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[Plugin] Work Plane

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  • T Offline
    TIG Moderator
    last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 15:23

    WorkPlane will have lots of applications - many I haven't even thought of!
    For example, snapping objects/geometry onto a plane that's parallel to a face.plane but not necessarily overlapping it, or even just any notional plane from 3 picked points, that's not one of the standard 'views'.
    A WorkPlane also 'slices' other geometry easily when used in conjunction with with intersect....

    TIG

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    • J Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 15:23

      @earthmover said:

      Work planes are also great for intersect slicing!

      โ˜€

      dotdotdot

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      • P Offline
        pilou
        last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 15:28

        Can you try Grow with Work plane, I have always a big Splat ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
        I want copy *10 the "Work plane"
        I just make *10 on X axis , 2 as X spacing, all the rest = 0
        works fine for -2 as x spacing โ˜€
        all is created as I see it on the Outliner, but at the end Splat

        Edit Splat for 2 et -2 ! So very curious ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
        ๐Ÿ˜ฎSplat.png


        wplane.skp

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

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          pilou
          last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 15:38

          @ Tig you can use only Scale for make the fit on the face ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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          • C Offline
            CadFather
            last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 17:13

            this is turning into a fun ruby too - what about if the c-lines were shorter? (one could always create infinite ones from them)

            sxl.png

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              pilou
              last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 17:14

              No problem for make copy move multiple โ˜€

              But always Splate
              V6 with grow + Work plane don't works ๐Ÿ˜ž
              V7 with grow + Work plane
              works with half : following X spacing is negative or not ๐Ÿ˜ฎsplat1.png

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

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              • K Offline
                ken
                last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 17:24

                TIG

                The added function of the tab, rotating the plane 90 degrees, and the content menu deleting is to perfect. Glad to see this plugin has generated some activity.

                Thanks TIG

                Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                  watkins
                  last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 17:52

                  Dear TIG,

                  As CADFather suggested, shorter clines would be good. I haven't tried this plugin yet, but it strikes me that it would make an excellent alignment feature too, particularly if having made the feature one could drag it to a point while retaining the alignment with the plane.

                  Thank you for all your hard work.

                  Kind regards,
                  Bob

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                    CadFather
                    last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 18:17

                    very interesting Ken....made me smile.. ..'half of infinity'.. ..gonna use that in class! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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                      ken
                      last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 18:20

                      Maybe, the clines could be 1/2 of infinite. That way the ends would show up on my large monitor.

                      Ken

                      Darn, don't know how to bring a smilie into this message. So just imagine a smiling face.

                      Cadfather, fast fingers, slow eyes.

                      Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                      • E Offline
                        EarthMover
                        last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 22:43

                        Quick video I made showing a little of WorkPlane.rb in action -

                        YouTube - Workplane.rb - A Sketchup plugin
                        by AprC8Life

                        [flash=480,385:87khe87q]http://www.youtube.com/v/xf56s_rKguw?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash:87khe87q]

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                        Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
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                          CadFather
                          last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 22:56

                          great clip Adam.. is that you playing too?

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                            EarthMover
                            last edited by 28 Sept 2010, 23:06

                            The music? No. The video is done with all generic stuff that comes with Camtasia 7. Took about 10 minutes to edit and upload straight from Camtasia to Youtube. Then with Jim's SCF youtube bookmark, it embedded quick and easy. I figured I'd upgrade my Camtasia and drop my Screencast.com subscription, as it's a hassle. Glad you like the demo vid. It's always a big pain to try and draw details onto a busy surface, but with this plugin, it's a breeze!

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

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                              DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                              last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 00:10

                              tig.
                              may add an option to enable / disable the grid?

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                                EarthMover
                                last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 01:57

                                Diego, if you right click before you draw the work plane, there is a grid on/off toggle.

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                                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                • T Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 07:28

                                  @Adam - Thanks a lot! An interesting demo - so it's also useful if you are modeling prehistoric reptiles ! ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                  @Diego - To change the WorkPlane Settings - i.e. the overall size or whether it has a grid [and what size that will be if it does] right-click in empty space anytime the tool is active and a dialog appears you can reset the values [if Grid? is true a second dialog will ask for those values] - see the notes in the first post...

                                  TIG

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                                    DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                    last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 14:08

                                    if tig. I know.
                                    I meant the possibility of changing the state of the grid, after created the work plane.

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                                      EarthMover
                                      last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 14:10

                                      @tig said:

                                      @Adam - Thanks a lot! An interesting demo - so it's also useful if you are modeling prehistoric reptiles ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                      Haha, yes or Dragon Tails! I just wanted to show trying to draw something in the midst of a ton of inference points with and without a work plane. One of the most practical applications I think will be drawing profiles and paths amidst busy architecture. But it also works great for drawing contour lines at a specific height, precisely moving verticies with vertex tools, slicing geometry, controlling bezier curve drawing, or creating a quick piece of graph paper for precision snapping. Truly a can't live without plugin!

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

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                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 18:36

                                        @diego-rodriguez said:

                                        if tig. I know.
                                        I meant the possibility of changing the state of the grid, after created the work plane.

                                        I would be possible to update a preselected WorkPlane to a new size/grid spacing... I'll think about it... ๐Ÿค“

                                        TIG

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                                          DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                          last edited by 29 Sept 2010, 20:42

                                          ooo, thank you very much Tig.
                                          and one more suggestion. only as a cosmetic.
                                          usage:
                                          run tool.
                                          I choose first point. > Previewing a ghost Workplane . (You can vary the size in vcv. For example 10,10) (units would use the current model)
                                          I choose the second point> to preview the grid phantom. (Divisions may vary)
                                          I choose the third point> is generated work plane

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