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    Fredo Scale "Taper" not working

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    • KrisidiousK Offline
      Krisidious
      last edited by

      I get no errors so I don't think it's a conflicting plugin. but how else would I know?

      By: Kristoff Rand
      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
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        I just threw out the "conflicting plugin" idea. I have no way of knowing. It is unfortunate that there is no "interoperability" plugin. Or, an Easy Button 💚
        I am hoping someone can chime in for you.

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

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        • KrisidiousK Offline
          Krisidious
          last edited by

          here is where I get to...
          fredotaper.jpg
          fredotaper2.jpg
          fredotaper3.jpg

          then nothing... it reverts back to the original and the preview vanishes...

          By: Kristoff Rand
          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
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            @krisidious said:

            for some reason my taper won't complete in fredo scaling tools.

            the proposed geometry shows up, as I scale, but it never gives me the green check-mark for completion... any ideas?

            the other tools all seem to be working properly.

            SU 8 Pro btw

            Kristoff,

            This is because if the geometry is not enclosed in a group, you need to select the whole geometry, i.e. the faces not just the edges.

            This happens when you apply a first FredoScale transformation to a geometry. For some reasons linked to how SU manages selection when entities are modified, the selection is modified.

            So just reselect the whole geometry and apply the Taper transformation. It should work.

            Fredo

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            • KrisidiousK Offline
              Krisidious
              last edited by

              but it is in a group...

              By: Kristoff Rand
              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                ahhh I tried it as a "component" and it works...

                thank you... I knew I had used before, I guess it had always been on components.

                By: Kristoff Rand
                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  @krisidious said:

                  but it is in a group...

                  As you are WITHIN the group (on your picture), the plugin sees it as top-level geometry. This would be the same situation with a Component.

                  What you can do with FredoScale Taper is to act directly on the group, from the outside of the group.

                  Fredo

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    @unknownuser said:

                    This happens when you apply a first FredoScale transformation to a geometry. For some reasons linked to how SU manages selection when entities are modified, the selection is modified.

                    What if you cache the selection collection before you start your transformation?

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
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                      @thomthom said:

                      What if you cache the selection collection before you start your transformation?

                      The issue is that, because the geometry is transformed in a constructive way (i.e. new segments can be created by folding or so), the edges and faces may change their object address. Normally, they keep their entityID, but as there is no way to relate directly an entityID to an object (without going thorugh the whole model), I left it like that.

                      Fredo

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                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                        Krisidious
                        last edited by

                        can you work on a group in a group? because I was inside a group working on a group from the outside.

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          @krisidious said:

                          can you work on a group in a group? because I was inside a group working on a group from the outside.

                          It should work.
                          My point on the toplevel geometry (which is a known problem) was becquse in the picture you posted it seems to me that the selection was not enclosed in a group.

                          Fredo

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