We will be using 3mm materials and so we mark this on the cube (the 3rd picture). It is then important to decide on the material thickness at this stage. From there we extrude a 4x4x4cm cube ( picture 2). Make yourself a cube in SketchUp and decide upon material thickness. SketchUp comes with some good tutorial built in, so if you're a little puzzled to begin with, you should start with these.įor this first design we would like to explore a "tooth interlock" approach to joining the laser cut faces of the cube (hopefully without any need for glue). This is a tutorial for those who have a little bit of understanding about SketchUp and how to use it. If you're interested in the backstory as to why I developed this plugin, then feel free to visit me at Flights of Ideas Windows (XP or Vista - 32 or 64 bit) or Mac OSX (at this stage) The SVG Plugin for Google Sketchup - See the readme in the zip file, or read the Wiki for installation instructions.The SVG file can then be imported into a Ponoko template in Inkscape, an EPS can be saved, and then uploaded to the Ponoko website for laser cutting.
We'll start with a SketchUp cube, create parts that can be laser cut, and then export these 3D parts to SVG (as 2D) by concentrating on SketchUp object faces. Let's start the tutorial process with some modest goals. It is really hard to design in 2D and visualise a 3D result (unless you're an architect or do this for a living) that's why I wrote the SVG plugin. When I first started using Ponoko I found that there weren't any specific tools to enable me to export my SketchUp 3D designs.
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