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Very cool! Did you explore using the gap properties to specify the thickness of your boards? > I wanted full control of the design process. Doing it in vector
by Cannabat 2y ago
Very cool! Did you explore using the gap properties to specify the thickness of your boards?
> I wanted full control of the design process. Doing it in vector illustration software was too painful and it was taking too long.
Aaaand then 5 evenings later… classic :)
- alnvdl 2y agoI did not consider the thickness of the boards because I was designing for these "modern" cabinets that have no significant gaps between the parts when viewed from the outside. So board thickness is just an implementation detail :) But yes, the real designers using the CAD needed to take board thickness into account when designing the internal structure. In other words, this tool is generating a list of my requirements (what I want it to look from the outside + the labels describing what I want each part to be), and then there's the separate work of designing the actual, reality-constrained furniture.