[Plugin] Edge Tools

MartinK · 20 Jul 2011, 15:40

Thanks for the plugin. I'm getting ready to try the simplify curves routine on a large number of contours. As always, these plugins you and others generously make available are great time savers, and I appreciate your efforts. Thanks again.

xiombarg · 8 Aug 2011, 05:13

Man, I am just amazed. Your plugins are the zen that I've wished Sketchup had. Great work, seriously.

rock1 · 8 Aug 2011, 05:42

on dividing a face with lines is there a way that the divisions go at a fixed distance. for. e.g. we copy one line at 1m and repeat copy it, we press 6x to make 6 copies for it. the same thing i want to do with this plugin, hw is this possible

thomthom · 8 Aug 2011, 08:07

@rock1 said:

on dividing a face with lines is there a way that the divisions go at a fixed distance. for. e.g. we copy one line at 1m and repeat copy it, we press 6x to make 6 copies for it. the same thing i want to do with this plugin, hw is this possible

By using the VCB - similar to how you use the native Move tool.

chango70 · 8 Aug 2011, 10:55

Very useful, thank you!

jeff hammond · 10 Nov 2011, 15:40

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jeez .. i missed this plugin too.. some awesome stuff in there!
thanks.

re: this post:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=365178#p365178

i think what i'd like for it to do might complicate the 'simplify curves' option.. it works great now in many cases (setting to 0 which joins all applicable edges)

what i'd like to be able to do is have it weld everything except there would be some sort of filter(?) in place that won't weld anything less than a certain angle... like if the angle between two edges is sharper than, say, 1 radian then the edges won't be joined..

just an idea and one that i personally wouldn't use very often (and i imagine i'd use it more than most people.. maybe once or twice during a heavy modeling session..)

if you like the idea then go for it.. otherwise, don't sweat it

hhdk · 1 Feb 2012, 14:30

So useful! it's also perfect for solving line problems that occurs on autocad imports.

guanjin · 24 Feb 2012, 05:25

The first tool, if the offset of the linear, such as CAD

Powerful, can change? Perhaps my request is too much! !

thomthom · 24 Feb 2012, 08:36

That you can do with the native Move - using the copy array modifier.

guanjin · 24 Feb 2012, 15:48

@thomthom said:

That you can do with the native Move - using the copy array modifier.

Not quite understand,Can only offset the surface line,As above, and CAD functions.I'm just too greedy,Tool itself is very strong

thomthom · 24 Feb 2012, 16:16

SketchUp's Move Tool
http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94867

You just need to do a linear array to do what you showed in the CAD animation.

guanjin · 26 Feb 2012, 13:56

@thomthom said:

SketchUp's Move Tool
http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94867

You just need to do a linear array to do what you showed in the CAD animation.

Thank you thom thom
This is very complex,

brookefox · 21 Mar 2012, 00:03

Please see the image for a use of 'face divide' for quickly uniformly hatching a face. It works very well for this as I understand it: click an edge, move to the farthest edge to check distance (and alternatively input a distance), then divide by a number which will result in the size hatch you want.

Thank you.

FORGET THIS: Any chance for a mod so it can be used like copy multiple, thereby saving a step, or is this already possible? I see up above that you say it is... I guess your way only takes two steps, just like copy multiple. So, yeah, forget it.
With this hatch roads to be abandoned are indicated. The potential transparency of such edge hatches reads much better than textures, IMO. Yes, I agree, it is surely not the best way to do this, creating as it does 500 or so new edges.

function · 22 Apr 2012, 23:08

Hi, I updated to ttLib 2.6 and the new edge tool and it no longer gives me thr heads up display or red circles

thomthom · 23 Apr 2012, 07:45

@function said:

Hi, I updated to ttLib 2.6 and the new edge tool and it no longer gives me thr heads up display or red circles

Any errors in the Ruby Console?

Are you sure you installed the updates correctly?

function · 23 Apr 2012, 16:44

Ill have to look when I get home. I installed fredos multi directory at the time, and since it wasnt working I installed it back to root plug folder.. Maybe it is the division of the lib in different directories

rv1974 · 3 Sept 2012, 07:59

I'm really missing 'divide face' tool working with multiple (connected) edges.

thomthom · 3 Sept 2012, 08:06

@rv1974 said:

I'm really missing 'divide face' tool working with multiple (connected) edges.

Wouldn't Tools on Surface do what you want there?

rv1974 · 3 Sept 2012, 08:37

@thomthom said:

@rv1974 said:

I'm really missing 'divide face' tool working with multiple (connected) edges.

Wouldn't Tools on Surface do what you want there?

doh! I forgot TOS offset works non-curves. thanks!

rv1974 · 3 Sept 2012, 10:00

I re-found why TOS offset is no good for me. Can one make it to extend the resulted curve to the face border?