Noobini Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) when you need to slice your ham quickly...does not rely on Boolean. No need to copy grids onto points, line them up...blah blah blah..it simply slices up your geo no matter the orientation. (uploaded to Orbolt too but I certainly won't be holding my breath for 'approval'...if you don't wanna wait til Xmas, get the hdanc below) vu_quick_slice.hdanc Edited August 7, 2017 by Noobini 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 ver 1.01: include Cap Holes vu_quick_slice.hdanc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) ver 1.02: correct a bug that previously, faces that exactly match the X/Y/Z axis/slice plane would disappear (ie. the faces of an ortho box) vu_quick_slice.hdanc Edited August 7, 2017 by Noobini 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Here's the Boolean version...why ? cuz you might need to make use of the output groups available with Boolean...like seams, a in b, b in a...etc...etc..naturally, you Allow Editing of Contents and dive into my setup and do whatever you wish with the Boolean. The slice planes setup was amazingly simple, to my surprise I got it for FREE....ie. if you want X slices of something, then you make X-1 cuts on the INSIDE of the object, it would be silly to cut on the exact outside extremities...which was my mistake in the 'bug' in above post. So the exclusion of the 1st and last cut was done for me for FREE by the polyfill somehow !!! Slice x 3 (axes) vu_quickslice_bool.hdanc Edited August 8, 2017 by Noobini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) vu_quick_slice ver 1.03: now includes Progression. vu_quick_slice.hdanc and Boolean version ver 1.01 vu_quickslice_bool.hdanc Edited August 8, 2017 by Noobini 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikoon Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Great! I have seen that unfortunately Clip is not compilable, maybe in the future it will be? The Boolean version is almost compilable, except for the Sort node. But that reverse Sort might be done in vex? Btw have you tried to link the Handles in Type Properties? I am no expert, these are just tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 no idea on handles...I'll explore...are they easy to use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikoon Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I think they are quite easy to use. For me the biggest problem was to find the right type of handle. There are so many types of handles. Then you just type the channels you want to link with the handle (as in my previous post). You may explore my file here. Also I have used Guide geometry in that file. Please take my file just as a small inspiration ... I am really not an expert and this was my first hda. Now I know there are better ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 thanks, I've just tried the rot as in your prev pic...seems easy to setup...except it's rotating opposite to what I want...maybe just a minus...still fiddling about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikoon Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I had it also reverse, when trying inside of your file. Those numbers (handle/channel) are linked and the handle may generate vector, instead of radians or degrees. I unfortunately have no time to experiment now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 tried everything, changed from Direction vector to Angle...still reversed....the only thing that works...which I can do with no problem is add the 'minus' in my CTRLS...might settle for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Now with Handles so you can rotate slice planes easily...thanks for the suggestion @ikoon vu_quick_slice ver 1.04 vu_quickslice_bool ver 1.02 vu_quick_slice.hdanc vu_quickslice_bool.hdanc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) there's more and I ain't telling pork pies...(it's far easier to slice in pie mode with the Boolean version...so I probably won't do for the non-Boolean version) (note: I found that if you leave your geo at Origin, do slice, it works fine...then transform after to whereever you like...but if you transform it first away from Origin, then do slice...it's a bit flaky/crashprone). vu_quickslice_bool ver 1.03 vu_quickslice_bool.hdanc Edited August 9, 2017 by Noobini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noobini Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 quickslice_bool ver 1.04 now with Translation Offset (and handles) so you can adjust centre when in pie mode... vu_quickslice_bool.hdanc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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