Hi,
V5 (inc layer bug)
Is there a command I can apply to a number of solids to drop them down to have their bases touch Cplane.
I want to break down my model into separate parts and sit them all on the same base plane for 3D printing, minimising the Z height for the build.
Rather than have to select each base and move it down to z 0 i.e. Cplane, something I could run, to do all in one go ?
Ideally also to separate them out from each other by an indicated amount.
Just would save me some time doing it one at a time.
Otherwise, selecting a point on the base, how do I tell it to take that point to the Cplane that will be the build base for 3D printing. Move command obviously but then what entry to make ?
You can do this in Rhino without a script: Select the objects, open the Boxedit panel, choose the World or Current cplane as appropriate, select the Z āMinā and āTransform objects individuallyā options and set the Position Z value to zero.
Hello Helvetosaur,
I just came across this thread and although the align bottom to zero tool is useful, is there an equivelant script to align the top of objects to zero? Or can you help me to modify the AlignBottomToZero.py file?
Just came across this thread and this answer by @jeremy5. Does this work for objects with different Z values? When I select multiple objects that have different Z values, there is now only the option for a Z delta.
I donāt understand why it shouldnāt be possible to set a new value for Z for each object individually. I love the Box Edit toolbar and use it a lot, but I never understood this limitation.
The normal pattern for something like this would be that for Z it displays āvariesā and when I enter a value they all get that value. Using a delta should be a separate option.
No longer. It works in Rhino 5 but not in 6, 7 or 8. IIRC boxedit went through some traumatic rewrites in 6 and this was a casualty. I thought the functionality was reinstated but seemingly not.
As Pascal points out in the thread, Align | Bottom is a viable alternative.
You can also open the Align toolbar, and open the Help Panel to learn how to use it. I use this toolbar enough that Iām surprised the button icons arenāt faded.
Thatās a real shame. I love the Box Edit panel. I actually have it open all the time and donāt think of it as an āEditā panel. To me it should just be part of the properties panel of an object.
Align bottom indeed works okay, but I just noticed a bug: I have many objects in the scene; curves, surfaces and text objects. I select everything in the front view and select Align and then bottom. I noticed the text objects didnāt move and it appears that text objects donāt get selected in side view. In perspective and top view I can select them, but in the side view they donāt get selected. 99% sure that is a bug and not a feature, although with Rhino there is always some residual chance something weird is actually intended behavior.
Since we donāt have an Object Manager and selecting in the viewport is the only way, I feel like at least selecting stuff in the viewport should be flawless
Iād say thatās somewhat expected since itās not visible in that viewport. Itās not consistent with selecting lines that are not visible in a certain viewport, though, so Iāve put this on the list as RH-82308 Selection: Window-select doesnāt include annotations in different Cplane
ā¦ Itās been like this since at least Rhino 5, though, so changing this at this point will possibly have other users react furiouslyā¦
-wim
