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    • D Offline
      Dan
      last edited by

      @dan said:

      ...that ArchiCAD "adjust" tool...

      Indeed, it's a CAD-like tool.
      I use it in ArchiCAD very often, as I said, and I think it would expand SU poor native 2D possibilities even further.

      Thanks for updating and for your hard work, generally!

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @dedmin said:

        When snapping to midpoint and click, the cursor jumps to the midpoint of the resulting segment
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstNF3U73n0

        This is a mystery ! I recently added the line inferencing stuff. It seems to work for all other snaps, but as you make multiple segment lines it needs to make a 'leapfrog', making ipoint1 ipoint2, clear ipoint2 etc. For some reason I haven't fathomed if the last snap was the midpoint of an edge then the copy! of the ipoint1 knows it's the mid-point of that edge BUT since that edge has been 'halved' it moves to the edge's new mid-point ... I think I have a fix...

        TIG

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Here's v2.9 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

          2D Line mid-point inference glitch fixed.

          TIG

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            NewOne
            last edited by

            I can't wait for 2D Tools v3.0 πŸ˜„
            This is the most updated plugin. And the shortest time betwen versions. Google Team could learn something from here... Thank you TIG!

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            • jwlyon1J Offline
              jwlyon1
              last edited by

              ZOMG. WOW. ZOMG.

              Amazing. I can't keep up! But I will, because this is probably the best plugin ever. I've been searching for these functionalities in SU since day one. Which was Sketchup 2, I think.

              Wonderful work TIG. Thank you!

              Macbook Pro/ iMac
              OSX 10.7.2 Sketchup 8
              rogue-z is here!

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              • D Offline
                dtrarch
                last edited by

                TIG

                K Tools/geometry/make L with radius set to [0] will do the Cad clean/join
                thing for 2d work.
                I set a keystoke [K] (surprise)just enter and select the lines to be cleaned and 'that's all folks'.

                Check it out.

                Thanks again and again for all your "good works".

                dtr

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                  xrok1
                  last edited by

                  @newone said:

                  I can't wait for 2D Tools v3.0 πŸ˜„
                  This is the most updated plugin. And the shortest time betwen versions. Google Team could learn something from here... Thank you TIG!

                  is it ever fast, if you look at the first post 2.9 came out before 2.8 . 🀣 now thats fast.

                  β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                  http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                  • honoluludesktopH Offline
                    honoluludesktop
                    last edited by

                    TIG, Hope this wasn't asked before, but if I open 2d#.rb and see:

                    TIG (c) 2009

                    loads 2D tools...

                    v2 Reworked 20090909

                    require 'sketchup.rb'
                    load '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb'

                    And, I want to check which version is installed, will 200909(09) tell me that this is v2.9 ? Thanks.

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @honoluludesktop said:

                      TIG, Hope this wasn't asked before, but if I open 2d#.rb and see:

                      TIG (c) 2009

                      loads 2D tools...

                      v2 Reworked 20090909

                      require 'sketchup.rb'
                      load '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb'

                      And, I want to check which version is installed, will 200909(09) tell me that this is v2.9 ? Thanks.

                      Good idea - from now on I'll put the latest version/date into '2d#.rb'...

                      TIG

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                      • W Offline
                        watkins
                        last edited by

                        Dear TIG,

                        Perhaps you could just put your edit history (cut and paste) at the front of the script, as you usually do.

                        Kind regards,
                        Bob

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                        • kenK Offline
                          ken
                          last edited by

                          Master Tig

                          I cannot express how much I appreciate your 2d drawing plugin.

                          The arc and circle tools are very useful additions. So much so, could they be made to work in 3d?

                          My arc tool still does not read the angle in the VCB, not sure why, a minor inconvenience.

                          In addition, just another thought, could the 2D Set Z-Plane set the drawing to the top view, turn off model axes, move the origin to the lower left hand corner and make a set of construction lines for the X and Y axes.

                          Again thanks for all work and time

                          Ken

                          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                            EarthMover
                            last edited by

                            I'm wondering if the "Set Z Plane" tool allow the user to physically manipulate a "ghost" plane of some kind to set the drawing plane.

                            For example, you click on the Set Z plane button and a Ghost Plane appears. The user can then manipulate the plane with the move and rotate tools. You could move the plane up by 10' and rotate the plane 45 degrees, right click and choose accept as drawing plane, the ghost plane disappears and all the tools would then be locked to that plane at that angle.

                            This would be beneficial for using the 2D tools in a 3D world. If you could snap a ghost plane somewhere on your 3D model and lock the tools at that height and angle, it would allow you to draw freely using CAD style tools, without the annoyance of snapping and inferencing while trying to draw flat.

                            Just a thought.

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

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                              Pixero
                              last edited by

                              Great idea. I like it.

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                              • majidM Offline
                                majid
                                last edited by

                                thax again dear master TIG ...for all you are doing for us...
                                but 2d hatch never worked for me ,at any version... what do you guess?
                                also it is a while that I've lost "search panel" beside my explorer, does it depends on?

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                                  Foun10Head-X
                                  last edited by

                                  A newbie here wanting to say many thanks.

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                                    nurg
                                    last edited by

                                    thanks cool plugin

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @majid said:

                                      thax again dear master TIG ...for all you are doing for us...
                                      but 2d hatch never worked for me ,at any version... what do you guess?
                                      also it is a while that I've lost "search panel" beside my explorer, does it depends on?

                                      Please start the 2D Hatching Tool with the Ruby Console open and send us the messages that appear there - if any.
                                      Also report what it says on the Bottom of the Screen 'VCB' bar...

                                      We will fix it... ❓

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Version 3.0 is now available here...

                                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

                                        There has been a general re-write to improve robustness.
                                        The 'Help' section is now in htm format and suits all platforms,
                                        A brand new tool 'Adjust' has been added - this allows you to Select a set of Target-Lines and then 'Adjust' [Trim/Extend] Picked Lines to them [Target-Lines can also be Adjusted]. It is quick, intuitive and easy to use - with simple mouse-click-to-pick or mouse-drag-with-button-down-to-multi-select, then double-clicking to toggle between target-select and line-adjust [or exit], there is easy add/remove to targets-set by toggle-key <shift>, clear VCB prompting, and informative color changes to targets-set and the cursor [orange during stage1=select-targets, cyan during stage2=adjust-lines] etc...

                                        Feedback please...

                                        TIG

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                                        • B Offline
                                          Ben Ritter
                                          last edited by

                                          TIG, thank you again for the incredible tools.

                                          Like Majid, the hatching tool has never worked. Here is what I get with Ruby Console open:

                                          "Cancelled 2D Hatching.
                                          Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method display_name' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DhatchingTool.rb:134:in onMouseMove'
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/2DhatchingTool.rb:134
                                          Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `display_name' for nil:NilClass>"

                                          Then this message keeps repeating as I move the mouse.

                                          Ben

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            I think I've fixed this '2D Hatching' glitch that some of you were experiencing - I had to try very hard to make it fail on my PC at all, but now I know what the message is it's a bit clearer ! πŸ˜’

                                            Here's v3.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

                                            Please try it and see how it goes...

                                            😳

                                            TIG

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