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    [Plugin] Component Stringer UPDATED May 23, 2013

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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" ๐Ÿ˜†

          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

          ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜‰ 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 โ€” 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 ๐Ÿ˜‰


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

              *s

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Speedy Chris! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ โ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜Ž
                Next add: colors? ๐Ÿ˜‰

                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 ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  Ah! ofcourse - you open up the component! doh! I was thinking it scaled each instance. ๐Ÿ‘Š

                  Thomas Thomassen โ€” 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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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Suggestion: a vertical rotation of each component in the same time between them
                      vertical.jpg

                      Another thing actualy plug works fine with path welded or not โ˜€
                      but not with curves "disconnected" : is that normal โ“
                      yes_no.jpg

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

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                      • plot-parisP Offline
                        plot-paris
                        last edited by

                        fantastic plugin, Chris. there are going to be a lot of funny spine images in the gallery section now...

                        just two minor suggestion/question: when running your script it asks you whether start and end of the curve are right. then it lets you define the parameters. that means you will always have to perform at least two clicks, even if the curve direction is correct.

                        therefore my question: is it possible to go straight to the dialog box, while labeling start and end of the curve and having a check-box for 'reverse curve'?
                        ideally the 'start' and 'end' labels would dynamically change, when ticking/unticking the check-box.

                        and secondly: could you make the script remember former input during a SketchUp session? (except for the 'reverse curve' check-box of course). that might speed up workflow as well.

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                        • E Offline
                          Ecuadorian
                          last edited by

                          I certainly hope Chris and other Ruby geniuses get hired by the Google SketchUp team. SU might be a dead end if you want NURBS, but there's still a lot to be done with polygonal faces. ๐Ÿ‘

                          -Miguel Lescano
                          Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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                          • C Offline
                            Click Draw
                            last edited by

                            Hey Chris,

                            This is awesome! Thank you so much. I'm glad to see the PayPal link as well. You deserve it. I also love the crickets sound effects on your tutorials. Your obviously up late at night doing these. Thank you....

                            Jeff

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

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                            • EscapeArtistE Offline
                              EscapeArtist
                              last edited by

                              Chris, that is amazing. Thank you so much for the quick response to the ideas everyone posted.

                              Another fantastic plugin. Thanks!!

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                And you can after use the Shape Bender! ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                Not here ๐Ÿ˜’

                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=37213

                                Here yes, each link itself is now curvated after the general Shape bender ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                So a double curvature ๐Ÿ˜„
                                sbender.jpg

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

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                                • Bob JamesB Offline
                                  Bob James
                                  last edited by

                                  Simply fantastic, Chris. Thank you so much for all your hard work: what would SU be without guys like you???
                                  Again, thank you.

                                  i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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                                  • utilerU Offline
                                    utiler
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    Suggestion: a vertical rotation of each component in the same time between them
                                    [attachment=1:7pk9rqxb]<!-- ia1 -->vertical.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:7pk9rqxb]

                                    Another thing actualy plug works fine with path welded or not โ˜€
                                    but not with curves "disconnected" : is that normal โ“
                                    [attachment=0:7pk9rqxb]<!-- ia0 -->yes_no.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:7pk9rqxb]

                                    Another wish of mine, Pilou. see http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=19204
                                    The plugin in is getting sooooo close to a suggestion i had a while back; thanks again, Chris!!!!

                                    Would be great to have the option of rotation around all 3 axis and the order of rotation as well as with TIG's GROW plugin.....

                                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes! ๐Ÿ˜„
                                      Scripters are amazing people โ˜€

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

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                                      • L Offline
                                        leixing
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you Chris
                                        itis wonderful!
                                        i find a little bug.if the compoents only have one face -- that means the componet is a 2d ojb ,then run the plu and nothing start. the ruby console said "Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `position' for nil:NilClass>"
                                        a very little bug ,just make a uimessage to tell people they must have a 3d components.
                                        thank you again!!

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                                        • massimoM Offline
                                          massimo Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you Chris. Tried this on SU6 free but i had some problems. The try was made with "scaling>uniform" and "0" rotation.


                                          ScreenHunter_01 Nov. 17 08.35.jpg

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                                          • kenK Offline
                                            ken
                                            last edited by

                                            Chris, thanks for this plugin. I am almost on the way to making anchor chains of any length or curvature. However, I notice that on curves, it is still hard to get the links to stay the same size, as the different curves connected together will have different section lengths.

                                            So, I was wondering, how hard it would be to add a plugin called "Draw Line by Set Length". So I could pick this plugin, input the length of line I wish to draw. Say I inputted a line of 12" and all lines drawn would be 12" in length. So I could a draw a series of connected lines, they all would be 12" in length and curve to any direction. Than when I apply component stringer, my chain link's length would all be the same length along this many segmented line.

                                            Again, thanks for the plugin.

                                            Ken

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

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