[Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

watkins · 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

fredo6 · 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

plot-paris · 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 []

kilgo · 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?

TIG · 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...

kilgo · 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.

fredo6 · 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

Daniel S · 6 Dec 2009, 20:46

Fredo...

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

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

red_shift · 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.

majid · 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.

red_shift · 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?

fredo6 · 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:

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.

tlerak · 16 Jan 2010, 23:44

where can i find tools on surface 1.5? thanks

thomthom · 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.

haynesc · 17 Jan 2010, 15:57

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

Daniel S · 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 ?

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:

Daniel S

Toucan · 22 Jan 2010, 03:02

Where do I find this script?

Chris Fullmer · 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

thomthom · 27 Jan 2010, 09:57

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.

fredo6 · 27 Jan 2010, 18:24

@thomthom said:

[attachment=0:h62psy7e]TOS_oddness.png[/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