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

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      I know its not much consoloation, but if you figure out the total elevation you are going for, then it works just the same. If you know you want a line that is 200cm above a plane that is 400cm above the 0,0. Then make that first line go to an elevation of 600cm and it will be as long as you want and all subsequent lines will also go to the desired height.

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      • J Offline
        JGA
        last edited by

        Thanks very much. The video explanations also help a great deal.

        Regards,
        JGA

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        • plot-parisP Offline
          plot-paris
          last edited by

          first of all, thank you very much Chris, great tool!

          I have two little suggestions:

          1. use the select tool to select an object (e.g. terrain) then click one of the 'Three Line Tools' buttons. instead of clicking onto the terrain surface and manually placing lines you right-click the selected terrain and choose the option 'place line on each face'. now the plugin places a line on each face of the selected object
          (important: if you work with a smoothed object make sure to enable 'view hidden geometry' to make sure that a line is placed on every face. otherwise the plugin will place lines only on those faces that are visibly divided).

          2. click one of the 'Three Line Tools' buttons to start the process of placing lines. but before you start, right-click and choose the option 'place components'. now the plugin places the same component instead of a line. the vertical axis of the component is aligned to the line within the component. if you worked with the 'elevation'-function, the component's height will be defined by the first one placed and all the others will be scaled.
          this tool makes it very easy to later replace all these components with another one of your choice (trees, columns or needles, like in the above image).

          both these functions are disabled by default. so if you don't need them you can simply ignore them. but if they have been chosen once the settings will be remembered for this SketchUp session.

          what do you think? πŸ‘ or πŸ‘Ž ?

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          • P Offline
            publied
            last edited by

            very interesting tool! many congrats (and thank you).

            hire me@ http://www.publied.it !

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              Thanks!

              @Plot, I'm thinking about it. Some of that functionality fits right in with some of Frenchy's wishes too. I just haven't had time to do it yet. If I get more time to work on this one again, those are good ideas.

              Chris

              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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              • DoodlerD Offline
                Doodler
                last edited by

                Hi Chris, I'm new to this forum. Thanks for the great plugin. I wanted to try something different today and I came across this plugin. I've had fun with it, just playing around. I also wanted to say the tutorial is good too. Not only does it show me how to use the tool, I could actually see what you were doing, the video was clear and your explanation was to the point. β˜€

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by

                  I don't quite get it. Seems like the tool should do that already. Do you have a quick drawing to show better what you mean? I think I don't understand how you're using (or wanting to use) line tools in your workflow.

                  Chris

                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                  • JClementsJ Offline
                    JClements
                    last edited by

                    You answered too quickly ... I updated my previous posting. The more I think about it, the lines tools wouldn't.

                    I think what would be needed is a way somehow set the origin Z value to a specific base elevation (like a site's ground level or slab level of a building), and then somehow have your line tool reconize this and draw up from that value to a specified elevation or distance.

                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                    • JClementsJ Offline
                      JClements
                      last edited by

                      Hi Chris:

                      Could you add one that draws lines UP FROM an elevation to a specified elevation.

                      I'm often given scan of old section drawings for piping which only give the elevations of their centerlines and joints.

                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        Ahh yes, I think the ability to set a base z height was requested before too. It could be done. I won't get to it soon though I'm afraid. But when I get around to updating scripts, that could go on my list of features to add. Thanks for the great suggestion John!

                        Chris

                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                        • JClementsJ Offline
                          JClements
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Chris, for considering this. You've done so much already.

                          It sure would save me a lot of time from manually subtracting elevation valves to determine vertical pipe lengths or the placement of their horizontal centerlines (many elevations in the drawings I get are specified to the tenth or hundredth of a foot as pipe slopes are critical to gravity feed flow ... yikes).

                          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                          • romboutR Offline
                            rombout
                            last edited by

                            what are all these plugins ??? never saw them before


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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              I think that is a toolbar full of various plugins and with new icons. So they might be plugins you already have, just different icons. I'm not sure if they are still available as a group like that. But you can download them all separately.

                              Chris

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

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                              • M Offline
                                markozeta
                                last edited by

                                Chris,

                                Can you also make the normal tool work so if a single edge is selected (without a face), it'll draw a line perpendicular to that line? And then you'd just choose the rotation of that perpendicular line?

                                Or something like that?

                                Or would that have to be a fourth line tool?

                                Mark

                                BSME - Cal Poly Pomona
                                Sketchup Pipe Maniac

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
                                  last edited by

                                  It would be tricky to figure out how to reliably set the rotation.

                                  But I keep wanting the tool to work when its clicked on a vertex of 2 or more lines that do not necessarily make a face (like on an arc). I would be interested in exploring more possibilities like these with this tool.

                                  Chris

                                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                                  • C Offline
                                    c.plassais
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Chris,
                                    a new translation, that of de Three Line Tools
                                    Thanks for link repaired

                                    The link for your translate plugin http://biblio3d.1fr1.net/plug-in-sketchup-f19/plugin-three-tools-line-en-francais-utilitaire-de-tracage-de-lignes-t451.htm

                                    At next time

                                    Christophe

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                                      hamster3
                                      last edited by

                                      Very useful plugin.
                                      Thanks Chris!

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                                      • E Offline
                                        ElCarlos
                                        last edited by

                                        Does this work on v 8 with Mac OS?

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                                        • EdsonE Offline
                                          Edson
                                          last edited by

                                          @elcarlos said:

                                          Does this work on v 8 with Mac OS?

                                          yes, it does.

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

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                                            oisin.higgins
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Chris,
                                            Would it be possible to modify the code for 2-D use? ie to bisect and angle?

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