Utilities

Helper tools for sheet manipulation and configuration

Utilities Components

SheepTolerance

This component can be used for headles environements like rhino.compute to set custom tollerances

Inputs

  • Angle Tolerance Radians (ATR) - Angular tolerance (default: 0.017453 ≈ 1°)
  • Angle Tolerance Degrees (ATD) - Angular tolerance in degrees (default: 1.0)
  • Absolute Tolerance (AT) - Linear tolerance (default: 0.001)

Outputs

  • Status (S) - Confirmation message

Constraints

  • Only ONE instance allowed per Grasshopper document
  • Applies to ALL SheepMetal operations in that document

When to Use

  • Headless/batch processing where Rhino tolerances aren't available
  • Automation scripts
  • Consistent tolerance across multiple documents

Tips

  • Match values to your project units (mm: 0.001, inches: 0.0001)
  • Affects quality of topology detection and classification

SM Changelog

Displays current plugin version and release notes.

Outputs

  • Version (V) - Current version number
  • Changelog (C) - Release notes for this version

Tips

  • Quick reference for features/fixes in current version
  • Check before reporting issues (may already be fixed in this version)

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