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    [Plugin] Silhouette to Plane v1.1

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    • EarthMoverE Offline
      EarthMover
      last edited by

      Here's another example.

      Silhouette to plane is also great for flattening a set of looped edges you want to be planar to form a face, but cant seem to find the vert that's out of whack.


      Flatten to plan.jpg

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

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        xrok1
        last edited by

        this could be great for making face me components! render the 3d version then apply as texture to the 2d. 😄

        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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          Ben Ritter
          last edited by

          TIG, fabulous! Thank you for the flatten to plane script as well. You are very generous, and gifted.

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            caleidos4d
            last edited by

            TIG!!!

            http://www.caleidos4d.it

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              danbig
              last edited by

              Thanks, TIG. Amazing script.

              Does this plugin do the flatten to plane, or is that a separate plugin? I can't seem to find the command for flatten to plane. (Silhouette to Plane is working great)

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              • shuraS Offline
                shura
                last edited by

                Flatten to Plane:

                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=31895

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                • shuraS Offline
                  shura
                  last edited by

                  Just to point out again what Adam already said, Silhouette to Workplane makes closing difficult outlines sooo easy. Brought back the faith in freehand tool to me.

                  with freehand tool quickly drawn outlines often do not close. solved with silhouettes to workplane.

                  Rocky, that is a pretty smart idea. I am having thoughts about this kind of matte painting tricks all the time.
                  (like here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=31069)

                  thanks again for your generosity TIG!

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                  • JClementsJ Offline
                    JClements
                    last edited by

                    TIG:
                    When I click on the script's download button the #SilhoutteTpoPlane.rb downloads. I put the script in the plugins directory of SU8. When I open SU8 I get the following error:

                    %(#FF0000)[Error Loading File #SilhouetteToPlane.rb
                    no such file to load -- #WorkPlane.rb
                    ]

                    Should #WorkPlane.rb also have been downloaded?

                    Regards, John

                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                    • TIGT Online
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @jclements said:

                      TIG:
                      When I click on the script's download button the #SilhoutteTpoPlane.rb downloads. I put the script in the plugins directory of SU8. When I open SU8 I get the following error:

                      %(#FF0000)[Error Loading File #SilhouetteToPlane.rb
                      no such file to load -- #WorkPlane.rb
                      ]

                      Should #WorkPlane.rb also have been downloaded?

                      Regards, John

                      John
                      IF you had read the notes you'd see that you need 'WorkPlane.rb'... because you must first make and then select a 'WorkPlane' with your other parts you want to project - that's how it knows what plane to project its result on to... 😒

                      TIG

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                      • CAntonisC Offline
                        CAntonis
                        last edited by

                        Working great as always

                        Thank U TIG

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                          Bertier
                          last edited by

                          sweet

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                            Heven7_floor
                            last edited by

                            Thanks 😍 , it is great script for mechanic model favour, this plug-in shall mostly advance to project 3d model in STD plan,

                            but I found some error happen, when I test by simple cylinder ,which was rotated a bit from origin , there are 1 error time of total 4 time

                            I love this script , and hope it could been tune-up ,but I am begin to learn for SU plugin codding , shame to less helping 😳


                            rotate cylinder model testing

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                            • JClementsJ Offline
                              JClements
                              last edited by

                              TIG, not sure if this is how you intended the script to work or not.

                              Using SU8. If I select a bunch of standalone geometry and a couple of groups, only the standalone geometry gets project to the working plane. Each group has to be selected individually to be projected.

                              John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                              • TIGT Online
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @jclements said:

                                TIG, not sure if this is how you intended the script to work or not.

                                Using SU8. If I select a bunch of standalone geometry and a couple of groups, only the standalone geometry gets project to the working plane. Each group has to be selected individually to be projected.

                                Everything should project I'll check into it...
                                Do you get the same 'error' with components too ?

                                TIG

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                                • JClementsJ Offline
                                  JClements
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi TIG:

                                  Yes, the script works with SU8 and with components. However, the selection set seems to require that it include all of one type of geometry only, either: all loose geometry or all groups or all components.

                                  Attached is the test .skp I used.

                                  John


                                  Silhouette test (SU8, 07 Dec 2010).skp

                                  John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                    nektares
                                    last edited by

                                    this could be extremely useful!! i will try it out later today! thanks Tig!

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                                      gnlmrc60b22f205v
                                      last edited by

                                      With SU2018 cause the SU crash.

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                                        iandefazio
                                        last edited by

                                        Any plan to make this work in newer versions? Anyone know of an alternative? I could use this on a daily basis for my work.

                                        Thanks!

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                                        • TIGT Online
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          This is an ancient free plugin...
                                          What error rep0rts do you get in the Ruby Console when using it ?

                                          If it's something simple I could look at a fix - if it's more complex then... who's paying ? 😉

                                          PS:

                                          I just tested it [with WorkPlane] in v2020 and it seemed to work OK ?
                                          What's the issues you get ?

                                          TIG

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