Testers Arise - RpEdits - new free add-on for SketchUp

Al Hart · 23 Dec 2008, 23:18

Testers Arise. Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep!

We have released a new, free add-on for SketchUp and we would love to have your comments and suggestions.

RpEdits is a free add-on for SketchUp (Windows only) to copy, move, rotate, mirror and scale components and other geometry. Except for mirroring, these functions are all easily done by experienced SketchUp users, however for beginning users they can be a hassle to learn. RpEdits makes it easy to perform the edits using wizards to enter values and arrows to perform the operations.

The Stretch Wizard can be handy for resizing object (such as components from the 3D warehouse) to a specific size. Enter the size desired and click apply to adjust all three dimensions at the same time.

You can read more about it and download a copy from here: RpEdits

Go ahead and add any questions or comments to this thread and we will respond.

(RpEdits is based on wizards which were, and still are, a part of RpTools. We have decided to release them as a separate, free, add-on for SketchUp so that more people may put them to use.)

richcat · 24 Dec 2008, 10:22

Merry Xmas Al - Thanks another free tool along with the tree image make - the elves has obviously been very busy.

Bep · 24 Dec 2008, 11:40

Dear Al,

Thanks for your generosity.

Greetings and best wishes,

Bep van Malde

ken · 24 Dec 2008, 13:52

Thanks for this plugin.

I have found the following.

Move OK
Rotate OK
Stretch OK
Copy Bug Splat
Mirror, Sketchup just stops with no bug splat.

Hope that is what you wanted when you said "tester arise"

Ken

Al Hart · 24 Dec 2008, 14:15

@unknownuser said:

Thanks for this plugin.

I have found the following.

Move OK
Rotate OK
Stretch OK
Copy Bug Splat
Mirror, Sketchup just stops with no bug splat.

Hope that is what you wanted when you said "tester arise"

Ken

Yes, if things are failing, we want to try to fix them.

I just downloaded a new copy and tried copy and mirror and they worked for me. (But there are lots of possible differences depending on your model and what you have selected)

Start a new model, place a single face, select it, and try copy and mirror. Do they still fail.

If they only fail sometimes - try to give us more information on what you have selected when they failed. If you can create a small .skp model which fails, send it to us and let us know what was selected.

If it fails all the time (all models, all selections), we are going to have to work harder to try to see why it is failing.

Thanks,

Al

DamaTheCat · 24 Dec 2008, 16:05

Al,

I'm an Apple user,,,, iMac 24" OSX 10.4. Any possibilities of getting "RpEdits" for a Mac?

Mike

ken · 24 Dec 2008, 16:13

Here is what I see during the mirror operations

Ken

Edited
Well I guess I am going to have to figure out how to add a AVI file

Al Hart · 24 Dec 2008, 16:29

@damathecat said:

Al,

I'm an Apple user,,,, iMac 24" OSX 10.4. Any possibilities of getting "RpEdits" for a Mac?

Mike

We purchased a Mac to get started on Mac versions - but we still have a lot to learn, and a long, long, way to go.

Jean-Franco · 24 Dec 2008, 20:19

Al, thanks for your plugin.
I did some tests and seems to work in general.
For unknown reasons I've got some Bugsplat when closing SU6.
What's the procedure to remove this tool in a clean way ?
Thanks

Al Hart · 24 Dec 2008, 23:08

If you want to remove it temporarily, remove RpEdits_loader.rb from your SketchUp\plugins folder or use the install script to uninstall it.

RpEdits shares some files in c:\program Files\Render Plus Systems\RpTools.

If you are completely done with both RpEdits and RpTools, you can remove that folder as well.

If you ever want either of them back, you can just reinstall the one desired.

Al Hart · 24 Dec 2008, 23:09

@unknownuser said:

Here is what I see during the mirror operations

Ken

Edited
Well I guess I am going to have to figure out how to add a AVI file

Do let me know if it fails with a new drawing with a single face in it.

I need to know whether it fails all the time, or just sometimes.

Also, open the SketchUp Ruby Console before loading or running RpEdits. It may give us a clue as to what is going wrong.

Thanks,

Al

Al Hart · 25 Dec 2008, 16:35

@jean-franco said:

Al, thanks for your clear explanations.
I continue to use your tool and I'll see if the problems I mentioned appear again.
RpEdits is really a nice collection of tools.
What I appreciate the +++ is the stretch tool.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas !

Thanks,

I hope you noticed that when the move, stretch, or rotate wizard has focus (just click on the title), then you can use the arrow keys (and shift up/down for Z) to nudge the item to the location or size desired.

We can also map the arrow keys when SketchUp has focus to do the same. But we weren't sure if it was worth it - since it works well if you give the Edit Wizard focus - and because some people may already have the arrow keys mapped to something else in SketchUp.

readers - What do you think?

(added later: Oops! When I read the +++ in your message, I thought you meant hitting the arrows repeatedly to perform the operations more than once. But I see now you meant "the most". Still, it is good to let readers know that they can use the keyboard arrows and small increments to "nudge" items as desired.)

Jean-Franco · 25 Dec 2008, 17:38

Effectively I meant "the most" sorry for that

Jean-Franco · 25 Dec 2008, 17:40

Al, thanks for your clear explanation.
I continue to use your tool and I'll see if the problems I mentionned appear again.
RpEdits is really a nice collection of tools.
What I appreciate the +++ is the stretch tool.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas !

Jean-Franco · 25 Dec 2008, 18:23

Al, is it possible to have the UnDo command in the Stretch Selection Tool as in some others ?

Al Hart · 25 Dec 2008, 19:48

@jean-franco said:

Al, is it possible to have the UnDo command in the Stretch Selection Tool as in some others ?

I'll give it a shot. That would be good for the tab which stretches to specific sizes because it could re-read and re-display the dimensions after the undo of any size change.

Al Hart · 25 Dec 2008, 19:51

@unknownuser said:

Thanks for RpEdits, it's a great tool. Have a nice holiday season.

You too - Al

@unknownuser said:

Great work Al! This is a nice add on even for experienced users. You continue to be an amazing contributor to the community and I would just like to say thanks.

Have a great holiday!

You too - Al

Jean-Franco · 25 Dec 2008, 20:04

That's exactly the main reason why I ask for.
Would be great if you can.

ken · 27 Dec 2008, 00:08

@unknownuser said:

Do let me know if it fails with a new drawing with a single face in it.

I need to know whether it fails all the time, or just sometimes.

Also, open the SketchUp Ruby Console before loading or running RpEdits. It may give us a clue as to what is going wrong.

Thanks,

Al

Mr. Hart

Well I found the problem. I had an old out of date Rp_Tools installed. When I remove this script the Rp_edit script worked great.

Note I PM you a couple of video files showing how the program worked before I discovered what the problem was. So please disregard these video files.

Thanks for the great script.

Ken

DamaTheCat · 27 Dec 2008, 00:58

Al,

@unknownuser said:

We purchased a Mac to get started on Mac versions - but we still have a lot to learn, and a long, long, way to go.

Hey, I was "PC" from the mid 80's until last year....... If I can make the switch anyone can...... By-the-way,,, I LOVE THE MAC!!!! One of the best things I've done...

Please keep going on the RpEdits......

Thanks for the reply....
Mike