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    [Plugin] Point Merger tools v1.2 UPDATED@ 23/06/09

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    • B Offline
      BTM
      last edited by

      …I also have these ones though…
      ptl_24.png
      ptl_16.png

      …I'll go with your icons for 'Merge Points', but now for Merge Points to Selection (I changed the name, because it works when selecting faces now aswell), I don't know which one to pick 😄

      Oh, by the way, they work in groups and components now too. I should have put @model.active_entities instead of @model.entities 😳

      …I've also included a cursor for 'Merge Points'. It's ugly though, so I'm changing it, and I don't know what the new one should look like. 😐

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      • CadFatherC Offline
        CadFather
        last edited by

        looking good..

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Keep up the good work! I am repeatedly impressed with your scripting. You've picked up quickly, and seem to keep going. Now you've got toolbars and cursors. Well done!

          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

            Thanks for considering my suggestions. I think these two scripts could prove to be "can't do withouts" for people working with terrans/TINs.

            John

            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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            • B Offline
              BTM
              last edited by

              V 1.2 is now Up, and includes proper undo, a toolbar, and some other improvements, like the use of the VCB for 'Merge Points', and 'Merge Points to Selection', renamed because it now gets the points/ edges of selected faces now too. 👍

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              • majidM Offline
                majid
                last edited by

                just to show my respect : thanx BTM

                My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                • B Offline
                  boilingsnow
                  last edited by

                  Great! BTM, thank you.
                  Can you make it capable for snaping points such als construction points and lines?

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                  • boofredlayB Offline
                    boofredlay
                    last edited by

                    BTM, is there a way to have the unzip process work smoother? When I extracted the files I only had two folders in my Plugins menu. I had to grab the two rb files and move them into the main Plugins folder. I believe JClements had the same problem Here
                    Or maybe I did it wrong.

                    Oh, and the toolbar... I noticed it was checked as on but was not on my screen anywhere. I could not use it and ultimately removed the files from my plugins folder.

                    And upon loading SU after installing the script my toolbars wacked out again. Rearranged all over the screen. 😒

                    Please Google, fix the toolbar prob... oh forget it. They are not listening anymore.

                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                    • B Offline
                      BTM
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      BTM, is there a way to have the unzip process work smoother? When I extracted the files I only had two folders in my Plugins menu. I had to grab the two rb files and move them into the main Plugins folder. I believe JClements had the same problem Here
                      Or maybe I did it wrong.

                      Oh, and the toolbar... I noticed it was checked as on but was not on my screen anywhere. I could not use it and ultimately removed the files from my plugins folder.

                      And upon loading SU after installing the script my toolbars wacked out again. Rearranged all over the screen. 😒

                      Please Google, fix the toolbar prob... oh forget it. They are not listening anymore.

                      That's strange 😕 … First, the unzipped file should be a folder called btm_Point_Merger_Files, and it should contain btm_Point_Merger_Loader.rb and a folder called btm_Point_Merger_Tools. These should both go in the plugins folder. I know that it works fine with Archive Utility on my mac, and the files in btm_Point_Merger_Files should look like this:
                      Both these files should go into the plugins folder.

                      As for your toolbar problem, I have no idea why it would be doing that 😲 . It is possible that another ruby might have broken it, but from what you've described, I doubt it. All I can think of is that the files might not be in the right place, or are duplicated, or that another plugin is breaking it somehow. Other than that, my knowledge is very limited.

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        Macs like to add extra files to everything they do. So when PCs get Mac files, they always come attached with unnecessary files. So your zip files has all this inside it when opened on a PC

                        stupidMacs.png

                        So its just a matter of deleting the Mac system files, then its like a regular plugin install.

                        Chris

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

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          Nope, I take it back. I forgot that is worse than just that. You have to double click on the "btm_Point_Merger_Files" to get taken to the actual root of the zip file. But it still has extra files floating around in it.

                          Macsareevenstupider.png

                          So you have to ignore the top level, double click on the "btm_Point_Merger_Files" folder, then delete the Mac system files and then copy and paste the rest into the plugins folder. 😞

                          Chris

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

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                          • B Offline
                            BTM
                            last edited by

                            Okay, is there any way for me to make zip files with my mac, that work properly on Windows too?

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              That is a good question. Does your zip file maker have any settings you can change? If you find anything to tweak, upload a test version here and we'll let you know if it is any smoother.

                              Chris

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

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                              • B Offline
                                BTM
                                last edited by

                                … I use the built-in "compress" feature under the right click menu to compress files on my mac. I've been looking through System Preferences, and in quite a few other places, but can't find where to change any settings 😕 .

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                                • V Offline
                                  velvia
                                  last edited by

                                  thanks for the plugin... 😉
                                  i will have a try on it...

                                  My show room :smile:
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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    … I use the built-in "compress" feature under the right click menu to compress files on my mac. I've been looking through System Preferences, and in quite a few other places, but can't find where to change any settings 😕 .

                                    fwiw, those extra files are all over the place on your mac but are kept hidden.. they're finder settings and resource forks which are basically used for remembering icon positioning and such (and maybe something to do with why osxSU doesn't have toolbar freakouts).. for instance, you could send me a folder with a bunch of pictures arranged in a certain order and i could see them in that order.. a windows user would see them alphabetically/numerically etc..

                                    the standard compressor will include these files but there are others you can get (for free) that won't include them (pretty much all of the mac archive apps have this option)

                                    [also] if you want to have easier access to the archive utility's preferences by placing them in the system prefs, do this..

                                    go:
                                    Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices

                                    in there you'll see the Archive Utility.app.. you can either launch the app and change it's prefs as you would a normal app -or- unlock a hidden feature by right clicking the icon and choosing 'show package contents'.. go into the contents folder then into the resources folder and you'll see a file called 'Archives.prefPane'.. doubleclick that and you'll be given the option to add it to the standard system preferences..

                                    there's not many options and nothing to keep the mac only files out but you might like some of the choices..

                                    screen 1.jpg

                                    dotdotdot

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                                    • ken28875K Offline
                                      ken28875
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi everyone,

                                      The plugin seems like a very nice tool, but it is quite hard to control, or maybe I am not familiar with it yet.

                                      Anyway, I tried to merge some vertices but could not make it happen the way I want.

                                      Does anyone know if the Point Merger is able to do something like the attachment below?

                                      Thanks!

                                      _KN

                                      http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/ken28875/merge_points.jpg

                                      Follow Your Dreams.

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                                      • D Offline
                                        donpter
                                        last edited by

                                        thanks!Point Merger tools v1.2 UPDATED@ 23/06/09

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