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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      @cmd said:

      jgb,

      yes... it looks like the Arc tool does not analyze the edges when you are going from Construction Point to Construction Point .... or when creating edge tick marks (my personal habit)

      [attachment=1:2ph543wi]<!-- ia1 -->Arc Tangents_1.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:2ph543wi]

      Is it by design that you get no inference when you go edge tick to edge tick. That is a scenario I often encounter and it'd be very nice to have inference there as well.

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

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      • jgbJ Offline
        jgb
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        @cmd said:

        jgb,

        yes... it looks like the Arc tool does not analyze the edges when you are going from Construction Point to Construction Point .... or when creating edge tick marks (my personal habit)

        jgb... perhaps line segments or construction LINES instead of POINTS may help in your work.

        CMD

        Yes, construction LINES do work, Thanks. I too tried tick marks and I was surprised they do not work when a crossed line intersection does work. But ticks are work to create, as you have to measure where they go first, so it's a double step, unless you need the tick to make a line break or it is needed after you delete guides.

        I noticed that with only a single guide line, I sometimes do not get the magenta cue at 45 deg, unless I trace the arc tool from the guide line intersection to the apex and then to its' diagonal inference. And even that does not work when you do a second arc on the same pair of lines.

        So, lines work, points don't. that is an easy workaround, and Pipe-along-path happily makes seamless joins. But, as Thomthom said, it would be nice if the arc tool was consistent with construction points as are the other tools.


        jgb

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          And quarter-circle snap would be nice.

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

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          • cmdC Offline
            cmd
            last edited by

            jgb,

            yes... it looks like the Arc tool does not analyze the edges when you are going from Construction Point to Construction Point .... or when creating edge tick marks (my personal habit)

            No edge hints

            For those who may not know, I have included some examples of where you will get the cyan/magenta hints.

            jgb... perhaps line segments or construction LINES instead of POINTS may help in your work.

            Edge hints

            CMD

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            • jgbJ Offline
              jgb
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              @thomthom said:

              And quarter-circle snap would be nice.

              Agree.

              But better yet, arcs at a defined radius (and segments) between 2 selected intersecting lines and a tangential arc forms.


              jgb

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              • Wo3DanW Offline
                Wo3Dan
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                @jgb said:

                .......almost all at the same symmetrical arc radius of 3 inches, so drawing "any" arc then scaling it back is not practical. .....

                The problem is that I do not get even a magenta 45 deg line if I start from a 3 inch guide point on 1 or both lines. I only get it from a midpoint or intersection or from any unmarked point on the line(s).
                .....

                Do not start at any midpoint or endpoint. Stay away from any inferencing.
                Just find some clean spot on one edge to click the first point.
                Hover over the second edge to find the magenta 'On Edge' straight connection. Click right then and there on the second edge. Now hover in between to get the magenta arc and popup 'Tangent to Edge'. (*see note)
                Midpoints and other inferencing just interfere finding the magenta arc. Once you get it click the third time to finish.

                The arc you just made is tangent but not yet the right size.
                The nice thing is you can adjust its radius in entity info, still letting it stay tangent to both edges.

                Note that there must not be anything between first (and second) point and intersection of both edges. Not even a coinciding guide.

                *Note: you just let my find a real bug in SU. You can get a totally wrong magenta tangent arc. But it's obvious that it's the wrong one. so no real problem. The right one is easy to find too.

                Wo3Dan

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                • jgbJ Offline
                  jgb
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                  @wo3dan said:

                  The arc you just made is tangent but not yet the right size.
                  The nice thing is you can adjust its radius in entity info, still letting it stay tangent to both edges.
                  Wo3Dan

                  Yes, that is a neat way to lay down a tangential arc of a defined radius, without guides or inference points. However, it is too many tool changes, clicks and a keyboard when I have a few dozen to do at one time.


                  jgb

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                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
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                    you might want to try a fillet ruby for this..

                    download the one called 2D Fillet here:
                    http://www.ohyeahcad.com/download

                    select all the intersecting lines you'd like to fillet then run the ruby.. enter a radius and all the intersecting lines will be rounded..

                    there's another fillet tool included in the 1001 bit kit ($30) and you'll like TIG's TrueTangents if you need to fillet an arc-to-line or arc-to-arc

                    using fillet.rb, this is possible in one simple operation:
                    1.jpg

                    2.jpg

                    dotdotdot

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                    • Wo3DanW Offline
                      Wo3Dan
                      last edited by

                      @jgb said:

                      @wo3dan said:

                      The arc you just made is tangent but not yet the right size.
                      The nice thing is you can adjust its radius in entity info, still letting it stay tangent to both edges.
                      Wo3Dan

                      Yes, that is a neat way to lay down a tangential arc of a defined radius, without guides or inference points. However, it is too many tool changes, clicks and a keyboard when I have a few dozen to do at one time.

                      ok, skip the 'Entity Info' part. Right after creating just a tangent arc you type its new radius like 450mm[Enter] and if necessary, its new number of segments like 8s[Enter]. This brings down the tools needed to just the 'Arc' tool. Nothing else.

                      Wo3Dan

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                      • TIGT Online
                        TIG Moderator
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                        There's also my 2D Tools - 'Fillet Tool' - which Fillets or Chamfers any 2 picked intersecting lines - works in 2D or 3D, you can control the fillet's radius, number of segments etc - remembered that session once set until they are next changed [or chamfers size or sizes etc]: it places a guide-point at the center of the arc too... When set with a 0 radius it trims/extends the lines instead. It also tidies the end of any lines that are not needed for say other faces etc...

                        TIG

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                        • jgbJ Offline
                          jgb
                          last edited by

                          That's better Wo3Dan, I will keep it in mind.

                          But, TIG's fillet tool looks more like what I want, but hey TIG!! Where's it at?


                          jgb

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                          • TIGT Online
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                            @jgb said:

                            That's better Wo3Dan, I will keep it in mind.
                            But, TIG's fillet tool looks more like what I want, but hey TIG!! Where's it at?

                            A simple Advanced Search on the forum for '2D Tools', author 'TIG' returns this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760 as the third item...
                            As is common the script is downloadable from the first post in that thread... ☀

                            TIG

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                            • jgbJ Offline
                              jgb
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                              Got it, thanks, TIG.

                              I'll Try it on Wed as I gotta take the Mrs out for a quick dinner (she was too lazy to cook) and tomorrow I am out most of the day.


                              jgb

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