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  • W Offline
    watkins
    last edited by 15 Oct 2009, 10:54

    Dear Fredo6,

    Many thanks for the explanation, and a most excellent plugin.

    Thank you again for your generosity.

    Kind regards,
    Bob

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    • F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by 17 Oct 2009, 07:17

      Documentation in Frenchnow available, thanks to Jean-Francoand Christophe Plassais.
      See main post at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212#p76625

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      • P Offline
        plot-paris
        last edited by 23 Oct 2009, 08:31

        hi Fredo,
        in the last couple of releases Daniel S' fancy icons are not implemented anymore. but only the old ones... do you know why that is?

        [Edit] ops.. never mind, just found them in the installation folder 😳
        thanks again for the great plugin []

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        • K Offline
          kilgo
          last edited by 14 Nov 2009, 16:34

          Is it possible to use this tool to put text on a surface. Flat text that follows the curvature of a sphere or rolling hills in all directions?

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          • T Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by 14 Nov 2009, 17:21

            @kilgo said:

            Is it possible to use this tool to put text on a surface. Flat text that follows the curvature of a sphere or rolling hills in all directions?

            I think not BUT my 2D Tools - 2D Text will place 2D Text onto any face with the appropriate snapping option - it's not limited to '2D'... You could always place the text on to a high spot on the terrain and use the Sandbox Drape Tool to make the outline of it onto the terrain's surface ? Color it to suit...

            TIG

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            • K Offline
              kilgo
              last edited by 15 Nov 2009, 02:13

              Thanks TIG,

              The drape tool only drapes in a vertical fashion (whats the coordinate? X,Y?) So if for example I wanted to drape a #2 on the side of a slope it becomes distorted, elongated. Love your work by the way.

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              • F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by 26 Nov 2009, 20:43

                The script is now translated to Chinese, thanks to the effort of the CLT Team at SketchupBar.
                see main post at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212&p=76625#p76625

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                • D Offline
                  Daniel S
                  last edited by 6 Dec 2009, 20:46

                  Fredo...

                  Changing the axes has no effect in your inference system.. it still uses the standard axes.

                  Gráfico1.jpg
                  Look that the standard SU tools are not using the original orientation of the axes.
                  Is there a way to choose that Tools on Surface can use the user defined axes instead the standard ones?

                  Daniel S

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                  • R Offline
                    red_shift
                    last edited by 21 Dec 2009, 23:40

                    Can someone please assist me with installing this plugin on Mac OS 10.6.2 (SU 7.1) I have unzipped the folder into SU plugin folder and moved Toolsonsurface.plugin to the Sketchup application package. I see no new menus in Sketchup.

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                      majid
                      last edited by 30 Dec 2009, 08:00

                      I started to draw an arc on a curved face, and here is the result,....what is wrong with it? I was expecting that result , be somthimg like the black line , but finally I had the red line ,as result.


                      zzz.gif

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                      • R Offline
                        red_shift
                        last edited by 30 Dec 2009, 23:07

                        I have still not been able to get the plugin to work on my Mac...can someone please give me some help?

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                        • F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by 31 Dec 2009, 11:59

                          @red_shift said:

                          I have still not been able to get the plugin to work on my Mac...can someone please give me some help?

                          On Mac, the plugin files should be copied to Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/plugins
                          Please make sure that your unzipping operation leads to the same footprint as indicated in page 2 of the PDF documentation, that is:
                          Footprint TOS.jpg

                          The 2 folders, LIBFREDO6_Dir_34 and TOS_Dir_15 must contains several files (.rb, .lang, ...) and a subfolder IMAGES_STANDARD (make sure that you do not have another LIBFREDO6_Dir_34 or TOS_Dir_15 embedded).

                          If needed, unzip in a separate place, check the files and directories and then copy them in the Sketchup Plugin folder:

                          Fred

                          PS: if it still does not work, then I must call the Mac user community to help.

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                            tlerak
                            last edited by 16 Jan 2010, 23:44

                            where can i find tools on surface 1.5? thanks

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by 17 Jan 2010, 11:20

                              @tlerak said:

                              where can i find tools on surface 1.5? thanks

                              First post on the first page of this thread.

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

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                              • H Offline
                                haynesc
                                last edited by 17 Jan 2010, 15:57

                                how would i draw a diagonal curved line from plain to plain ... ? top right corner to bottom left corner ?


                                http://f.imagehost.org/t/0905/Untitled-1_3.jpg

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                                • D Offline
                                  Daniel S
                                  last edited by 17 Jan 2010, 17:22

                                  @haynesc said:

                                  how would i draw a diagonal curved line from plain to plain ... ? top right corner to bottom left corner ?


                                  http://f.imagehost.org/t/0905/Untitled-1_3.jpg

                                  Alternative solution:
                                  I see that you have Whaat´s "subdivide and smooth". Use the knife tool (a.k.a. zorro) in parallel projection. Also you can group the faces you don´t want to divide:
                                  subsmooth.gif
                                  Daniel S

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                                    Toucan
                                    last edited by 22 Jan 2010, 03:02

                                    Where do I find this script?

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by 22 Jan 2010, 04:00

                                      Hi Toucan, the script is located in the first post of this thread. Go back to page one and look for a download link there. Have fun!

                                      Chris

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

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by 27 Jan 2010, 09:57

                                        TOS_oddness.png

                                        I occasionally get this happening while using TOS. What's causing it?
                                        I wanted to draw an arc between the two points - going across the two faces.

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

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                                        • F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by 27 Jan 2010, 18:24

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          [attachment=0:h62psy7e]<!-- ia0 -->TOS_oddness.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:h62psy7e]

                                          I occasionally get this happening while using TOS. What's causing it?
                                          I wanted to draw an arc between the two points - going across the two faces.

                                          The algorithm has many flaws, espcially on shape volumes that are closed.
                                          I am thinking of a serious refresh to resolve these problems (and some others).

                                          Fredo

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