Caleidos4D : Extrude along path will do. Almost similar to pipe along path ruby i can use follow me but i have to create shape first Thank you people for your help. For sure this will make my work easier.

@gude said: Tig Wow. Thank you so much.. I've just downloaded the script. Again thank you. Does this script unfold faces? I've attached the su on the release page. Thanks and keep up TIG. I'm so Amazed. Tannks... To 'unfold' find Jim Foltz's 'unfold.rb'

@photon713 said: The first is my difficulty when trying to align two objects using the "move" tool. It seems that when I get the bottoms of two components aligned the sides are off and vice versa. So, is there a tool/plugin that allows the selection of two points and snaps them together at that point? Can you posts some screens of what you are describing. I'm not quite sure I understand the scenario. @photon713 said: Second, when flattening a component to a 2D level I cannot extrude it because the underlying lines etc., are still evident. I would like to be able to flatten the object with a resulting outline only, that I can extrude? Export a 2d DWG of the view, then import it?

@carolyn17 said: hey how did you get fredoscale to download? thanks! Here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17948

Did you also install the Libfredo library?

DerMaister, Please, do not embed images from http://xmages.net/. It has been reported to be a website with malicious content and indeed it also shows like that in my browser. [image: k1n7_malsite.png] Please, either attach your images straight to your posts here or use another site to store them.

I probably should have stated that a bit better. I would like to export shadow lines as vector data in order to create diagrams in illustrator. I could have sworn I had one that would do that, but I think I was thinking of the shade_analysis_tool.rb. I may be able to use that along with livetrace to do what I need. Thanks though.

How about Chris Fullmers Component onto Face plugin? It does not exactly "drop" a component, but it places a copy of a component on the center of each selected face. ... edit: on hidden faces it works as well!

Thanks, Chris. Like I said, everything seems to be working since reinstalling 8. I didn't get any errors when I copied my plugins back into the new install. I'll reply back to this topic if I have any more similar troubles. I received a PM from someone who explained that the errors I was getting can occur when SU is closed unexpectedly while Saving Toolbar Locations is in process, or when a bunch of plugins with toolbars are closed all at once - I guess by unloading them out of the directory(?). It's possible that the first is what happened to me today. 8 does seem picky and even a little sluggish on start-up and shut-down so maybe it was cranking away on something and I got impatient. Wouldn't be the first time.

Thank you, Wyatt. Drop works fairly well (smart drop does not) but does not come up in the context menu if some inappropriate entities are selected, and I'm not sure exactly what those are. Unfortunately, it is text shy, and that is one of my prime targets. I think in conjunction with tt's selection toys I may be able to be more effective. (And also if I would boot from the same drive which I have not been doing owing to unrelated hair-pullers!!)

yes the new installer fixed my issue... no errors on 7 or 8

oh yeah baby!!! I can't wait for this one!

There was a splat and on reload, sel_mem was there, so all is well in that little regard.

thanks TIG! I thought it was easier ... I thought you only need to enter a lines of code for modify... i am only a webmaster

@heven7_floor said: @unclex said: I'm Chinese shame that rubbish BBS sound be true , I am try to read through its link, many people can't do anything with this script, as previously with my reckless post , after I unzip that file in SU6 , and try as they claim again, it work !! I apologize and regret for my reckless at previously posted so I just use my dict. and read all words in chinese, so it can translate that right status text is "请选泽一条边线 或者 拖选两条边线后输入尺寸" mean "Please select one edge side line or drag select to both line to input dimension back" and left status text for input first method select is "长度“ mean "Length" and left status text for second method is "距离" mean "Distant for apart to be" sorry for my bad

Coen You are a little quick to comment. The link goes to Jim's website and the list of his scripts which include a link to selector. dtr

Yes, Thom's Selection Toys should be on a mandatory pro user list of plugins. I couldn't image going back to modeling without it.

Hmm...it worked fine for me with SU 7.1. Are you on a Mac?

http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=412 has an example for making CHS and RHS sections where it draws the two loops and erases the inner one If you are sure that you will only have 2 faces to check - e.g. a grouped set of geometry that is perhaps two concentric circles with faces; and you want to erase the inner 'disc' to leave a 'ring' then use something like this after you have added the edges/faces group.entities.each{|e| e.erase! if e.class==Sketchup;;Face and e.loops[1] } ### i.e. the ring has two loops but the inner circle only has one... There are several ways to add faces to entities sets and also to check which is the inner face etc if an edge has two faces...

@dragoonprogramming said: thanks guys! chris's plug-in is perfect! sorry tig but your plug-in keeps crashing and I dont want the line to be components thanks guys! SUp can crash if the Outliner is open and you run a tool - that's a known SUp shortcoming awaiting a fix... The two tools are not rivals but achieve similar looking results by different means