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    [Plugin] Hole Punching Tool

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    • 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

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      • 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

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        • B Offline
          Bertier
          last edited by

          great thank you

          same thing with the name changing in chrome...

          will use #

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          • B Offline
            Bertier
            last edited by

            not working in SU 7

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            • 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

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              • 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

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                • 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

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                  • 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

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                    • B Offline
                      Bertier
                      last edited by

                      sorry guys, too much to do too little time

                      thanx again

                      merci !

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                      • 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 :)

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                        • 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

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                          • 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 :)

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                            • 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

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                              • 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 :)

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                                  urs0815
                                  last edited by

                                  Very cool plugin 👍 👍 👍

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                                  • 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

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                                    • 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

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                                      • 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

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          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! 👍 👍 👍

                                          Gai...

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kwalkerman
                                            last edited by

                                            TIG,

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

                                            --
                                            Karen

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