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    • BoxB Offline
      Box
      last edited by

      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.

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        @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 ]

        dotdotdot

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        • kenK Offline
          ken
          last edited by

          Well, this plugin started out as a reliable, jeans wearing working plugin. Now it is a $20,000.00 “Say Yes to the Dress” wedding gown.

          Thanks TIG

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

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          • mitcorbM Offline
            mitcorb
            last edited by

            I woke up this morning, 5:00am GMT-6, saw the latest version 1.6, downloaded it as zip only, placed it in my collecting folder, go out of town for 5 hours and the damned thing is obsolete 3 times over!

            Talk about your "worktigers" 😆
            TIG, you are one dedicated guy. And you are appreciated!

            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Here's v2.0 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345
              Thought I'd post it while it's hot...
              Three 'Rotate Selected X/Y/Z' options are now added for the group's 3 axes; each one rotates the WorkPlane about its appropriate axis...
              A new 'Move Selected' tool is added to the context-menu: this lets you move a selected WorkPlane although for other tools it is 'locked', done as the main Move tool - by picking two points, or one-point + typed_distance: it draws a temporary outline of the original WorkPlane location as you move it around, so you can snap to it if needed.
              🤓

              TIG

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              • B Offline
                Ben Ritter
                last edited by

                Yeah, now here's I guy who love his work. Or, he has nothing else to do 😉

                Thank you so much.

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                • EarthMoverE Offline
                  EarthMover
                  last edited by

                  😍 Getting better and better!

                  In the next release, when you bring up the "move" tool, can you have the "move click" drop in temporary world axis clines? It would make moving the thing a lot easier.

                  I also think it might behoove workflow to have the right click options added to the toolbar. (CadFather?) What do the rest of you guys think? Which way is easier?

                  😆 Poor TIG.....we've got to be making him nuts! I hope everyone remembers to get the wallet out and donate to the man for all his hard work!!!!!!!

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

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @earthmover said:

                    😆 Poor TIG.....we've got to be making him nuts! I hope everyone remembers to get the wallet out and donate to the man for all his hard work!!!!!!!

                    +1

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      And that is the half of the way : A radial circular Work Plan is maybe planified 😉

                      The amazing thing is the speedy of the coding, my hard Disk has not the time to stop! 💚

                      Automatic adjustment to the rectangle of definition (3 points) 😄
                      Seems the more important! Fit to a rectangular face is not made without Scale! 🤓
                      (I must unlock, Scale, lock) or take the Measure tool adjust selected etc 😄

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

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        I actually had all of it completed exactly as you want it, several it days ago, but I decided to release it in dribs and drabs to keep you on your toes... 😉

                        It seems speedy as it's clobbered together from lots of preexisting code blocks so it was relatively quick to implement the new methods - e.g. the 'Move' part exists in principal inside other tools [e.g. 'linetool.rb' for the 'line' point picking]...
                        You can easily read the code to see where it's coming from... 🤓

                        I can't see any more major changes to it in the near future...
                        I now have a new floor to lay in my conservatory... 👊

                        TIG

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                        • mitcorbM Offline
                          mitcorb
                          last edited by

                          "as it's clobbered together"
                          maybe you really did mean clobbered in lieu of cobbled. Either way works, eh? 😆

                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            It's yet not so bad 😉
                            Bravo! ☀

                            Maybe be a day of inactivity you will play with this one 😄

                            http://www.comitemeridional.com/images/photos/CibleCasino.gif

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

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              To 'cobble' = to make shoes, or pave with small stones.
                              To 'clobber' = to beat up or bash.
                              I 'clobbered it together' by bashing square pegs into round holes, until it surrendered.
                              Whereas 'cobbled together' suggested 'botched or bungled'... and I hope it's not that...
                              but I am not a 'cobbler' - as the skill of making a 'fine shoe' is beyond me !
                              👊 😒

                              TIG

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                              • mitcorbM Offline
                                mitcorb
                                last edited by

                                Well, no intense offended. 😆

                                I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                • utilerU Offline
                                  utiler
                                  last edited by

                                  @tig said:

                                  To 'cobble' = to make shoes, or pave with small stones.
                                  To 'clobber' = to beat up or bash.
                                  I 'clobbered it together' by bashing square pegs into round holes, until it surrendered.
                                  Whereas 'cobbled together' suggested 'botched or bungled'... and I hope it's not that...
                                  but I am not a 'cobbler' - as the skill of making a 'fine shoe' is beyond me !
                                  👊 😒

                                  FWIW, in addition to this explanation, a 'cobber' in Australia is a friend of mate.

                                  Thanks cobber, great work!!
                                  👍

                                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  • CadFatherC Offline
                                    CadFather
                                    last edited by

                                    ..i would vote the option of having the plane not centered retained (like in version one)

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I propose the following - perhaps to satisfy all and to satisfy no one...
                                      The WorkPlane is still made centered by default, BUT IF you press <Tab> before picking the 1st point the alignment is that the corner is now the 1st point...
                                      You can still use the context-menu 'Move Selected' to relocate it as desired...

                                      There would be new options in the context-menu...
                                      'Scale Selected' - this unlocks the selected WorkPlane, starts the main 'Scale' tool and then re-locks the WorkPlane on completion...
                                      'Rotate Selected' - this unlocks the selected WorkPlane, starts the main 'Rotate' tool and then re-locks the WorkPlane on completion...
                                      I'm also considering a 'New Disk' version where it makes a centered WorkPlane 'disk' with a picked radius and radial lines at division angles [15 degrees default] changeable in a dialog... and a 'Toggle Center:Corner' option on a selected WorkPlane too...

                                      Comments welcome...

                                      TIG

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                                      • CadFatherC Offline
                                        CadFather
                                        last edited by

                                        no comment! 👍 👍

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          You are always on the top action! 😎

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

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            Tool versatility would always be my vote. You always have to balance this with simplicity, I suppose. 😒

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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