Arranging contour slices in a rectangular grid layout for laser cutting

Grasshopper
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I’m stuck on one aspect of my script regarding layout. I’m slicing an object and then doing a make2d to flatten all of my curves to z=0. I then want to move each individual layer slice to a different position but when I do using rectangular array it moves all the layers the same amount. I need help understanding a solutions for this. Thanks!

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contour.gh (2.2 MB)

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why the make2d? just orient/project those curves

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contour_re.gh (2.2 MB)

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you can also do this

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Would you mind sharing the .gh file?

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contour_2.gh (2.2 MB)

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Thanks Seghier. One more question :grimacing: what would be the best way to incrementally number each slice for etching with a laser cutter?

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i don’t have any idea about laser cutter, i believe many people can help you here

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You could use something like that, I used a series component to generate numbers, then concatenate

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contour_2.gh (2.2 MB)

I used OpenNext text component, there is also a good component in Bowerbird that has text alignement



For laser cutting you will have to bake cutting in one color and etching in another color.
I use SVG export to lasercut or dxf export with Elefront plugin

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