Solid Wood Tool

Draw a solid wood piece by clicking four points — insertion point, length, width, and thickness. Choose material and board data in the board selector that opens automatically.

How to use

1. Select material in the board selector that opens automatically
2. Click to set the insertion point
3. Move and click to define the length (horizontal) — or type length;width;thickness in the VCB
4. Move and click to define the width (perpendicular to length)
5. Move and click to define the thickness (vertical) — or type each value in the VCB

Keys

• Right arrow = Lock length along the red (X) axis
• Left arrow = Lock length along the green (Y) axis
• Up / Down arrow = Lock length along the blue (Z) axis
• Press the same arrow again to release the lock
• Esc = Cancel the operation

Tips

• The board selector opens automatically — choose material and data before placing
• Dimension lines in red (length), green (width), and blue (thickness) guide each step
• Type a value in the VCB at any step to set that dimension precisely
• At the length step, type length;width or length;width;thickness in the VCB — with all three values the piece is created immediately
• End-grain hatching is drawn automatically on the two faces perpendicular to the length

VCB input

• Format: Length ; Width ; Thickness
• Partial entry: a parameter left empty keeps its current value — 12 changes only the 1st parameter, ;0.2 only the 2nd, ;;0.4 only the 3rd.