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    [Plugin] Component Stringer UPDATED May 23, 2013

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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      Suggestion : a little rotation between each components? 😉
      Ah damned that was yet in the Todo list 😳
      So this one : change colors between each components (or according with the segment) 😄

      PS We are listening crickets or cicida during the video plug 😉

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
      My Little site :)

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      • C Offline
        Click Draw
        last edited by

        I was gonna ask about the crickets too. Must have been a late night thought process that had to get you up and working.

        Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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        • M Offline
          MartinRinehart
          last edited by

          Blows me away, Chris. What was the inspiration?

          Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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          • kenK Offline
            ken
            last edited by

            @click draw said:

            first attempt....! Thanks Chris.

            Click Draw

            How did you get the components to overlap? Seems to me, what ever you did could be used to make an anchor chain.

            Thanks in advance.

            Ken

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

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              @click draw said:

              first attempt....! Thanks Chris.

              Click Draw

              How did you get the components to overlap? Seems to me, what ever you did could be used to make an anchor chain.

              Thanks in advance.

              Ken

              You make the component and string it along... then edit the component so it is longer or a differing shape and it will overlap etc. I outlined a chain making idea earlier...

              TIG

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              • simon le bonS Offline
                simon le bon
                last edited by

                Dear Chris,

                A lot of people are waiting for long a set of tools to make copy of objects along a path.
                With this Component Stringer, we get one of them. A cool one.

                It is very easy to do various necklaces with it.
                I have played it and threw an eye on some corners of it's possibilities.


                http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/clfCompntStringer007th.jpg


                http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/clfCompntStringer008th.jpg

                👍

                What it is not made for:

                It is not made to make chains when links are imbricated together.
                I have tried TIG solution (not exactly the same) with a rather poor result..

                @tig said:

                Make half chain link (U) and use this tool then edit that chain and copy/hand the U geometry into an O loop of say 2.2 the original length, now you have your links; us 'make unique' on one of the links, edit it and rotate its contents 90 degrees. Select every other link and replace with this rotated one... a chain... done.


                http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/clfCompntStringer005th.jpg


                http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/clfCompntStringer006th.jpg

                Also this tool is not made to mix more than one component on to the path. If we need to do that, we have to do another way.

                Thnk you again for this tool! you have a great talent to concoct easy but useful and strong tool..

                My respect, Simon.

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                • C Offline
                  Click Draw
                  last edited by

                  Hi Ken,

                  Like TIG said, make your component and then edit it and do what you like to alter the dimensions and shape and it will update as you do it. Very cool. You also have to make sure the axis is in the proper position on your component. Hope that makes sense. I'll be trying more shapes and posting here soon. Awesome script!
                  Jeff

                  Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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                  • MALAISEM Offline
                    MALAISE
                    last edited by

                    Very efficient tool to create wood roofs, barrels ,boats and arches.
                    Maybe Components axis should be shown
                    PAM

                    La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                    • JClementsJ Offline
                      JClements
                      last edited by

                      If you could also give user options to also scale along the component's other axes:
                      (1) axes A-B and A-C, or (2) axis A-B, or (3) axis A-C, then you'd have something similar to a blend-along-path.

                      And if it could then "skin" the sides (vertices) of the components, it would be equivalent to a Scaled-Extrusion Along a Path.Idea for another Script.png

                      Idea for another Script 2.png


                      Idea for another Script.skp

                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      • W Offline
                        wolfy
                        last edited by

                        Another gem for the jewel box! Thanks Chris ☀

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          Hi Chris, thanks for this great work!!! It is very close to something i have asked questions about in the past....

                          Like Pilou, I think it would be great to see some rotation options at each segment. Also the suggestion of nil scaling would be nice too so the component is think dependent on segment length.....

                          I haven't played with it yet but I can say now that it's a BOMB!!!!!!

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • D Offline
                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

                            @martinrinehart said:

                            Blows me away, Chris. What was the inspiration?

                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=200754#p200754

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              The rotation options are implemented here, so they will be in the next release. I also like John's ideas about scaling the components smaller. But that will take a lot of code writing so I would not count on seeing that soon. And I will not be using this tool to add a skin. That's very complex.

                              But I will say the rotation is working great and is perfect for chains. Nil scaling would be easy to implement. I'll put that in too. So I'll hopefully get this released within the next 24 hours.

                              Thanks for all the comments!

                              Chris

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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                              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                Chris Fullmer
                                last edited by

                                UPDATED!

                                • Added rotation and twist capabilities
                                • developed and added my menu items for donations and youtube
                                • Added a no-scaling option

                                Ok, there you have it. It now lets you rotate components easier for chain making. I updated the video on the main page, or see it here:
                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ymYoEHiexg

                                That shows how I would use it to make chains. Have fun!

                                Chris

                                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                All my Plugins I've written

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                                • simon le bonS Offline
                                  simon le bon
                                  last edited by

                                  @chris fullmer said:

                                  UPDATED!

                                  • Added rotation and twist capabilities
                                  • developed and added my menu items for donations and youtube
                                  • Added a no-scaling option

                                  Hi Chris, ....!......

                                  Hi Jeff,
                                  Your Black and white chocolat Skeleton his highly... "eatable" 😆

                                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/ClickDraw.jpg

                                  I thought it was not possible to make imbricated components with this Chris' tool...
                                  You show me I was wrong!
                                  I have tried to find your "how to".
                                  We just have to scale up or reajust with Move tool the component once it is distributed along the path.

                                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/CopyArray029.jpg

                                  Scaled Up with FredoScale

                                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/CopyArray030.jpg

                                  👍 😉 simon

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    Can you use FredoScale to apply the same scaling to each component en masse?

                                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    • simon le bonS Offline
                                      simon le bon
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes absolutely!

                                      You just need to enter one of the components, select all the geometry, and scale it 😉


                                      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/clfCompntStringer009th.jpg

                                      *s

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        Speedy Chris! 😮 ☀ 😎
                                        Next add: colors? 😉

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @simon le bon said:

                                          You just need to enter one of the components, select all the geometry, and scale it 😉

                                          Ah! ofcourse - you open up the component! doh! I was thinking it scaled each instance. 👊

                                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • C Offline
                                            c.plassais
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Chris,

                                            Perfect as always

                                            Christophe

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