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

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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      @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 FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by

        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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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          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 FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            @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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            • R Offline
              rv1974
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              @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 FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
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                @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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                • EdsonE Offline
                  Edson
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                  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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                  • broomstickB Offline
                    broomstick
                    last edited by

                    this plugin IS AWESOME!

                    Tell me: does it work on mac?

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                    • R Offline
                      remus
                      last edited by

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

                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                      • EdsonE Offline
                        Edson
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • K Offline
                          kwistenbiebel
                          last edited by

                          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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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            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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                            • EdsonE Offline
                              Edson
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

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

                              good suggestion. this would make the tool even more agile to use.

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

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                              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

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

                                Oh yeah, that was another feature I wanted to implement. Thom even gave me a starting point. I've got a little bit of time today, maybe I'll get it worked out during that. Thanks for the comments and compliments everyone. And yes, I am really really enjoying coding.

                                Chris

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

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  And if you can make the same for the Greeble that will be also a super crazy cool plug! β˜€
                                  Ergonomic must be the first thing to think for a plug! πŸ˜‰
                                  Keep the good work! 😎

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

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    Hey Frenchy, I know you have issues with too many plugins cluttering your menus. Would it be helpful if I tried to make all my plugins register themselves with the extension manager, so you could disable them or enable them as needed? That way you wouldn't have to have all my plugins showing in the menus until you need them. Would that be useful?

                                    Chris

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

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                                    • EdsonE Offline
                                      Edson
                                      last edited by

                                      definitely, yes.

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

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes that can be helping, but it's not possible to create a new Menu something like "Plugins2"?
                                        Then it's easy to put inside this new menu some numerous plugins πŸ˜„

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

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Yes that can be helping, but it's not possible to create a new Menu something like "Plugins2"?
                                          Then it's easy to put inside this new menu some numerous plugins πŸ˜„

                                          Nope. No way to create new top level menus in SU. 😞

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

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                                          • P Offline
                                            Panga
                                            last edited by

                                            Chris you rock !! This tool'll help a lot. Thanks again !!

                                            Panga.

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