JigsawMaker

Submitted by haavards on Fri, 2011-08-26 06:01
9 votes
Version: 
1.0
Date Updated: 
08/26/2011

(Copypasta from my webpage)
Jigsaw maker

For fun I made a little jigsaw script. Just specify how many pieces you want and optinally draw a template spline for your pieces to generate a fully random jigsaw.

If you want custom pieces, just draw a line following the constraints described in the script's help button.

Above: The custom spline is displayed to the left.

When created, add a bevel modifier to get the splines meshed.

Download: JigsawMaker.ms

Links
Homepage URL: 
http://folk.ntnu.no/havardsc/site/wordpress
Download URL: 
http://folk.ntnu.no/havardsc/scripts/jigsawMaker.ms

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flashalliance's picture
Submitted by flashalliance on Fri, 2017-01-20 08:15.

good!

good!

haavards's picture
Submitted by haavards on Thu, 2011-09-01 08:17.

lightcube, I think your first

lightcube, I think your first suggestion would be hard to do considering how the script is implemented. Now you create 1/8 of 1 piece to start with and the script creates the rest of the 64 (if I remember correctly) different pieces. So assembling the pieces with varying length/height would be hard, but it would look more varied and awesome :)
The other things you mention should not be hard to fix. If you got a cool template just send me the coordinates :D

http://folk.ntnu.no/havardsc/site/wordpress/

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Submitted by Glacierise on Tue, 2011-08-30 04:20.

Very fun thing to have,

Very fun thing to have, thanks!

lightcube's picture
Submitted by lightcube on Sun, 2011-08-28 08:14.

Neat Script

Neat script. Here are some options that might be cool:

 

  1. Allow user to create the bounding spline for the puzzle (so the puzzle boundary can be an arbitrary shape--not just rectangle)
  2. Allow the user to select a list of template shapes instead of just one.

Also, if the user does not create a template piece that is valid, the script fails with:

-- Error occurred in getPiece(); filename: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\Scripts\jigsawMaker.ms; position: 25440; line: 519
 
...
 
--   action: undefined
--   jigsawSpline: $ss1
>> MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception:
-- No ""get"" function for OK <<

It might be more convenient if that error was detected or caught.

Nice script, though!

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Shawn Olson

Developer of Wall Worm

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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 2011-08-26 14:18.

Cool!

This is a really cool and fun script. Could have really saved me time on a project not long ago :)

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