CNC contours parts from 3D models

 From:  Michael Gibson
1990.12 In reply to 1990.6 
Bonjour Pierre,

> Could we have a "copy a planar curve from its current 3D location
> onto a flat plane" tool for the next beta. It will be enought for me
> and my job !.

I think there will be an Orient tool that will help with generally moving objects from one position to align with another, but I have not completed it yet so I'm not completely sure how it will work. But I think it will probably do this job.


> A question to go ahead : In this tool, Do you think is it
> possible to make changes on the projection (projected
> curve on flat plane) and have modifications linked to the
> original 3d position curve (feedback option).

Unfortunately that is a difficult task that would require a very much larger amount of work, so it is not likely that I'll be able to add that in to this tool at least not for quite a while.

I do want to make a better and deeper history update function, but here you are talking about the reverse type operation of editing the results and having the original update - the main focus for history updating is to update original objects and have the results update instead.

If you need to do this kind of a function, maybe one of the parametric solid modelers that are focused on this kind of stuff may be a better choice for you than MoI.

- Michael