[Cut list]

@Peter N take a look at Elements CAD for Vectorworks

[Cut list]

@Peter N The closest I have come is by repurposing the space tool. If you use it to create your shapes, or convert your shapes into space tools, then you can also create a worksheet that directly lists the sizes of the shapes.

 

[Cut list]

@ Did you ever figure this out? I am looking for the same thing. I only need it to create a cut list from 2D shapes.

[Marionette question: get object info]

@Pat Stanford Thank you. This seems far more elaborate and advanced than what I am trying to do. Sorry, but I think I need to have things a bit more basically laid out for me.

 

When I draw rectangles using the rectangle tool, I need a way to do 2 things:

 

First, I want to have the ability to enter our (previously) assigned item number, and have it be linked to that object and show up on top of that object (like a data tag). I also want that item number to get entered into a worksheet at the same time.

Second, I want to have that objects width and height to automatically show up on the same worksheet in their respective columns.

 

I have linked text to records and created spreadsheets before, but I have always had to manually enter the dimensions myself. It seems like an unnecessary extra step. Do the rectangles have to be turned into something different, first?

 

I have created a work-around that uses the space tool, but it has way too many other options/extraneous info, and this is something will be doing a lot of this, basically forever.

 

See the attached image for my space tool work-around.

 

Mark

[Marionette question: get object info]

I'm pretty new to marionette. What are the nodes called that copy the dim data from the object, and how do I attach them to an object?

 

[Marionette question: get object info]

How can I set up a marionette plug-in to get dimensions from a rectangle in a drawing and put those dimensions into a spreadsheet? Basically, I am trying to create a cut list.

[Generate cut list from a 2D drawing?]

How can I generate a cut list automatically from a 2D drawing? 

 

I just want to draw shapes, give each a unique code that shows up on the drawing (with the shape, like a data tag) and simultaneously puts the objects dimensions into a spreadsheet. I have retrofitted the space tool to do something like this, but would love to have this as a simple tool without all the retrofitting and extraneous information that comes with modifying the space tool. See my screenshot below. The graphic panel shapes were made using the space tool.