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      dedmin
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      http://www.screencast.com/users/dedmin/folders/Jing/media/c3154fc0-6d7c-4d41-803b-345c06131ef2

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        TIG Moderator
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        @dedmin said:

        http://www.screencast.com/users/dedmin/folders/Jing/media/c3154fc0-6d7c-4d41-803b-345c06131ef2

        Please retry... BUT this time move the component/group in question so that it is well out of the same space as the CADup versions... i.e. NOT near the origin... I suspect that there's 'interference' between the original and the copy...
        I can perhaps make this a v8 only app and hide the rest of the model...
        The idea is you have an instance off to one side and then it makes the 2d parts...
        Because it uses raytests and project_to_plane etc it can get confused...
        This is still in beta - thanks for the report...

        TIG

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          barsaglini
          last edited by

          every time, I tried to use the plugin in houses that had already modeled, the sketchup closed =/

          small objects functioned normally

          ๐Ÿ˜„

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            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            @barsaglini said:

            every time, I tried to use the plugin in houses that had already modeled, sketchup closed =/
            small objects functioned normally.
            ๐Ÿ˜„

            It is intended to CAD up components. A 'whole house' is going to be veeeery data intensive ???
            Perhaps the outer 'shell' will be OK but all of the internals that have to be inspected and discounted ????
            Even if 'hidden/off-layer!
            Export what you want to CAD up [select, right-click, save_as] and process that.
            There will be a new version out later today - see how that does... ๐Ÿค“

            TIG

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              watkins
              last edited by

              Morning TIG!

              Sound like you have a busy day!

              I am watching this space with interest as it has been suggested that postgrad students use SU for small design jobs rather than AutoCAD Inventor which is way over the top for most of their needs. Also, the free version od SU is, afterall, free. We have to watch our pennies these days, and even a student copy of Inventor is around ยฃ300.

              Regards,
              Bob

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                Nick2010
                last edited by

                Another Hit from Master Tig! Thank you so much!!!

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                  barsaglini
                  last edited by

                  get it!
                  Great job, hope you can run stably!

                  Tested on a cube, which made a hole in the left side, right side view of the hole he showed too;)

                  Thank you.

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                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Here's v1.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=309485#p309485
                    Container now made into a Component for easier export to SKP.
                    Please read the notes with the download link... there have been changes...
                    All SECTion and AXOnonmetric views have been added.
                    Arrangement of the 'parts' has been adjusted and the use of the original selected object has be modified to minimize potential 'clashes'.
                    Default file/layer name of '2CAD' now becomes 'SKAD'.

                    Feedback please...............

                    TIG

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Tip:-
                      The 6 SECTions are always cut at the center of the selected object's bounding-box.
                      If you want to make the sections in a different location then group the main component with between 1 and 6 guide-points [number depends on how many directions you want to slide the 'center'] - each suitably located to change the then combined bounding-box so that its center is now where you want the SECTion cuts to be placed [if your object us already a group you can add temporary guide-points to that]...

                      TIG

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                        mado
                        last edited by

                        Thanks, Tig

                        You can not even imagine the plugin is useful for furniture design.

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                          philippequimper
                          last edited by

                          When exporting to .DWG, all the lines are exported in the "0" layer without any sorting.. So I can't re-use efficiently this file in Autocad. Do I miss something?

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                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @philippequimper said:

                            When exporting to .DWG, all the lines are exported in the "0" layer without any sorting.. So I can't re-use efficiently this file in Autocad. Do I miss something?

                            Exporting a 2D file makes everything on one layer and ignores arcs etc.
                            Do it as 3D and it should export properly.
                            When in your CAD app set up 2D views of it... done ๐Ÿ˜„

                            TIG

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                              srx
                              last edited by

                              THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY USEFUL PLUGIN! ๐Ÿ˜„

                              www.saurus.rs

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                It's still at an early stage... next will be an interface to let you choose which views to export and several other options.. and perhaps auto-export to CAD format... Watch out for developments...

                                TIG

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                                  mizar
                                  last edited by

                                  wonderful

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Update:

                                    Nothing new yet - I was somewhat bogged down by other issues this week... Designing door ironmongery and Revit stuff ๐Ÿคข et al... I'll try and get this restarted next week ๐Ÿ˜„

                                    TIG

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                                      gullfo
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                                      a complete awesome plugin TIG! i did find one peculiar behavior with groups created with housebuilder - the xplode function seems to think the entities are deleted. here's the ruby console message:

                                      Error: #<TypeError: reference to deleted Group>
                                      C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cadup.rb:222:in explode' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cadup.rb:222:in xplode'
                                      ...snip...numerous other lines...

                                      attached is the SU file which has the housebuilder group.


                                      test cadup with housebuilder script generated group

                                      Glenn

                                      http://www.runnel.com

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        It's still 'work in progress' as I finish other paid stuff... I'll look and get back to you...

                                        TIG

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                                          gullfo
                                          last edited by

                                          no worries. thanks!

                                          Glenn

                                          http://www.runnel.com

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                                            jim w
                                            last edited by

                                            Great Plugin !!!
                                            Thank you so much !!!
                                            The AXO's are great but I do a lot of "Isometeric Drawings" in CAD that have the base angles (x,y) at 30 degrees instead of the AXO's 45. Would it be possible somehow to get such an Iso at 30 degrees?
                                            Thanks again for you great work!!!
                                            Regards

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