[Plugin] Hole Punching Tool

EarthMover · 15 Sept 2010, 11:53

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

EarthMover · 15 Sept 2010, 12:45

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

Bertier · 15 Sept 2010, 20:22

great thank you

same thing with the name changing in chrome...

will use #

Bertier · 15 Sept 2010, 20:29

not working in SU 7

TIG · 15 Sept 2010, 21:11

@bertier said:

not working in SU 7

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

Bertier · 15 Sept 2010, 22:53

sorry

I put it in my pluggin folder

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

using SU7 on XP pro

EarthMover · 15 Sept 2010, 23:21

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.

TIG · 16 Sept 2010, 08:32

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!*

Bertier · 16 Sept 2010, 21:01

sorry guys, too much to do too little time

thanx again

merci !

pilou · 21 Sept 2010, 16:30

Seems a simple face as component don't work

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

TIG · 21 Sept 2010, 20:14

@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 ?

pilou · 22 Sept 2010, 20:32

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.skp

TIG · 22 Sept 2010, 21:26

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....

pilou · 22 Sept 2010, 23:31

@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!

urs0815 · 1 Oct 2010, 09:05

Very cool plugin

kwalkerman · 1 Oct 2010, 19:53

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

Two comments:

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.
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.
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

TIG · 1 Oct 2010, 21:13

@kwalkerman said:

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

Two comments:

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.

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.

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

This is because the way the observers run / work - it is fixable - thanks for bringing it up.
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.
This issue IS similar to 1., and again it's because of the way the observers run / work - and again it's fixable...

TIG · 2 Oct 2010, 10:01

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'.

Gaieus · 2 Oct 2010, 10:27

TIG, this is an awesome plugin!

I've had my quite easy routines to do this but of course, such a useful addition is always welcome (and of course, the transition part of it - when you move all the necessary parts together - is the greatest part of it)!

Thank you very-very much!

kwalkerman · 2 Oct 2010, 20:44

TIG,

#2 makes sense. Thanks for updating the plugin with an app observer. Definitely an awesome tool.

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Karen