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    [Plugin] (TIG) Rotate Plan View v1.1 20110316

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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      @unknownuser said:

      Copy/paste it into a file named Rotateplanview.rb in the Plugins folder.
      To use set up your Plan [Top] view, without Perspective and in the Ruby Console type Rotateplanview.new to rotate the camera 45 degrees clockwise, repeat to rotate it another 45 degrees etc. The extents are zoomed after each rotation.
      To do other angles provide an angle value in degrees - e.g. Rotateplanview.new 10 rotates the view 10 degrees clockwise or Rotateplanview.new -30 rotates the view 30 degrees counterclockwise.
      When you are happy with it save the view to a new Scene tab so you can return to it later.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Thank you, TIG. This offers some interesting options for scene creation.

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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          No problem Dave, glad I could help... 😎

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            cobb89
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            @unknownuser said:

            @unknownuser said:

            Copy/paste it into a file named Rotateplanview.rb in the Plugins folder.
            To use set up your Plan [Top] view, without Perspective and in the Ruby Console type Rotateplanview.new to rotate the camera 45 degrees clockwise, repeat to rotate it another 45 degrees etc. The extents are zoomed after each rotation.
            To do other angles provide an angle value in degrees - e.g. Rotateplanview.new 10 rotates the view 10 degrees clockwise or Rotateplanview.new -30 rotates the view 30 degrees counterclockwise.
            When you are happy with it save the view to a new Scene tab so you can return to it later.

            can anyone create a toolbar button for this plugin??

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              As well as a toolbar you'd need a dialog for the angle ?

              TIG

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                Seems to me entering the text into the console works very nicely. And I don't have to find room for another toolbar.

                Oh, and Rich, I very happy to have your assistance while your wife is ironing. πŸ˜‰

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  while your wife is ironing

                  Prioritize Dave...Prioritize πŸ˜‰

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • C Offline
                    cobb89
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    As well as a toolbar you'd need a dialog for the angle ?

                    yeah....whatever is possible.... πŸ˜’

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=313264#p313264
                      It includes View menu item and toolbar with dialog entry of angles - the Ruby Console version works as before for those of you not wishing clutter... The toolbar only gets made if there's a png file so that's a simple way to stop that being created if you don't want it!

                      TIG

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                      • M Offline
                        Michaelv
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                        TIG, can I use it to include into a tool I'm working on. It's an easy simple rotate tool, and I'd like to include this as planview rotation when hovering over the origin.

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @michaelv said:

                          TIG, can I use it to include into a tool I'm working on. It's an easy simple rotate tool, and I'd like to include this as planview rotation when hovering over the origin.

                          No problem, just give some acknowledgment in the header πŸ˜„

                          TIG

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                            cobb89
                            last edited by

                            @tig said:

                            Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=313264#p313264
                            It includes View menu item and toolbar with dialog entry of angles - the Ruby Console version works as before for those of you not wishing clutter... The toolbar only gets made if there's a png file so that's a simple way to stop that being created if you don't want it!

                            Thanks a lot!! πŸ˜„

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                            • Bob JamesB Offline
                              Bob James
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                              It seems that whenever I go to parallel projection and top view the scene is never at the angle I want it, so this plugin is really handy.

                              Okay, so I'm lazy, but it would be very nice to speed up workflow if the plugin did the preliminary steps automatically: set camera to parallel projection and set to top view 😎

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                              • EarthMoverE Offline
                                EarthMover
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                                Great idea and very useful. Thanks TIG!! πŸ‘

                                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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                                  dan19936
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                                  Also available is the free Camera Controls by Smustard
                                  http://www.smustard.com/script/CameraControls

                                  Dan

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                                  • jwliiiJ Offline
                                    jwliii
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                                    Great Great Great - Donated!

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
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                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      Is there a way to lock the scene so that it cannot be identically dragged away from its intended orientation?

                                      What do you mean by that? "Identically dragged" ????

                                      Set up the orientation as you want it and create a scene. Or update the existing scene.

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                                      • S Offline
                                        seasdes
                                        last edited by

                                        If you click on the middle mouse button and drag (identically) the view will change. I would like to stop that from happening.
                                        Thanks Dave

                                        Using Sketchup Pro 2019

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                                        • S Offline
                                          seasdes
                                          last edited by

                                          This post may have a workaround unless others know of a better way
                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=50685&p=457482&hilit=scene#p457496


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                                          Using Sketchup Pro 2019

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Make a Scene-tab to remember the plan-view camera as you have just made it... then after you zoom/pan/orbit and have mess it up, you simply click on the Scene-tab and that view is restored...

                                            TIG

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