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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

        😳 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! πŸ˜„
          many x many, thankSSS πŸ‘

          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 β€’ brasil
              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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              • J Offline
                julyyen
                last edited by

                πŸ˜„ 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
                β–Ό
                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 πŸ˜‰
                  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... πŸ€“

                        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... πŸ€“

                              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... ❓

                              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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                                        • brookefoxB Offline
                                          brookefox
                                          last edited by

                                          I think that would be terrific as me thinks it would improve the utility greatly.

                                          On another front, if the text window would accept a paste larger than one line that also would be terrific.

                                          For reasons unknown to me, I experienced a lot of bug splats yesterday (display driver faults and recovers, but not SU) while occasionally using the line tool (EDIT: Thinking back, I think it more likely was the hatching tool). I know such info is of no or limited use but I mention it in case it might be more than that.

                                          Thank you.

                                          ~ Brooke

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                                          • brookefoxB Offline
                                            brookefox
                                            last edited by

                                            Finally getting to know SU's native text tools, 3D included, and have a confirmed sense of appreciation for the functionality your tool set provides.

                                            (As far as your contemplated line style enhancements, I say progress shouldn't wait on sleeping dogs.., er.., or.. snoozin' sailors or whomever.)

                                            ~ Brooke

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