Slicing Your SketchUp Models with Slicer - SketchUp Extension of the Week #21
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- In this week's SketchUp extension of the week, we check out slicer - an extension designed to slice your models into pieces!
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This week’s extension allows you to take a model and slice it up into pieces, allowing for interesting new looks and options.
Plugin Name: Slicer
Plugin Developer: TIG
How Much does it cost? Free! (Don’t forget to donate to your developer!)
Tool Functions
This extension allows you to take any solid object and slice it up into pieces.
Please note that it will only work with solids.
The way it works is it takes a group of geometry and allows you to select the axes you’d like to slice it along, along with the spacing and thickness of your slices.
Slicer allows you to slice a model along the X,Y, and Z axes, along with custom axes.
Not only can you slice your model, but if you select the flatten object, slicer will actually lay out all the different pieces it creates as components. These pieces can actually be exported to a CNC router if you wanted to create your objects in real life.
Note that sometimes when you’re creating your slices, your model can get a little unstable, so make sure to save a copy before running slicer.
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Hi Justin thank you for your great videos they're very helpful.. Ive been trying to slice a model made soap and bubble plugin, even though I closed it from all sides it still says its not a 'manifold' solid. is there a way to turn the model into a 'manifold' solid..( like turning into a component ) ? and thanks again
Wow!! I think it's great! Smashed that like!!!
it says me that before using this tool i must save the SKP, what does it mean and what should i do??
Man, that TIG is an extension MACHINE...must not require sleep, haha.
Lol - TIG, Fredo6, and ThomThom all amaze me - they just keep coming out with more great stuff! Thanks for watching!
Slicer is great. Any clue about similar slicer on curved surfaces/solids /need to cut perp. to a tangent in given dist./ ??
WOW Justin! Great video, Great plug-in. No I deer what to use it for but I will give it a spin tomorrow!
I'm excited to mess around with it! I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with it yet either, but I have a couple ideas. Hopefully I can get a video up with something in it tomorrow!
Oh - by the way - I saw your post on your Facebook about your castle model running slow on your PC - have you tried putting some of the high polygon items on the interior on a layer and turning it off when you're not using them? That way your PC won't have to deal with quite as much geometry. I know how frustrating it can be sometimes when models run slow!
oh yes Justin! i have put it all on layers. I am managing so far.
Hi Justin, please may I ask if you know of an add-on for Blender that would achieve the same thing?
great video like always thank you!
Thanks man, loved the video
Glad you enjoyed it!
How to get smooth surface line slice
I love you man
tought it is about really slicing a model. I need that kind of plugin, for section renders and stuff.
For actually slicing your models, you may want to look at something like Zorro2 - ua-cam.com/video/1g7RC65ClFw/v-deo.html - It might do what you're looking for! Thanks for watching!
I use it a lot, but with big and complex models, it just doesnt work. Once I have waited about 3 hours it to get it done, then restarted SU.
Thanks man, I finally singed up to help. I bought the $5 Slicer plug-in, but the tool does not display. I contacted her via the contact form, but no response. Any ideas? Thanks
Where did you find a $5 slicer plugin? The one I linked to in this video is from TIG and it's free
@@Thesketchupessentials Thru the extension warehouse. I got her email address so we are communicating. Thanks
thank you so much .. god bless you
Glad you liked it!
Why sketchup 2017 doesnt open it ? Can you please help me how to make it work?
Hi Christina - you're going to have to give me a bit more information on what's not working. Thanks!
Awesome thankyouuhhh
How to convert rbz to zip? i cannot install. rbz file in sketchup8 in preference
you are great bro
Thanks for watching!
How to change inch to cm ? Changing measurement units? What are the icon?
You can change this by going to the "View" menu, then selecting "Model Info," then clicking on the units section.
Can you do a video about sending models to 3D printer?
This is something I may do in the future - at the moment, I don't have access to a 3D printer, so I don't have a lot of knowledge of how this works. Thanks for watching!
why i cant use i had download but when i try to open in sketchup it does not appear to be a sketchup model
Sounds like you're having trouble loading the extension? You may want to watch this video - ua-cam.com/video/3d_XuoJlJFc/v-deo.html
When I tried to slice an object under 45-degree angle after the process the object disappear. If I undo it everything comes normal but without sliced object....
Did you try a less compex object?
@@Thesketchupessentials I will check this one, thanks. However, I found a solution. Just found the layer, CTR+C and CTR+V in a new file. It works pretty well.
Also, the issue probably comes from that my object is made with ClothWorks. I add thickness etc. but this bug appears. The object disappears as well when the object is rotated on 45 and Slicer5 is set up on X or Y.
cant thank you enough
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@@Thesketchupessentials noo but it keeps saying not responding.. I need to make a 3d grid using intersecting planes and lasercut them
I have been trying to download and install slicer or slicemodeler. Once I downloaded slicemodeler, I went into sketchup and then to windows, then preferences, extensions, and then I clicked on Install Extentions. It took me to a folder that had a file in it named "flightofideas.rbz" I clicked on it and something installed into sketchup, but it did not have the "slicer" title that appears on your in your video. It had SVG in the title. I am using the 2016 version of sketchup if that helps any in answering my question. Also, I an using Windows on a PC. Then I tried just dragging and dropping. I went to Program Files, then Sketchup, then Tools. I dragged and dropped both Slicemodeler and then Slicer into Tools. I shut down and restarted my computer and restarted Sketchup. I went to Tools at the top menu and I don't see either Slicemodeler or Slicer. When I was going through this process, it seemed to be working correctly. The little box asking me if I trusted the author popped up and also the one that says something about "administrator." I never got a message that said it didn't install. Can you help me get this installed correctly? I followed instructions I found online and thought I was doing it correctly. Thanks. Rachel
I don't know anything about slicemodeler, just Slicer, but it sounds like you got the wrong .rbz file, because I have no idea what the "flightofideas.rbz" file is. Try downloading the file from this link - sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_Slicer - and try downloading and installing that file and let me know if it works. Thanks!
Thank you. I figured out that slicemodeler no longer works. I downloaded slicer yesterday and it installed with no problem. I know nothing about sketchup. I want to use it to make sliceforms. How did you get the surface into sketchup that you are working on? Could you direct me to a video that explains that? I plan to start watching you videos and learn as much as I can.
How I can pop up the slicer5 tools on my monitor like yours. Help me..
just drag eight little dots on the left of your toolbar, to centre of the screen
Do you know how I can export those plans to something like coral draw and laser cut them or not?This was a good video, you got a new subscriber.
Unfortunately I don't know the answer to that one - I've never actually exported to a CNC or Laser Cutter before, just researched online - would love to try someday though - thanks!
TheSketchUpEssentials // ok, thanks anyway
Did support sketchup 2016, 2015?
Honestly, I have no idea. I didn't install it in SketchUp 2015 and 2016 - you could probably try installing it and see if it works
what application can I use to open this on Mac
SketchUp?
I can't close my solid with a line because of the curves, what can I do to use Slicer on my this object?
he says it's not a "manifold" solid
Unfortunately, Slicer only works on objects that are complete solids, so I'm not sure there's a way for you to do this without closing it in. Sorry about that
I found a plugin called Solidsolver, and it works
i copy the plugin to the tool folder but it is not shown in sketchup when i run it what is the problem ?
Did you follow the steps from this video - ua-cam.com/video/3d_XuoJlJFc/v-deo.html ? I think you can also install it through the SketchUcation store extension...
thank you for reply i fixed the problem
Is this plugin support sketchup 2018
Not sure - I think that it does, but I haven't really done a lot of testing.
Can we slice vehicles?
Only if they've been created as manifold solids. Most models in the 3D warehouse are not modeled this way, so this extension wouldn't work on those
Can we slice models from 3d warehouse (rc purpose) and how can we save as pdf?
It only works on objects that are in your model as solids, so if they're modeled in the 3D warehouse as a solid, it should work (but most of the models in the warehouse aren't really modeled correctly for this). You can use the print function to print to PDF, but if you're trying to export any kind of high resolution image, you're probably going to need the pro version PDF exporter. Hope this helped!
Thankyou
Which version support the plugin?
I made this video in SketchUp 2017, so it should work in that version. Not sure if it works in 2018 or not. Thanks!
@@Thesketchupessentials tried on 2018 and it didn't work
iam not able download the plugin pls help me out .
I'm going to need more information - did you follow the link in the description?
You need to register a free user account on SketchUcation in order to see the download button.
what is this manifold solid🤦♀️ shit while choosing slicer 🤷♂️
That's the way the extension works
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