For my purpose/need this density function is just perfect. Thanks again GreyHead! But right now I can't think any other way to benefit from this function when using MatrixProximity script. I will be fine with this unofficial version.

I think it is now called PathCopy.rb and can be found on the Smustard website.

Bob

Dear TIG,

Many thanks for replying. It is a non-urgent request as your V1.8 seems to work fine and is accurate to the stated tolerances.

FYI, the model is that of a machine base that is to be cast from polymer concrete. The volume gives me the mass (density 2,300 kg/m^3), and an estimate of the cost.

Kind regards,
Bob

I also want a script to export dwg file with select entities.

I could give you the complex answer or the simple one...

To be honest it's a simple typo !!! Should be "if NOT selection" etc... Sorry...

Another typo crept in too ! In the menu so v1.2 is now here...

I've re-re-loaded the script here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=46829#p46829

The original thread(s) are deleted...

that's pretty cool, Wikii.

Well you can start with this one, Jim. The wav file is still in the SU code, last time I checked...from an old Easter Egg...but the link has been disabled. 😉

ElmerFudd.zip

@unknownuser said:

no. the JS is hard to modify. I would go with this one

TBD, looks good, too - let's go with it.

Here are the specifications that the image exporter will need:

@unknownuser said:

The image file names/paths must be carefully prepared to work with the rotation. The names must match the pattern:

imgPrefix_α_βimgExt

Where α is the rotation step, and β is the tilt angle. You will need combinations of every rotation step and tilt angle that you are using. If you want to use panning, you must make sure that you number the images in the correct direction. Tilt angles assume that 1 is the view from the top (or the highest viewing perspective), and rotation steps assume that progressing from 1 to 2 is motion in a clockwise direction, etc. It is assumed that the rotation steps make a complete circle around the subject.

@unknownuser said:

You will need numRot x numtilt images in total. My demonstration here use 6 x 3 = 18 images - around 117 KB. For 30 rotation steps, and 15 tilt angles (for a very fluid effect), you would need 450 images (so let's hope you have a good relationship with your camera)

450 images? Ouch, but I would also estimate that is correct.

Actually, I think I solved the syntax errors but the script doesn't seem to do what I would like to have happen. Thanks anyway, TIG.

Dave

erikB

Glad to help

Of course a no-twist extrude along path would be the real answer but jointPP will work pretty well and glad to have it

dtr

Gaieus,

I thank you for your advice. I resolved the problem by defining a new style and setting the line profiles to 1 pixel.

Greg

Thanks Didier,

I may just unload this puppy unitil I can get a fix.

Well, if we have already gone off-topic, one would most probably think that a name like "Csaba" (ending with A - generally a sign of female gender in many Indoeuropean languages*) is a female name. I've had experiences... 😄

There are exceptions - like Andrea in Italian - but they are generally derivatives of other names (like the Greek Andreas in this case).

Oh well, I hope Jim won't notice this OT behaviour... 😉

Well, it wouldn't have 'been clear in the morning' without your clarification, Jim, but it now is - THANKS.

I now see that although the Class CylTool is defined, the function to create the tool is NOT 'def'ined.

So my slightly modified code now works to provide Draw menu entries for 'Construction line' and 'Cylinder - on axis' with the addition of just these lines at the end of the linetool.rb script where only the first four lines were originally. These functions provide shortcuts for selecting the new tools

def linetool
Sketchup.active_model.select_tool LineTool.new
end

def cyltool
Sketchup.active_model.select_tool CylTool.new
end

Add tools to Draw menu

if( not file_loaded?("linetool.rb") )
UI.menu("Draw").add_item("Construction line") { linetool }
UI.menu("Draw").add_item("Cylinder - on axis") { cyltool }
end

file_loaded("linetool.rb")

I now just want to add a few refinements, which I can see how to do (following the excellent examples elsewhere in this forum and in the script repositories), to:

specify the radius or diameter of the cylinder make the drawn cylinder into a group or component automatically design PNG graphics to indicate which tool is in use, instead of the generic white arrow.

Thanks again for such a prompt and helpful response - much appreciated.

John McC

Dave,
I do believe that's the one I'm looking for. You don't know how much time you've just saved me.
Many many thanks
Grant

Yes, I've studied it extensively... But what I didn't noticed before is that when you have a component within another component and when you paint this sub-component globally (by default) you thus modify its definition. That's to say you can't have this sub-component colored with 2 different colors in to separate "parents". I hope that I'm clear, anyway this makes my job a lot easier
I must extract an Excel sheet with a global list of top-level furniture components (kitchen cabinets, shelves...), and a detailed list of the components of level 1 whith their colors/materials, themselves made of various pieces of level 2 of various colors/materials.
Pfff, furniture manufacturers are complicated people sometimes...

P.S. Typo: Bonne chance (thanks)

I did upload the correct file... BUT the weirdness of Vista is that it segregates 'compatibility files' when they're inside the Programs Files Folder.

I based RandomSelect on RandomDelete. I copied it, renamed it and changed its contents - and when I used it it read the right one and runs fine !!! BUT for some stupid reason Vista uploads the initial unedited copy - although it has the right 'name'...

After some efforts I have fixed it and I have now corrected the error in the Depository...

301 Moved Permanently

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(www.sketchucation.com)

The old version needs deleting but I can't do it since after a day or so the posts seem to be locked... Can a Mod please fix.

EDIT: As of this edit the wrong file/post is gone. Anyone who downloaded the duff version (~24 ?) please accept my apologies, and go and get the corrected one...

More haste, less speed...

I think it removes unused lines from the faces in the current selection.

TBD,

any posibility to let sub.exe use stdin and stdout, instead of needing to save an intermediate file?

Hi,
D/L TIG's Componentsreporter+ script, there are some good tricks in there 😄