Here are two drawings of sinks hat I must have downloaded at some stage. I then tried to turn them into cutting components by editing the dialog box. But I suspect from the advice here that I needed to alter the drawing itself in some way so that SU understands which part of it does the cutting, right?
Sink.skp (114.4 KB) Two bowl sink no drainer.skp (683.2 KB)
Simon, here are the steps I would use to make a hole-cutting component from your sinks.
Select all of the geometry.
G to create component.
Set the Glue to: direction.
Tick the box for Cut Opening.
Itāll look like this at that point.
Click Set Component Axes.
Place the componentās origin where you want it along the bottom of the rim of the sink.
I chose the midpoint along the front edge.
After setting the green axis, the Create Component panel will reappear. Hit Enter or click Create.
Sink easily drops into place on a horizontal face and cuts the opening as expected.
Dave, I will follow your steps and learn by doing. Helpful and non judgmental as always!
Nil desperandum, your scorn has been duly noted!
Have a great day.
But honestly, this thread is so full of detail, I canāt imagine that anyone reading from the top could not comprehend what is going on. Itās not rocket surgery.
Laziness? Stupidity?
Erā¦rocket surgery???
Ok, rocket surgery you got.
I donāt know how to help further.
I guess I should just keep myself to myself.
Joking aside mate, you are one of the most knowledgeable and helpful people on this forum when youāre in a good mood! So just keep doing what youāre doing. Iāve learned not to take offence.
Dave, I thought this process would only cut a single surface. You example has thickness. Does it matter if the object you are cutting through is a group or component? Also, does it matter if the component (from 3D Warehouse) is added to the model directly or through file>import?
You thought correctly. In my example the counter top has no bottom face.
Hole cutting components only do so if the compopnents is in the same context as the face. If the counter top was a component or group, it would have to be opened for editing before adding the sink to get it to cut the opening.
And what about this question? Guess I am asking: what context a component is in, if directly added or imported.
I also found this comment from a YouTube Video about cut components. I tried to recreate the process but got lost. Would this work for double surfaces?
Hi, Thank you so much for the most amazing tutorial. I actually figured out how to use a cut component in any thickness wall. So first import the component, if it is an external wall for the window, draw flat rectangle in the middle of the wall thickness. Attach the cut component. Then once it is attached, simply use Push Pull function to thicken walls around it. Tip: When I first imported the component and glued to the rectangle, it wouldnāt cut out. So I just exploded the component, then Make Component again and select Glue to Any and tick Cut and Replaceā¦ like before. Once you are done, the component has cut out the opening in the wall. Now go ahead and use push pull et voila! a workaround thick walls. Hope that helps! If I wasnāt blonde and knew how to create a video of what I have just done, I would have shared, butā¦I am blonde! haaaahaaa!
Not sure this question got answered. I have successfully created cutting components, tested them thoroughly (or so I thought), and then put them into a library for later use. When I come to use them in a new drawing, they no longer cut.
This kind of leads onto another question which is: can a Dynamic Component be a cutting one?
I have found no clues to either of these questions yet.
@TheOnlyAaron How about a Skill Builder vid about cutting components? This thread seems to have had 21,000 views!
The videos I have seen create windows which cut but they donāt explain whether you have to have the window protruding from the wall in the way they are modelled. Here in the UK, our windows are normally set into the reveal so you have not natural plane that corresponds with both window and wall. I have had success putting a dummy plane in and hiding it, but it only seems to work whilst I am in the drawing, not if I try to import it elsewhere.
Youāre doing a great job with Dynamic Components (another area of huge confusion) and hope that will continue but maybe have a go at CCs before the next batch of DCs?
Here are a couple existing videos that may be of assistanceā¦
I was able to cut a washbasin on the first try with this. 
However, I wonder if it is also possible to cut a window/door in a wall, i.e. through two levels, or even in a group. Or is there perhaps a plug-in?
There are plug-ins for that, Iām not entirely sure but with this method you can only cut one face.
You can place a second cutting face that will activate on explode after placing the first cutting face.
Better to be included in a DC, so can position and size the second, third, fourthā¦to cut after the corresponding explode
