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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Not sure if it's been requested yet but how about circle tool and bezier curve to work on the same surfaces?

      That would be great.

      By the way I use this tool a heck of a lot these days, wondering how I worked without it.

      http://www.solos-art.com

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

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        Iglesias
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        Thanks a lot, this is wonderful

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          Circles and Polygons are coming!
          Probably in a few days.

          Actually, I am struggling to make the algorithm a little more robust, as Sketchup is not accurate enough with methods like Interesect_line_plane, which causes some problems in some situation.

          By the way, I did not get bug reports about these tools, while myself, I can find several problems when playing with different surface topologies. Maybe it's good enough in a day-to-day work?

          By the way, I am not sure Bezier is useful on surfaces (precisely because Bezier are much better when drawn in a plane), but I am working on Arcs and also on Polylines (useful in order to correct contours).

          Just a matter to find some time!!

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          • ely862meE Offline
            ely862me
            last edited by

            i start to use the offset line,it*s great!the offset tool and the offset are just what i needed!good job and thank you a lot!!

            i don t know if it can be usefull but some time i needed a follow me with a noncoplanar surfaces can this be done?

            thx

            elisei


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              STRANGEZOND
              last edited by

              Nice tools! Thanks!!!

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              • RayOchoaR Offline
                RayOchoa
                last edited by

                this is awsome

                CaR DeSiGnS bY mE
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                • plot-parisP Offline
                  plot-paris
                  last edited by

                  dear Fredo6,

                  when you succeed in adding inference functions (like infering to cordinate axes (or rather coordinate faces)), is it then possible to create a "move on surface" tool? then you could just copy a shape on a curved surface like you now do it on a planar one...move_on_surface.jpg

                  then the idea of one "on surface" button that changes the use of all the standart tools to your on surface tools would become even more reasonable... 😄

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                  • L Offline
                    Loewenkatze
                    last edited by

                    Fredo,

                    thanks sooooo much for this. Everytime you bring a new tool to life, I get the feeling of using a brand new application or at least a new major release of SU. I fear that SU won't have the same progress regarding the core engine...... Anyone here to be in a position to write a multiprocessor-enabled SU-clone with all that plugins being built in...? 😒 😉

                    Cheers,
                    Franziska

                    "I think play is the most important thing in the world." [Jacques-Yves Cousteau]

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                    • D Offline
                      Daniel S
                      last edited by

                      I don´t know if it´s possible to make, but the "move on surface" tool is a great idea!!
                      Thank you again for your plugins Fredo!!!

                      Daniel S

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                      • K Offline
                        kwistenbiebel
                        last edited by

                        Cool thinking Plot-Paris, that would be handy.

                        By the way,
                        Fredo, I love this plugin. I use it often in combo with JPP/FF and Subsmooth. (damn abbreviations 😄 )

                        I can't wait for circles, rectangles and polygons to be added as it would allow us to make windows in curved surfaces easily.

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          Well, then let's extend the wish list with my wishe: Rotate on surface as well 😉

                          Gai...

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                          • R Offline
                            remus
                            last edited by

                            This seems to be turning in to a sort of 'could you just upgrade the entire SU toolset?' 😛 Im not complainging though!

                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                            • H Offline
                              human
                              last edited by

                              @gaieus said:

                              Well, then let's extend the wish list with my wishe: Rotate on surface as well 😉
                              How would THAT work?
                              I think the idea of an 'ONSURFACE' button is looking better all the time. (I mean, we'd have an on surface toolbar, with the line, offset, circle, polygon, arc, drape, rotate and move!) onsurface button...please...

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                @human said:

                                How would THAT work?

                                Well, if move on surface could work, this should also work! Bu that HOW, just don't ask me, please. I always wish world peace as well but how that would work, I can't imagine. 😒

                                Gai...

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                                • plot-parisP Offline
                                  plot-paris
                                  last edited by

                                  3D TEXT... ON SURFACE 😍

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                                  • D Offline
                                    Daniel S
                                    last edited by

                                    @plot-paris said:

                                    3D TEXT... ON SURFACE 😍

                                    I think that 3D text on surface will be easily made with the drape on surface tool.

                                    Here Fredo explains the drape on surface and uses the example of text:
                                    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=9637&p=60520#p60520

                                    Daniel S

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @plot-paris said:

                                      3D TEXT... ON SURFACE 😍

                                      My TextTag does that but only does 2D (3D text) on surfaces - it could easily be adjusted to give other options like extrusion thickness.

                                      TIG

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                                      • david_hD Offline
                                        david_h
                                        last edited by

                                        This is Mucho Groovy-o. Thanks a lot. 👍 👍 👍 😍

                                        Using this with JPP is awesome. I don't know how to draw anything yet, but I'll get there!

                                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                        • T Offline
                                          todd burch
                                          last edited by

                                          Very nice Fredo6!! Very nice.

                                          Todd

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kwistenbiebel
                                            last edited by

                                            The future features will be awesome to have:

                                            [QUOTE Fredo6]:
                                            ** PolygonOnSurface (including Circle and ellipses)
                                            * TapeOnSurface, to mimic the Tape Measure tool
                                            * RectangleOnSurface
                                            * DrapeOnSurface*

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