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Macros in Solvespace (by John Freking)
Is there a way to create macros in Solvespace? I have recently started to use Solvespace and as a first project I created a dodecahedron. Creating so many regular pentagons was very time consuming. I created an easy method to create any regular polygon so I though it would be great to create a macro to build them.
(no subject) (by Eric Buijs)
AFAIK Solvespace doesn't have the possibility to create macros
(no subject) (by John Freking)
Thank You Eric, I was worried there weren't macros because it wasn't listed in the features, but I thought I would ask.
(no subject) (by Tom)
You might be able to use the "Link / Assemble" feature for that instead. You could create one pentagon in a first file, and then link it multiple times into a second file.
(no subject) (by John Freking)
Tom thanks for your reply, While I was building my dodecahedron I found a way to speed up the creation of my pentagons and I realized it would work with any equal sided polygon so I thought it would be good to build a script which could build any polygon in the future.
I have already created the a wireframe dodecahedron, but I did have some issues extruding the pentagon shapes, I wasn't able to create a solid shape without errors or warnings so I will try your idea with an extruded pentagon.
I have already created the a wireframe dodecahedron, but I did have some issues extruding the pentagon shapes, I wasn't able to create a solid shape without errors or warnings so I will try your idea with an extruded pentagon.
(no subject) (by Andrew)
Just an idea, but have you tried using the wire frame to create workplane so that you can cut away a cube to the final shape. (Hide solid model on the cube allows you to see the wire frame during construction.).
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