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    • mitcorbM Offline
      mitcorb
      last edited by

      TIG:

      SUCCESS!!!!!!!
      Made a 2d rectangle on default 0 zplane, gave it a 2d face, selected hatching tool, folder popped up, selected angle patt and it was applied. Incidentally, I did this procedure with the Ruby Console open, and there was no data on any of the actions.

      Comments: the angle pattern does not display boldly, you must zoom in. Have not tried any other patterns. I assume they are scalable.

      Buncha Questions:
      What is so special about the double backslash method?
      Why did your original code work for so many other users and not for my case, and maybe others?
      Is this something that all plugin authors should be considering, or is it unique to SU6?, or XP?
      Does this fix also address the linestyle question?

      Thank you very much for all that you do!
      mitcorb

      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @mitcorb said:

        TIG:
        SUCCESS!!!!!!!
        Made a 2d rectangle on default 0 zplane, gave it a 2d face, selected hatching tool, folder popped up, selected angle patt and it was applied. Incidentally, I did this procedure with the Ruby Console open, and there was no data on any of the actions.
        Comments: the angle pattern does not display boldly, you must zoom in. Have not tried any other patterns. I assume they are scalable.
        Buncha Questions:
        What is so special about the double backslash method?
        Why did your original code work for so many other users and not for my case, and maybe others?
        Is this something that all plugin authors should be considering, or is it unique to SU6?, or XP?
        Does this fix also address the linestyle question?
        Thank you very much for all that you do!
        mitcorb

        \ works for Sketchup UI.openpanel etc in all PC versions.
        \ doesn't work for Ruby classes like Dir - those need / !
        / works for Mac and newer versions of Sketchup and PC OS's - with UI.openpanel etc.

        I have now trapped it to use / for Ruby and Mac and \ for PC always...

        I 'inherited' most of the PATT files if you want to adjust them by editing the JPGs feel free - re-publish them here if they are good... You can also scale the image in the Material Editor etc...

        Solved at last ! ๐Ÿ˜„

        TIG

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        • JClementsJ Offline
          JClements
          last edited by

          OOPs

          2Dtexttool.png missing a "T".

          Use this if you like.

          John

          Oh, thanks TIG for a great tool set!

          texttool2D.png

          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            ๐Ÿ˜ณ v3.6 uploaded with corrected 2D Text toolbar icon - now with 'T'...
            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

            TIG

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            • C Offline
              CAAD2
              last edited by

              Yes, Solved at last! ๐Ÿ˜„
              many x many, thankSSS ๐Ÿ‘

              CCCAAAAAAAADDD222

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Bingo

                I'm not up to speed on the Mac, so perhaps a PM to Edson might help.
                The one file that goes into Plugins ' 2D#.rb' simply runs load '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb', that in turns loads all of the scripts in the 2Dtools folder that should be in the Plugins folder.

                I assume you have all of these... The zip file is NOT needed once the files are extracted...
                There should be one 2D file of any sort [ 2D#.rb] in Plugins, but lots inside the 2Dtools folder.

                Try typing/pasting this text into the Ruby Console and report what happens...
                load '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb'
                You shouldget the toolbar available in View > Toolbars...

                TIG

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                • EdsonE Offline
                  Edson
                  last edited by

                  bingo,

                  just create a new folder named plugins at the same place as the others are and then put the .rb file and the 2D tools folder thre, as TIG recommended you to do. it should work.

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

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                  • J Offline
                    julyyen
                    last edited by

                    ๐Ÿ˜„ Hi all,
                    I am new on this forum, and I want to tell you that in my opinion it will be nice to exist a possibility to apply vertical dimension between two or many points just clicking on this points (dots) and then the program will generate dimension with a little black triangle and text- +1.00 for example), without
                    โ–ผ
                    showing some auxiliar lines between points.
                    I think it will be very useful when applying this tool to create vertical dimensions on a building.

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @edson said:

                      bingo,

                      just create a new folder named plugins at the same place as the others are and then put the .rb file and the 2D tools folder thre, as TIG recommended you to do. it should work.

                      or, run the podium installer and it will create that folder for you ๐Ÿ˜‰
                      i tried talking with the podium guys about this 6-8 months ago telling them they need to fix their mac install but to no avail.. that folder being in the user directory breaks too many rubies.. what you really should do is move the podium files to the correct spot (macHD/lib/etc..)and delete that plugin folder from the user library.. then, every plugin will work as it should from the one location..

                      anyway, @bingo... the way this ruby comes in needs an extra step to get it working properly.. unzip it on your desktop or in your downloads folder and you'll see a folder called 2Dtools.. inside that folder are two files:
                      another folder called 2Dtools (which contains all the .rb files.. leave those in there)
                      and a file named 2D#.rb

                      place the two files i've highlighted in red to:
                      Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 7/Sketchup/plugins
                      then relaunch sketchup..
                      in SU, go to the view menu/tool palattes and turn on 2Dtools and everything will work as it should.

                      dotdotdot

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                      • aadbuildA Offline
                        aadbuild
                        last edited by

                        Great tool tig. It is actually helping me convert Auto cad users to sketchup

                        Every building designed can be affordable & buildable, to help we built PlusSpec; VDC & BIM for Sketchup

                        https://www.plusspec.com

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                        • J Offline
                          jmmad
                          last edited by

                          Thxs Tig
                          this tool is so useful
                          I have only one problem,
                          Line weight and hatches doesn't seem to work Inside nested groups

                          Get Upa !

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @jmmad said:

                            Thxs Tig
                            this tool is so useful
                            I have only one problem,
                            Line weight and hatches doesn't seem to work Inside nested groups

                            I can't get the Line Style Tool to fail to work inside a group... BUT I agreed that the Hatching Tool isn't working inside groups - I'll look into it - look out for an update... ๐Ÿค“

                            TIG

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                            • brookefoxB Offline
                              brookefox
                              last edited by

                              Having having tried to 2dt hatch on a group for a while, I saw the caveat. Running the latest, just DL'd. Context menu sometimes shows, more often not. Can't get hatch to work outside of group, either on a face or bounded area. I am just getting started with the 2DT commands but the others seem to be working as far as I have tested. Perhaps I missed a note in the discussion.

                              Thank you very much. I look forward to getting a handle on things.

                              ~ Brooke
                              SU7, MSV

                              ~ Brooke

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                              • brookefoxB Offline
                                brookefox
                                last edited by

                                I'm relatively new to DL'ing and installing custom plugins and it took me a while to find that the 2dtools were in the drawing menu, logically enough, rather than the plugin or tools menu. Perhaps some other greenhorns might appreciate a note to that effect in the help file.

                                ~ Brooke

                                ~ Brooke

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  brookefox

                                  As I said in a recent post, I am looking at why 2D Hatching isn't working in some Group edit contexts... ๐Ÿค“

                                  Regarding the 'Draw' menu... The Help Introduction makes it clear that the 2D Tools are accessible from the Draw > 2D Tools menu, or probably easier the View > 2D Tools Toolbar - it does say to read the help file first... โ“

                                  TIG

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                                  • brookefoxB Offline
                                    brookefox
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    Regarding the 'Draw' menu... The Help Introduction makes it clear that the 2D Tools are accessible from the Draw > 2D Tools menu, or probably easier the View > 2D Tools Toolbar - it does say to read the help file first...
                                    OK, thanks, sorry, I missed that. I read the help first, though apparently not very well.

                                    Uh... I don't get it. Yesterday the below comments applied. Today, without closing the model, hatch is working on both faces and bound areas.

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    As I said in a recent post, I am looking at why 2D Hatching isn't working in some Group edit contexts
                                    That's why I mentioned it was not working for me in an un-grouped situation; I now say it is not usually working but it is sometimes, which makes me think I'm doing something wrong. The patt_line produces what appears to be a face... and this is what the entity info indicates (iah thought perhaps it is a scaling issue of some kind). At times it seems I was making the mistakes of thinking that if a patt was shown as picked in the selection box that hitting <enter> was the way to accept it; not so, sometimes it seems it must be explicitly loaded. When attempting to hatch a face, a face is created instead of a hatch. when attempting to hatch a bounded area, a hatch results.

                                    Generally, if the hatch is not working, say because I don't call a pattern explicitly with 'open', and I invoke some other command and come back to hatch, it does work. Uh, sometimes double clicking makes the patt call, sometimes not.

                                    Sorry, I'll keep practicing.

                                    ~ Brooke

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                                    • brookefoxB Offline
                                      brookefox
                                      last edited by

                                      RE: line styles - Is there a chance or a way unknown by me of making the apparent line segment length independent of the width? E.g., for indicating overhead stuff in plan I want a longer segment with a narrower width than I can get with the current interdependent relationship.

                                      ~ Brooke

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                                      • brookefoxB Offline
                                        brookefox
                                        last edited by

                                        I saw the dashed and hidden types: hidden has the longest segment and that is what I'm using; the others, of course have, changing segment lengths. I have only the one pure dot. Thanks.

                                        ~ Brooke

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          As well as sorting out the glitch on 2D Hatching inside Groups... I am thinking of adding something to the 2D Line Style Tool - 'Customized Line Style Patterns'...
                                          There'd be an option at the end of the Line Styles list <Make Custom Line Style>
                                          If you select that then before the line is styled another dialog would appear and have two inputs 'Custom Line Style Name' and 'Custom Line Style Pattern'.
                                          You'd enter say 'Dot2' and '. ', to set the pattern of dots and gaps to '. . . .'.
                                          Or say 'SOS' and '. . . .. .. .. ' as '. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . .' [SOS!]
                                          It would then be saved as a 'Custom Line Style' with the model and whenever you used the 2D Line Style Tool on that model thereafter it would be included at the end of the list of available line-styles [with any others you might define] after the <Make Custom Line Style> option ...

                                          If this would be of interest let me know and I shall look at it further...

                                          TIG

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            There are several increments in the dot pattern... dashed, hidden etc ?

                                            TIG

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