How about just moving the axes of each component so the origin is at the center of the appropriate face. That origin is the insertion point and you'll have hold of it when you bring the component in from the Components browser. Then you can find the center of the mating face with the inferencing tools to drop it. Or you could place some intersecting guides at the desired insertion point. You can see a demo of that starting at about 8:14 in the video here. Sorry its so far in.

@unknownuser said: Double Line cannot handle T junctions, only a simple path. Right. Since your walls are groups they also are 'solids', then performing 'union' gives good results. But more parameters in the dialog box would be handy and useful. Keep on the good work.

@aegyr said: Wow, that was a quick answer. Thanks a lot. Quick answer??? It took him almost half an hour! (Welcome to SCF!!!!!!)

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My version of Win32api.so is 20547 bytes, and works with su 7.1, not with su8. I've found a very old one that was working with su5 and 6, that is only 7168 bytes, and it works with su8 ! Attached below, just in case (must be tested with other plugins that requires it). @Thomthom: fr_rubytoolbar.rb is just a translation of the menus and tooltips, no changes made to the code itself. See this thread to get the old version that's working for me on SU7 and 8: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=33955&p=298650#p298650

hmm... another benefit a plugin manager could have: check for conflicting plugins from a blacklist or known problem-plugins.

@jim said: Slow loading, slow minimizing, slow resizing, slow focusing. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23343&p=298179#p298173 Did you experience it yourself?

Ok, made the changes and a few more, although there's no outward difference; it should run a little quicker. Download from here. Thanks Jason for the feedback and Thom for the code.

There is not in the Selection Toys by Thomthom something like "extend an existing selection" ?... (not yet researched)

That's some mighty big GIfs. 5MB and 2MB. Some users aren't as fortunate to have good bandwidth. Had it been a video click they could decide to load the clip or not.

And also please note that Skin only works: only works with curves:-> to make it work with lines: divide them and then Weld them. [image: DBelvinSkin02.jpg] only works with curves that are not contiguously: [image: DBelvinSkin01.jpg] Cheers, simon.

Maybe someone has to delete the [Plugin] tag from this discussion.

@honoluludesktop said: Fredo, What software do you use to screen capture, and make the gif's. I use Camtasia Studio. Very powerful software and easy to use for video edition. @honoluludesktop said: And if possible in a few sentences, how did you create that menu at the top of the screen? I guess you refer to the button palettes. This is simply 2D drawing with the very few drawing functions available in the SU API. Fredo

@didier bur said: Hi, @unknownuser said: For some reason, it does not load for me - again RLD's OK, though... Not always; see catamountain post in this topic recently (so it is not just me): http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=22ea17cbcf56c8a5&hl=en @unknownuser said: Happy new year 2011 Happy Birthday to you, Didier as well!

Same problems, no solution despite trying everything. I'm going to uninstall and reinstall everything? Also, my Preferences > Extensions folder does not contain anything useful either. HELP!!

@jim said: Hi Aqualung - is that your plugin? How about a tutorial? Hi Jim - Yes, it's mine - The only tricky thing to using it is getting the entities in the right order - The plugin uses any un-grouped geometry as input - Additionally, any subsequent operation on the geometry (such as moving, scaling, etc.) potentially alters the order it is returned in a list - My workaround for this is to first create the reference geometry I need, put it in a group, and then trace any new geometry to be used as input. To reproduce the spiral in question, create a circle (I used 12" for the diameter), position it where desired, and then put it into a group: [image: d33G_sp01.JPG] Next, create a semi-circle using the three-point circle tool: [image: lp4j_sp02.JPG] For five turns of 48 segments each, 240 segments total are needed - In order to spread out the turns, a height of 120" was used along with a scaling factor of 2.0: [image: oX49_sp03.JPG] The result should be as shown below: [image: DezL_sp04.JPG] If you try to edit the original circle into a semi-circle and subsequently use it as input, you will prpbably end up with something like: [image: piei_sp05.JPG] This is a result of modifying the geometry after it's created. Aqualung

Lo mismo os digo. ¡Feliz 2012! Porque con la crisis, el 2011 hay que darlo por perdido

The multiplication kind of resembles the effect of the Inverse Square Law, where doubling the radius results in 4x the area, and 1/4 the intensity regarding light and acoustics.

Instantly is impossible. Even Copy+Paste takes time depending on how much you copied.

Plugout: a Plugin that has been removed As in "causesproblems.rb became an immediate plugout for me".