[Plugin] Point v1.2

simon le bon

Cher Matt!

Bravo pour cet outil!

I agree completely with Gaieus: a seemingly "little" tool that we forget that we need all the time.

How could we do without this tool ??

[flash=550,412:2xppaall]http://www.youtube.com/v/aEBrzJscSP0&hl=fr&fs=1[/flash:2xppaall]

But at the end we need to erase all those construction points!!!
No problem! Just use the so powerful Matt666's Selection Manager

And dear Matt I'm sure you will not be angry about me if i complete the panoply with those daily other useful tools:
Jim Foltz's Construction Line Tool
Jim Foltz's Arc Centerpoint
Todd Burch's CenterPoint
Didier Bur's fr_lines_converter

Simon

Bob James

Have a problem loading: see attachment.

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jeff hammond

@bob james said:

Have a problem loading: see attachment.

ditto

looks very useful too... anyone know how to make this mac compatible?

Matt666

@ Bones : Hi ! I will give a try... Not sure I can do that...
@ Jeff Hammond & Bob James : Ok, thank you for that! I have asked to Fredo6 (because his compatibility between Win & Mac is great), so be patient please!
@ simon le bon ... Bah didon belle présentation !! Merci à toi Thank you for this great presentation!!

simon le bon

MALAISE

Obviously useful

MALAISE

Matt666

Thank you Pierre!
A new version 1.2 is available... Try to fix Mac problems.

jeff hammond

Merci!

it's working nicely now on my mac.
btw, i think the provided icon is too small.. it's 16x16 but SU can use 24x24 as well..

@simon le bon said:

But at the end we need to erase all those construction points!!!
No problem! Just use the so powerful Matt666's Selection Manager

another option is edit->delete guides.. not as powerful as selection manager but it will get rid of the points as well.

agrazdi

I found this plugin great.
But it could be excelent if after you inferrenced the distance with another object you could tape /# of spaces and add constructions points. Sort of dividing a line in 2,3,4.... spaces.
Is it possible to add this request ?

Thanks

agrazdi

point half.jpg

ilay7k

Matthieu, thank you
great addition for making of general plans

Matt666

Thank you!
agrazdi, I will see what I can do!

simon le bon

Hi NewOne,
Your icons are NumberOne
But when i try to use them (32x32), their quality isn't at the "rendez-vous" . Why? I can't say.

simon

NewOne

@simon le bon said:

Hi NewOne,
Your icons are NumberOne
But when i try to use them (32x32), their quality isn't at the "rendez-vous" . Why? I can't say.
simon

Well... This is what I do now: try to figure out why on image viewer and on forum page the icon looks nice, but in Sketchup is a little messed up.
QUESTION: how many colors does sketchup accept for icons? true color, 256, or less?

Jim

Sketchup Toolbar icons are 24x24, or 16x16 for the small icons. Tool cursors are 32x32.

NewOne

@jim said:

Sketchup Toolbar icons are 24x24, or 16x16 for the small icons. Tool cursors are 32x32.

THANK YOU !!
I tested with 24x24 and it looks wonderfull.

NewOne

--EDITED POST-- changed the files, and added code suggestion.

Alternate icons for PointTool
Matt666, if you like this icons, please edit your script to use 24x24px and 16x16px icons.

The changes I made to your script to accept those icons and cursor icon are:


cmd.large_icon = File.join(p, "PointTool", "PointTool24x24.png")
cmd.small_icon = File.join(p, "PointTool", "PointTool16x16.png")

and


def initialize
#...your previous code
p=Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
pointTool_cursor_path = File.join(p,  "PointTool", "PointTool cursor.png")
@@pointTool_cursor = UI;;create_cursor(pointTool_cursor_path, 3, 30)
end

def onSetCursor
UI;;set_cursor(@@pointTool_cursor)
end

I am not sure if this is entirely correct, but it works for me.
If you decide to change the icons, pay attention on hotspot coordinates of the cursor
Suggestion: add getExtents method to avoid disappearance of the OpenGL line.


def getExtents
bbox = Geom;;BoundingBox.new
	bbox.add @ip1.position
	if (@state == 0)
		bbox.add @ip.position if (@ip.valid? && @ip.display?)
	elsif
		bbox.add @ip2.position
	end
	bbox
end

P.S. I like your script very much, it ease my work a lot! It's a simple, but strong idea!

contains 16x16, 24x24 and 32x32 PNG

visual example

NewOne

The Blue Icon, because Simon Le Bon loved it...
for making the script to show cursor, see this post: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13077&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15#p184325

contains icons (24x24, 16x16) and cursor (32x32)

simon le bon

Hi NewOne,
Thank for it (the blue pen) . Now adopted
simon

watkins

Dear Matt,

I have downloaded your version 1.2, but cannot work out how to draw a single point other than hitting the Esc key. What should I do?

Kind regards,
Bob

utiler

@simon le bon said:

Hi NewOne,
Your icons are NumberOne
But when i try to use them (32x32), their quality isn't at the "rendez-vous" . Why? I can't say.

simon

I think JClements made the Construction line tool Icon. Would be good to see a similar icon for the point tool also.

Both point and Construction line tool I use all the time, thanks heaps guys!!!!!