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    • W Offline
      watkins
      last edited by

      Dear Frodo,

      Can your Plugin be used used in X, Y and Z? This is just the type of Plugin that one would use for pipe and wiring runs. An option to draw the lines by inputting the X,Y and Z co-ordinates as well as drawing the lines free-style would be great.

      Like all those that have replied, I greatly appreciate your skill and generosity.

      Kind regards,
      Bob

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        @boilingsnow said:

        Great!!!
        Maybe even better if one can define the segment number by himself.

        Just type the number followed by 'S' in the VCB.
        This of course is by refreence to a full circle, because there is no need to use a lot of segment for a very open angle.
        By default this 'Precision parameter' is set to 24, which is the usual default for Sketchup circles.

        Fredo

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @watkins said:

          Dear Frodo,

          Can your Plugin be used used in X, Y and Z? This is just the type of Plugin that one would use for pipe and wiring runs. An option to draw the lines by inputting the X,Y and Z co-ordinates as well as drawing the lines free-style would be great.

          Like all those that have replied, I greatly appreciate your skill and generosity.

          Kind regards,
          Bob

          The plugin works in 3D, as all the BezierSpline extensions.

          For drawing the polyline, I think you have full freedom to use the tool you like, then make it a Sketchup curve (by Weld), and then convert it to a Round Corner polyline.

          Fredo

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            • BurkhardB Offline
              Burkhard
              last edited by

              It is great and usefull, even for filet. Just draw the rectangle , weld it et voilΓ 

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

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              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
                last edited by

                I like that Fredo is now making plugins for his plugins πŸ˜„

                Chris

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                All my Plugins I've written

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                • W Offline
                  watkins
                  last edited by

                  Dear Fredo,

                  I just tried your plugin. Brilliant! It does pipe runs beautifully when used with pipe along path.

                  Thanks once again!

                  Kind regards,
                  Bob

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                  • G Offline
                    gaganraj
                    last edited by

                    everytime i try to leave SU....i just get dragged back.

                    i'm unable to download the icons. For some reason there is no download link?

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                    • boofredlayB Offline
                      boofredlay
                      last edited by

                      Context click on the image itself and save as...

                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                      • J Offline
                        jmmad
                        last edited by

                        Fredo6
                        what i like most of your script BezierSpilne is that the endpoints are intelligent and editable, you can move those points and the equation result for the geometry is auto updated, you can set the number of edges etc...
                        So i have 3 request that i think it would be very useful.

                        1.-Would it be possible to transform a normal set of SU lines to an editble polyline or bezier?
                        2.-And to transform a BZ polyline to BZ Arc or any other Bezier and back?
                        EDITED: ive notice you had those 2 option πŸ˜„. I should go to my oculist.
                        When i go from BZ arc to Polyline would it be possible to get the primitive geometry and nont the points that make the arc?

                        Ill try to explain this request...this i think it's more complex.
                        Ive notice in your BZ plug in when you PushPull a closed BZ Spline or polyline surface, the BZ lines are copy, then you can edit the top and the bottom and edit somehow the geometry of the volume with the BZ edit command.
                        But if i move a point in the top BZ polyline the point on the bottom polyline does not follow because its not related to the bottom spline.
                        Editable PolyVolume.jpg

                        3.-Could it be posible to relate points between 2 or more "BZ polylines" maybe by an invisible vertex? So when you drag that vertex the the 2 or more beziers are modified at the same time. So if you have a volume made of an extruded BZ_Arc or spline you move this vertex and the geometry follows and not only the lines but the volume itself is updated. This will give more control over volumes just as you did with the 2d lines. With your talent you gave endpoints in SU properties that can be edited. Maibe that could be done with volumes.
                        So this "inteligent vertex and endpoints could tell how the visible geometry should be.
                        Uff... this is hard to explain for me.
                        I hope you can follow mi idea.

                        Get Upa !

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                        • CadFatherC Offline
                          CadFather
                          last edited by

                          ..and icons if needed.

                          BZ__Arc_16.pngBZ__Arc_24.png

                          EDIT: strange my bezier tools have completely stopped working on SU7

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                          • D Offline
                            dtrarch
                            last edited by

                            Fredo

                            Super useful and thanks a bunch. β˜€
                            A really helpful road layout tool that will be used a lot.

                            Question please. πŸ˜•
                            What does offset reference ?
                            Arc radius ? Arc segment ? or ?

                            Thx again

                            dtr

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @dtrarch said:

                              Question please. πŸ˜•
                              What does offset reference ?
                              Arc radius ? Arc segment ? or ?

                              Offset is the distance from the corner to the start of the arc.
                              You will notice that when the length of one of the segments defining the corner is not superior to twice the offset value, no round corner is generated.

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                                dtrarch
                                last edited by

                                Fredo

                                Thanks for the reply and again the really useful tool.

                                dtr

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                                • CadFatherC Offline
                                  CadFather
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Fredo, i could be wrong but it seems BZ 1.2 only works with the default su7 installation

                                  if i have SU installed in a different folder the tool will start but it will not draw a line upon clicking..

                                  (i have multiple copies of SU one for working, one for experimentation)

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                                  • david_hD Offline
                                    david_h
                                    last edited by

                                    Cool Plugin. thanks.

                                    D
                                    πŸ‘

                                    PS. I think we need a smilie emoticon of hands clapping in thunderous applause for just these types of occasions.
                                    πŸ˜„

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      @cadfather said:

                                      Hi Fredo, i could be wrong but it seems BZ 1.2 only works with the default su7 installation

                                      if i have SU installed in a different folder the tool will start but it will not draw a line upon clicking..

                                      (i have multiple copies of SU one for working, one for experimentation)

                                      You are right. BezierSpline asumes it is located in the default Sketchup Plugin folder.
                                      For FreeScale and LibFredo6 I have arranged to support alternate folders however, provided you configure Sketchup for an alternate folder (via script acting on $:).
                                      When I refresh Bezierspline, it should work.

                                      Fredo

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                                        numerobis
                                        last edited by

                                        @thomthom said:

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                                        +1 πŸ’š

                                        Thank You very much Master Fredo!
                                        Really Useful! 😎

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                                          putnik
                                          last edited by

                                          Moderators, shouldn't Fredo's name be highlighted in a different colour on this forum, or something, like the names of other people who distinguished themselves in some way? He obviously is some kind of demigod at the very least but has an appearance of a mortal.

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                                            xrok1
                                            last edited by

                                            maybe in neon 🀣

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