My Edge Tools has a different simplification technique - no preview though. You specify how the max distance the simplified curve is allowed to deviate form the original.

Yes, Chris. The idea being if your were, for instance, in a Top (plan) view, and some of the your model structures were on the diagonal, you'd change the axes to match those structures in order to draw/edit them. If you wanted to zoom in on a particular area of those structures on the diagonal, the Zoom Window tool would be able to drag a bounding box relative current axes to define the zoom window. Otherwise, your forced to right-click on the user-defined axis, pick align view and then use the Zoom Window tool.

Thanks, Earthmover: In the back of my mind, I was thinking that ThomThom had already solved this with Vertex Tools. That's why I said I should know better than to ask this. Maybe this post belongs instead in the Sketchup 12 wishlist thread.

Hi, Just tested it with SU 7.1, it works OK. Not tested with SU8, since I'm waiting the french version of it... BUT if your image size is 602, the resulting mesh will be made of 6026022 triangles= 724808 faces ! Watch the status bar to check what it is doing, the redraw process can be (very) long... Regards

@pdonner said: Are there any solutions to these shortcomings? SimLab Composer and 3D PDF plugin only supports Acrobat reader 9.0 or newer on Windows and Mac. Version 9.0 introduced new features that we are using in Automatic Camera mode, and has better support for animation, which are working on. So we decided instead of limiting the functionality, to support Acrobat reader 9.0 or newer. Upgrading Acrobat reader is a free, fast, and simple process that can be performed from inside acrobat reader itself, which by default will encourage the user to upgrade to the latest version. With this version we discontinued the free version as we described in the previous post. @pdonner said: How does Simlab's software compare to the PDF export function of the SU 8 Pro version? In addition to the 3D PDF creation capability available in the plugin, SimLab Composer adds Rendering, supports many file formats including SketchUp, has 3D Scene building, and exoirts 3D scenes to different file formats. Users who use SketchUp as their main Design application will feel more comfortable with the plugin, while users who need the additional functionality and use different design applications in addition to SketchUp will prefer SimLab Composer. SimLab Composer at this point only support importing SketchUp 7 files and prior, only the plugin supports version 8. support for version 8 will be added in the next update of SimLab Composer

@greatoe said: Can I draw a conclusion that to make two parallel arcs, I can only do it manually, either draw the two arcs one by one with the build-in arc command or use the scripts with fillet tool to form the arcs one by one? Yes.

I cannot find the way to set Morisdov's ProperAnimation parameters from an external script ! I think there was at least one parameter that was mentionned in the forum but I can't seem to locate it again... Any help ? EDIT: ahem, I HAD to ask to find it ^^ Morisdov.transf_get("transf") PS: this thread is so close to this one that it would seem natural to move it there...

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You rocks one more time! Many thanks!

The algorythm in your posted .doc file looks sound - it's just that you need to create a PolygonMesh from scratch - not via a Face.

When labeling and making bill of materials, exploded view and etc. [image: 5xdq_2010-10-01_224929.jpg]

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Esteemed Mr. Hammond, thank you very much for the keycodes! They did the trick. I tried downloading the RubyLibraryDepot version of the script, but it was the same as the version I had, and I couldn't get it to work, even with a selection. The keycodes work like a charm however. Thank you, this is supremely useful. I managed to deactivate the mouseover-selection and random rotate on left-click, so I can now evoke the plugin after simply selecting an object. It's safer for presentation purposes, than being afraid, I might hover over the wrong set element and have to do a million undos to rotate all my furniture back. I also set the standard rotation value to 15 degrees, and for a slow, smooth turntable-rotation i can change the manual value to 1, and this way I have a near ideal and stupefyingly simple solution for showcasing any set with a revolve. SketchUp just got better again, and I have you guys to thank. Guys & Dolls in NY ... yeah, I wish that were mine. Ours is in Vienna. Incidentally, they both premiered on the same day. Bway's Guys and Dolls already closed, ours is in repertory and will hopefully get revived every year until I'm old and grey. I was certainly going for a classic Broadway type set visual. But I could never do a commission there. That union is almost impossible to get into, even for Americans. Thank you all for your generosity. All the best, SAM.

This may not have been such a good idea for a plugin. For one, the messagebox keeps popping up as if onNewmodel is being called multiple times. I've removed the download for now.

Yes, I mean Cpoints Seasdes

here's a project for those with nothing else to do: Make multiple instances of the same emoticons move out of sync. I've got no clue.

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got it - it's sketchy physics. specifically sketchyphysics.rb

Hmm dunno. I'm not too sure.... http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/2010/05/17/lattice-maker-google-sketchup-plugin-review/

So... if we can trust the x/y/z data in the file we import then... It's easy to spit into 'sets' of cpoints as they come in. The very first z is a 'top' and every line of text after that with a lower z is in the same set. We will eventually draw lines from one to the next If a z is more that it's predecessor then a new set is started. We repeat adding cpoints until the next set starts etc. As we go we keep a list of the these cpoint sets. Now we draw the lines... The 'vertical' ones are easy as we simply go through the sets of cpoints and for each list of cpoints we add_line from pt[0],pt[1] then pt[1],pt[2] etc. To add 'cross' members between pairs of nodes in adjacent sets we iterate a set and the next one to it using add_line set[0]pt[0],set[1]pt[0] then set[0]pt[1],set[1]pt[1] etc. Now we have a 'grid' of lines between the corresponding sets of cpoints in the file. If 'diagonals' are needed to triangulate the 'rectangles' then it's done as above but add_line steps up/down one item for the next set thus set[0]pt[0],set[1]pt[1]... If faces are needed then again these could be added instead of unfaced edges by finding the appropriate three pints in the sets/points and add_face(p0,p1,p2)[ruby] There's also the clever http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/entities.html#fill_from_mesh that might be useful in some circumstances...