This version required more effort than I expected to get kerf adjustment working, so it may not be as stable as the previously posted v0.46-alpha. A key note for that previous version: if you have preview enabled, there was a bug preventing it from saving the parametric expressions in parameters.
Here’s an example of the latest version’s parameters:
This new version creates quite a few extra construction lines in the sketch, that it uses simply for the definition of parameters that are used by the sketch, extrusion and patterns.
If you’re looking for speed, disabling parametric functionality will be much faster. Leaving parametric functionality enabled allows for adjustments to parameters after creation.
Also, this version starts the use of an Advanced tab to separate options that are not as likely to be used. This includes the ability to offset tabs from the sides of the face, and from the face itself. In other words, you can now create tabs in random interior sections of the selected body, by offsetting them from a face.
There are two other features that I’m working on that I disabled so that I could get this out, and when I disabled them, I mistyped a line; and, of course, didn’t validate it before I posted.
Hot on the heels of Alpha v0.50, TabGen v0.51-alpha fixes a bug introduced in v0.50, when disabling the Start with Tab option, and drastically improves performance when the parametric option is enabled.
Okay, first off, I love where this is going, you are tring to give me my one request and add all kinds of things I’m not bright enough to even think to ask for. This thing is going to be epic.
Now, sorry, I don’t mean to be the bug finder, I just am.
Two things and nither throw errors so I have to show screen shots of the behavor.
First, if “disable parameteric” is not checked, it previews fine but when you click “OK” you get this:
