[Plugin] Work Plane

pilou · 2 Oct 2010, 21:07

Seems near perfection
Seems just missing
in adjust ask number of circles

and "center" is always some tricky ergonomy : possible with inference
but not evident on an inclined plan!
I arrive one time on 20 try and must think!

Will be more easy with another paradigme
Center point = (pt1 pt2)/2 , (pt2 pt3)/2
and diameter size = smaller edge
(ok I can draw a diagonal for have the middle and then the center but...)

pilou · 2 Oct 2010, 22:44

PS Something curious when you "adjust" a circular Plane you obtain the Adjust menu of the rectangular work plane and of course Cirular is transformed in rectangular !
Edit That was in the notes

TIG · 2 Oct 2010, 23:06

Pilou!

I just knew you'd ask this...
'Adjust' should recognize a rectangular and disk shaped WorkPlane and thereafter have alternative dialogs... it's on the list...
Currently you shouldn't get 'Adjust' as an option at all if the selected WorkPlane is a disk.
This coding error could be corrected... but I supposed one day soon I'll have to fix the 'Adjust' to do both kinds anyway...

ken · 3 Oct 2010, 10:38

TIG

Since the Cline Axes and Cline Normal are used to check alignment, would it be possible to add a set of TAB toggling 3 workplane disks at the origin of both of these plugin, so one would have a workplane to align the protractor. They would need to be to large, just big enough to allow one to the set the protractor's to the plane.

Thank you for ALL the work.

Ken

TIG · 3 Oct 2010, 14:06

@unknownuser said:

TIG
Since the Cline Axes and Cline Normal are used to check alignment, would it be possible to add a set of TAB toggling 3 workplane disks at the origin of both of these plugin, so one would have a workplane to align the protractor. They would need to be to large, just big enough to allow one to the set the protractor's to the plane.
Thank you for ALL the work.
Ken

I suppose I could add an extra type 'WorkPlane...' > 'New Protractor' to do that - it's be quite easy to make...

TIG · 3 Oct 2010, 17:08

Here's v2.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345
'New Protractor' option added.
'Adjust' now applies to a plane or a disk - with different dialogs to suit.
'New Disk' now has number of 'Segments' and 'Rings' options.

dedmin · 3 Oct 2010, 18:12

Why rectangle tool doesn't draw on the Workplane?

EarthMover · 3 Oct 2010, 18:17

Dedmin, check pages 5 & 6 of this thread. Rectangle issue has been covered there.

TIG · 3 Oct 2010, 18:21

@dedmin said:

Why rectangle tool doesn't draw on the WorkPlane?

It's a known issue with Sketchup itself - it occurs on all faces in groups/instances that are not axial or planar through the origin - not just this tool.
There is a 3pt rectangle tool that will work - see the earlier thread...
We await a fix from Google...

dedmin · 3 Oct 2010, 18:27

Sorry

pilou · 3 Oct 2010, 22:38

Maybe Hide in the Context Menu
Adjust Protractor
and why not a protractor "rectangular"

That becomes the Rolls Royce of Work Plane

ken · 3 Oct 2010, 22:48

TIG

The new "Protractor" option is implemented better than I could even image. Again thanks so much.

Now, I will be quite as a mouse as I will be using the brand new tools.

Ken

CadFather · 4 Oct 2010, 06:00

there may be a glitch in the adjust menu on disk - it worked once, then i got the settings for the rectangular grid instead

TIG · 4 Oct 2010, 08:22

Here's v2.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345
Glitch when 'Adjust'ing a 'Disk' more than once is now fixed,
A new 'Hide/UnHide All' toggle option added to context-menu/tools-menu.

CadFather · 4 Oct 2010, 08:30

TIG, at least give me the time to finish writing my post!

TIG · 4 Oct 2010, 08:50

@cadfather said:

TIG, at least give me the time to finish writing my post!

The cause of the 'Adjust Disk' glitch was obvious to me as soon as you reported it - a line of code was not copied between the normal 'Disk Maker' and the 'Adjusted-Disk Maker' methods - thus the newly 'Adjusted' 'Disk' wasn't given its 'disk' attribute, and therefore the 'Adjust' tool thought it was a 'Plane' and so it 'Adjusted' it accordingly [wrongly!]. Note that 'Adjust' might still fail on older 'Disks', that were made before the recent updates and that don't have a 'disk' attribute - if so you need to re-make them and they will then be OK.

Pilou's Hide/UnHide [good] idea was also very simple to do - just a few lines of code switching the 'WORKPLANE' layer on/off...

CadFather · 4 Oct 2010, 09:18

..i see, that actually makes sense.. still that was fast..
[speaking aside] ..and the day hasn't even started..!

Thanks!

pilou · 4 Oct 2010, 10:44

Seems this default will be a must
(Toggle with Tab Key ?)

simon le bon · 26 Dec 2010, 13:20

Dear Tig,

I'm just trying this new tool which seems to me very interesting, first to build something multileveled, and else to build a part of the drawing with peculiar axes: "non orthogonal",or perpendicular to the screen with the model twisted in some obscure direction.
Additionally it seems also to me that Your
TIG_Flatten to Plane v1.1
and also
Fredo_Tools On Surface - v1.2 (with Contour Editor)
can help a lot..

I don't know if the problem I encounter with Tapper Tool which won't align guide lines with the WorkPlane grid is already referenced or not. But this kind of malfunction is diminishing the tool IMo

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My best wishes for the festivities,

simon.

guanjin · 28 Dec 2011, 15:01

Not see how the other icon