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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      This tool also is much better at making .png cut-outs than the regular SU tool.

      http://www.solos-art.com

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

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      • R Offline
        remus
        last edited by

        In what ways that solo?

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          Have you ever tried to draw around a complex shape and the line occasionally changes axis thus not closing?, well this hugs the surface and those issues are a thing of the past.

          http://www.solos-art.com

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

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          • R Offline
            remus
            last edited by

            Fair enough, i'll admit i havent done a lot of cutting out with .pngs, but when i did do it i didnt find the freehand tool to bad. Obviously need to do more 2d components πŸ‘

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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            • CadFatherC Offline
              CadFather
              last edited by

              Fredo, here's some icons - see if you like them...

              i noticed that the draw line cursor is the same as the draw line icon on the toolbar.

              this is not good because the sizes differ (toolbars are 24x24 - cursors 32x32)
              so i created a cursor called 'ofs_draw_Dline.png' - you just need to tweak the script to fit this update and then the tip of the pencil will fall right on the line as you draw.

              cheers


              OFS_Dir.zip

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              • chippwaltersC Offline
                chippwalters
                last edited by

                Wonderful! I don't even know how I could create the model below in other 3D modelers! Much appreciated πŸ˜„


                toolsonsurface01.jpg

                Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                • J Offline
                  Jon
                  last edited by

                  Chip, I was attempting to do my own version of your model and came up with this:

                  http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/Jon_Westwood/thingrendsmall.png
                  πŸ˜† πŸ˜†
                  Tell someone "that was made in sketchup" a year ago. πŸ€“

                  Jon
                  KT Team member

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                  • A Offline
                    a4chitect
                    last edited by

                    fredo your plugins are the state of the art! thanks for sharing, thanks for providing the code, thanks for inspiration, thanks for a lot of time saved, thanks for making sketchup the best modelling experience around.

                    respect

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                    • urgenU Offline
                      urgen
                      last edited by

                      ... 🀣 πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ thanks!!!
                      ... Fredo create personal SKETCHUP! πŸ˜„ 😍

                      --pupil forever...------

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                      • O Offline
                        otb designworks
                        last edited by

                        THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

                        I am constantly blown away by what you, and our other genius scripters, are doing to improve our beloved SU. I think that Gaeius said it best, now all Google has to do is improve the core engine and we are off and running.

                        I, too, am making models that would have been laughably impossible in SU even 6 months ago.

                        FWIW, I would have gladly paid for JPP and the Offset tools.

                        Thanks again; it is so nice to be excited to check out the forum every morning!

                        Cheers, Chuck

                        OTB Designworks is on Youtube

                        6 core nMP, 32 gig RAM, (2) D700 GPU's, dual monitors

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                        • elmerE Offline
                          elmer
                          last edited by

                          Fredo your tools are incredibles...fantastic improvement to SU!
                          Thank you so much for making our lives easier

                          Patrice

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                            NORTH_FROST
                            last edited by

                            I wonder, can it be better then this ❓
                            Well done ❗

                            http://www.northfrost.se

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                            • majidM Offline
                              majid
                              last edited by

                              i made a date palm tree , when started to play whit this great ruby ... it was just a fun ...but finally the result was amazing.... and here is some pics, to show my respect to Fredo


                              date leaf.jpg


                              dateFredo.jpg


                              dateSU.jpg

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @majid said:

                                i made a date palm tree , when started to play whit this great ruby ... it was just a fun ...but finally the result was amazing.... and here is some pics, to show my respect to Fredo

                                Majid,

                                I think this would deserve a tuto, as myself I am still wondering how you used the tool to create so realistic palm trees !

                                Fredo

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                                • majidM Offline
                                  majid
                                  last edited by

                                  ok dear Fredo ....it was just for fun and i know we could use other ways to reach such results ...but maybe this tut describes what i did.... good texturing and background also helped alot.. to reach such realastic palm. πŸ˜„


                                  here is the way i made the leafs

                                  My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                                  • S Offline
                                    Stu
                                    last edited by

                                    WOW Fredo!!!

                                    Just amazing!!!

                                    Thank you very much!!

                                    Stu

                                    http://www.landesign.com.au

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                                    • D Offline
                                      Daniel S
                                      last edited by

                                      I have a request...

                                      The Line on Surface has Point inferences. Can it have linear inferences too?

                                      I donΒ΄t know how to explain it well so i try to make a understable image. If you color the line by axis this canΒ΄t be done so itΒ΄s very strange what iΒ΄m requesting.

                                      In the image in "1" is what i try to say about linear inference.
                                      In "2" how draw line on surfaces works and is difficult to get the result of "3".
                                      In "3" the request πŸ˜’ πŸ˜’

                                      Daniel S


                                      request.jpg

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        Daniel,

                                        If there is one area where I still have to learn is the Inference mechanism in Sketchup.

                                        However, if you wish to draw contours parallel to others (as in your example), then I suggest you use the Offset tool (possibly with Construction line mode). Select the edges and also faces they border and offset by a distance. This is described in the Tutorial, on pages 3-4.

                                        I plan to build a Tape Measure tool to ease this operation, but it is still not written.

                                        Fredo

                                        PS: by the way, thanks for the icons. I'll see how to integrate in a next release (and there is another proposal from CadFather which I need to look at).

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                                          rzadwg
                                          last edited by

                                          amazing! thank you so much for this!

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                                          • dazzaD Offline
                                            dazza
                                            last edited by

                                            Fredo, you are a life saver!
                                            Thanks for making all our lives so much easier! πŸ˜„

                                            All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the privilege.

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