dimensions box - you can just type the numbers after mouse drawing an approximation. You can use materials to force grouping of different types.
However, you can also force sheet good by specifying a key word in the group name. I put plywood in the part name and it pushes that part onto the sheet material. You can also specify key words for forcing onto sheet material.
Cut lists are dull subjects and always seem to be an afterthought; they shouldn’t be. The time to consider cut lists and material lists is before you begin to model a project. Doing so will dramatically shorten the time you spend creating them, and make your cut list and material list much more useful. In this post I am going to outline some strategies to use and things to consider. First, think about the type of project you are going to model. I tend to break my projects into three classes or types: furniture pieces, custom cabinets and structures.
Structures may even be sub-divided into stick frame, post and beam, and timber frame. I am going to limit our conversation to stick frame. Second, think about a component naming convention.
I am referring to SketchUp components, instances of which are individual parts. For example, a table leg might have a component name of Leg and an instance name, or part name, of Left Back Leg. You will see that the component naming convention you use can be very helpful when creating a cut list – or it can be a hindrance. Third, think about the sub-assemblies that make up the project. Some projects have natural sub-assemblies such as tall clocks: feet, base, waist and hood.
Others, such as a home, unless it is a modular home, don’t have obvious sub-assemblies, though with thought we can create some that help immensely. Creating Cutlists with the CutList Bridge Extension If you are going to use a SketchUp extension such as my extension, you need to consider how you are going to assign attributes to each component. You certainly don’t want to assign attributes to each component, one component at a time. This could take you forever, especially if the project is something large like a home or home addition. To make things easier consider pre-fixing the component names with the sub-assembly name. This will greatly enhance your ability to choose all components in a sub-assembly simply by typing the sub-assembly name into the Outliner’s dialog box filter field. In addition, for some types of projects you might want to pre-fix the layer names with the sub-assembly names.
This is particularly true if you place one component, or similar types of components, on a layer. For example, all leg components on a Legs layer. CutList Bridge requires you follow a few rules:. All model parts must be a component. CutList Bridge does not support groups (groups are a bad habit that should be broken).
There must be no nesting of components. Components contain only primitives and no components or groups. Attributes are assigned to a component; hence all instances of a component have the same attributes. Make all attribute changes in SketchUp using the Extended Entity Info dialog box. This keeps all design parameters and attributes in the design (.skp) file where they belong. Now let’s discuss strategies specific to a specific type of project.
Furniture Pieces When naming components of furniture pieces I try to stick to names that are common or standard furniture names. For example, the vertical pieces of a drawer opening are stiles; the horizontal pieces are rails.
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The sides, front and back of a table are aprons. A tall clock has a pediment over its hood door. Using standard terminology greatly helps if you are going to share your plans and expect others to understand them.
A furniture piece may have multiple parts (instances) that are physically the same (component) but used in different places. Use position adjectives to name the instance name of a component. For example, a table might have two front legs and two back legs. The joinery is the same for each back leg but different than the joinery in the front legs. For component names you might use Front Leg and Back Leg.
For part (or instance) names you might use Right Front Leg, Left Front Leg, Right Back Leg, and Left Back Leg. Furniture pieces often have natural sub-assembly names. As previously mentioned a tall clock has feet, base, waist and hood. A table with only one drawer might have just two sub-assemblies: carcass and drawer. A hutch has feet, base, cupboard and doors.
Whatever your furniture piece it will likely have at least two sub-assemblies. Consider using the sub-assembly names to prefix a component name. Layer names should also be strategically chosen. I usually name a layer using the concatenation of sub-assembly and component name; component name plural if more than one component is on the layer. For example, the sides of a tall clock waist would go on the Waist Sides layer. The legs of a table would reside on the Carcass Legs layer. Other Project Types You will want to use similar strategies to ensure easy to understand and follow cutlists in other types of projects.
In a another post, I will discuss these strategies as they apply to projects like custom cabinets and structures. About Joe Zeh Joe Zeh has over 35 years experience in the high-tech computer and graphics industry, ranging from computer design to executive management. Joe is no stranger to 3-D CAD.
While at ATI Technologies Inc., the 3-D graphics company now owned by AMD, Joe was vice president and general manager of 3-D Graphics. His responsibilities included the development of Radeon graphics chips and software drivers for Direct3D, OpenGL and AutoCAD. Joe is a lifelong woodworker.
He has combined his love of woodworking with his knowledge of 3-D; he teaches SketchUp, both video and live courses, and writes SketchUp Ruby script plugins for woodworking. Joe maintains a woodworking website (www.srww.com) and blog (www.srww.com/blog). One thought on “ Cutlist-Making Tips in SketchUp for Woodworkers”. The requirement for no nested components is a bit of a killer, and goes against good modelling practice. For example in a chest of drawers I would expect to model a drawer as a component, consisting of side, back, front and bottom sub-components. This is particularly useful where you have multiple drawers of the same size, of multiple drawers which can use the same side and/or bottom components even when the drawers differ in some dimensions.
There is a free SU to CutList plugin, called CutList, available from the extensions warehouse which does not impose this requirement.