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    • O Offline
      osage
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      Ok, now I get it. And thanks for sharing your knowledge Tig.

      fitZ

      oh, btw, here's the reason I was looking for a solution. There were so many filets in this group all the cpoints were distracting. And this is only one of many sets of cables.

      http://httpics.com/is.php?i=1755&img=8874Studio_Wiring_D.jpg

      What's odd..is the cpoints disappear sometimes. Can't figure that one out either.
      And btw, I would never done this had it not been for your filet tool, and the "Line into Tube" plugin. They work great together. πŸ‘ Thanks again for the info. Every little bit helps.

      ooops. I completely forgot. Your 2d text works sublime. The only thing I was wondering is editing a copy of a 2d text. They act like components. If I change one..it changes the original. Can you "make unique" them somehow? That would be phenomenal. Then I could drag a copy along an axis..and edit it. Sure would save a bunch of time. Anyway, thanks a million for this one too!!

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        TIG Moderator
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        You should be able to copy any 2dText Component Instance and then Select it and right-click context-menu > 'Make-Unique'... Thereafter it should '2dText Edit' as a separate thing...
        It can also be useful to have several Instances, because you can Edit one to affect all; it depends on what you want.
        The 'Entity Info' window will show the number of Instances of a Selected Component - useful in case you are unsure about its 'uniqueness'...

        TIG

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          osage
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          @unknownuser said:

          You should be able to copy any 2dText Component Instance and then Select it and right-click context-menu > 'Make-Unique'... Thereafter it should '2dText Edit' as a separate thing...

          😲 OMG! I could have sworn I tried that. Ok cool, I'll check that out immediately!

          @unknownuser said:

          It can also be useful to have several Instances, because you can Edit one to affect all; it depends on what you want.
          I LIKE IT!

          @unknownuser said:

          The 'Entity Info' window will show the number of Instances of a Selected Component - useful in case you are unsure about its 'uniqueness'...
          Dang I wish there was a "facepalm" smiley. πŸ’š (note to self: file under.. "more reasons to spend some time looking at default Sketchup tools) πŸ˜†

          Ok Tig, you made my day. No more questions for at least a week. πŸ˜„

          oh, btw

          @unknownuser said:

          but some Google genius
          er...isn't that an oxymoron? πŸ’š

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          • EdsonE Offline
            Edson
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            hi TIG,
            forgive me if this question has been asked before but the only problem I have with 2D Tools is the win/mac equivalence (or lack of it) between some keystrokes. to be more precise, what keys should i press on my mac to get the same result as when pressing control and alt in windows?

            best regards.

            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @edson said:

              hi TIG,
              forgive me if this question has been asked before but the only problem I have with 2D Tools is the win/mac equivalence (or lack of it) between some keystrokes. to be more precise, what keys should i press on my mac to get the same result as when pressing control and alt in windows?

              best regards.
              There IS a MAC compliant set of tools posted by Michaelv- http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=377902#p377902
              It's NOT PC friendly... one day I will combine them both, but meanwhile his set is the best for you MAC users... It's currently identical to the PC version, BUT with different key-bindings...

              TIG

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                Edson
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                @edson said:

                hi TIG,
                forgive me if this question has been asked before but the only problem I have with 2D Tools is the win/mac equivalence (or lack of it) between some keystrokes. to be more precise, what keys should i press on my mac to get the same result as when pressing control and alt in windows?

                best regards.
                There IS a MAC compliant set of tools posted by Michaelv- http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=377902#p377902
                It's NOT PC friendly... one day I will combine them both, but meanwhile his set is the best for you MAC users... It's currently identical to the PC version, BUT with different key-bindings...

                tig,

                many thanks to you for the tool and michaelv for the mac fix. it works beautifully now! 😍

                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                • TIGT Online
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  I must around to merging them... one day πŸ˜’

                  TIG

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                    ygcl
                    last edited by

                    THANKS TIG,DOWNLOAD IT.

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                      jowers125
                      last edited by

                      Great plugin! I am having trouble with the fillet tool though. Every time I click on the second line, it deletes the 2 lines and any objects connected to them. Can anybody help??

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                      • TIGT Online
                        TIG Moderator
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                        @jowers125 said:

                        Great plugin! I am having trouble with the fillet tool though. Every time I click on the second line, it deletes the 2 lines and any objects connected to them. Can anybody help??
                        Every time ??? πŸ˜•
                        Can you try it with the Ruby Console open and report any errors.
                        What have you set the fillet radius to ?
                        Do the lines meet at a corner as an L or a T or have a gap?
                        Are the lines Coplanar?
                        Are the lines forming a Face?
                        etc
                        Without details it's difficult to say what's up.
                        Can you post a simple SKP where you are having this issue, and explain exactly the steps you take to get this disastrous result...
                        It works fine for me - see this rectangular 'donut' - the only extra step I needed to sort this were on the 'hole' - erasing the inner face that was made automatically as those corners were filleted...Capture.PNG

                        TIG

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                          osage
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                          I'm not sure, but it seems to me the first time I tried using the plugin, I didn't realize the "radius" input was defaulted to ZERO, and if memory serves me, my lines disappeared too. Might check it out.

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                            last edited by

                            With a zero radius the lines should trim or extend Γ  la ACAD...
                            Nothing should disappear [except the unwanted lines parts] !

                            TIG

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                              huckrorick
                              last edited by

                              Wow! This is really a great set of tools. Just now testing them out. I'm trying to think of some way to tell you how neat these are.
                              Thanks. Congratulations.
                              Huck

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                                guanjin
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                                Hello!2D tool V5.1 is not continuous picture fill! You can not select another picture!
                                tu.gif

                                I come from China, is to learn

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                                  When the 2dHatching tool is active right mouse-click in open space [away from any objects] and the dialog should pop-up to let you change the PATTern...

                                  TIG

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                                    horst_horst_horst
                                    last edited by

                                    This is really great! thanx so much!

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                                      guanjin
                                      last edited by

                                      @tig said:

                                      When the 2dHatching tool is active right mouse-click in open space [away from any objects] and the dialog should pop-up to let you change the PATTern...

                                      TIG Thank you, I see!

                                      I come from China, is to learn

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                                      • TIGT Online
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Here's v5.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760
                                        The 2dFillet tool has its segment range adjusted, >=2 <=999.

                                        TIG

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                                        • brookefoxB Offline
                                          brookefox
                                          last edited by

                                          (My) Bad case of the stupids, perhaps. I tried to scale the hatch jpgs larger so as to fit my larger scale project but am having no success...

                                          http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1169/2dtoolshatch12.jpg

                                          Image shows your original size on the right and two attempts to enlarge it, the wrong one having the higher DPI (300) and the one I thought would work which looks the same as the other two. As can be seen, they all look alike. Note 'print size' from DPI varies from 2 to 9.7 to 30.4 inches.

                                          ~ Brooke

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                                          • TIGT Online
                                            TIG Moderator
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                                            The Hatching materials made that use the PATT files always use the same standard size texture, ignoring the actual resolution of the image file itself, so changing it has no affect.
                                            If you want a bigger texture repeat you must edit the material after it's been made... and change the size of the texture in the edit window.
                                            Then double the size, doubles the repeat size...
                                            Once you have some materials with the size of repeats you want save those as external SKMs into a 'library' in the 'Materials' folder...
                                            NOW later on when you want to use that size textured material in a new SKP use that SKM from the 'library' and they'll have the size you've set...

                                            TIG

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