[Obsolete] FredoScale 1.0e (Free Scaling, Taper Scaling)

thomthom · 24 Jan 2009, 16:38

Yes! I was thinking just this week that it'd be so nice ot be able to taper scale objects. This is another must have plugin. Thank you very much Fredo.

notareal · 24 Jan 2009, 16:40

Great! Thanks for your effort.

johnsenior1973 · 24 Jan 2009, 16:51

Solo is going to find his cartoon characters a great deal easier with this. This is clearly another great leap for Sketchup.

Teezer · 24 Jan 2009, 16:51

Wonderful! Great! Excellent! Thank you, thank you, thank you...

tbd · 24 Jan 2009, 16:57

to be able to run on Mac I had to create DEFPARAM_Dir under plugins dir (due permissions restriction the mkdir command in Lib6Core_30 failed)

nice work Fredo

solo · 24 Jan 2009, 16:57

Bravo!!

Just what I need for my character modeling, thanks a ton.

watkins · 24 Jan 2009, 17:19

Dear Fredo6,

One little known option of the native SU Scale tool is the ability to input final dimensions via the VCB (example: 100mm,100mm,100mm). The scale box is then scaled to those dimensions. Is this something that could be include in your script?

Kind regards,
Bob

otb designworks · 24 Jan 2009, 17:21

Great script! Thank you thank you!.

However, I, as you know, am on a MAC and I am having serious issues with this script.

The standard scaling tool works beautifully and as expected. Being able to set the orientation is brilliant!.

The taper scale tool, however, isn't working at all.

It displays the bounding box and shows the results of all of the tool manipulations, but it never actually changes the object geometry. Picture attached. Hitting return or clicking outside the box erases the bounding box and the cube remains as is.

Let me know what I can do to assist diagnosis.

Thanks again.

Matt666 · 24 Jan 2009, 17:29

Awesome !!! Thank you Fredo !

MALAISE · 24 Jan 2009, 17:35

Hi Fredo

Incredible enhancement

MERCI

MALAISE

Daniel S · 24 Jan 2009, 18:31

Awesome!!!
Thank you Fredo!!!

I only have a problem when set the dimension in the dialog box by pressing TAB. It dosen´t accept what I put.. just make a beep
I attach a video example of this.

Daniel S

a video of the problem (.wmv)

fredo6 · 24 Jan 2009, 18:48

@daniel s said:

I only have a problem when set the dimension in the dialog box by pressing TAB. It dosen´t accept what I put.. just make a beep
I attach a video example of this.

Daniel S

Daniel,

Strange. What is the default decimal separator you normally use in your version of Sketchup.
Just in case, can you turn the Ruby console on to see if anything is displayed.
Can you also type in the Ruby console the following command:

Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"

and see what it does.

I don't know if any other users has found that problem?

I will analyze what it could be in parallel.

Fredo

fredo6 · 24 Jan 2009, 18:51

@watkins said:

Dear Fredo6,

One little known option of the native SU Scale tool is the ability to input final dimensions via the VCB (example: 100mm,100mm,100mm). The scale box is then scaled to those dimensions. Is this something that could be include in your script?

Kind regards,
Bob

Bob,

Just press TABwhen the scaling handle is highlighted (or use the contextual menu). You should have the Dimension box appearing. For teh time being, I preferred to reserve the VCB to scale values.

Fredo

PS: Daniel S. has found some issues with this dialog box. Maybe you can report if found any.

fredo6 · 24 Jan 2009, 18:55

@unknownuser said:

The taper scale tool, however, isn't working at all.

It displays the bounding box and shows the results of all of the tool manipulations, but it never actually changes the object geometry. Picture attached. Hitting return or clicking outside the box erases the bounding box and the cube remains as is.

Let me know what I can do to assist diagnosis.

Thanks again.

It is clear that there is an error in the execution of the deformation, as shown on your image.
The best would be to turn on the Ruby console and see what it says. I don't know if it could be related to Mac.
Also can you tell me if your run SU 7 or 6.

Fredo

roadkill · 24 Jan 2009, 19:01

many thanks dude... that is special!

otb designworks · 24 Jan 2009, 19:02

Hi Fredo!

Here is the Ruby Console result from attempting to taper scale.

I am using SU7, OS 10.5.6.

Thanks!

Daniel S · 24 Jan 2009, 19:06

Fredo:

When i put in the ruby console

Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"

It returns:

Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"
nil

When i have open the ruby console and try to use the dialog box don`t report anything.
I have the same problem with the taper.. it dosen´t accept what i put on the dialog box.

I attach a screenshoot of my units.

Daniel S

TeKnoel · 24 Jan 2009, 19:31

this looks great! thanks for your hard work

EarthMover · 24 Jan 2009, 20:04

Holy Sh!t! Just what I was thinking of asking for the other day. I love the taper. Reminds me of the Falloff function in Modo. Thanks Fredo!

gaganraj · 24 Jan 2009, 20:29

phenomenal tool. works perfectly on my windows machine. same issue as kannonbal on my mac.

i'm amazed at how intuitive and simple such a great tool can me made. I absolutely love the little green check mark!! such a great idea. This will make SDS proxies so much easier! thanks!