How to set a script or macro for Boolean Union+_MergeAllFaces

Rhino Rhino for Windows
1

Would be totally helpful, since it’s always repetitive process. Thanks! Hannes

Pasted image1332×975 65.4 KB

2

! _BooleanUnion _Pause _SelLast _MergeAllFaces

-Pascal

3

@pascal The Man!! Thank a bunch. Lesson learned :slight_smile:

4

Beware… If you have complex polysurfaces with many faces, MAF can lock up your computer for a long time - even to the point where you need to kill Rhino. That’s why I always run them separately. BU is a built-in alias for Boolean Union, I have set MF as an alias for MergeAllFaces. So normally I select the objects, type BU and enter, wait for it to finish and type MF and enter.

–Mitch

1 Like
5

i use that same macro for BU except with ShrinkTrimmedSrf added at the end… so it merges and shrinks the surfaces…

that said, what Mitch said is true… beware :wink:
at most, i’d use the macro on 100 solids though personally, i’m generally using it on 2 - 10 solids.

6

Yeah, last week I ran MAF on a polysurface with over 2000 faces without thinking and I had to kill Rhino after about a half hour…

–Mitch

7

Thanks @Helvetosaur for mentioning. Will consider the ShrinkSurfaces as well and maybe I set a separate Alias for it. to be always reminded of this! Many thanks to all contributing! H