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

[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:

1. 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.

2. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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]<!-- ia4 -->FredoScale%202.jpg<!-- ia4 -->[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]

[attachment=2:3vnwzr1a]<!-- ia2 -->FredoScale User Manual - English - v2.0 - 28 Mar 09.pdf<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:3vnwzr1a]
[attachment=3:3vnwzr1a]<!-- ia3 -->FredoScale User Manual - French - v2.0 - 28 Mar 09.pdf<!-- ia3 -->[/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.

1. Download and Open the archive
2. Select All (Ctrl A)
3. Extract into the Sketchup Plugin Directory
4. Answer YES to overwrite all existing files if any

The footprint in the SU Plugin Directory must be:
[attachment=1:3vnwzr1a]<!-- ia1 -->Fredoscale 2.1 footprint.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/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
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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

[fredo6]

@mac1 said:

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

I can reproduce the bugsplat.
This seems definitely related to the question of Groups behaving as components when copied and not edited yet.
I think I can do something about.

Just in case, FredoScale includes a commande MakeUnique (icone as a 1) which applies a make unique to groups and components recursively.

Fredo

[ivreich]

Hi Fredo

Thanks for this great set of tools.

One suggestion- would it be possible to add a "uniform deformation" checkbox to the box dimension dialog box so that you can scale uniformly to a specific dimension? I can't seem to get uniform deformation when using "scale to targets" or while using the dimension dialog box, even when toggling the shift key.

Cheers

joel

[rock1]

great plugin fredo!. I'm really amazed by this plugin !! I found fredoscale very useful.