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[Plugin] Three Line Tools (Updated March 9th, 2009)

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    free agent
    last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 08:10

    thanx chris, this pluggin really helps in working with land surveyor spot heights and quickly translating them to height.

    http:i167.photobucket.comalbumsu143FreeAgent84bug.gif

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      thomthom
      last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 08:16

      Chris, you're on fire! πŸ˜„ Don't think I've seen so many plugins rolled out so quickly. Good work.

      I got a usability suggestion to this plugin. Instead of using the messagebox to enter the values, why not use the VCB? When you activate the tool you enter the length you want, then you can freely click point where the lines are created without having to press enter while you type. And you can also at any point type in a new value for other lengths. going around the model very quickly until you deactivate the tool.

      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        matteo
        last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 08:28

        that's a great help

        thank you very much.

        hire me: http://www.nonsolo3d.it/ !

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          rv1974
          last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 08:32

          Chris are you working beside cradle? πŸ˜†

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            Panga
            last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 11:25

            Chris,

            Thanks again for answering so quickly to my request, and It seems that will help others !!

            @unknownuser said:

            I got a usability suggestion to this plugin. Instead of using the messagebox to enter the values, why not use the VCB? When you activate the tool you enter the length you want, then you can freely click point where the lines are created without having to press enter while you type. And you can also at any point type in a new value for other lengths. going around the model very quickly until you deactivate the tool.

            It works pretty well, but if you can implement the Thomthom suggestion, this'll be the perfect tool __ πŸ˜‰

            Panga.

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              Edson
              last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 11:37

              chris,

              you are on a roll! one more useful script. very soon you will be among our ruby masters.

              regards.

              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                watkins
                last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 13:52

                Dear Chris,

                Will your script make normals to surfaces? For example, suppose one has an inclined plane on which one has placed a construction point. Can one use your plugin to create a normal of specified length at the construction point?

                Regards,
                Bob

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                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 17:58

                  @thomthom said:

                  Chris, you're on fire! πŸ˜„ Don't think I've seen so many plugins rolled out so quickly. Good work.

                  Thanks Thom! so far they are all mostly pretty simple scripts that I can write in a day or less. I'm scared of the big multi-day scripts!

                  @thomthom said:

                  I got a usability suggestion to this plugin. Instead of using the messagebox to enter the values, why not use the VCB? When you activate the tool you enter the length you want, then you can freely click point where the lines are created without having to press enter while you type. And you can also at any point type in a new value for other lengths. going around the model very quickly until you deactivate the tool.

                  I think I'm not fully understanding this one. The VCB option workflow is:

                  Click on point
                  Type value (if necessary)
                  hit enter
                  repeat

                  right? That is the exact same workflow for the way script is set up now. Is there something I'm not seeing there? I don't mind setting it up with the VCB, I just couldn't see any real added benefit to it.

                  @rv1974 said:

                  Chris are you working beside cradle? πŸ˜†

                  Actually, yes I am. I was up til 3:30am with a sick, which helped me get a lot of script writing done πŸ˜„

                  @Bob Watkins - I really like that idea! I think that will require a separate plugin. I wouldn't want to add a pop-up box each time you start this script asking if you want vertical mode or normal mode. So let me make a new script for it. Maybe they can both be housed under a submenu together or something to help conserve precious space in the plugins menu.

                  Thanks everyone for testing the script and the feedback. Hopefully I'll have some update news shortly!

                  Chris

                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                  All my Plugins I've written

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 18:03

                    @chris fullmer said:

                    I think I'm not fully understanding this one. The VCB option workflow is:

                    Click on point
                    Type value (if necessary)
                    hit enter
                    repeat

                    right? That is the exact same workflow for the way script is set up now. Is there something I'm not seeing there? I don't mind setting it up with the VCB, I just couldn't see any real added benefit to it.

                    I was thinking more like:

                    Activate tool
                    Type length value
                    click on points (the length of the line will be the last value entered into the VCB)
                    click some more points
                    Type in new VCB value
                    click new points

                    You only click enter when you need to change the length of the lines. As long as the lines you make are the same length you don't have to enter any values.

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 18:05

                      Aha! I get it now. Yes, that is an even faster workflow than the current one. I think that will require some VCB figuring-out on my part. But it sounds great!

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                      All my Plugins I've written

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                        thomthom
                        last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 18:11

                        Don't think you have to change much. Take out the input box in the onLButtonUp event. Add the onUserText http://groups.google.com/group/SketchUp-Plugins-Dev/web/Ruby-Tool.html#onUserText where it sets @@last_height to the users input. ...I think from looking at the code quickly...

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 18:13

                          @thomthom said:

                          Don't think you have to change much.

                          That is music to my ears! I'll check it out later today after class (or maybe during πŸ˜„ )

                          Chris

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                          All my Plugins I've written

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                            rv1974
                            last edited by 23 Feb 2009, 20:02

                            @unknownuser said:

                            rv1974 wrote:Chris are you working beside cradle? πŸ˜†

                            Actually, yes I am. I was up til 3:30am with a sick, which helped me get a lot of script writing done πŸ˜„

                            I simply heard a baby crying on the tutorial's background)

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                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 08:58

                              @watkins said:

                              Will your script make normals to surfaces? For example, suppose one has an inclined plane on which one has placed a construction point. Can one use your plugin to create a normal of specified length at the construction point?

                              UPDATE! Yes, I finally got this implemented. Thanks for the suggestion Bob. This plugin now offers 3 tools. Vertical line by height, by elevation and Normal Line. Normal lines will work on a face, edge, or vertex. I've updated all the info in the first post and also the video is new too and it shows how to use the three tools. Though you can probably figure it out faster than watching the video πŸ˜„ Hope its useful,

                              Chris

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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                                Edson
                                last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 11:43

                                chris,

                                thanks for the upgrade. deceptively simple, enormously useful.

                                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                  broomstick
                                  last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 13:16

                                  this plugin IS AWESOME!

                                  Tell me: does it work on mac?

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                                    remus
                                    last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 13:27

                                    Should work on a mac, there are very few platform dependant plugins.

                                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                      Edson
                                      last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 13:33

                                      @broomstick said:

                                      this plugin IS AWESOME!

                                      Tell me: does it work on mac?

                                      it surely does. no problem at all.

                                      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                                      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                        kwistenbiebel
                                        last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 13:34

                                        Wow Chris! You are really on a roll here making these tools.
                                        I can sense you enjoy coding it. And it is so cool you share it with us.
                                        Thanks mate!

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                                          pilou
                                          last edited by 27 Feb 2009, 14:39

                                          Suggestion : just enter one time the measure
                                          then at each click a vertical is drawn
                                          Esc = Escape for choose another type and measure πŸ˜‰

                                          Frenchy Pilou
                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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