Whaat - Is there a particular reason you don't offer Profile Builder 2 through the Sketchucation Plugin Store? I really object to having to create a Google account in order to purchase through the Extension Warehouse, but I'm keen on purchasing your plugin.

Here's v2.0 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=AreaFormat It has been updated to also work with the newer SketchUp versions area-reporting format - mm² OR Millimeter ² etc. It also offers two new alternatives for inch/feet area formats - in² or sqin, and ft² or sqft...

That's close, and actually a pretty cool plugin. But I'd like the list attribute with the color swatch to be part of the SketchUp Materials Window that pops up. That way I can select from the list the correct material by name while I'm adding color to parts of the model. The Material Maintenance window that pops up does not let you pick a color to add directly to the model, it's for consolidating and replacing colors, which will be useful too. My need for this is partially due to the fact that I don't see certain colors well, so some look really similar to me. With the addition of the name to the color, it helps ensure that I'm picking the right "green" or "yellow" (or whatever material I need). I hope that explains it better?

Finaly i achieve the plugin for a straight stair. It's easier and it's a good way to learn ruby. To draw a stair : -install the file FaStair-i_Shape.rbz with the SU extension installator -activate the tool named FaStair-i_Shape in the Plugins / Extension menu -pick the origin of the stair -pick the width -pick the depth -finaly pick the height[image: ye5x_Clipboard01.jpg] et voila[image: bKKh_Clipboard02.jpg] plugin FaStair-_i_Shape Now i'm working on the FaStair-L_shape, it's much more complicated.[image: jfjE_Clipboard03.jpg]

Thanks for another excellent effort in this Loft Tool.

I was thinking of the general use where you want to see if a duct is intersecting a beam. You'd just want the tool to show you where so you can fix it yourself.

Bingo you right!

Is this EEbyRailsToLattice, OR LatticeMaker ? I suspect the latter ? Which is a sibling tool... Can you post a [simple] SKP showing your "starting position" - e.g. curves or surface etc...

hi @driven i have seen the option paypal connect to an own visa card however not sending from PP to Visa etc. i see we are living in different worlds some trust only plastic money and other trust virtual money like PP, Prepaid etc. prepaid is cool for kids ,too i would love SEW would support prepaid. when i can pay an app für the mobile, why i can´t pay a plugin for a program on the PC? this is what i don´t understand. in the apple store i can pay software via itunes..this is the best solution AND itunes have now the option to fill my conto via paypal. thats great fast and easy. how this works? i have two options i can buy a prepaid card at the gas station (for example) this in steps 10/25/50/100/150/250 [image: AOay_Snap_2015.10.16_12h56m45s_001_.png] ok its plastic,too however bio plastic. Transaction via PP to the Appstore. @ALL have trimble this options ,too? on the trimble site i have not seen any sketchup warehouse links. in the SEW-Forum i have ask.. however not respond actually. my dead line for a project is at the end of the next month. ok what plugin is this? this is the snap connector and the profile builder. Every day is a lost day when i can not work for this project Dean

Try changing its file-type from .kmz to a .zip Then extract it. Inside the resultant folder there should be a .dae file that can be imported into a SketchUp model... Obviously this workaround removes any geo-location data...

Thanks for the info!! I'll try to delete html, htm so they'll appear my pdf help files only, because generally you can access to the help files with html or htm extension through the plugins' menus. [image: CTMZ_Pdfhelpfiles.jpg]

Ley's assume from my earlier example 'bits' consists of separate values in the form 0.0,0.0,1.0 And that those represent the X,Y,Z values of a point... points=[] bits.each{|bit| xyz=bit.split(',') xyz.clone.each_with_index{|e, i| xyz[i] = xyz[i].to_f } points << Geom;;Point3d.new(xyz) } 'points' is now an array of Point3d values based on converting the CSV lines' strings into three floats, representing XYZ values. Assuming that the points are logically ordered you need four for each face of a cube, so you need to have 4 lines x 6 faces, you read the first 4 then the next 4 etc and make a face for each 'set' in turn. Points will need to be duplicated doing it this way. If you known it's a simple cube then you only need to define the 4 points making the base and in code pushpull that into a 3d form...

Yes, I might use it (if it were on Mac) for those tools I use sometimes, but not enough for a shortcut memorization. So I would not be interested in seeing the basic SU tools but some plugins only. I also like Kris's idea on levels, or at least say 5 categories so that one expands at at time.

sdmitch, thank you for the answer, worked like a Swiss cheese, sorry, Swiss watch (lol). Best regards, Simon S love nia

I can't even install it. I recieve a message saying "Installed successfully" but I can't find the toolbar, there's no option to activate it from right-click... doesn't seem to work. Tried installing .rbz and also putting the .rb file in both the Program Files\SketchUp\Plugins folder as well as the Program Files\SketchUp\ShippedExtensions. No use. Any ideas?

There was a great 3ds max plugin from Simlab soft called Simlab max to skp exporter that was great for even complex models with excellent results but they took it down for whatever reason. Perhaps contacting the author at Simlab would be helpful

ok good advice - cheers thats sorted c

Thank you for update on a "great plugin" Note that I was unable to download pdf release note: ***Documentation Download Curve Maker release notes in PDF format here: Release_Notes_Curve_Maker_1_6_1.pdf (127kb) [Updated 2015-09-02]*** Regards

@krism said: I know what I am asking for violates one of the cardinal rules of SU. I do model with all objects (edges, faces, etc) on layer 0 with groups and components on appropriately named layers. I also work with Revit and have the need to control visibilty of the imported SU objects. I can bring the layers from SU into Revit but cannot play with visibilty because all the actual edges and faces are on layer 0. Is there a plugin which will take all the objects (edges & faces) within a group or component and put those objects on the groups layer. This would only be used in a copy of the model which would be saved for the Revit export. Any ideas? KrisM This works from the Ruby Console on a selection of components or groups. mod = Sketchup.active_model ent = mod.entities sel = mod.selection sel.each{|corg| ents = corg.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;Group ents = corg.definition.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance ents.each{|e| if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge || e.class==Sketchup;;Face e.layer = corg.layer end } } or this from the context menu when you right click on a component or group unless file_loaded?(__FILE__) mod = Sketchup.active_model ent = mod.active_entities sel = mod.selection UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu| unless sel.empty? || (sel.first.class != Sketchup;;ComponentInstance && sel.first.class != Sketchup;;Group) menu.add_separator menu.add_item("Move Entities To Comp/Group Layer") { corg = sel.first ents = corg.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;Group ents = corg.definition.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance if ents ents.each{|e| if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge || e.class==Sketchup;;Face e.layer = corg.layer end } end } end#unless sel end#do file_loaded(__FILE__) end#file

@juju said: I see the last version update, as per the pluginstore, was 2013-04-29. Is this tool 2015 compatible? bump