[New Extension] CutPilot | Circular and Rectangular Cutout on Click

Hi everyone,

I recently launched a new extension called CutPilot on the Extension Warehouse, and I would love your thoughts and feedback!

I built this tool to speed up the workflow for creating cutouts and through-holes. CutPilot currently provides two main commands for SketchUp:

  • Auto Circle Holes: Select one or more groups or component instances, then run the command to create through-holes from detected circular faces.
  • Pick Rectangle Cutout: Activate the tool, hover over an internal rectangular face, and click to cut through the detected thickness.


There is a short video giving a preview:

You can download and try it out here:
(SketchUp Extension Warehouse)

I am particularly interested in hearing your thoughts on the user experience and overall workflow. If you have suggestions for new features to make the tool smarter and more user-friendly, please let me know!

Thanks in advance for your time and feedback.

3 Likes

I haven’t tried it, but the video shows that actually the push-pull method is automated without going into the component editing context. It’s fine, it will surely be useful to some.

My question is, what kind of heavy simulation, complex rendering, or massive dataset processing does your extension involve that would justify using NVIDIA CUDA?
And do you actually use this technique as I see in Extension Warenhause?

This is my first time uploading extension in warehouse.
My bad, I unintentionally selected graphics option.

If you can, please remove the misleading tag (“NVIDIA CUDA-Enabled”). Thank you.

Well, this also calls into question the reliability of the process of reviewing and approving extensions.
@CraigTrickett do you have a comment on it?

2 Likes

I have updated. Thanks for picking.

1 Like

Hello @dezmo,
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
The Nvidia flag was introduced as a way for extensions to get better exposure through the use of certain technologies. For example, if I have two similar extensions, but one offers a performance benefit because of it’s use of CUDA, then it’s good to be informed of this.

In regards to extension reviews, our team focuses on ensuring extensions meet our coding guidelines, security and usability. There is always a balance to be struck with ensuring reviews are conducted in a timely fashion, and that the ensuring that the extension is fit for purpose. At present, I don’t believe the team specifically check the Nvidia implimentation, but if we notice that people are mis-using this flag, our process may be adapted in future to check this.

2 Likes

Dear Craig,
Thank you for the positive response and for helping to identify / remove misleading information on EW! :innocent: