Trouble Joining Curves

[mark19 (Mark)]

ShapeDiver/Grasshopper Community

I have a configurator in ShapeDiver, Mandala Test - Join all Curves - ANY HELP - ShapeDiver, that creates a mandala like shape. I need to create a file to be cut on Laser or CNC Router where all the curves are joined together.

When the resulting DXF is exported, the shape is not a continuous shape but is segmented with lines running through it. (See Below)

What I need is a solid not segmented shape without the divisions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please see the attached grasshopper file.
Mandala Test v…3.gh (46.0 KB)

Regards,

Mark Plaga

[Joseph_Oster]

Related DUPLICATE thread?

Joining Curves so that Extrude operations can take place

By the way, you are generating ten rotation angles but four of them are duplicates. Changing the value of Series ‘C’ (Count) from 10 to 6 has no apparent effect on the end result. [cutfile_example_2021May11c] The first file has two layers, I see only one layer in the second file? So this is probably wrong too? [Need To Extrude and Cap_2021May11a] Need To Extrude and Cap_2021May11a.gh (19.6 KB) P.S. It’s not “magic”!

[mark19 (Mark)]

Similar but not exactly. I wanted to be clear about what my goal was, thus the new thread. The old thread stated that I needed to join the curves so that I could extrude the curves. Though that was accomplished, what I really needed was to have a shape that is continuous, without breaks.

[pavol]

The DXF export is currently limited to polylines and meshes but we are working on ShapeDiver plugin upgrade which will come with better export options.

For now, convert breps to meshes for the DXF export. In case paths for laser cutting are required, you can export polylines in a separate export component.

Also, to speed up your model we recommend adding a toggle for exports, read more below:

Delayed compute of part of definition

We usually recommend to use boolean toggles in Grasshopper that prevent the computation of any logic that is not necessary for visualization. You can then hook any user action on your website (for example a purchase button) to a function that will first enable the boolean toggle and, once enabled, trigger the export. Something like this: button.addEventListener("click", function(){ api.parameters.updateAsync({name: "MyBooleanToggle", value: true}).then(function(){ api.exports.req…

Mandala Test v…3 SD01.gh (71.3 KB)

More export options are covered in this part of our webinar: