[Plugin] Work Plane

TIG · 30 Sept 2010, 15:40

Here's v1.9 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345
A 'Rotate Selected' option has been added to the context-menu.
You can type in any angle in the dialog and the selected WorkPlane rotates about its axis [pt1>>pt2] by that angle...

pilou · 30 Sept 2010, 16:11

My 1.8 live only 10 minutes
I don't very well understand the interest of the first center point but as I can rescale all the plane no problem

I abuse but a Polar Grid will be also fine if you have some free times

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ · 30 Sept 2010, 16:39

tig, really thank you very much.
to hear any suggestions on this tool. thank you very much.
I found only one bug. does not draw the rectangle tool on inclined coplanar faces.

I use sketchup8

Draw rectangle inclined coplanar workplane
versions work : 1.5 or lower
versions does not work : 1.6 or higher

CadFather · 30 Sept 2010, 16:40

Tig, you are so fast even you can't keep up with the versions as you make them!

jeff hammond · 30 Sept 2010, 16:40

@diego-rodriguez said:

tig, really thank you very much.
to hear any suggestions on this tool. thank you very much.
I found only one bug. does not draw the rectangle tool on inclined coplanar faces.

i'm thinking this is some sort of glitch with sketchup itself regarding the orientation of the bounding box.. you can recreate this behavior without using WorkPlane.. see attached skp

planes.skp

thomthom · 30 Sept 2010, 16:50

You gave Susan a tophat? Classy!

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ · 30 Sept 2010, 16:53

@unknownuser said:

@diego-rodriguez said:

tig, really thank you very much.
to hear any suggestions on this tool. thank you very much.
I found only one bug. does not draw the rectangle tool on inclined coplanar faces.

i'm thinking this is some sort of glitch with sketchup itself regarding the orientation of the bounding box.. you can recreate this behavior without using WorkPlane.. see attached skp

yes. and if it works the other tools (circle, polygon, arch)
However,
if the geometry is generated as a group or component directly from ruby, SI can draw shapes on inclined planes.
if you later apply any modification to this geometry (move, scale, ungroup, etc. ..) this property is lost.

Le adjunto imágenes de dos plugins que probé.

polar zonohedron

work plane 1.5

EarthMover · 30 Sept 2010, 16:53

Diego, the "Rotated Rectangle" tool works well on sloped planes. (Even after it's been manipulated)

EarthMover · 30 Sept 2010, 16:55

I had her out partying last night and she forgot to take it off!

pilou · 30 Sept 2010, 17:03

Little problem
Rotation from the context menu is not on the Coplanar plan of the Work plane (when this one is inclined)
it would have been too simple

CadFather · 30 Sept 2010, 17:19

you're right Diego, and that's quite a nasty one

TIG · 30 Sept 2010, 17:26

The glitch where you can't align a 2pt-rectangle [or sometimes a circle] onto a sloping face if it's a group/component-instance and its plane doesn't pass through the origin and is not axial on the x_axis [ ] is a known problem with both v7 and v8 - it's logged with them and hopefully a fix might appear in a maintenance release...
The problem isn't specific to this tool - it's general and is easily reproduced by making objects manually and trying to snap 2pt-rectangles to their sloping faces in different orientations... [however, a 3pt-rectangle will work OK as it's not 'built-in' and its code is in fact the starting point for my WorkPlane's tool itself]

jeff hammond · 30 Sept 2010, 17:38

@diego-rodriguez said:

However,
if the geometry is generated as a group or component directly from ruby, SI can draw shapes on inclined planes.
if you later apply any modification to this geometry (move, scale, ungroup, etc. ..) this property is lost.

really, i think it's beyond wether or not the shape was created via ruby..
also, you can move a group and still have it accept the rectangle tool IF you move it along the green axis.. it's a su glitch..

look at this video for more weird behavior.. depending on the xy orientation, the rectangle may or may not work..

tig can probably fix this but it's gonna be him fighting the su bug instead of fixing a bug in his script..

[flash=660,405:vu38m2u3]http://www.youtube.com/v/4ZFhL-rD2PM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1[/flash:vu38m2u3]

CadFather · 30 Sept 2010, 17:48

..seems worse in su8

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ · 30 Sept 2010, 17:50

strange.
I have reported this error:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=bug

and his response was:
"Hi Diego:

Thank you for your message and attach particular image capture.
We've been very helpful!

Answering your question: the behavior you encountered is a
normal behavior.
Geometry within a group or component does not relate to the same
so
geometry itself.

If you want to draw a rectangle, tilted in one of his drawings, you
suggest you draw the geometry and twist it to match the
plane. Another option is to do it without going to the group.

I hope these tips have been helpful!

Regards,

The Google Team

any programmer can tell google about this problem?
probably have more success than me.

jeff hammond · 30 Sept 2010, 17:59

[all this glitch talk aside...]

it might be nice if tig could make a 3point rectangle tool (or does one already exist?).. it would be able to draw properly on the work plane but it's use would extend far beyond that..
there are plenty of instances where the normal fails and a 3pt version would easily accomplish it..

it'd basically be just like the first steps of WorkPlane so most of the coding is already done anyway (well, it at least seems that way for someone that doesn't write code )

jeff hammond · 30 Sept 2010, 18:05

[edit - lol.. it's almost already in 2D tools]

EarthMover · 30 Sept 2010, 18:15

Jeff, check here. That is what I'm using in the last video I posted - http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/downloads/rubyscripts/rectangle.zip Shows up as "Rotated Rectangle" in the Draw Menu.

(It's also included in CadFather's CD Draw tools)

Box · 30 Sept 2010, 19:04

Another excellent Tig Tool.

Just one question/suggestion, is it possible to have numbering added to the grid.
When I'm putting together a ship I have over 300 frame references set at .64m, to have those frame numbers automatically on the grid would be a godsend.

jeff hammond · 30 Sept 2010, 19:29

@earthmover said:

Jeff, check here. That is what I'm using in the last video I posted - http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/downloads/rubyscripts/rectangle.zip Shows up as "Rotated Rectangle" in the Draw Menu.

(It's also included in CadFather's CD Draw tools)

hahaha

i've wanted that tool since i started using sketchup.. looks like it's been around at least that long

[diego, i'm thinking this is the best solution at the moment for drawing rectangles on the workplanes.. '⇧R' seems to be a perfect shortcut (that is if you're used to 'R' for ]