Wood Expansion Calculator 1.0

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08-11-2010 03:02 PM

Wood Expansion Calculator 1.0 is available and now supports Metric dimensions. This tool is a Ruby script plugin for SketchUp and can be used to compute the seasonal dimensional change in woods for various regions of the country. It is a free tool and can be downloaded at http://www.srww.com/downloads/wood_expansion_calculator_rev_1.0.zip .

I first wrote about this tool in June (see http://www.srww.com/blog/?p=1223) and explained its use. I again posted a blog announcing the release of Revision 1.0 (see http://www.srww.com/blog/?p=1259) and explaining the changes to this release.

Check it out. If you have trouble or don’t know how to install it in SketchUp, contact me at jpz@srww.com .

Joe….
a.k.a. Chiefwoodworker

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#1 posted 08-13-2010 07:15 AM

Thanks Joe. I will have to download this and try it out.

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