BLUM Recovery

Convert a model exported from the BLUM configurator into native Adwood elements: panels become Adwood panels, drill placeholders become machining groups, and all BLUM parts are grouped into a single hardware component.

How to use

1. Open the SketchUp file exported from the BLUM configurator and save it: the hardware component is named after the file
2. Stay at the top level of the model: only the components of the current context are processed
3. Launch BLUM Recovery: there is nothing to click, the whole conversion runs in a single pass
4. Check the result: the panels are Adwood panels, the drillings are red machining groups, the hardware is one component
5. Resize the assembly to the real drawer width: the recovered assembly is normalized to 200 mm

What the tool creates

• Panels: reoriented, converted to Adwood panels, octagonal holes replaced by real drillings
• Drillings: rebuilt as circular machining groups, one group per plane, entry face in red
• Hardware: all BLUM parts grouped into one component named "file name + drawer length"
• Alignment: the leftmost red drilling face is placed on the model origin (X = 0)

Keys

• Ctrl+Z (PC) or Cmd+Z (Mac) = Undo the whole conversion in one step

Tips

• Work on a copy of the BLUM file: the conversion is destructive and the original drillings are deleted with the "existant" layer
• If nothing is converted, make sure you are not inside a group or a component
• Classification relies on names and positions: components named "Component..." are drill placeholders, components at the model origin are panels, all others are BLUM hardware
• The recovered assembly is set up as a dynamic assembly (vertical stretch and horizontal faces disabled) and starts in the closed state