Lattice workbench [updated Polar Array]

[DeepSOIC]

Another small but fun use case for the workbench: extrude a cube.
1. Part Cube
2. Lattice Downgrade to Faces
3. Part Extrude along (1,1,1)
4. Lattice FuseCompound
Result is this:

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[DeepSOIC]

As it turns out, my fix for placement problems in explode has a big problem: circles become bsplines. Not good =(

[tanderson69]

2. Thinking on a analysis tool. Because it is impossible to figure out the content of shape (a compound of faces looks exactly like a solid cube).

Check shape/shape content will indicate this example, but I agree, it's not a complete picture.

Alternative is a separate tool that uses graphviz (can be much easier as well as much harder than the first variant)

Something like?:

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[DeepSOIC]

Check shape/shape content will indicate this example, but I agree, it's not a complete picture.

Not only incomplete, but it also can take ages, and will show errors for many stuff generated by/useful in Lattice. While I want just to display the compound nesting and compound children types.
So your graphviz example is great, but I don't want to display anything below "Solid".

[DeepSOIC]

As it turns out, my fix for placement problems in explode has a big problem: circles become bsplines. Not good =(

Another attempt at fixing, hopefully the last one. https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice/com ... 52e3a25a84

[DeepSOIC]

New feature: extract open wires of shells. Implemented as a mode of Downgrade.
Not sure if it was a good idea to make it a part of downgrade, but it was the easiest.

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[DeepSOIC]

Teaser.
I recall someone was struggling creating something like this:

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[DeepSOIC]

Another teaser.
Lattice is beginning to look the way I wanted to make it. Those orange things are a lattice object: an array of placements

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[triplus]

Interesting.

[mario52]

hi
see Polar Array with with individual base object turned > 360°/n
mario