Hi,

I have experience in using Catia V5 so I am familiar with the way to contrain a model whether it s 2D or 3D.

In Rhinoworks I would like to coincide endpoints of 2 lines. I can't seem to be able to do that. Is there a way to solve this ?
I d also like to see a good 2D tutorial as an example on your website. I ve seen some neat videos of 2D animations but would like to see how the constraints were done.
All in all it s an excellent plug in and will definitely add it to my rhino plug-ins list

Kind regards,

Alexandre
www.alexandregalin.com

Hello Alexandre,

Thanks for your interest to RhinoWorks plug-in.

To solve your problem, please follow this simple steps:

1. draw two lines;
2. add two endpoints wich you want to make coincidence;
3. add constraint, that named RigidSet, for the point and corresponding line;
4. do the same with another line and point;
5. add Coincident constraint for endpoints.

See short video "How to do it"

Thanks for the info Ilya but what if I want a simple box and set its size in height and width. I made rigid bodies of lines with 2 points and made the end points coincide but I cannot change the width or height of my box.
Is there a way to make a box that can be changed in dimensions ?
Also could it be possible to edit the points of a line and make those endpoints coincide instead of creating points, snap to the endpoint of a line and make a rigid body of that line.
The reason I say this is imagine I m doing a 2D layout of an aircraft with tables, seats, bulkheads, windows, wing position, lavatories etc... I would have then a layout with rigid bodies with points everywhere.
I realise that it works well as a 3D tool but I think 2D drawings will always remain and it would be nice to have fully parametric 2D drawings.

Hi Alexandre,

Currently we do not provide working with 2d (poly)lines of variable form and their end-points. You can only work with them as with rigid objects applying the trick Ilya explained. I agree that it would be useful to support it in next versions, thank you for pointing that.

Best regards,
Alexey (RhinoWorks Team)

Excellent, thanks .
You know if you manage to make it a parametric 2D plug-in as well, you could grab a huge market . Think of all the people doing layouts whether it s in architecture, aerospace, interior design,indsutrial design plant layouts etc...
When I need to brainstorm I still need my old pencil and paper and also I do a lot of 2D studies before moving on to 3D.
I will always need 2D capability as a quick idea generation I don t have time to start surfacing preliminary concepts all in 3D . Having a true 2D parametric tool would be total bliss along with all the great work you guys have done so far.

Thanks for the great support.

Alexandre