Version 2.1.1 - 05.09.2021
- Added an option for subtractive geometry into the Walls tab of the Global Settings.
- Sub-groups within wall panels can be made persistent and “subtractive” by naming these groups to (subtract1, subtract2, subtract3, etc…)
This is quite a major breakthrough for the wall plugin. I’ve been trying to think of a way to enable (manual) customization of the wall geometry for quite some time, specifically subtractive modifications. This system will now allow the user to achieve that goal.
Naming a group within the wall assembly to include the key word “CUSTOM” (case insensitive) will allow it to persist upon rebuild.
Naming a group within the wall assembly to include the key word “SUBTRACT” (case insensitive) will allow it to persist and boolean subtract from other groups within the assembly upon rebuild.
The subtractive group needs to be a valid solid for it to function correctly and its entity name needs to contain the key word “subtract” or “SUBTRACT”.
What I like to do is create a special tag/layer for the subtraction geometry and then once I am done modifying or creating it I turn off the visibility of the layer/tag and only the holes or results in the wall geometry is shown.
P.S.
The way I’ve set up the naming system will still allow for custom naming of the groups, all that is necessary is to append the keyword “SUBTRACT” at the end of the entity name.