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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
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      @dave r said:

      I end up using it once in awhile on models others send me but I have adopted a practice in which I never set any layer other than the default as active.

      Same here, but if you explode a group/component that was on a different layer, its entities will get moved onto the layer the group was on - thereby taking them off layer 0. So that has caused me some pain in the past.

      Chris

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
      All my Plugins I've written

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Chris, that's a good point and one I forgot about. I so rarely explode components (and don't use groups at all) in the first place and by the time I get to the stage in my modeling where I am making layers, the components are all pretty well fixed and I don't explode them at all, then. Interesting how a workflow can inadvertently bypass a behavior or is that a feature? πŸ˜„

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        • T Offline
          tfdesign
          last edited by

          @chris fullmer said:

          @dave r said:

          I end up using it once in awhile on models others send me but I have adopted a practice in which I never set any layer other than the default as active.

          Same here, but if you explode a group/component that was on a different layer, its entities will get moved onto the layer the group was on - thereby taking them off layer 0. So that has caused me some pain in the past.

          πŸ˜† Ahh! Someone else who also feels my pain! πŸ˜†

          So you are saying that this plug relieves that?

          My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            That plugin ensures that all edges and faces are located on Layer0

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

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
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              @chris fullmer said:

              @dave r said:

              I end up using it once in awhile on models others send me but I have adopted a practice in which I never set any layer other than the default as active.

              Same here, but if you explode a group/component that was on a different layer, its entities will get moved onto the layer the group was on - thereby taking them off layer 0. So that has caused me some pain in the past.
              Chris

              This http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=282640#p282640 puts exploded group's entities on the layers that they were on inside the group...

              TIG

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              • jason_marantoJ Offline
                jason_maranto
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                I had a hard time deciding but I set for myself the criteria of only selecting 3 free plugins that almost any user would benefit from having.

                SketchyFFD: Massively useful and simple to free form distort geometry.
                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=25801&start=0

                RoundCorner: Simple but powerful tool for rounding and beveling geometry.
                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20485&hilit=Round+Corner

                JointPushPull: Amazing upgrade to Sketchups native push/pull concept.
                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=6708

                Best,
                Jason.

                I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                • B Offline
                  Bertier
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                  • Center of Gravity & it's repoter, thank you TIG

                  • Cutlist, thank you Steve

                  • Default Scene, thank you Pout

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                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                    EarthMover
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                    I have a lot of "favorite" plugins that do really cool stuff, but if there were a tracker on my PC that logged which plugins I used most often, it would probably be -

                    Selection Toys
                    Joint Push Pull
                    Edge Tools (Divide Face)

                    Although Purge All, Weld, Make Faces and Fredo Scale are probably also in the running for top 3 most used plugins in my arsenal.

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

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                    • M Offline
                      mozzie
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                      Put on Layer (most used)!
                      Points cloud v6 (relocatable origin version) - merci, Didier!
                      Curviloft (most extraordinary, and irreplaceable)

                      Also, Tools on surface, Pipe along Path, Weld, and Cleanup are wonderful.

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                      • urgenU Offline
                        urgen
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                        ....Unfortunately, the three major plug-in is not enough for me ... I often use in the same proportion in the 10-12 πŸ˜’

                        --pupil forever...------

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                        • Bob JamesB Offline
                          Bob James
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                          I've just downloaded "Default Layer Geometry": I really need that and it will undoubtedly become one of my frequently used plugins (I just must keep everything on layer 0 until everything is built!)

                          I have many of the complex plugins that are indispensable when I need them (curviloft, vertex tools, Tools on Surface, Extrude Along....,etc.), but

                          For every day general use:
                          Nudge (Doesn't anyone use this: I'd be lost without it.)
                          Options
                          JSAlign
                          Layer Tools and Layer Manager
                          Edge Styles
                          1001bit Tools

                          And, somewhat less often, but still a lot:
                          Round Corner
                          Profile Builder
                          BZ Toolbar
                          Weld
                          Extrude Lines
                          Arc Centerpoint Finder
                          Tube along path

                          For final tuning:
                          Repaint and Cleanup

                          And, of course, when the model is ready:
                          Thea Exporter

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                          • PixeroP Offline
                            Pixero
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                            @bob james said:

                            For every day general use:
                            ...
                            JSAlign
                            ...

                            Wow, I made it on the list. Thanks. πŸ˜„

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                            • P Offline
                              Prisoner
                              last edited by

                              For me it's

                              • round corner (using it all the time)
                              • Fredo Scale (dito)
                              • 1001bit tools (they speed up so many things for me)

                              Oh, and never go without Purge; couldn't survive without it, since I hate poly/texture size/whatever counting.

                              A great UV toolset would instantly appear on my list... hint hint.

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                              • T Offline
                                tfdesign
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                                @prisoner said:

                                A great UV toolset would instantly appear on my list... hint hint.

                                What is wrong with the UV toolset written by Thom? Could you not use those? πŸ˜„

                                My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                                • Bob JamesB Offline
                                  Bob James
                                  last edited by

                                  @pixero said:

                                  @bob james said:

                                  For every day general use:
                                  ...
                                  JSAlign
                                  ...

                                  Wow, I made it on the list. Thanks. πŸ˜„

                                  Actually it's QJSAlign, but that's just to get the neat icons πŸ˜„

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                                  • P Offline
                                    Prisoner
                                    last edited by

                                    @tfdesign said:

                                    @prisoner said:

                                    A great UV toolset would instantly appear on my list... hint hint.

                                    What is wrong with the UV toolset written by Thom? Could you not use those? πŸ˜„

                                    Right, I should give it a try again. Last time I used it it couldn't do what I needed (mapping imported 3ds files), have to give it another try. Thanks for reminding me.

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                                    • utilerU Offline
                                      utiler
                                      last edited by

                                      @bob james said:

                                      I've just downloaded "Default Layer Geometry": I really need that and it will undoubtedly become one of my frequently used plugins (I just must keep everything on layer 0 until everything is built!)

                                      I have many of the complex plugins that are indispensable when I need them (curviloft, vertex tools, Tools on Surface, Extrude Along....,etc.), but

                                      For every day general use:
                                      Nudge (Doesn't anyone use this: I'd be lost without it.)
                                      Options
                                      JSAlign
                                      Layer Tools and Layer Manager
                                      Edge Styles
                                      1001bit Tools

                                      And, somewhat less often, but still a lot:
                                      Round Corner
                                      Profile Builder
                                      BZ Toolbar
                                      Weld
                                      Extrude Lines
                                      Arc Centerpoint Finder
                                      Tube along path

                                      For final tuning:
                                      Repaint and Cleanup

                                      And, of course, when the model is ready:
                                      Thea Exporter

                                      Hey, that's a good top 3, Bob..... πŸ˜‰

                                      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                      • Bob JamesB Offline
                                        Bob James
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                                        @utiler said:

                                        Hey, that's a good top 3, Bob..... πŸ˜‰

                                        Oh, I thought it was the top three categories 😎

                                        Seriously, the top three depend heavily on what project I'm working on. But since you've busted me here are my

                                        top three non-project-dependent rubies:
                                        Nudge
                                        Options
                                        QJSAlign

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          Nudge ?
                                          Nudge orbit by Tig ?

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

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                                          • Bob JamesB Offline
                                            Bob James
                                            last edited by

                                            Nudge by Todd Burch (it's on Smustard).

                                            It's $16.00, but worth every penny (It was $8.00 when I bought it back in 2006 😎). It's old, but, for me, very useful every day.

                                            I tried "moveit", but it only works on groups and components (at least when I tried it).

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