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    [Plugin] Align tool 3D (bug fix)

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    • Didier BurD Offline
      Didier Bur
      last edited by

      Edson,
      You've understand ALL (and explained it clearly too).

      DB

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      • M Offline
        Magnus123
        last edited by

        Ohh Thanks Didier this will come veeeery handy for me!

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        • S Offline
          SU Reviewer
          last edited by

          Great plugin! I have been l;ooking for something like this

          At first it was tough to use but I got used to it. I made a little instructional animation enjoy..

          http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/align_tool.gif

          Living Einstein's dream through SketchUp.
          "Imagination is a preview of life's coming attractions" - Albert Einstein

          Joe Simhon ~ SketchUp Plugin Reviews

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          • D Offline
            Design Tech
            last edited by

            Hi,

            I am trying to install the Align tool in sketchup pro 7 on a mac. I followed the simple instruction in the PDF file but still cant seem to get it to work.

            What am i missing here, or what am i doing wrong?

            I put the file in my plugins folder and restarted sketchup, but dont see where the tool shows up to use?

            please help

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            • Didier BurD Offline
              Didier Bur
              last edited by

              Hi,

              Doc says: "...you'll find a menu item under the "Tools" menu",..."if you select some entities and right-click, you'll find an "Align" option in the context menu, "if you select a group or a component and right-click, you'll find an "Align group/component" option in the context menu".

              So if you don't have any of these opttions in your menus, there is something wrong.

              Please open the Ruby Console and type: $align_loaded (Enter)
              Please report what it says then.

              Regards,

              DB

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              • P Offline
                Panoplos
                last edited by

                Hello Didier,

                I am also trying to install this on the Mac Version of Sketchup Pro 7. The plugins folder contains files with extensions of .plugin, not .rb. I tried both using the .rb and .plugin extensions with no luck.

                When typing $align_loaded in the Ruby Console, the variable is nil.

                Perhaps there has been some change the to plugin format in version 7?

                I am looking forward to using this tool, so your support is much appreciated!

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @panoplos said:

                  Hello Didier,

                  I am also trying to install this on the Mac Version of Sketchup Pro 7. The plugins folder contains files with extensions of .plugin, not .rb. I tried both using the .rb and .plugin extensions with no luck.

                  When typing $align_loaded in the Ruby Console, the variable is nil.

                  Perhaps there has been some change the to plugin format in version 7?

                  I am looking forward to using this tool, so your support is much appreciated!

                  yikes panoplos, you're in the wrong spot..

                  if your 'plugins' folder is showing .plugin files then you're at

                  applications folder > sketchup.app > (show package contents) > contents > plugins..
                  that's the actual app and those 'plugins' are the file importer/exporters..

                  ruby plugins go here:

                  Macintosh HD> Library> Application Support> Google SketchUp (#)> SketchUp> plugins

                  try that out instead.

                  dotdotdot

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                  • I Offline
                    irsa
                    last edited by

                    thank you so much, its so useful

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                    • simon le bonS Offline
                      simon le bon
                      last edited by

                      Hi!
                      until Joe Simhon showed how "Align Tool 3D" was working I hadn't noticed its interest..

                      Playtime:
                      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/170px-Rhombictriacontahedron.gif

                      A rhombic triacontahedron consists of 30 golden rhombus perfectly identical. This Quasicrystal (Quasicrystals discovered in 1984) has been many fears for crystallographers because some had seen as a crystal with a symmetry of order 5, which is not like any self-respecting crystallographer knows!

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                      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/GoldenRhombus_th.jpg


                      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/RhombicTriacontahedron_02_th.jpg

                      [flash=640,480:2rhrdrml]http://www.youtube.com/v/qjuIm6Bd33s[/flash:2rhrdrml]

                      ++ simonlebon

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
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                        @unknownuser said:

                        hadn't noticed its interest

                        Indispensable as soon as you have some objects who are not regulary oriented! πŸ˜‰

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          alexdobras
                          last edited by

                          thank you !

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                          • J Offline
                            jbrfrk
                            last edited by

                            really useful.... thanks
                            πŸ‘

                            J=K

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                            • archman212A Offline
                              archman212
                              last edited by

                              fantastic..i have been looking for this one... πŸ‘

                              archman212@gmail.com

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                              • O Offline
                                Omez
                                last edited by

                                THANK YOU! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                                I even not trying it yet, but i believe its very useful... once again, Thanks! πŸ˜„

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                                • john2J Offline
                                  john2
                                  last edited by

                                  couldn't understand 4m the pdf. 😞 is there any video tutorial πŸ˜’

                                  Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                                  • Didier BurD Offline
                                    Didier Bur
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes here: http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/2010/06/01/align-tool-google-sketchup-plugin-review-2/

                                    Google is your friend πŸ˜‰

                                    DB

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                                    • kenK Offline
                                      ken
                                      last edited by

                                      @didier bur said:

                                      Yes here: http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/2010/06/01/align-tool-google-sketchup-plugin-review-2/

                                      Google is your friend πŸ˜‰

                                      Didier

                                      Not asking anything to be changed, however it took me some time to determine that what you call the "X axis" and "Y axis" can be any particular orientation. I was always trying to determine what the "X and Y axis" were while using the plugin. Lead to much frustration.

                                      I always wanted to be able to get inside the plugin and change the "X" to "1" and the "Y" to "2". To me that would have been more logical to remember, I wanted the "1's" and "2's" to align with each other.

                                      Thank you for your contribution.

                                      Ken

                                      Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                                      • Didier BurD Offline
                                        Didier Bur
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Ken,
                                        You can also think that X represent the red axis, Y the green axis, just as when you locate/translate/rotate the SU axis system.

                                        DB

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                                        • R Offline
                                          raineysky
                                          last edited by

                                          Ken,

                                          πŸ‘

                                          I really like your idea too because I'm not use to the "x,y,z" language yet. Just now getting orientated in the 3d space πŸ˜„

                                          Thank You for the plugin Mr. Didier Bur.

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kevinbearshu
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                                            Thank you very mach!

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