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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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                  • N Offline
                    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

                      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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                      • 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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                                • R Offline
                                  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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                                    • A Offline
                                      a4chitect
                                      last edited by

                                      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.

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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        Majid:

                                        Nice work.

                                        Your example shows what a good, basic approach and the right use of tools can produce.

                                        Thank you, John

                                        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                        • majidM Offline
                                          majid
                                          last edited by

                                          JClements :
                                          thanx .. at this :http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=9383
                                          i also added a toolip that is made same way.. I know that also it was possible before , but not so easy that is now....whitought any confusing intersections ...and so ..on .
                                          and also my special thanx goes to Fredo! for his good job!

                                          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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                                          • plot-parisP Offline
                                            plot-paris
                                            last edited by

                                            fredo6 - you are a hero to me! 😍

                                            another idea:

                                            all the "on surface" tools are already existing tools of SketchUp applied to a surface, right?
                                            and when you succeed in creating all the other tools (tape measure, circle, polygon...) our toolbar gets quite large.

                                            would it therefore be possible to just have one button in the tool bar (plus a shortcut key to toggle it on and off) that switches the use of SketchUp's native tools to your fabulous on surface tools? thus all my shortcuts would apply to your tools too - I only have to press the "fredo6 button"! 😲

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