Hi Everyone,
I have an array of angled beams that I would like to now layout for CNC production. I have seen lots of documentation on how to do this for single profiles, but almost none for an object with multiple profiles. In my case being a series of rectangles with all 6 sides laid out.
I am trying to create a layout showing these rectangles straight in the Y direction, so that I may later take them as groups and lay them out using open nest. I cannot figure out how to lay these out straight, and trying to use unwrap gets me close but I would like the objects to be offset from one another. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Above is the structure I am trying to lay out
This is the result I have been so far getting using unwrap. Profiles are angled and touching
A closeup of the unfavorable result
This is along the lines of what I am hoping to achieve. Each rectangle with all its sides laid out straight in the y direction and numbered to let me know which rectangle pieces they are apart of
I have done a lot of troubleshooting and just cannot seem to figure this out. Any help is very very greatly appreciated!!
Beam Cut List.gh (888.4 KB)