CADbuddy™ for modo

modo 401 and modo 501

A set of 9 tools that will help you to work with polylines inside of modo: From clean-up -to- scaling -to- slicing up geometry.

Note. CADbuddy is no longer available as the tools are currently being integrated into a new product called mARCH™. mARCH will be available for modo at the end of December 2011. For information about it's release please sign-up to our newsletter.

You can view a short demo of mARCH on our YouTube channel.

Scale Tool

Scale any mesh item based on the length of one edge. A very popular and super handy addition to modo's toolset.

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Slice Tools

Use any edge selection to drive modo's slicing tool. For example, you can use edges from an imported elevation to cut the walls of a building model. This tool automatically eliminates duplicates allowing for lazy selections and the main options will ensure you that only create vertical or horizontal slices. In addition, there's a "projection slice" option that enables you to make vertical cuts along a direction and to a specified depth based on a polygon selection.

Extrude

Use any vertex selection to drive modo's polygon extrude tool. For example, you can extrude a floor plan to the height of vertices that are selected from a side elevation. Very handy.

Smart Bridge

Bridge mutiple groups of polygins at once. A real time saver. Note: Only for use with non-curved windows and door openings.

Overview

CADbuddy is a set of easy to use tools that help you to make use of polylines and edges, especially those from imported architectural plans, in modo. It helps with tasks such as merging layers, scaling and using the polylines or edges as guides for the automated cutting of geometry (as opposed to using boolean methods).

Note. CADbuddy is not for CAD drafting in modo and we recommed that you use a program like Draftsight if you need to draft out or re-draw arch-viz plans.

Tools Overview

  • The 9 tools included in this pack are as follows:
  • Merge: Clean-up and flatten 2d polyline layers (or other mesh items) in to a single Mesh Item.
  • Scale: Scale imported 2d polylines (or any mesh) based on the length of a single 'known' edge.
  • Polyline/Edge Checker: Checks lines are facing along major axis and/or along the common angles.
  • Extract Elevations: Quickly extract elevations to their own layer (with auto-naming).
  • Align CAD: Align to origin centered around a vertex or align to a stored vertex postion.
  • Align Points-to-Point: Align vertices along the major axes to a selected vertex.
  • CADextrude: Extrude polygon/s using heights taken from vertices.
  • CADslice: Use edge selections to drive to slicing through geometry.
  • Smart Bridge: Bridge multiple window/door openings at once. Create 'locators' for use with Windo.

About the Author

Neil Hayes has been using modo and making add-ons since version 101 (2005). He's the director of The Third Guild, a 3d artist and a well know modo user with a passion for Architectural Visualisation (see Neil's review of modo 501 for CGarchitect.) CADbuddy is ever expanding and is the core of Neil's modoCAD™ tools.

Delivery Method: Instant Access Digital Download

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  • Software (modo kit) and docs: 0.5MB
  • Video Guide: This is a separate download (download link in file above): 120MB