Fredoscale plugin is better than sliced bread!
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I have just discovered the new Fredoscale plugin and am ready to make Fredo the patron saint of custom furniture design.
To illustrate: I have detailed a 4 door 4 drawer kitchen counter unit(freestanding)to the nth degree. The job has been signed off I am ready to start fabrication and i have therefore detailed the lap joints in the drawers, the hinge hole placements, the slots in the top rails for bicuiting, the holes in the backings lined up with internal divisions etc. I have gone to all the trouble of doing this becuase I intend exporting dxf,s of the various components for CNC routing.
Problem: The client has decided at this late stage to upgrade the fridge which stands adjacent to my unit to a wider model.
Possible Solutions: a)change the laws of physics
b)spend painstaking hours editing each component to suit the new dimensions
c)Use Fredoscale to make all the nescessary adjustments in 20minIt took 5min to learn how to use the new tool! The dialog box to resize to a new external dimension is the work of sheer and utter genius! The man is a god!
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I downloaded and installed the plug in, and though I haven't used it in a project, I did play around with it, and you're right. It is better than sliced bread.
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I dashed off that original post in a state of glee when I first downloaded Fredoscale and tried it. After using it for a few weeks now i have to admit that i may have understated how brilliant it actually is.
Want a standard drawer that you can use in every progect but hate resizing each component in it manually? fredoscale!
Have a range of furniture all modeled up but need it in different widths and lengths(6 seater table,8seater etc.)? Dont muck about editing individual components,( double click here select move exit component select move-oh hell got that wrong, re-open). Just select the whole unit ,click fredoscale tool, hit tab and resize. Then generate your cut sheet and re-cost. Voila.
Pesky client wants the unit 50mm smaller which means you have to edit all the doors, drawers, shelves? Fredoscale it(you can use formulas in the dimension tab)! It just works better.
Fredoscale has made Sketchup the tool I always imagined CAD would be before I started using it, a way to make adjustments efficiently and accurately. Enjoy it!
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When you get it to add or subtract dovetails when you make a drawer taller or shorter, then . . .
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Where do I find this amazing plugin?
And also, do I need to have other plugins installed for it to work? -
Gidon, look here. It was originally called FreeScale but Fredo changed the name in May.
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You'll also need the LibFredo6 ruby, you just install it like a normal plugin.
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Sorry about the broken link. I must have copied it wrong. Thanks for fixing it, Gai.
I suppose I should have added the link to the LibFredo thread, too. I just assumed Gidon would read about that in the FredoScale thread.
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Dave, I tried the link but for some reason when I try to download the files they appear with the sufix "php".
What's a php file?
Even the user manual PDF file comes as a php file.
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Gidon, did the link I posted and Gai fixed take you to another Forum thread? It should have. At the bottom of the first post in that thread is a file called FredoScale 2.0g.zip. And as Remus pointed out you also need to install the LibFredo6.31f file at his link (which is also mentioned in the first part of Fredo's thread that I linked to.
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Dave, my problem is that I'm seeing the file not as a zip or ruby or skp but as php. I have no idea what php is. In fact, no matter what I try to download from the forums appears as a php file.
I'm attaching a screen capture of the kind of message I'm getting. Note the file type.
This is what I got when I clicked on the link in your last post. -
Try downloading it via Internet Explorer instead. It looks to me as if your browser or some add-on is confused.
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If you think it's good for alterations to orthogonal geometry you should see what it allows you to do with organic geometry.
It has revolutionised a large part of how I work in SU. Fredo should be made Head of Development and given a big organically formed office at Google SU HQ... pronto!Don't forget to donate: Tools Menu>Fredo6 Collection>Fredoscale>Donation>Fredo6 at Paypal
No, I'm not on commission; I just think ingenuity, skill and generosity like his deserves reward! Now where's the "We're not worthy" smiley?
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OK, OK, OK,,, I've read and reread all posts and I have to say I'm lost as to where and what I would actually need to get Fredoscale plugin..... (Yes,,, I'm also kinda dense.)
So, will someone be kind and post what and were is exactly needed....... It would really clear up my confusion.
Big thanks....
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http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17948&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=fredoscale
The plugin is an attachment at the bottom of the very first post. Don't forget to read the updated first paragraph of that post and to download the LibFredo6 3.1f files, Fredoscale won't work without them.
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