Explore The OpenCutList Lab

Experiment #5 : The Stretch Tool

I’m pleased to propose you to test the new Stretch Tool in the current LAB version of OpenCutList.

Stretch Tool

This tool offers three useful features:

  • The ability to define as many cutting planes as needed
  • Maintaining similar components definitions after stretching
  • Moving the origin of each component
  • Moving snaps

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

New in the latest LAB version: you can now center the stretch!

Center on stretched elements

Experiment #6 : The Sheared Pull

Today I suggest you try the sheared pull. In the draw tool, when you pull, you can press the arrow keys (←↑→) to force along one of the active axes. The pull thickness is maintained so it could be useful in multiple situations.

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Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Good afternoon. I am having an issue when trying to access the plugin using the traditional OpenCutList icon. I have already updated to the latest version. When I click on each of the new plugin icons, the corresponding tools appear correctly. However, when I click on the traditional icon, no action is executed. I am not sure whether the way the program is used has changed with the new update or if this is an issue with my computer. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled SketchUp, and I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin, but the problem persists.

Hello,

You have certainly connect your computer to a second screen and move the OpenCutList dialog on it the last time you run it.

In this case, just open the menu Extensions > OpenCutList and click on the Reset Window Position item.

This tools are amazing!

Thank you for this feedback @mebicad :blush:

Testing 8.0 tools for real projects!

Experiment # 7 : The Paneling Tool

Today, I suggest you to try the new Paneling Tool. This tool allows you to transform a solid geometry in a box, cabinet or what over you need!

You can easily define the panel thickness and joint type.

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Thank you in advance for your feedback!

hi there,

oh my god :slight_smile: how could i miss out on OCL and this thread for so long… these are the type of gamechanger tools that we need!!! absolutely fan fu**ikng tastic ideas and proposals!!! i would love to see any of these in the future - they are amazing in their concepts!!! i m in love :slight_smile:

Thank you for this enthusiastic comment @bsfranza!

Hello,

OpenCutList LAB has added several new drawing tools: Paneling, Solid Operations, and Add Divider.
Discover how they can be used to draw this kind of project in the following :play_button: video

Experiment #8 : Stretch Tool Improvements

It’s now possible to directly move the geometry between two cutting plane in the Stretch Tool.
Useful to move shelf with connectors for example…

Stretch Tool Improvements

Amazing app!

Today we open OpenCutList 8 LAB to everyone. It is the last step before the final 8.0 release: all the new features of version 8 are in, and we keep improving them, build after build, until they are ready for the stable release. Try it now, and help us shape what 8.0 will be.

Version 8 brings a new family of Smart Build tools. Draw your cabinet the way you like, or drop a stretchable module from your library. OpenCutList finds the cavities inside it and fills them with dividers, shelves, back panels and front panels. Smart Stretch makes the whole cabinet wider, narrower or taller without redrawing it, and every part stays right, grooves included.

Paneling, Boolean tools, grain continuity, BXF2 and CSV import, and rewritten Paint, Export and Axes tools complete the list.

A new video every Thursday. Each episode shows one feature, from the first sketch to the cutting diagram.

→ Try OpenCutList 8 LAB: https://opencutlist.org/lab

LAB builds move fast, so save your models before you try them. Does something feel off, or do you have an idea? Leave a comment!

Happy modeling