Using Object Volume

[Bill_Carson]

Hi, is there any way I can modify the volume shown of an object to display its weight i.e lead is 11.34gm/cm³ or plastics instead of cubic mm. This would be a huge time saver when developing complex objects to a specific weight, being able to input the density and have Rhino do the calculation.

[rhinorudi]

I have a python script that does this for my jewellery pieces. Volume * SG of the material. Try this thread, I think i posted the script there. It saves you doing the math by hand, lol

Analyse Weight of Object

Thanks goes to @Helvetosaur for this script, now works in OSX. The price part is commented out New Specific gravities can be added to the dictionary. It also prints out as text and not just to command line. The finished weight can be omitted, I use it for jewellery, almost everyday. MetalWeight2.py (2.5 KB) I hope this helps … Randy

If that one doesn’t work, try this one.

WeightSilver925.py (1.1 KB)

«Randy

[Bill_Carson]

@rhinorudi

MetalWeight2.py

WeightSilver worked great and I was able to create both a lead and plastic script. However I have spent the last couple of hours trying to figure out how to convert scripts to buttons I can add to my tools. Feeling thick…AGAIN. do we have an idiots guide to convert python script to tool button for the Mac ?

[rhinorudi]

try this post by @Helvetosaur

Square pipe script

Yes, that is correct for the original MaqueTools toolset. I am in the process of updating the set to be used either with toolbars or aliases, but it’s not done yet, and won’t get done very soon I’m afraid. What you can do now for the scripts to run via alias: First, decide on a folder location to store your scripts. You can throw any existing script files or new ones posted here in there, they should have a .py extension for python or an .rvb extension for vb rhinoscript (my toolset has bot…

Once you create the button, use this as a macro ! _-RunPythonScript Scriptname

I believe the scripts have to reside in the correct Rhino folder. See this post also.

Running Python scripts from alias

Hi all, This is mostly a question of not being Mac-savvy, so bear with me… On the Mac, the “default” scripts folder is buried in your user library - about the same way it is in Windows - /Library/Application/Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/Scripts… In Mac, if I want to run a script in the default scripts folder I just need: ! _-RunPythonScript Scriptname In Windows, I can do the same if I have set a search path to the folder in the Python editor; and I can also have multiple folder targets which …

I do keep all my scripts in Dropbox like this post says. I also just run my scripts from Atom

«Randy

[Bill_Carson]

Thanks an absolute TON, it works much better than I had hoped for and got my buttons labelled up. I’ve never played with scripts before , very useful. My only issue was, being over whelmed by the number of links and trying to describe what I wanted to do in searches. Again Thanks Rudi