[Plugin][$] FredoScale - v3.6a - 01 Apr 24

mitcorb

@Fredo: If FredoScale is not designed to do this currently, what are the possibilities:

FredoTaper along a centroidal axis of a non-straight tubular mesh, such as a tree limb. It might have to impose a temporary lattice like FredoBend does, or use the suitably subdivided mesh of the tube as the control lattice.
FredoStretch a mesh along a predefined or preselected non straight path such as bezier curve.

The intention here would be to do these changes after formation of the meshes for workflow.
I am sure the implementation is not a trivial exercise, so this is just something to think about.

Jim57

I love FredoScale/ Box Taper. It seems the way Scale should have been in the first place. It pains me to say it seems to be off.

Try this:
-Turn on Style/ Edges/ Color By Axis
-Make a 6" square
-Push-Pull it to ~18" tall
-FredoScale/ Box Taper/ From Center one of the long sides to ~15° angle (30° total), about 18" wide.

Now check the edges that were just lengthened for alignment to axes. I find there is not enough misalignment to measure but enough to throw things off.

Hope it's an easy fix, I use this plugin a lot.

Best,

Jim

Running SU 8.0.3161 on Mac using 10.6.5

fredo6

Jim,

I am unclear on what is exactly the problem.
I tried to taper the shape and did not find particular issue.

FredoScale Jim 57.gif

Could you please post your model or at least illustrate what is going wrong with a picture

Thanks

Fredo

Jim57

Fredo—

A thousand apologies. When I discovered it last night I duplicated the issue several times on my model. This morning I try it three times in new windows and no problem, the alignment is perfect on all of them. I go back & try again in last night's drawing and I still get the same issue. I assume it is a problem with that window— something in it must be corrupting new data.

Best,

Jim

mitcorb

Your cursor may be inferencing on background edges or vertices.

pbacot

Hello all,

I love FredoScale! Especially Stretch. It is amazing. However some times using stretch I have these problems:

Components within the group stretch too far. Sometime this means smaller individual components will move out of their position maybe twice as far as the objects being stretched or larger components stretch way beyond the others. I think it may even happen with components whose other instances nearby did stretch correctly.
The stretching is sometimes "jumpy", not updating with the mouse action and releasing the mouse it stretches a little beyond where I thought I was leaving it.

Thanks for any help.

Peter

pbacot

@mitcorb said:

Your cursor may be inferencing on background edges or vertices.

No, I think not. There wasn't anything in the background in two instances recently. Sometimes the tool seems smooth and demonstrates typical feedback.

Thank you, Peter

mitcorb

And you have no hidden layer geometry? (I don't know if this can cause anything)

I have nothing to base this on, but could your processor be overtaxed, perhaps you have other applications in operation but minimized and you are trying to run Fredoscale?

I know that some of the scale operations are difficult for me to select the little boxes, and depending on the complexity of the geometry the processing can take an extended period of time. But I have an old Pentium4, XPhome, NVidia MX class video card. I also have software with process hog issues. None of this may apply to your situation, just possibilities.

Jibe1982

Tu es génial Fredo! I think you multiply the value of sketchup by 2 or 3. un grand BRAVO! PS je te conseille de mettre en place les donations, tu pourrais gagner quelque pepettes

AtomicKangaroo

An amazing Plug in! Thank you so much for creating it.

Serg_67

@unknownuser said:

With FredoScale 2.1 you can orientate the selection box around a set of objects and interactively apply a number of geometric transformations, such as Scaling, Tapering, Stretching, Plane Shear, Twisting, Bending and Rotation.

BRAVO!!!

warunthorn

Thak you very much

jbd

Sir,
Amazing, Very Useful Tools Collection.
Thankyou very much n GBU.

regards - jbd - indonesia

PauloH

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this update. It's a beauty and saves me sooooooooo much time. I'm extremely grateful.

tomb85

Hi,

First, thanks for this plugin, it's great. Most of the time i need the stretch tool, i'm trying to implement this in my worflow for stretching cabinets, windows, doors, ... but i keep getting the same bugsplat while using it.
even with very simple geometry.

I make a cube and group it (let's call it cube1). A make a copy of it (cube2) so i have the exact same cubes next to each other. I select both cube1 and cube2 and putting into a new group (cubegroup.
so now i have a my newly made group (cubegroup) with 2 nested groups inside (cube1 and cube2). I can use the stretch-tool on this without any problem. After stretching I duplicate my cubegroup. In my entity info window i see that there are 2 of these groups in my model. when i try to stretch my 2nd cubegroup, i get a bugsplat. see my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxhelxITBO4

Now when i do exactly the same, but instead of trying to stretch my second cubegroup after duplicating it. I first edit my group by entering it, and leaving it. Now my Entity info window says there is just 1 of group of this in my model instead of 2. take a look at my second video where i don't get the bugsplat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xGhham4AxM

any explanation?

thanks

dedmin

Just tried, but no BugSplat for me! Maybe some messing plugins?

mac1

Su 7.1+ plus here and see the following:

Bug splat for the stretch of the 2 cubed group and can get a bug splat for stretch of just one of them. No bug splat for stretch of one stand alone, before making copy.
Outliner shows the two groups. Report back to 1 by entering edit mode and leaving confirmed
3)Instead of making groups the cube1 and cube2 were made in nested component then no bug splat. Checking placement of stretching plane shows the tool will change the definition, say of cube2 if plane is thu it and not cube2 in other instance of cubed into differnt instances.
Ckecking version , may have 2.0

fredo6

These bugsplats may be related to the fact that when you copy a group, it behaves as a component until it is edited or modified. Normally FredoScale makes them unique, but there may be problem for these type of copy-cat groups.
Also, having the outliner open is usually not recommended, especially with version 6 and 7.

fredo

mac1

Thanks fredo
I heed the previous warnings and roll it up before doing any thing.
It appears I am at 2.0i so will update and look for diff
Update: 2.1a gives same result

tulacong

@unknownuser said:

With FredoScale 2.1 you can orientate the selection box around a set of objects and interactively apply a number of geometric transformations, such as Scaling, Tapering, Stretching, Plane Shear, Twisting, Bending and Rotation. By extension, some transformation can be done without a selection box.
[attachment=4:3vnwzr1a]FredoScale%202.jpg[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]

[attachment=2:3vnwzr1a]FredoScale User Manual - English - v2.0 - 28 Mar 09.pdf[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]
[attachment=3:3vnwzr1a]FredoScale User Manual - French - v2.0 - 28 Mar 09.pdf[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]

Language: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German (thanks to all kind translators)

Menus: by default, it is installed in Tools > Fredo6 Collection > FredoScale

Icon toolbar: by Default ‘FredoScale’. many icons are available, but you can configure which ones to display (menu Default Parameters…)

The plugin is free, for private and commercial usage. There is a donation menu however.

Download and Open the archive

Select All (Ctrl A)

Extract into the Sketchup Plugin Directory

Answer YES to overwrite all existing files if any

The footprint in the SU Plugin Directory must be:
[attachment=1:3vnwzr1a]Fredoscale 2.1 footprint.jpg[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]
On Mac the SU plugin directory should be:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins

CAUTION: NEVER rename or move files from their folders. If you are unsure of your unzip operation, do it in a neutral folder and check that you reconstruct the right footprint. Then transfer the folders and files to the SU Plugin Directory.

DOWNLOAD FredoScale 2.1a – 12 Jan 11
[attachment=0:3vnwzr1a]FredoScale 2.1a.zip[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]
IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 3.6 or higher if not already installed.

[flash=425,344:3vnwzr1a]http://www.youtube.com/v/WN-nV5VsoRY&hl[/flash:3vnwzr1a]
[flash=425,344:3vnwzr1a]http://www.youtube.com/v/bPbb8PPGtVg&hl[/flash:3vnwzr1a]

Pour les utilisateurs francais voir aussi l’excellente video de Laurent Brixius
http://www.arch-image.com/wordpress/2010/04/06/plugin-sketchup-fredoscale/

Select one or several objects (faces, edges, groups or components)

Click on the icon of one tool, for instance Scaling

You can orientate the selection box:

Arrow Upwill align on model axes

Arrow Leftand Arrow Rightwill cycle through axes of components at highest level

Arrow Downwill restore the initial alignment when selecting

Gently click and drag on the handles to perform the deformation. Toggle the CTRL key to perform the deformation from the center.

You can type relevant values in the VCB or via a dialog box (TAB key)

For Twist and Bend, F4 toggles a Slicer on and off

For Stretch, F4 toggles a Divider on and off

It is a good idea to check the contextual menu to see available options

FredoScale 2.1a - 12 Jan 11: Technical update along with LibFredo6, with two-phase loading. No functional change, but it is advised to upgrade for support.

FredoScale 2.0i - 08 Apr 10: Same as 2.0h, but includes the Chinese translation.

FredoScale 2.0h - 26 Nov 09: Stable version

verygood thanks