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    • P Offline
      Panga
      last edited by

      Thanks a lot for this usefull plugins !! πŸ‘

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      • jgbJ Offline
        jgb
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        @dave r said:

        Comes of drinking American beer at high elevations for a week when you're not used to either. πŸ˜„

        Canadian beer will do that at sea level in less than a day. 🀣


        jgb

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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
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          Hi:
          Just trying out Pen Tool last night, I noticed that occasionally for one click I got 2 Cpoints. Also, one or two of the other pen settings doubled the endpoints which were placed short distances apart in a series of quick clicks randomly in the model space. Hard to explain. I did not save the file. This was in Sketchup 7. This mouse has shown no other misbehavior in other applications.
          Has anyone else seen this?

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

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Mitcorb I think this is down to you keeping the mouse-button pressed and dragging.
            Most of this kind of line tools allow for you to press+hold+drag+release to make the line, as well as more usual click+click to provide two ends.
            There's a short timer delay built-in to spot a real button-hold as that - obviously you're on the top limit time-wise and it's assuming a drag is wanted...
            Is your mouse-button sticky?
            For the cpoint tool if you don't do a clean click. but do more of a press. then it assume a drag and places a second cpoint at the release point - which might be only a short distance away if the mouse moves slightly.
            So to avoid this ensure a clean click with no holding down of the mouse button with a drag unless you want two points...
            πŸ˜•

            TIG

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            • mitcorbM Offline
              mitcorb
              last edited by

              Yes, thanks, TIG:
              It is obvious from only one test that I wasn't tuned in to the appropriate procedure. I am not usually what you would call a fast clicker, partly because of my system response, and partly because of my own internal wiring. πŸ’š
              A salute to you and Rich for this excellent concept.

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

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                nanfar
                last edited by

                thank you for you plugin.

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                • A Offline
                  austin457
                  last edited by

                  Awesome. I joined this site specifically to get this plug-in. It's been a bane in my rear end that Sketchup couldn't simply draw dashed (or construction lines) that didn't go into infinity. Couldn't make a clean diagram that way. (And I know SU is more for 3D than CAD- but it makes sense to model something and then CAD it out in the same app. I also know Layout can draw them, but that gets messy too).
                  I literally just used the plug-in, but something I noticed right off I want to ask about:
                  I see that drawing the Construction lines flags to SU they are indeed construction lines. When I "Delete Guides" they are deleted as well. I tried grouping them and locking, but they still get deleted if I use the command. Is there a way to makes these lines unique to SU so they won't get deleted when cleaning up my drawings with the Delete Guides command?
                  Thanks again. This will cut down on a lot of cursing 'round here! πŸ˜‰

                  Win XP, SU 7

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    Unfortunately no. Guides are deleted even in locked groups. I'd call this a bug but officially it is called a "feature".

                    I am not really sure but as if in some earlier versions construction lines hadn't been deleted if they were in a group and you were outside that context. Just like how "unhide all" works now.

                    You can always put these guides into a component (along with something else) however then right click and "Save as..." Later when you clean up your guides, right click on this component again and "Reload".

                    I know it's a poor workaround but should do it.

                    Gai...

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      There are several tools knocking around that I and others made ages ago...
                      Mine erases only those guide-lines or guide-points or both in the active context or current selection or 'all' if there's no selection - see here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=341048#p341048 [I just modernized it a bit]

                      TIG

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                      • B Offline
                        boilingsnow
                        last edited by

                        Thank you Rich O'Brien!
                        But the weld draw doesnt work by me.
                        It always start from the origin point so I can't draw the line I want.
                        Can you tell how to fix it?

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                        • irwanwrI Offline
                          irwanwr
                          last edited by

                          πŸ‘ i am going to use this often
                          thank you

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                          • E Offline
                            eyein12
                            last edited by

                            πŸ‘Ž all pens draw from origin and thats it. is there something i'm missing

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                            • Rich O BrienR Offline
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
                              last edited by

                              πŸ˜’

                              It works fine for me. So, you must be missing something.

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                πŸ˜†

                                Gai...

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                                • massimoM Offline
                                  massimo Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  🀣

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    Ian, I see you have just joined and this was your first post. It's not too late to start over: register another account and ask nicely. No-one will know it's you and you will find these gentlemen very helpful.
                                    πŸ˜‰

                                    Gai...

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I was nice πŸ˜’

                                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        I know. Me too. I was even happy! (And Massimo even happier) πŸ˜„

                                        Gai...

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                                          eyein12
                                          last edited by

                                          @gaieus said:

                                          Ian, I see you have just joined and this was your first post. It's not too late to start over: register another account and ask nicely. No-one will know it's you and you will find these gentlemen very helpful.
                                          πŸ˜‰

                                          Lol I see you guys have a good sense of humor. I'm sorry for the harsh post. I model 3d trains for railworks 2012 train simulator and was interested in this pen tool. But for some reason it draws an edge from the origin everytime instead of a series like the pencil tool. do you guys know what is wrong? I have sketchup 8 pro. the newest patch too. Thanks for the help! πŸ˜„

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            OK, now we are talking.

                                            I cannot even imagine what may be going on there. Which tool are you actually using? (There are a bunch of them in here) Where are you starting the lines? I also have the latest SU build and have no issues at all.

                                            Gai...

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