waterhead

Were you editing this when I posted about Photomatch or did I simply miss the reference?

Chris

Dave,
I guess Photomatch could be useful for such a thing too?

Chris

Dave,
Another very useful article. Thank you.

Chris

Dave,
Another very clear explanation! When I first started using this tool I overlooked the possibility to change the number of control points for ages and it used to frustrate me enormously..

Chris

Hmm. At the price, I feel it needs a bell and whistle or two. For example and at a minimum, the ability to create a fatter tail/socket at the base of a drawer side/front to receive the drawer bottom.

Variable spacing for decorative layouts such as houndstooth would be nice as well.

Why go to this trouble? Well if one is modelling the dovetail joinery at all (and for many purposes it will be an unnecessary level of detail) it is probably precisely to demonstrate the joinery to best advantage. For a simple row of dovetails, I would not bother to take measurements from a plan or SU drawing, preferring instead just to mark them out on the work with dividers - something I have to do anyway.

I too find ortho views useful - however, I use Jim Folz's MakeOrthoViews.rb plugin - one click on your selected model or component and you have a super set of ortho views.