[Plugin] CADup

TIG

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

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]...

mado

Thanks, Tig

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

philippequimper

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?

TIG

@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

srx

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY USEFUL PLUGIN!

TIG

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...

mizar

wonderful

TIG

Update:

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

gullfo

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

TIG

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

gullfo

no worries. thanks!

jim w

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

TIG

@jim w said:

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

Iso's are MUCH harder to make than Axo's... that's why you don't get them
I have a made a separate IsoAxo toolset to set a view to Iso or Axo [with model Z-scaling as needed] - search for that on the forums here...
I have an upgrade in the pipeline [currently 'blocked'] but that's not on the list

lapx

Hello Tig,

Will this be similar to the old ADO autimatic drawings export of pages in dwg or image format. Do you recall this ruby script. It was very easy to use. I think Didier B was the original author. It as also very useful.

Thanks,

TIG

Not quite like ADO as it assembles actual 2d hidden line 'component's' as flat 2d objects based on the standard views...

oscartung

omg!!! this is so great!
thank you very much TIG

MartinK

Thanks TIG. I will be trying this out to create 2D furniture and fixtures from 3D files. This should make that a pretty simple task.

Scaifewang

Hi Tig

Im way off center here but did you do any further owrk on this superb plugin?

Works great getting 2d into DoubleCAD...

Regards Scooby

TIG

It's stalled at this stage - but it still has some useful features