[Plugin] Q JS ALIGN TOOLBAR

CadFather · 30 Jun 2009, 13:36

there are two issues i think merit attention: centroid reference and spacing/distribution of objects

we could have icons or a small dialog, sort of this

actually i have looked at the centroid script by Alex Schreyer, but have not been able to implement it into the align script yet (it's going to take me some time)

in fact if any of the great masters can help, might be better!

Chris Fullmer · 30 Jun 2009, 16:33

EDIT: THis is wrong, I was looking at his shape wrong.

Thom I think on yours the bounding box center is the geometric center or centroid. Your face runs the diagonal of the bounding box, so placing a centerpoint on that face is just like placing a centerpoint in the middle of a diagonal line of the bounding box.

Chris

thomthom · 30 Jun 2009, 19:59

The bounding box' centre point is not the centre of that extruded triangle.

CadFather · 30 Jun 2009, 20:33

@thomthom said:

The bounding box' centre point is not the centre of that extruded triangle.

Chris, it's the background colour throwing you off.. (must have been on purpose!)

Chris Fullmer · 30 Jun 2009, 20:48

@thomthom said:

The bounding box' centre point is not the centre of that extruded triangle.

OOooohhh! I get it. Yes, Cadfather is right, I could not see a 3d object there at all. I just saw the front, bright face.

So yes thom, you're right. That construction point is not the center of the geometry.

Chris

thomthom · 30 Jun 2009, 20:49

thehe
messing with your head!

ideas_arte · 1 Jul 2009, 06:40

Nice...!

Thank you very much...!

Bob James · 10 Jul 2009, 17:41

@cadfather said:

(tested only on PC - unzip the contents to your plugins folder)

Works on Mac except the toolbar doesn't "stick" - have to use View/Toolbars each time SU loads.

CadFather · 10 Jul 2009, 19:48

thanks Bob - i hope someone with a mac will be able to fix this

BTM · 10 Jul 2009, 21:04

Just add this:

case gp_quarr_jsalign_tb.get_last_state when 1 gp_quarr_jsalign_tb.restore when -1 gp_quarr_jsalign_tb.show end

utiler · 23 Aug 2009, 22:27

Thanks Coen, good tip. Could have used it last week while trying to flatten some survey dwgs....

CadFather · 27 Aug 2009, 19:39

That's great Coen, thanks..and it is really fast as well

opla457 · 16 Oct 2009, 13:11

A big thank for this plugin, so great - the function sketchup messed !!

jason_maranto · 9 Feb 2010, 16:55

Thank you both for this wonderful script -- something I've always wanted in Sketchup.

Best,
Jason.

bagatelo · 9 Feb 2010, 19:35

I change the plugin to show menus in "Plugins" Menu. Now we can set keyboard keys, is very useful to me.

I thought about a function of "smart drop" for all of the possible directions of the axis, like this, the aligned objects if they would not fix in the most distant part of the object of alignment reference, but they would collide in the surface. Look image example. It would be as the plugin drop, but it would work in all possible directions by axes(9 possibilities, or 6, if we not consider middle). Maybe some keys like SHIFT can change this behavior.

jsAlign.zip

bagatelo · 13 Feb 2011, 19:56

Two years later I had another idea. Could someone modify this script to reposition the axes of the selected objects? Maybe by pressing a modifier key on the keyboard, such as alt or shift.

Vicspa · 13 Feb 2011, 20:33

very useful plug-in, thank you

Bob James · 15 Feb 2011, 00:18

There does not seem to be a way to select which object the others are to align with. I've tried selecting #1 first and then #2, but get the same result if I select #2 first then #1.

It would be very helpful if you could effectively say "make the other(s)" align with "this one"

Pixero · 15 Feb 2011, 07:22

The script was written to work like many 2d align functions. Aligning to min, max or center, but for each axis.
My original script (without the toolbar has some added functionality like that you can choose "custom" and enter a value (position) in one axis and align to that. When using a group you can choose if the groups max, center or min should align to the value.
Not exactly what your after but might be useful sometimes.

Here is the original script (without toolbar).

JS Align

Prevayl · 27 Mar 2011, 23:02

This tool is very useful. i just have one suggestion and im not sure if it was already mentioned but do to busy schedule,forgive if this was already suggested.
But an added feature That functions similar to illustrator would be great where you an evenly distribute the objects(groups) between a distance.
For example In adobe illustrator you can create 10 boxes and align them to a straight line but then you can equally distribute the spaces in between them based on the box furthest to the left and furthest to the right.
That feature would make it easy to create a patio for instance with a gap in between each 2x4 and have it evenly spaced