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

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    • C Offline
      cobb89
      last edited by

      @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 Online
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            @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
                  last edited by

                  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
                          last edited by

                          Great idea and very useful. Thanks TIG!! πŸ‘

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                            dan19936
                            last edited by

                            Also available is the free Camera Controls by Smustard
                            http://www.smustard.com/script/CameraControls

                            Dan

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                              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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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        @seasdes said:

                                        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

                                        "identically" I don't think that word means what you think it means.

                                        As I said and now TIG has said, create a scene after setting the view. Then when you've changed the view by clicking on the middle mouse button and dragging (orbiting) you can return to it.

                                        Or if you don't want the view to change, don't press the middle mouse button and drag.

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                                          seasdes
                                          last edited by

                                          Sorry Dave I meant 'accidentally'. I have corrected the typo. Another senior moment.

                                          Using Sketchup Pro 2019

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                                          • S Offline
                                            seasdes
                                            last edited by

                                            This is a wonderful tool. I was made aware of it by Dave.
                                            Is there a way to lock the scene so that it cannot be accidentally dragged away from its intended orientation?

                                            Using Sketchup Pro 2019

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