This tutorial demonstrate the preparation chase of digital fabrication. It is helpful for the case that we use laser cut to build a physical model. Two scripts will be introduced in this tutorial. The architecture model in the tutorial is Winton Guest House.
- Select the object, type in “Contour” command and follow the commands to generate contours both on X axis and Y axis for the object. In the example, the distance between the contours is 5 feet.
2. Use “PlanarSrf” command to generate the surface from the contours.
3. Add two layers named as X and Y. Move all the surfaces on X axis to layer X and surfaces on Y axis to layer Y.
4. Use “EditScript” command to add the scripts massiveUnroll.rvb and CutMyOwnRibs_v2.rvb, and run the script CutMyOwnRibs_v2.rvb.
5. Follow the commands. In order to select surfaces on different axis, we can turn on and off X and Y layers to make the accurate selection. Then set the proper material thickness to finish the command.
6. Then separately select surfaces on X layer and Y layer to run the script massiveUnroll.rvb to unfold these surfaces. Adjust the distance between different pieces and move the label of each piece within the area of each piece.
