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    • G Offline
      Gutz
      last edited by

      Thanks for the answer , I'll deal with that

      Its for school ( uni. ) assignment ( 1st year architecture ) , will be pretty hard to explain hehe.. πŸ˜„
      But thanks again πŸ˜„

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        krit.ja
        last edited by

        I need to produce axon45/45 drawings of the Casa Bianchi.
        But it doesn't work. I typed axo4545 and it said

        Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method `axo4545' for main:Object>
        (eval)

        I have both 7Pro and 8pro licensed on mac and pc
        Please help..

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @krit.ja said:

          I need to produce axon45/45 drawings of the Casa Bianchi.
          But it doesn't work. I typed axo4545 and it said
          Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method `axo4545' for main:Object>
          (eval)
          I have both 7Pro and 8pro licensed on mac and pc
          Please help..

          The version shouldn't be an issue.
          Have you definitely got a file called ' axo+iso.rb' in the ../Plugins/ folder ?

          To see where your ../Plugins/ folder is copy paste this line into the Ruby Console + <enter>

          Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')

          That is the correct folder...

          You should be able to type in the Ruby Console any of these commands...

          axo3060 which sets the camera to a 30/60 axonometric view and zooms extents
          axo6030 which sets the camera to a 60/30 axonometric view and zooms extents
          axo4545 which sets the camera to a 45/45 axonometric view and zooms extents
          iso3030 which sets the camera to a 30/60 isometric view and zooms extents

          The current view changes to the axo/iso format desired and model-extents
          are zoomed, now zoom in/out and pan BUT DON'T orbit - that would loose the
          axo/iso-ness; then save that view to a Scene-tab.

          If you have a 3d axo it needs 'distorting' so that it prints or exports as an image and looks correct.
          The whole model needs scaling - particularly in the Z axis.
          There are two tools to do this for you.
          Use with care and remember to undo the temporary scaling to continue modeling.
          After setting an axo view type in the Ruby Console + <enter>:

          axo_scale

          to scale the whole model, so it is distorted but looks correct.

          axo_scale_restore

          TIG

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          • K Offline
            krit.ja
            last edited by

            Thank you for your fast response!

            the Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') works and it said

            Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')
            /Users/ja/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins

            But it still say the same when I type axo4545...

            Anyway, I copy my model and paste it in your example.skp and use the saved scene
            and then scale it blue/red/green as suggested in

            @lersince1991 said:

            A script would be great.
            heres the final values, I've done them to a bit more of an accuracy, accurate to more than 1mm for models under 100,000m so yeh pretty solid figures.

            I would scale all axis to get them accurate,

            blue (z) axis scale value = 9.068228873
            red axis scale value = 1.003053768
            green axis scale value = 1.003054401

            see what script you can do, typing that in every time gets boring lol

            Luke

            and it works!
            the scale is super correct when I export .pdf to adjust lineweight in Illustrator.
            So, Thank you very much TIG and Luke for including the example file and amazing info! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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            • I Offline
              ivreich
              last edited by

              Hi TIG

              I can't get the axo_scale command to work for me. My sketchup just bug splats after i hit enter. I'm using Sketchup pro 7.1....

              any ideas what might be going wrong?

              Cheers

              Joel

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Any error messages in the Ruby Console ?
                It should work in all versions of Sketchup... πŸ˜•
                How complex is your model ?
                Are you in the model's active_entities rather than inside an 'edit' context ??
                Puzzling............

                TIG

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                  ivreich
                  last edited by

                  @tig said:

                  Any error messages in the Ruby Console ?
                  It should work in all versions of Sketchup... πŸ˜•
                  How complex is your model ?
                  Are you in the model's active_entities rather than inside an 'edit' context ??
                  Puzzling............

                  No error message. just instant bug splat.

                  The model isn't complex, just a box.

                  Joel

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @ivreich said:

                    @tig said:

                    Any error messages in the Ruby Console ?
                    It should work in all versions of Sketchup... πŸ˜•
                    How complex is your model ?
                    Are you in the model's active_entities rather than inside an 'edit' context ??
                    Puzzling............

                    No error message. just instant bug splat.

                    The model isn't complex, just a box.

                    Joel

                    Can you post your problem SKP... πŸ˜•

                    TIG

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                      troyhome
                      last edited by

                      This is absolutely brilliant!! thanks for this!!

                      IOviz.com
                      SU Pro 2024 PC

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                      • M Offline
                        molex7
                        last edited by

                        Hello TIG,

                        found the script late last year. It's really great - thanks! I've been using it occasionally, and it worked fine until last night - the axo_scale command suddenly went rogue. Everything works fine until i type that command, and then nothing else works - I can't change the axo views, I can't use axo_scale_restore. and if I try to restore the scale by using ctrl-z, sketchup will encounter a bug splat. As long as i don't use that scale command, switching between views work fine.

                        So what I've been doing is save file -> get axo view -> export image -> let it crash -> reopen saved file to continue modeling, but as you can imagine it's not exactly efficient. I'm just wondering if you have any ideas why this happens or have encountered this problem before?

                        I'm using Version 8.0.3117 if that makes any difference.

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Unknown problem πŸ˜•
                          Is there anything weird about your model if you zoom extents etc ?
                          Is it a long way off the origin ?
                          Have you run Model > Statistics > Fix... etc ?
                          πŸ˜’

                          TIG

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                            molex7
                            last edited by

                            To answer your questions...

                            1. nothing weird 😎
                            2. no...
                            3. Yes...

                            The only thing I can think of is that it's really huge... (its a model of a city)

                            Anyway, some updates... in the exact same skp model, it sometimes work and it sometimes doesn't. I've tried to discover what is it that makes it work and what makes it not work, but so far it just seems completely random. There must be something though...

                            anyway all it really does is to make me save more often which is a good thing i guess πŸ˜„

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                            • P Offline
                              publied
                              last edited by

                              nice and useful script!

                              hire me@ http://www.publied.it !

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                                StamatisPsarras
                                last edited by

                                Hi m8 very nice plugin! Do you know (or anyone else πŸ˜›) how i can me an isometric view facing a section cut? Before your plugin we could only have front/bacl/left/right/top I am asking if there is a way to make "perpedicular to section cut" or something like that...

                                ty for your help and efford to create this plug in πŸ˜„

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                                  StamatisPsarras
                                  last edited by

                                  ok my bad...I just realised (after some years! 😳 ) that it is already supported by right clicking on a section cut and selecting "align view"

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                                  • S Offline
                                    SGPSP
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks!

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                                    • F Offline
                                      fwd
                                      last edited by

                                      I have managed to install the Axo plugin detailed in your comment below, but am looking to alter the viewing angle on the view so I get more of a front view of the buildings... but still with Axo4545 properties. At the moment you see too much of the roof, its near top view on.

                                      Is there anyway you know of to alter this? Or do you know anywhere I might be able to find this out?

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                                        vlung88
                                        last edited by

                                        oh yeah...

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                                        • L Offline
                                          Lersince1991
                                          last edited by

                                          Hey TIG,

                                          I've done many many many exports with this doing architecture at uni, also loads of other people use it because of me too. I was wondering if it would be possible to make some buttons for it I can put on my toolbar which would be very useful!?

                                          Thanks again πŸ˜„
                                          Luke

                                          http://www.lukeriggall.co.uk

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @lersince1991 said:

                                            Hey TIG,

                                            I've done many many many exports with this doing architecture at uni, also loads of other people use it because of me too. I was wondering if it would be possible to make some buttons for it I can put on my toolbar which would be very useful!?

                                            Thanks again πŸ˜„
                                            Luke

                                            http://www.lukeriggall.co.uk
                                            Making a toolbar is relatively straightforward.
                                            Write a separate .rb file that has an initial 'require' to this tool's .rb file.
                                            Define a toolbar.
                                            Define a 'command' referring to a tool - this already seen in the console code that runs it...
                                            A 'command' can also have tooltips, status_bar_text, buttons assigned to it etc [make the button's PNG icons in a subfolder [AxoIsoPNGs?] and you path to those].
                                            Now add the 'command' to the new toolbar.
                                            Repeat as needed...
                                            As well as making buttons for the various view changers you might want to have ones for the scale/restore options...
                                            When your file auto-loads as Sketchup starts up it will make the toolbar...
                                            Here's a start...
                                            ` require 'axo+iso.rb'

                                            toolbar=UI::Toolbar.new("Axo+Iso")
                                            toolbar.restore if new_toolbar.get_last_state==TB_VISIBLE

                                            cmd1=UI::Command.new("axo3060"){axo3060()}
                                            png1="AxoIsoPNGs/axo3060.png"
                                            if File.exist?(png1)
                                            cmd1.small_icon=png1
                                            cmd1.large_icon=png1
                                            toolbar.add_item(cmd1)
                                            end
                                            ###`
                                            Repeat for each command, changing the text/png/command-name etc to suit...
                                            Get it working with one command, and then copy the working code down, edit and retest till all functions have working buttons...

                                            TIG

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