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    [Obsolete] Tools On Surface - v1.1

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    • M Offline
      matt77
      last edited by

      Top stuff... thank you....

      very impressive....

      all the best

      matt

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
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        @gaieus said:

        A question: what do you mean by "Drape on surface"? The Sandbox Drape tool is already applied on a surface!

        Unlike the native Sandbox, DrapeOnSurface would not use projection, but reconstruction of geometry on the surface with respect of distance. Typically, you should be able to draw text (or any shape) fully around a cylinder (and possibly extrude it with JPP).
        DrapeOnSurface is also an easier way to produce drawings on Surface. Actually, you draw on a plane (where you have all Sketchup tools and can be accurate), and then you drape on the surface.

        @gaieus said:

        Another question; how about a texture positioning (with multiple pins and the ability to dustort the image) on surface? All those organic modelers (like kwistenbiebel) are crying for something like that! ๐Ÿ˜‰

        Interesting idea, but it would need to be described in more details

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
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          Fredo, your offset tools are amazing, this recent one is just crazy, I can do things with SU that I only was able to with MOI and such.

          Thanks a bunch,

          "My skills are not improving, it's my tools that are"

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • soloS Offline
            solo
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            If I may make a request for a 'draping' tool that can drape over a group. (let me try explain)

            Say you have a table component and you want a cloth to drape over it, you lock the table component and you create a mesh above it, you then select all connected of the mesh and click on (lets say) "Cloth" button and the mesh drops down stopping at the locked component surface and any parts of the mesh that overlaps the table drapes vertically down.

            Would this be possible?

            http://www.solos-art.com

            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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            • H Offline
              HFM
              last edited by

              You are saving lives and time here, thanks a bunch ๐Ÿ‘

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                Just gave me another toy, I mean tool. ๐Ÿ‘

                3 minutes to make.


                http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9439/crackedupyc4.jpg

                http://www.solos-art.com

                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                • erikBE Offline
                  erikB
                  last edited by

                  fredo,this is unbelievable, but drawing lines on surfaces is just the tool I needed !!!!
                  What can I say, thanks veryyyyyyyy much. ๐Ÿ˜
                  erikB

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                    remus
                    last edited by

                    always nice to come home to another plugin, especially a surprise one. Cheers fred, keep up the good work.

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                      Daniel S
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                      Awesome like always!!! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜

                      Thank You!!!

                      Daniel S

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                      • R Offline
                        remus
                        last edited by

                        http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2486502204_190c833716_o.jpg

                        if you squint a lot it almost looks like the great wall fo china ๐Ÿ‘

                        Anywya, it was 5 mins and made entirely using ferd06 plugins.

                        p.s. i reckon theres reasonable call for having a seperate menu in SU called fred06 ๐Ÿ˜„

                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                          remus
                          last edited by

                          Wheres the file macs?

                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                            Macs
                            last edited by

                            ops, I've lost the attachment on previous post.. now it's there

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                              Macs
                              last edited by

                              Hi Fredo! Your tools are fantastic! ๐Ÿ‘
                              I think i found a problem while I was playing with the line tool:

                              I've attcached this simple model
                              draw a plane line with your tool from the lower vertex of the segment
                              up in vertical. The result line will be connected to the upper circle
                              and not to the starting vertex.
                              The same does not happen with the costruction line.


                              cylinder.skp

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                                ilay7k
                                last edited by

                                Wonderful magic of tools, thank you!!!

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  @macs said:

                                  Hi Fredo! Your tools are fantastic! ๐Ÿ‘
                                  I think i found a problem while I was playing with the line tool:

                                  I've attcached this simple model
                                  draw a plane line with your tool from the lower vertex of the segment
                                  up in vertical. The result line will be connected to the upper circle
                                  and not to the starting vertex.
                                  The same does not happen with the costruction line.

                                  I am not totally clear on what happened to you.
                                  What is sure is that when the surfaces contains planes which are perpendicular, the interpretation of a path on the surface is always ambiguous.
                                  Cylinder Dos.jpg

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                                    MALAISE
                                    last edited by

                                    ๐Ÿ˜ Ausgezeichnet, excellent, great what y've done.

                                    MALAISE

                                    La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagรฉe

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @solo said:

                                      Just gave me another toy, I mean tool. ๐Ÿ‘

                                      3 minutes to make.
                                      crackedupyc4.jpg

                                      Solo,

                                      very nice illustration of what you can do by combining JPP and the Tools on Surface.
                                      Would you mind if I take the picture and put it in the documentation?

                                      Fredo

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                                        Macs
                                        last edited by

                                        Here 2 images of what I'm tring

                                        first one select plane tool and tring to draw a verical line, before mouse click
                                        second one is what i get after the mouse click


                                        before click.jpg


                                        after click.jpg

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          Macs,

                                          I understand. This is due to a problem in Sketchup when you create a curve made of edges on an existing edge (you can check this is the case when you generate in a group and then explode). I'll try to fix it.
                                          By default, the script generates curves for each line drawn. If you deactivate this option (key F9), it works correctly.

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            Absolutely fred.

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

                                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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