Lines2Components?

Chris Fullmer

Great thread here guys. A while back I made 3 Line Tool plugin. It essentially will make vertical lines very quickly. Just activate it and click click click. Use the VCB/measurement box to adjust the height of the lines. 1 tool will draw a line from wherever you click to a certain elevation. the 2nd tool will draw a line X units tall from whereever you click and the other tool draws a line perpendicular to whatever you click on. I think you might find it useful for quickly populating a scene with vertical lines.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=16923

Chris

su30

Thanks TIG! Great effort!
I have just used the Lines2Compo 1.1, It runs well, but I am afraid I still want the components' dimension in Z direction fit the lines length, that means a 100mm line turns into a component with the height of 100mm, sorry for the misleading if my wish was not clear enough...

su30

@chris fullmer said:

Great thread here guys. A while back I made 3 Line Tool plugin. It essentially will make vertical lines very quickly. Just activate it and click click click. Use the VCB/measurement box to adjust the height of the lines. 1 tool will draw a line from wherever you click to a certain elevation. the 2nd tool will draw a line X units tall from whereever you click and the other tool draws a line perpendicular to whatever you click on. I think you might find it useful for quickly populating a scene with vertical lines.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=16923

Chris

It's right! I think this effort TIG have made can perfectly match your 3line tool plugin. We can combine these two plugins together and use them in jobs such as planting trees, and it's accurate when we want to do something more complicated.

TIG

@unknownuser said:

I am afraid I still want the components' dimension in Z direction fit the lines length, that means a 100mm line turns into a component with the height of 100mm, sorry for the misleading if my wish was not clear enough...

It does that for me ? The default of 'Z' scales the compos to match the lines' heights.
The other option 'None' just places compos sized as the original instance's scale at the lines' bases.

If you make a series of different height lines don't you get the compo's scaled to match ?

EDIT: It WAS OK for me but did some more tests and after using it once it goes haywire - looking at cause... v1.2 on it's way...

In passing - I think you could also perhaps use Grow.rb to place compo's around in a circle, each rotated to match and scaled incrementally in the Z, or just on a line etc... Download it and experiment...

su30

I think there must be something different between out programs,
is it because the unit?
I don't know. Yeah I have downloaded your grow.rb quite a while before, but I hope this can fit into more situation than circle.
I will keep finding the reason on my software!

TIG

Here's v1.2 - I made the slightest tweak to the way it decides how to Z-scale the new instances based on the line height and definition height (not instance height) and now it "never" goes wrong for me now ! [never say never !]

Please try and feedback...
EDIT: Please use the latest version available here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=330408#p330408

Lines2Components.rb

TIG

@su30 said:

I think there must be something different between out programs,
is it because the unit?

Units shouldn't matter as it works in SUp's base units (inches) anyway ?

Try the v1.2 and report back...

su30

Well done!
I tried the function of Z scaling, and I found it's steady and correct!
Here is the feedback picture...
And I also find the lines can turn into the right sized components, no matter if I have scaled the original component or not!!!
This is exactly the thing I am looking for!

su30

@tig said:

@su30 said:

I think there must be something different between out programs,
is it because the unit?

Units shouldn't matter as it works in SUp's base units (inches) anyway ?

Try the v1.2 and report back...

Yeah it has nothing to do with unit, I am using mm as basic unit and V1.2 fits very well!

leixing

tig:
I have the same problem for the v1.1 i like the first .
I still want to keep the first version of the function .i like that.
and also add the idea of su30 like the photo.
Thank you very much for the work.

leixing

so fast
thank you tig, i test v1.2 and it works well.
and i like the xyz scale item also
so how i could do

thanks agian!

EDIT: i want the xyz scale could do this: the height fit the line height but the comp. donot distortion.