@jiminy-billy-bob said: Layer0 Do you want to be able to sort and nest the Layer0 like any other layer ? Currently, I made it to stay at the stop, but I can make an option for that if people want to, so you would be able to choose Layer0 behaviour. NO Layer0 should remain status-quo. "Best Practices" say that layer0 is ALWAYS the current layer, and ALL raw geometry is assigned to it. Then you comp or group geometry to keep stuff separate, and assign layers to comps/groups only, to control visibility. I learned that the hard way in the beginning of my SU experience.

thank you TIG, everything`s ok now, Uli

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Fredo, yes it ended up being stray edges... not a conflict or the plugin itself. thanks for looking.

DAVE: Thanks. I'm almost up to speed! These work fine with SU 2013. Originally I was just trying to get feedback on if they worked rather than do it myself in case I messed anything up. However, I just did like you suggested and I have what I want...in the way of these function. COTTY: Thanks for the suggestion!

Yes, Smustard has always honored my hatred of Paypal with google checkout invoices for products I want.

You can test my plugin http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/s4u_selectool

@michaelv said: Bob, Let me ask you this: What is it you're trying to design? And how you came about having the field of points (rather than the shape)? I ask because I'm currently working on a plugin that creates a curve from a set of points (although not cpoints but a list of x,y coordinates) and then generates a solid from a series, much similar to what you're trying to accomplish. I don't have a set of drawn points to start from but rather a list of adimensional x,y coordinates (multiply by a scale factor or dimension to get the result), like a spreadsheet. Depending on what it is you're doing and what you have to start with, it may be an interesting option for me to consider in my tool. In any case I may think of how I may modify it to do what you need (the whole shape) if it's possible. If you have a list of coordinates (file), it shouldn't be too hard for me to create the tool that will make a mesh/surface out of it, as I will need such a tool in my plugin, so it's part of writing it. All it would need is a bit of input change. If you only have construction points, then it will need to extract coordinates from the selection. I guess Sam's tool does that inherently, and might be able (if not already) generate an array of coordinates. I didn't look at the tool yet. I am interested in the tool you are developing. I am working on modeling chromosome ends on a sphere. I have been modeling chromosome ends on the surface of a sphere using Buckyball in SketchUp8. The sphere is rotated/orbited so that one gets different projections of the labels that approximate the distribution of chromosomes in actual cellular spreads (the various polygons are numbered for ease of identification). (I can send images of the spheres and models if youlike but I can't past them) My questions: How can I get the coordinates (2D or 3D) of the different labels (chromosomes ends) in each of the projections I notice that there is “wobble” or discrepancy between the assigned positions of the label (i.e. to specific pentagons or hexagons it was originally assigned to) and the location it appears at in the projected sphere. Is it possible to increase the fidelity or decrease the variation between the assigned and apparent location? When I export different projections (of the same sphere), i.e. those rotated to give different chromosome distributions, I get identical sets of data. The file is huge. I take it SU gives the coordinates (?) of all points in the model, and it matters not what orientation or rotation is current. Is that the right understanding? Is there a way of simplifying the data points so that only the coordinates of the labels are retained? Here are X,Y coordinates of one chromosome spread. Perhaps you can have a creative approach to plotting these points on a sphere: Chrom X Y 1Ap 4.3 0.3 1Aq 3.0 9.0 1Bp 2.5 1.4 1Bq 0.4 2.9 2Ap 9.7 2.7 2Aq 8.2 9.3 2Bp 6.9 3.7 2Bq 0.2 5.5 Xp 8.2, 4.6 Xq 0.6 7.7 Y1p 7.4 1.4 Y1q 11.8 4.4 Y2p 7.7 3.2 Y2q 8.6 2.2 m,any thanks, BL blibbus@gmail.com

@tak2hata said: Hi, I update this to version 1.2.0 New Option for changing Sketchup Scene Page by clicking Annotater TAB. http://youtu.be/p9qVETv-Xuw Thanks. you did what you said you did... i tried i had problems until i understood that you are supposed to clic on the tab in the plugin html window to change scenes because if i clic on the tabs in the sketchup windows, the text remains the same, it doesn't change also, i understood later that the text tab is associated to the scene which is active when the text tab is created if i close the sketchup window, and open it again with the same model, the text which was on the screen before is the one that appears again Here are some comments: would it be possible to register the file with the text on each scene, so when the file is closed, and opened again, the right text goes to the right scene, even if the plugin annotator isn't switched on? use annotator as a word processor for sketchup? or at least make that no text appears until the text file is loaded through annotator would it be possible to change scene by clicking on the scene tab in the sketchup window, instead of clicking on the tab in annotator html window (i have to clic many times before it reacts) long texts don't fit to the screen; would it be possible to have a maximum number of characters per line, and then change line? i am going to try your plugin in real situation this week thank you

@jean-franco said: Maybe this plugin from Julia Eneroth can help ? You just select the texture on your face and click the right or left icon in the toolbar. http://eneroth.port0.org/plugins/texturerotater/ Wow! Great! There it is... i assigned some shortcuts and it works! Thank You! (i just had to rename one function from "Counter Clockwise" to "Clockwise" because they were named the same in the .rb.) @fredo6 said: ThruPaint includes some ways to rate textures by 90° (and 180°). VCB: + or - the small texture edition palette has buttons for rotations Fredo Thanks Fredo! I tried the +/- thing before, but i wasn't aware that i have to hit enter to make it work! So there is another solution for use with ThruPaint.

@unknownuser said: Have you tried to make the same in a special view like "View Top" with Camera Parallel Projection ? I was made this way - Top/Parallel. The same strange behavior with Polyline Chamfer and Polyline Divider. Drawing on a face helps indeed - thanks mitcorb!

This is very good idea that cold potentially increase working speed. Here is a video of a plugin with interesting concept as welll... http://youtu.be/cH0SOE5ukMM

@bagatelo said: You could change the code to rename the definition name? With the code below the definition name is created. model = Sketchup.active_model ents = model.active_entities groups = ents.grep(Sketchup;;Group) components = ents.grep(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance) num = 0 groups.each do |group| group.name = nil.to_s end groups.each do |group| if group.name == nil.to_s num=0 end groups.each do |g| if group.layer.name == g.layer.name if g.name == nil.to_s num+=1 bytenum = num.to_s.length if bytenum == 1 zeros = "00" end if bytenum == 2 zeros = "0" end if bytenum >= 3 zeros = nil.to_s end g.name = group.layer.name.concat(" - #{zeros}#{num}") end end end end components.each do |component| component.name = nil.to_s end components.each do |component| if component.name == nil.to_s num=0 end components.each do |c| if component.layer.name == c.layer.name if c.name == nil.to_s num+=1 bytenum = num.to_s.length if bytenum == 1 zeros = "00" end if bytenum == 2 zeros = "0" end if bytenum >= 3 zeros = nil.to_s end #c.name = component.layer.name.concat(" - #{zeros}#{num}") c.definition.name = component.layer.name.concat(" - #{zeros}#{num}") end end end end @bagatelo said: The reason I asked this plugin is because I'm trying to use the plugin "Solid Quantify by TAK2HATA". It's a wonderful plugin, and I need something to easily modify the names of components. Note the attachment files. Will check it out indeed.

[image: UAap_removelonelyvertex.png] @tig said: You can use Move to relocate a line's end/start vertex and snap it to another. Also see... http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=FredoTools In that Fredo has a tool that remove unneeded [lonely] vertices in collections of selected edges. So if your tiny edges are co-linear with another longer edge then it will merge the two into one longer edge... yes remove lonely vertex solves the problem but only when i copy the rectangular surface apart and select it individually when it is side by side with others, it doesn't work but i think i understand now the source of the problem when i zoom, i notice that the rectangular surfaces are overlapped just a little so logically, sketchup cut the edge and made 2, one almost the side of the rectangle, and the other, a very short one... I checked my original dxf file, and yes, they overlap also... so Baz was right, sometimes, draftsmen may be sloppy, especially me... thank you for helping me out [image: tsKu_overlappingsurfaces.png]

@dave r said: How about a screen shot of the Plugins folder. Best guess from what you're showing is you've installed it incorrectly or not really installed it at all. If you would get the Sketchucation Plugin Store and install it, you could automatically install LibFredo6 and other plugins correctly. I must have been installing it wrong. On the flip side, I did end up getting the Sketchucation Plugin Store. I absolutely love it! It installed it correctly for me. Thanks!

View > Hidden Geometry ON will show all hidden objects. If it's on a Layer that is OFF you won't see it though... The Outliner will also show all instances that are on ON Layers... You can select them in the Outliner and they select in the model.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39694 haven't tried it though... You know I'm gonna suggest Blender too

No, I mean it can make accurate budgets... I was referring to the OP.

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