[Plugin] Align tool 3D (bug fix)

simon le bon · 28 Apr 2011, 21:55

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

Playtime:

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!

Quasicrystal - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

Golden rhombus - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

Rhombic triacontahedron - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

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

++ simonlebon

pilou · 28 Apr 2011, 22:57

@unknownuser said:

hadn't noticed its interest

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

alexdobras · 12 May 2011, 20:33

thank you !

jbrfrk · 10 Sept 2011, 07:51

really useful.... thanks

archman212 · 12 Oct 2011, 02:52

fantastic..i have been looking for this one...

Omez · 28 Nov 2011, 12:51

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

john2 · 5 Jan 2012, 14:50

couldn't understand 4m the pdf. is there any video tutorial

Didier Bur · 5 Jan 2012, 17:18

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

Google is your friend

ken · 5 Jan 2012, 17:36

@didier bur said:

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

Google is your friend

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

Didier Bur · 6 Jan 2012, 08:22

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.

raineysky · 7 Jan 2012, 01:20

Ken,

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

Thank You for the plugin Mr. Didier Bur.

kevinbearshu · 8 Feb 2012, 02:33

Thank you very mach!

wodur · 20 Mar 2012, 18:25

it's an impressive plugin, almost equal to the Autocad's align tool. Autocad can scale the objet as it aligns, is it possible to do that with this plugin?
Thanks for your work, all of you are making sketchup a very advanced tool.

seebe · 26 Apr 2012, 13:33

Thank you so much for this tool. You have saved me so much time.

Didier Bur · 26 Apr 2012, 14:33

@seebe: you're welcome

Trogluddite · 27 Apr 2012, 08:06

D'oh moment for me!
I spent so long trying to align things using the rotate/protractor tools - when all I needed to do was type "Align" into the search box and intall this super plugin!

Many thanks Didier, you have made my Sketchuping so much easier!

bonzi_ses · 14 May 2012, 10:03

Thank you very mauch

ZyberCool · 30 Sept 2012, 05:31

thanks bro..

redgray · 12 Dec 2012, 06:23

i like align tool just like in autocad command, thanks a lot for this tool.

desunvn · 8 May 2013, 02:37

@didier bur said:

Hi,
Here is an updated version of my align tool with a bug fix (components were deformed when non orthogonal axis were clicked). User guide also added.
Regards,

thank for sharing