YAY! Blender Knife Tool

[S68]

Good new folks,

after reading *lots* of complains on 'Blender not having a knife tool' I decided to write one.

-><-[30k]

Features:
Cuts a Mesh along a specified Plane


Comparisons:
It is better then using Intersect or Boolean (for the same job) because the algorithm, being cut-along-plane specific is much simpler and robust. so simple that it mantains quad faces quad as far as possible

It is different from the rusy knife script (q.v.) inasmuch it cuts a mesh in two separate meshes and does not split selected faces in half maintaining a single mesh.

Problems:
This is Vers. 0.0.6. Should be considered beta quality.
It works BOTH on 2.23 and 2.25 (thank eeshlo)
but on 2.25 it generates LOTS of duplicated vertices
because 2.25 lacks the 'Remove Double' API call.

Have fun

Stefano

[Dittohead]

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!

[kino]

Wow 8)


kino

[Schlops]

Yay!

[Enzoblue]

you ROCK !

[garbager]

Thas is not the 3DSMAX knife tool I dream for for ages, but as a matter of fact I was just working on a project needing this function, and magically you came !!!!
Another great plugin from a great coder.
THANKS THANKS THAKS

[mthoenes]

Excellent... Thank you

[Caronte]

Nice tool!
Tanks!

[ScottishPig]

D000000000000000000D</1337> Good job.

[paradox]

Boy are you a busy person. Thanks.
Paradox

[paradox]

I almost forgot I got this but I remembered and tryed it out. I logged back in just to tell you that I tested it and it works great.
You did a good job and it is also very very easy to use. Please don't quit programing stuff like this. I didn't even know that I needed a tool like this but now that I tryed it I see lots of uses for it. Well done.
Paradox

[Jamesk]

Supercalafragalistic expialadotious! (sp!)

[sten]

cool stefano !

now you only need to do a circular knife =P

...and then add it to Blender's code in future

[Manuel]

Great tool! Thanks S68!!!

[basse]

WOW, and it even works.

now, I have to think where would I use this tool???

.b

[kaktuswasse]

now, I have to think where would I use this tool???

haha, that's the thing i am thinking about all the time. I just dont know
where i'd need it . But good work anyway S68!!

cya henrik

[steve343]

The perfect use for this tool would be in a scene with an flat env mirror.

good work !!!!

might start learning to program myself.... but then i always say i will and dont !

[Alltaken]

Originally Posted by kaktuswasse now, I have to think where would I use this tool??? haha, that's the thing i am thinking about all the time. I just dont know where i'd need it . But good work anyway S68!! cya henrik

i have needed things like this all the time.

[belac]

SWEET! 8)

[ec2]

Wow! Thanks Stefano, what a tool. Blender and its community just keeps getting better and better.