Creating joints on curved pieces

Hi there,

I tried something similar and I could not produce the same result, for me it works just fine. I used an "Arc" to trim the face not Bezier curve.

Are you using the latest version?  

Thanks for taking a look.

Strange, I redid it so to match your example, still to no avail.

Perhaps it is the method used? I would draw a curve that matches the eventual outline, then planarsurf to create a surface, then connect several surfaces to create 3d geometry to use with Biber...

see files attached.

Kr,

Yes I'm using 1.1

@terribel It has to do with degree of the curve I think, could you please draw an "Arc" and use "trim" function to cut out the curved part (see the attachment) . This should do the trick. meanwhile I will look at the issue to see if I Biber can deal with curves of higher degrees. (did you attach your file?)

@PARA, that did the trick, thanks.

I did use the arc tool (2point - radius) to create my geometry, the curve does not look more complex than when using de trim method above.

I forgot the attachment, added it now.

Thanks again.

Hi,

I've been using the software some more today, I encounter a lot of problems which seem to severely limit the usability of this software :(.

Just wanted to share them with you...

I tried to make some kind of hinged jewelery box for lasercutting, similar to this: https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/IntegratedHingeBox?language=en

- Rhino design is in attachment, picture 1 (if this board allows...)

- an issue arises with connected faces. Even though edge selection excludes this particular edge, the assembly component breaks down. Solution: keep a minimal distance between the two faces for that particular edge. pic 2

- Biber only seems to work with 'primitive' geometry. Similar to the earlier posts in this thread, if I would want to punch a hole in this surface to create a hinge, the assembly component breaks down. solution: add hinge afterwards in the flattened output

- also, with unfolding/nesting a problem arises with curved geometry. the cut-away in pic 4 leads to strange connected faces in the nested output (pic 5)

- finally, Biber is inconsistent in treating geometry. The issue discussed above appears again, inconsistently. pic 6

Kind regards,

@terribel Thank you for your feedback, Unfortunately I don't see the images , perhaps they are being deleted by the spam filter (this happens when you name the file 1,2.. .jpg) could you please upload them again? I am going to turn off the spam scanner for the time being. 

I am aware of the issue with curve and tiny edges. If you can share the file or something similar that generates the same errors (send it directly to ali@parametriczoo.com) I will use it as pilot project to resolve those issues.

thanks again and looking forward to your feedback

Dear @PARA,

I have uploaded all the files - including .3dm and .gh - in a zipfile. Will send them through e-mail, too.

Thank you for your quick response, do not hesitate if you need further information!