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

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    • L Offline
      linea
      last edited by

      Superb.Thanks

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      • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
        Jean-Franco
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        Thanks so much Chris.
        What a plugin !
        And how fast you are in updating it in order to follow our needs and demands !
        Seen this way Ruby scripting seems so easy ...
        Unfortunately it's not. Or at least for me. πŸ‘

        Jean-Franco

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        • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
          Jean-Franco
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          Just a remark concerning the 3rd script "normal lines".
          After the normal line to a surface is drawn, if you change the spacial orientation of this surface, the line don't follow this change. Seems your line don't stick to the surface, right ?

          Another one. I'm using Sketchup 6.0 free. I've decimal and mm selected as units.
          When I start your script, the first lenght equals 2540 mm. Of course I can change it in the VCB. But is it possible and where to change it? Lets say to 100 or 1000 ?

          Jean-Franco

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          • P Offline
            Panga
            last edited by

            Really nice improvements Chris. Thanks πŸ˜‰

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Suggestion πŸ˜„ Maybe for another script or another line inside
              Does it possible to make the same but for an ordinary "curve"?


              curves.jpg

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

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              • EdsonE Offline
                Edson
                last edited by

                chris,

                when i think this script has been perfected to a fault you come with an upgrade to make it even better. THANKS!

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

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                • B Offline
                  Bones
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                  Thanks! Nice plugin , it's very handy - nice one! 😎

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    @edson said:

                    perfected to a fault

                    🀣

                    That is exactly how I feel about this script - all it does is draw a vertical line! A script that draws a vertical line should not be upgraded a dozen times and should certainly never need to make it up to a version 2.0! They're just sinple lines.

                    But then again, I also agree that each upgrade has somehow made it even better. So thanks for being patient with the upgrades. And thanks for all the compliments. I wouldn't hasve thought so many people would find this thing so useful (though the normal line mode is pretty cool I think). THanks!

                    Chris

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

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                    • Paul RussamP Offline
                      Paul Russam
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                      Evey time I think to myself "The best think about Sketchup is how beautifully simple it is" somebody comes along and makes it more beautiful and simpler.
                      Thanks for this its one of those things you didn't know you wanted until it appeared.

                      Paul Russam
                      English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                      • EdsonE Offline
                        Edson
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                        @paul russam said:

                        Thanks for this its one of those things you didn't know you wanted until it appeared.

                        perfect!

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

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Hey! When did this hit version 2? With a toolbar?
                          Nice one.

                          I just realised I was doing some really weird stuff to draw lines normal to angled edges. Then some of my old grey slapped me around with a trout reminding me about this plugin.

                          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

                            Heehhe, glad you remembered. And I think over last weekend it made the jump to 2.0 when I made the toolbar. That was new. I didn't know that toolbars require some diffferent menu coding than just regular menus. So that was good to learn. I also made it register itself with the plugins extension manager. So I felt like those 2 things really made it a real script that should be a full 2.0. Silly little script,

                            Chris

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

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                            • JClementsJ Offline
                              JClements
                              last edited by

                              Hi Chris:

                              Just saw your update. Nice going.

                              The Normals line tool might proof to be helpful in setting up the camera for particular scenes.
                              1- Draw a "Normals" line
                              2- Click drag the Position Camera Tool from one endpoint of the Normals line to the other endpoint.

                              John

                              John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                              • BurkhardB Offline
                                Burkhard
                                last edited by

                                This script I can use also excellent for light fittings in Su Podium, thanks.

                                Remember a request I do before. Can a normal set vertical to a line? Just the opposite of this fantastic script ( for ie balustrades or other stuff doing by follow me tool )

                                ....and I know your workaround Ecuadorian πŸ˜‰ but looking for a better solution.

                                [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
                                  last edited by

                                  @burkhard said:

                                  Can a normal set vertical to a line? Just the opposite of this fantastic script ( for ie balustrades or other stuff doing by follow me tool )

                                  Hmm, I'm trying to figure this out. A vertical line is vertical. And a mormal line is perpendicular to its base face/edge/vertex. Exaplain again what it is you would like? Maybe a diagram is needed πŸ˜„

                                  Chris

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

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                                  • BurkhardB Offline
                                    Burkhard
                                    last edited by

                                    sorry, for that. With your script you can set the line vertical to a plane/face. The opposite should be to set a face vertical to a line. ( If you have a stair and need to set the handrail as a profile to the line which follows the stairs, it is not easy to set the plane vertical to that line.) Just an idea for making it easier, but I know it is a bit highjacked here.

                                    [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @burkhard said:

                                      sorry, for that. With your script you can set the line vertical to a plane/face. The opposite should be to set a face vertical to a line. ( If you have a stair and need to set the handrail as a profile to the line which follows the stairs, it is not easy to set the plane vertical to that line.) Just an idea for making it easier, but I know it is a bit highjacked here.

                                      Ah, yea. That'd be useful. All though, after Profile Builder it's been less of an issue.
                                      But being able to set a drawing plane relative to an edge would be great.

                                      ...and cue version 3... πŸ˜‰

                                      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

                                        Just adding a face perpendicular to a line end is easy enough to do. It could be the same thing where it will use the VCB values to determine its size. I would probably make it grouped from the start so as to not interfere with other geometry. And it probably would just have to be a square face that can be used as a drawing plane. Though I suppose it would not be too hard to make a tool that you could select a face, then click on a line end and it could redraw that perpendicular to the line end. Maybe one face tool, one circle tool and one copy any face onto the end of a line tool. So like 3 new tools? And how much of this is done in profile builder?

                                        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

                                          Well, profile builder let you add faces as profiles to it's library where you then select the profiles from a list where it then performs a FollowMe operation on the selected path.

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

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            A Tool Idea I've been toying with is a Drawing Plane tool. A tool that let you define a virtual plane to which drawing tools can be used on, allowing you to draw geometry in empty space. Not quite sure how it'd be implemented though...

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

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