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From: zarkow
Interesting.
From: blowlamp
If MoI had looked like that when I wanted to buy a CAD, I'd have carried on looking.
Martin.
From: stefano (LIGHTWAVE)
hi michael liking the look of this! will download soon....just wondering as there was a bit of talk about holes...could you consider the concept of a "master hole" whereby if a hole object created or duplicated a user can later on change the single master hole diameter to change all such hole sizes...in coreldraw this is done with "clone" command but ot needs a bit too much discipline to remember always to duplicate the clone hole, nonetheless its really useful in certain instances, not really parametric but very simple and very useful; espescially as a lot of times in simple sheet metal or planar work changing fixings types often mean changing hole sizes all over again and again - with even 10 holes or 100# that can be very tedious work..im thinking the object manager "master object" could maybe be used to acheive this in a creative way?
From: Michael Gibson
Hi stefano,
re:
> could you consider the concept of a "master hole" whereby if a hole object created
> or duplicated a user can later on change the single master hole diameter to change
> all such hole sizes..
One method that could work for this already within current capabilities would be to assign a name to the hole's face or edge object.
After the name has been set there will be an entry for it in the "Objects" section of the Scene Browser and you can go there to select all of the hole geometry with one click.
One issue that could complicate that is that when an object is contained inside of a group the name only shows up as a child of the group instead of showing at the top level. Maybe that could be solved by having an option that you could set on objects for having the name appear at the top level or inside of the parent group...
- Michael
From: stefano (LIGHTWAVE)
hi michael yes was thinking along those lines; as i saw some holes in the above thread (already extruded and part of a solid being moved around). i iwas curious if theres some smart way to make punched out or pass through holes all change size quickly in a click or two, eg could this also work with holes in sheet metal. typical example change all 5mm pass through holes in 3mm aluminium sheet to 5.3mm. i dont relly want to have to select all the indicidual holes just select the "named object" change the radius / diameter and maybe the object type name to "hole 5.3mm" and they all change...fyi: just back from a trip and not in work mode or front of pc with your new beta installed.
From: Elang
SUPER UPDATE !!! ... Majestic work, Michael !
I almost feel like a sinner for being late to see this update for about half a month!
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