sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    [Plugin] Hole Punching Tool

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Plugins
    200 Posts 43 Posters 219.8k Views 43 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      rv1974

      You are making life more difficult for yourself than it needs to be...
      You components are made exactly the depth of the wall ! This means that the reveals are obscured by the component itself...
      Why not make them a simple 2D rectangle cutting-component that you place on the outer-face, and you then let the 'Hole Punching...' make the hole's reveals and the hole in the inner-face etc - that way the wall thickness could vary and the reveals will adjust to suit for the one 2D component - and is then more easily selected too.

      You CAN select the component-instances using the Outliner as needed...

      Please read the tool's notes... you should NOT 'copy' component-instances that are 'punched' [unless you are going to 'unlink the punches' or 'undo the punching' immediately afterwards], because the observers and linking attributes etc will get 'tangled up'. So usually you should only copy un-punched component-instances - but remember that if they are punched you can always use: select them > 'undo punch' > do the copying > re-select them > 'punch' again... 💭

      I've only just got this single wall hole-punching working and now you want punched corner windows - aaaargh! 😒 😉

      TIG

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Here's v1.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=271170#p271170

        The finding the inner-face methods have been made more robust - now an inner-face will only be used if it is the correct orientation / side of the wall, AND it is within the specified maximum depth from the outer-face, AND its geometry overlaps at least the center of the component-instance, AND if there are several suitable 'candidate' faces then it is taken as the one 'nearest' to the outer-face.

        Also an 'Unlink Punch' option has been added - this will 'unlink' a selected component-instance and its punched-hole geometry.

        Please read the Notes... 🤓

        TIG

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • EarthMoverE Offline
          EarthMover
          last edited by

          Thanks TIG for the update! 👍 It works in every case I've tried now. Flawless thus far.

          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
          Content Creator at Skapeup

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            One foreseeable issue. I have a lot of modified components where a glue/cut component is nested inside a larger component.....i.e. a window with shutters and mantle. Is there a way to either search the component for a nested cutting component and make the cut with that, or allow me to perform the cut from within the components edit mode?

            Thanks!

            (Attached is a component I made for testing.)


            Windows with shutter and brick mantle.skp

            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
            Content Creator at Skapeup

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • B Offline
              Bertier
              last edited by

              great thank you

              same thing with the name changing in chrome...

              will use #

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • B Offline
                Bertier
                last edited by

                not working in SU 7

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @bertier said:

                  not working in SU 7

                  It works in v7 or v8...
                  A little more detail please 😒
                  I'm not psychic...

                  TIG

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • B Offline
                    Bertier
                    last edited by

                    sorry

                    I put it in my pluggin folder

                    it doesn't show up in my pluggin list...

                    using SU7 on XP pro

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • EarthMoverE Offline
                      EarthMover
                      last edited by

                      Bertier,

                      It's context sensitive. It only shows up in the right click menu when you have a component selected that has a "cut opening" value assigned to it. It's not in my plugin list either.

                      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                      Content Creator at Skapeup

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        As Adam said - it only appears in the right-click context-menu under the 'Hole Punching...' submenu - the options will vary depending on the current selection.

                        Please read the guidance-notes before diving into the shallow water!

                        😒

                        *Comme Adam a dit - Il n'apparaît que dans la droite-cliquez/menu-contextuel sous le sous-menu 'Hole Punching...' -

                        SVP lire les directives-notes avant de plonger dans les eaux peu profondes!*
                        😉

                        TIG

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • B Offline
                          Bertier
                          last edited by

                          sorry guys, too much to do too little time

                          thanx again

                          merci !

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Seems a simple face as component don't work 😮

                            Works with the basic "Component Puncher"! 😎
                            (so only with no depth choice) ! 😕

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

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Seems a simple face as component don't work 😮

                              Works with the basic "Component Puncher"! 😎
                              (so only with no depth choice) ! 😕

                              Can you post an example SKP with this problem ? 😒

                              TIG

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                sure 😄
                                When you take a component disc (Gluing, cutting) from the menu /component and past it on a face of the box
                                That don't works! 😮
                                (it's just a surface not a volume) but that's works with the old first Component Punch 😉
                                So there is something wrong in this last sophisticated version 😄
                                disc.jpg


                                disc.skp

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

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Pilou ! You nitwit!
                                  The Component might glue BUT you hadn't given it a cutting behavior OR made its center open or transparent so when it did punch the hole you couldn't see it as it entirely covered the 'hole' - try it in Xray mode....Capture.PNG

                                  TIG

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    OR made its center open or transparent

                                    Ahhhhhh! That is very cool! 👍
                                    So any complex curves even not welded (without any face inside) can make a Punch!!! 😲
                                    No need to take a surface! ☀
                                    That's rocks! 😎 So your plug works like a charm ! 😎

                                    And I have have something for the Duhduh thread 😄
                                    When you have made a component with Glue, you must take it from the Menu Window/ Components! And not first from the screen! 😳


                                    curves.jpg

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

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • U Offline
                                      urs0815
                                      last edited by

                                      Very cool plugin 👍 👍 👍

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • K Offline
                                        kwalkerman
                                        last edited by

                                        Awesome Plugin!!! I thought about doing something with a similar approach, but you beat me to it!

                                        Two comments:

                                        1. The plugin works session to session (which is awesome) IF you open your file by double clicking on it and opening it directly. It doesn't seem to work if you open SU first, then do "file, open." Minor issue.

                                        2. After punching, if you select any of the reveal faces, all of the other reveal faces are selected, but the window component remains unselected. Again, minor, but worthy of a fix.

                                        3. If you create a new file by selecting "file, new", the windows are punched, but the hole doesn't move when the window is moved (same issue as #1, I think)

                                        Anyway, overall AWESOME plugin. Definitely saves much time & effort.

                                        --
                                        Karen

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @kwalkerman said:

                                          Awesome Plugin!!! I thought about doing something with a similar approach, but you beat me to it!

                                          Two comments:

                                          1. The plugin works session to session (which is awesome) IF you open your file by double clicking on it and opening it directly. It doesn't seem to work if you open SU first, then do "file, open." Minor issue.

                                          2. After punching, if you select any of the reveal faces, all of the other reveal faces are selected, but the window component remains unselected. Again, minor, but worthy of a fix.

                                          3. If you create a new file by selecting "file, new", the windows are punched, but the hole doesn't move when the window is moved (same issue as #1, I think)

                                          Anyway, overall AWESOME plugin. Definitely saves much time & effort.

                                          Karen

                                          1. This is because the way the observers run / work - it is fixable - thanks for bringing it up.
                                          2. This one IS deliberate - if you want to adjust the reveals without affecting the punching-component - e.g. make the reveals splayed by adding a temp face and scaling it.
                                          3. This issue IS similar to 1., and again it's because of the way the observers run / work - and again it's fixable... 🤓

                                          TIG

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Here's v1.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=271170#p271170
                                            A new AppObserver has been added to keep the 'hole_punch' observers firing when a model is 'from menu' as 'open' or 'new'.

                                            TIG

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 9
                                            • 10
                                            • 2 / 10
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement