[Obsolete] Tools On Surface - v1.1

remus · 12 May 2008, 20:14

In what ways that solo?

solo · 12 May 2008, 20:17

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.

remus · 12 May 2008, 20:31

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

CadFather · 13 May 2008, 01:22

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

chippwalters · 13 May 2008, 02:32

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

Jon · 13 May 2008, 05:22

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

Tell someone "that was made in sketchup" a year ago.

a4chitect · 13 May 2008, 06:16

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

urgen · 13 May 2008, 07:24

... thanks!!!
... Fredo create personal SKETCHUP!

otb designworks · 13 May 2008, 13:02

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!

elmer · 13 May 2008, 13:38

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

Patrice

NORTH_FROST · 13 May 2008, 18:35

I wonder, can it be better then this
Well done

majid · 13 May 2008, 19:07

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

fredo6 · 13 May 2008, 20:33

@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

majid · 13 May 2008, 21:08

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.

here is the way i made the leafs

Stu · 14 May 2008, 00:40

WOW Fredo!!!

Just amazing!!!

Thank you very much!!

Stu

Daniel S · 14 May 2008, 02:25

I have a request...

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

I don´t know how to explain it well so i try to make a understable image. If you color the line by axis this can´t be done so it´s very strange what i´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

Daniel S

fredo6 · 14 May 2008, 05:34

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).

rzadwg · 14 May 2008, 06:41

amazing! thank you so much for this!

dazza · 14 May 2008, 06:49

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

a4chitect · 14 May 2008, 10:14

Fredo6 please consider adding a multiline on surface functionality to your already bursting list of todo's. The idea is to draw with 2 parallel lines at once (by clicking on the centre/inside/outside) and auto closing of the start and end gaps. And offset variable by typing in the vcb. Usage: more flexible than rectangle on surface. With JPP: quick massing of roads, fences, walls..

Thanks to you leaving the code exposed such feature could be added by anyone, or once my schedule clears up a little-will wait 4 me, if you allow.