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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      Scale to Target imposes to have the origin in a valid area. For some reasons, I have put the a tolerance of about 10% due to problems I have found, which I don't remember very well).

      In your cases, why do you want to use the Scale to Target mode, not the regular mode?

      Fredo

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      • I Offline
        Icchan
        last edited by

        Well, I need the corner of the bottom edge of the shape (the arch, in my case) to touch a line.

        Of course I could measure the ratio by hand, but it won't give accurate enough results so that the corner is exactly on the line. That's why I was hoping this tool would do it for me. When I tried the scale tool in normal mode, it does not snap correctly to the other edge, even if I put a guide point or an endpoint there. The little yellow box does snap to an endpoint, but it doesn't correlate with behavior of the scale tool, ie. it ignores the snap target completely and scales in freeform.


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        • jeff hammondJ Offline
          jeff hammond
          last edited by

          @icchan said:

          Well, I need the corner of the bottom edge of the shape (the arch, in my case) to touch a line.

          if that's an arc (as in, SU will say it's an arc in entity info), then just use the move tool

          don't select the arc first.. just place the move tool cursor on the end of the arc, click and move it to the end..
          if it's an arc, it will scale accordingly.

          [actually, that should work with polylines or welded lines as well]

          [edit] yeah, forget the bit about it needing to be an arc.. ๐Ÿ˜„

          dotdotdot

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            Icchan
            last edited by

            Thanks for the tip, it does work as I needed with arcs, but the problem remains for rectangles or other non-regular shapes.

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            • jeff hammondJ Offline
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              @icchan said:

              Thanks for the tip, it does work as I needed with arcs, but the problem remains for rectangles or other non-regular shapes.

              You can do it with rectangles and odd shapes as well but it requires a little setup. There's another way to do this with a rectangle too.
              I'm on a phone right now but when I get back to the hotel tonight, I'll post a little tutorial.

              dotdotdot

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                if you weld the segments into a polyline, the scaling with the move tool will work..
                with the rectangle, you weld 3 sides and leave the bottom untouched.. after scaling, select the 3 welded lines and explode if you wish..

                i also included an alternate method using guide lines to create an intersection which the scale tool will snap to..
                [i use jim's cline tool for the diagonal]
                http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/02/plugin-construction-line-tool.html

                [flash=800,475:m8lhsjxs]http://www.youtube.com/v/4Zx7dt58v7w?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6[/flash:m8lhsjxs]

                dotdotdot

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                • I Offline
                  Icchan
                  last edited by

                  Wow... I was at most expecting an explanation for the tool behavior, was not definitely expecting a detailed tutorial! Excellent job, I hope others with similar problems will find this also. Thanks!

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                  • bmikeB Offline
                    bmike
                    last edited by

                    Getting this error now when I open SketchUp.
                    I thought I updated a bunch of Plugins... apparently something went wrong.


                    skuperror.png

                    mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                      ckho1985
                      last edited by

                      @bmike said:

                      Getting this error now when I open SketchUp.
                      I thought I updated a bunch of Plugins... apparently something went wrong.

                      I think it is not compatible with sketchup 8 yet. Is there a FredoScale for Skup8?
                      please update.... I looooooove this tool

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        It's working with SU8.
                        Have you ensure you have installed the files correctly?

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

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                          ckho1985
                          last edited by

                          I got it working now. it is WORKING with skup8. its confirmed. i just miss-copied a folder previously, thats all. (stuipd me ๐Ÿ˜ณ )

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                          • bmikeB Offline
                            bmike
                            last edited by

                            fixed. cleaned up my plugins folder and went back / downloaded / reinstalled all relevant files.
                            loading now, and toolbars popped up.
                            will test later when i get into a model.

                            mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                              DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                              last edited by

                              stretching with orientation of scaling box

                              small error.
                              does not work "stretching with orientation of scaling box", with arcs and polylines

                              Untitled.gif

                              possible, correct this error?

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                You could temporarily add another line between the arc's ends to form a face then scale the lot then erase the temporary line on completion...

                                TIG

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                                  DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                  last edited by

                                  hi tig. Yes, I thought the same, but does not work


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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    Arcs and Curves applies constraints on transformations unless they are exploded.

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

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      So Explode them, Scale and then re-Weld into Curves ?

                                      TIG

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                                        DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                        last edited by

                                        @thomthom said:

                                        Arcs and Curves applies constraints on transformations unless they are exploded.

                                        yes?
                                        is strange that all fredoscale tools work well with arc and polylines.
                                        no need to exploit the arcs and polylines

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @diego-rodriguez said:

                                          stretching with orientation of scaling box

                                          small error.
                                          does not work "stretching with orientation of scaling box", with arcs and polylines

                                          [attachment=0:lcmr75ft]<!-- ia0 -->Untitled.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:lcmr75ft]

                                          possible, correct this error?

                                          Diego,

                                          As mentioned in the Doc, FredoScale does not stretch the SU curves. That's just a design choice, because SU does not stretch curves and I would have had to explode the curve, strech the edges and then reconstruct the curves (thios would have been destructive and probably not possible for an interactive visual deformation). It stretches normally if the curve if exploded.

                                          Fredo

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                                            DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                                            last edited by

                                            thank you all for the explanation

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