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    • M Offline
      Matt666
      last edited by

      Hi TIG!
      Great new tools, thank you!
      Just one thing I've changed in your plugin... I don't like to put plugins in the plugins folder... 😳 So I made my script withs relative pathes.
      If you want I can tell you where you pathes are absolute...

      Frenglish at its best !
      My scripts

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        Here's v2.5 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

        Clipping fixed with Tool.getExtents thanks to NewOne's idea. πŸ€“ + πŸ€“

        TIG

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        • A Offline
          agrazdi
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          Tig

          Any plans for a double line ?

          agrazdi

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            The more I use this toolset, the more I love it. I had to do a quick cross section of a roof detail yesterday to apply for permits on an upcoming build. Instead of CAD, I was able to do it all in Sketchup using 2D tools. Putting the line style changes on their own layer to be toggled on and off, is brilliant. You can do preliminary plan view drawings with line styles, then shut them off and proceed with the 3D modeling. Another great thing about Line Styles......they are renderable!!

            It would be nice to incorporate Matt's extend tool into the toolset. Also making an extend tool for an arc would be brilliant. So often I have to try and continue and existing arc to a line and it usually requires finding the center point, using TOS to draw a Cline Circle, then snapping the arcs bulge to it, as tangent snaps isn't always reliable. Another way is to explode the curve, find center point and rotate a section around, but if it could be streamlined into a Arc extend tool, that would great.

            One other request would be the ability to have leader text that doesn't change size when your scroll in and out. Perhaps there is a setting to change this that I don't know about??? Perhaps an improved leader text tool for 2D tools would be in order.

            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
            Content Creator at Skapeup

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            • PixeroP Offline
              Pixero
              last edited by

              I cant see any snapping points when using the line tool. Bug?

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              • M Offline
                markozeta
                last edited by

                @earthmover said:

                One other request would be the ability to have leader text that doesn't change size when your scroll in and out. Perhaps there is a setting to change this that I don't know about??? Perhaps an improved leader text tool for 2D tools would be in order.

                Set your text size to be a value in inches, rather than point size.

                Window > Model Info > Text > Font Size.

                Set it for a value in inches and it will be constant. In points it will move zoom with the zoom.

                BSME - Cal Poly Pomona
                Sketchup Pipe Maniac

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                  Ben Ritter
                  last edited by

                  TIG,

                  Just started to use the tools and all I can say is that they are wonderful. Thank you so much.

                  One problem I'm having is getting the hatching command to work. Does not want to initialize, no dialog box, etc.

                  Ben

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @ben ritter said:

                    TIG,

                    Just started to use the tools and all I can say is that they are wonderful. Thank you so much.

                    One problem I'm having is getting the hatching command to work. Does not want to initialize, no dialog box, etc.

                    Ben

                    After hatching has been run once you should get it opening without a dialog, with the last set 'patt' reported on the VCB, right-click in empty-space to get the dialog up to change the 'patt'. Otherwise please run with ruby console open and report error messages...

                    TIG

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @pixero said:

                      I cant see any snapping points when using the line tool. Bug?

                      There aren't any ! Might add some ???

                      TIG

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        2D text has no 'leaders' - it's easy enough to add one as a 2D polyline between the text and the required point. If you want an arrow or 'dot' then add say a text 'point' at the end ?

                        TIG

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                          Ben Ritter
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          @ben ritter said:

                          TIG,

                          Just started to use the tools and all I can say is that they are wonderful. Thank you so much.

                          One problem I'm having is getting the hatching command to work. Does not want to initialize, no dialog box, etc.

                          Ben

                          After hatching has been run once you should get it opening without a dialog, with the last set 'patt' reported on the VCB, right-click in empty-space to get the dialog up to change the 'patt'. Otherwise please run with ruby console open and report error messages...

                          TIG,

                          I click on the tool and nothing happens. The ruby console says, "Cancelled 2d Hatching". That's all it says.

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                          • facerF Offline
                            facer
                            last edited by

                            Tig,
                            Thank you for ruby, well done.

                            Everything appears to work except for 2D Hatching and Text.
                            I am unable to activate the 2D Hatching or Text.
                            Operating system Windows 2000.

                            Here is the ruby consule output for the attempts on Hatching and Text:

                            Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                            Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                            Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method refresh_thumbnail' for #<Sketchup::ComponentDefinition:0x74ebee0>> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:126:in activate'
                            C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:343:in select_tool' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:343:in texttool2D'
                            C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2D#loader.rb:130
                            C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2D#loader.rb:130:in `call'

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                            • PixeroP Offline
                              Pixero
                              last edited by

                              @tig said:

                              @pixero said:

                              I cant see any snapping points when using the line tool. Bug?

                              There aren't any ! Might add some ???

                              Please do.

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @ben ritter said:

                                I click on the tool and nothing happens. The ruby console says, "Cancelled 2d Hatching". That's all it says.

                                A mystery ! Please give me details of SUp version, OS etc...
                                But first can you also try typing/pasting this command into the ruby console to see what happens...

                                hatchingtool2D

                                The only tile you get the "Cancelled 2d Hatching" message is if you open the dialog and then cancel the dialog, the tool is cancelled too...

                                Does this problem happen on a 'brand new' and 'empty' model and/or existing ones ?
                                With the ruby console open, if you pick on the tool from the toolbar or menu do you get the cancelled message immediately ? What does the VCB say ? What materials do you have in the Materials Browser ? Any 'PATT' ones ?

                                I shall get to the bottom of this ❓

                                TIG

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @facer said:

                                  Everything appears to work except for 2D Hatching and Text.
                                  I am unable to activate the 2D Hatching or Text.
                                  Operating system Windows 2000.
                                  Here is the ruby console output for the attempts on Hatching and Text:
                                  Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                                  Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                                  Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method refresh_thumbnail' for #<Sketchup::ComponentDefinition:0x74ebee0>> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:126:in activate'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:343:in select_tool' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DtextTool.rb:343:in texttool2D'
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2D#loader.rb:130
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2D#loader.rb:130:in `call'

                                  See my recent reply to Ben Ritter who has similar problems with Hatching...
                                  Can you give me a few more details about the SUp version etc...
                                  I suspect you are using an earlier version of SUp that doesn't support definition.refresh_thumbnail ?
                                  I'll look into it... ❓ ❗

                                  TIG

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                                  • S Offline
                                    SHAHEEN
                                    last edited by

                                    thanks a lot TIG . u r amazin

                                    " An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind "
                                    Gandhi

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Here's v2.6 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

                                      Line inferencing and tooltips improved.
                                      Circle VCB messages improved or corrected.
                                      Hatching error/glitch fixed.
                                      Text error with SUp v<7 fixed.

                                      TIG

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                                      • EdsonE Offline
                                        Edson
                                        last edited by

                                        gosh! there is no limit to how much you can improve your plugins. i may have said this before, tig, but you are a great asset to this community. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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

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                                        • B Offline
                                          Ben Ritter
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          @ben ritter said:

                                          I click on the tool and nothing happens. The ruby console says, "Cancelled 2d Hatching". That's all it says.

                                          A mystery ! Please give me details of SUp version, OS etc...
                                          But first can you also try typing/pasting this command into the ruby console to see what happens...

                                          hatchingtool2D

                                          The only tile you get the "Cancelled 2d Hatching" message is if you open the dialog and then cancel the dialog, the tool is cancelled too...

                                          Does this problem happen on a 'brand new' and 'empty' model and/or existing ones ?

                                          With the ruby console open, if you pick on the tool from the toolbar or menu do you get the cancelled message immediately ? What does the VCB say ? What materials do you have in the Materials Browser ? Any 'PATT' ones ?

                                          I shall get to the bottom of this ❓

                                          TIG,

                                          Tried v 2.6 and same happens.

                                          In the ruby console, tried your suggestion:

                                          hatchingtool2D
                                          Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                                          #Sketchup::Model:0x5047f78

                                          I'm running SU 6.4.112, XP Professional Service Pack 3, brand new model, just the default texture. With ruby console open, I get the message immediately, nothing in the VCB.

                                          Thanks for checking into it. Ben

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                                          • D Offline
                                            dedmin
                                            last edited by

                                            @tig said:

                                            Here's v2.6 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

                                            Line inferencing and tooltips improved.
                                            Circle VCB messages improved or corrected.
                                            Hatching error/glitch fixed.
                                            Text error with SUp v<7 fixed.

                                            Google, stop trying to compete with TIG!!!

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