I am a carpenter and i use Sketchup 2020 pro to design frame and panel cabinet doors.
I also use OCL for cut lists
as you can see in the picture, the parts of such a door are quite complex
if i make these parts rectangular then there no problem using Dynamic components to quickly define a door by its width, height, frame profile width etc…
but when the parts look as they would in reality, i can’t get Dynamic components to work
very frustrating!
I would be greatful for any advice on this subject!
Are you referring to the moldings? curved, arched?
need more detail on your requirements
some methods:
use a template to create sections that can be placed in the DC shape required, this works for the linear part (probably 5 parts (mid, left int, left ext, right int, right ext) ,first use a cuboid as the base, then swap it with the different profiles
then can attach it to your panel, and swap if required. The end product needs attention to achieve a list (delete hidden, union of mid and ends) once sorted a method of simplification, create a script to save time.
the DC path is pretty neat but it seems to me that it can’t be used here.
I have 5 different parts that have to appear so on the cut list as well
As for creating each part from segments - I’ve tryed it and it’s a real pain in the ass, especially when both the width and the length of a particular part can be defined.
Oh and as for your question about the shapes - the basic frame and panel door has neither arched nor curved parts.
the showcase is depicted in the picture above
I’ve found it’s not worth the time and effort to create a dynamic component for frame and panel assemblies. It’s trivial to resize the components with the Move tool. It makes it possible to get useful cutlists and no worries about distorting the profiles.
There is no easy way. There is bit of a catch with DC’s , they can work out fine for decision making and (visual) information but if you want to get constructible models, you have to go all the way and get the help of extensions.
many moons ago, I made this DC:
For me a good solution would serve two purposes:
One is getting a useful cut list and the other is exploring different looks when sitting with a customer
As others have noted before me, Dynamic components become very complicated when you want to have complicated solids.
My two cents here is that you will find it very easy to create accurate constructions with profile builder.
In the example bellow, I have an Alluminium window frame (Glass, shutters, etc) these are just the profiles and assemblies needed for the window, so I can recreate the whole window with just a path.
Maybe you could have a basic model on a different layer/tag (that you could hide) purely for generating the cut list and a more detailed one for visual. I made a little test panel but OCL didn’t seem to like it much:
I’ve started to layout the parts of the frame by splitting the rail for example into 6 components and positioning them so to create the whole rail.
I also artificially added the appropriate figures to the length and width of the rail core part so that OCL shows the correct dimensions.
I think this could work
now I guess I just need to
a. hide lines to achieve a realistic look
b. somehow exclude the other 5 components from OCL frame and panel assembly.skp (870.3 KB)
More on the same issue more or less
Can I get the name attribute to appear in the cut list?
The part names should be inherited from the top assembly so I would like the cut list to show for example cabinet #1 door rail etc…
Any ideas about how to accomplish this?
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