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    [Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

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      g863210
      last edited by

      THANK YOU! IT IS POWERFUL! 😍

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        hebeijianke
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        @unknownuser said:

        Just in case, this may come from the fact that in your configuration, the Chinese language is defined with CN, not ZH.
        The original file is defined with ZH.

        Could you check what is the local language by typing Sketchup.get_locale in the Ruby console.

        Thanks

        Fredo

        It Is still displayed incorrectly


        0.png

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Fredo

          There are several common two-part locale code LCID strings [the 'code' and 'LCID string' can vary] - e.g.

          Chinese (simplified) - ZH-CN
          Chinese (traditional) - ZH-TW
          English (UK) - EN-GB
          English (US) - EN-US
          Portuguese (Brazil) - PT-BR
          Portuguese (Portugal) - PT-PT

          Some of them like EN-GB are no longer implemented by Google, as we are now lumped in with America under EN-US...

          TIG

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            Diggsey
            last edited by

            This plugin is exceptionally useful!

            A couple of minor bugs:
            Sometimes, if you draw a circle or ellipse over a hard edge, the curve will be divided into more than two parts. The plugin needs to start and end the curve at one of the intersections with the hard edge to prevent it. Also, the drawing tools seem to make duplicate faces occasionally. Oddly this seems to happen often on flat surfaces.

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              dynath
              last edited by

              Ok, i'm not sure if this is possible but I am wondering if it is possible to make a line drawing and paste it onto a 3d surface using these tools. I basicly want to draw a logo in sketchup, paste it onto a curved surface before manipulating the various thicknesses on it to make it 3D.

              any ideas?

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                mitcorb
                last edited by

                It seems you would have to import the line drawing as a .dxf, or .obj. Or import as an image and place it on a flat drawn surface and trace over it. Do whatever cleanup or closure is necessary on the flat drawing. Using the Sandbox tools, your curved surface being the TIN(triangulated irregular network?), you then Drape the line drawing onto the curved surface.

                I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                  deanlegg
                  last edited by

                  Can anyone tell my whats happening with the arc tool here
                  The corner of the smile is all distorted


                  smily.jpg

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                    RizkySyahputra
                    last edited by

                    HI i'm a using SU8PRO. why in my pc after i was installed Tools on surface it appear an error loading plugin?? ❓

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                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Did you also install the LibFredo Library as is instructed in the first post?

                      Gai...

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                        d12dozr
                        last edited by

                        @deanlegg said:

                        Can anyone tell my whats happening with the arc tool here
                        The corner of the smile is all distorted

                        Its a known bug, see this and the next few posts http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=308756#p308756

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                          huckrorick
                          last edited by

                          thank you. Thank You. THANK YOU!!
                          I haven't tried all the tools but the Freehand on Surface (without inference) is something I have been praying for, for a long time. Inference was constantly making tracing things or making freehand lines with small movements incredibly slow and frustrating. This is a godsend.
                          I wish I knew a better way to thank you.

                          Huck

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                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @huckrorick said:

                            thank you. Thank You. THANK YOU!!
                            ...
                            I wish I knew a better way to thank you.
                            Huck
                            You could make a generous PayPal donation to Fredo - details are in his submenus 😄

                            TIG

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                              slimaczysko
                              last edited by

                              THX my friend ! Perfect tool ! I use it to many project ! THX AGAIN 😄

                              Some of my works and photos... http://slimaczysko.digart.pl/digarty/

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                                jorge2011
                                last edited by

                                I have a small problem with a geometry.
                                The sides of the circle does not coincide.
                                Is this normal? It is possible to fix it?

                                Untitled.gif

                                regards

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                                  jorge2011
                                  last edited by

                                  image correction

                                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?mode=view&id=71839

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                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @jorge2011 said:

                                    image correction

                                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?mode=view&id=71839

                                    Jorge

                                    I don't see the image

                                    Fredo

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                                      jorge2011
                                      last edited by

                                      see the file


                                      01.skp

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                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        Jorge,

                                        When you draw the circle, try to align the radius on the existing grand arc of the sphere.
                                        But anyway TOS will not consider your sphere in any specific way as it expects to work on any kind of surface.

                                        Fredo

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                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          When you draw the circle, try to align the radius on the existing grand arc of the sphere.

                                          You're still not seeing the animated screenshot? He is in fact aligning and snapping to the arc of the sphere.

                                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            ToolsOnSurface is only an approximation tool.
                                            In this precise case, the sum of angles at the pole of the sphere is slightly under 360 degrees, whereas TOS generates circles on a base of 360 degree total, as if it was drawing on a plane.
                                            This explains the slight discrepancy for segments generated.

                                            Unfortunately, as mentioned, TOS does not make assumptions on particular situations like this one.

                                            Fredo

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