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    [plugin] Rotated Box [updated 30-Mar-2014]

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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
      last edited by

      I agree so when you get into edit mode, right click on the group and choose Align Axes.

      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • J Offline
        jorge2011
        last edited by

        if I agree, but is simpler if this is automatic

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        • B Offline
          Ben Ritter
          last edited by

          Sam, thank you.

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          • broomstickB Offline
            broomstick
            last edited by

            a perfect addition to this tool would be an icon to put along side le rectangle icon.

            If anybody can teach me, i am willing to do it myself πŸ˜„

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              Michaelv
              last edited by

              @broomstick said:

              a perfect addition to this tool would be an icon to put along side le rectangle icon.

              If anybody can teach me, i am willing to do it myself πŸ˜„

              Done, see here:
              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=45923

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              • sdmitchS Offline
                sdmitch
                last edited by

                Version 1.2 has been posted. It aligns the axes to the box if grouping.

                Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                  the.pjt
                  last edited by

                  when we work in a group of group , the box that this plugin makes goes to the model ( upper level in outliner )

                  OUTLINER VIEW

                  model ( the box goes here )
                  .........group 1
                  ..............group 2
                  ....................group 3 ( we want a box here )

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                  • sdmitchS Offline
                    sdmitch
                    last edited by

                    @the.pjt said:

                    when we work in a group of group , the box that this plugin makes goes to the model ( upper level in outliner )

                    OUTLINER VIEW

                    model ( the box goes here )
                    .........group 1
                    ..............group 2
                    ....................group 3 ( we want a box here )

                    You may want the box to be part of an existing group but who else will. You can add any box to an existing group by selecting and cutting it then open for edit the group you want to add it to and do a "Paste in Place".

                    Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                    http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                      the.pjt
                      last edited by

                      Mr. sdmitch
                      are you joking ?
                      cut and paste ???? ... thank a lot .... do you think that I didn't know anything about Cut and Paste !?!?!?!? Am I crazy or stupid ?!?!?
                      you could also learn me the basis of SU .. how to make rectangle inside group and then Pushpull !! πŸ˜„ ...
                      ok .... thanks for teaching .... πŸ˜„ ... but please don't consider me as a total mindless and stupid person ...
                      .
                      .
                      OK ... but, as you know this plugin should be a time saver ...
                      And when a user is working trough a group and/or component it takes shorter time for him/her to create a box with a few clicks inside it .. rather than Cut , Set Axes , Paste Set axes agane ... or Rectangle , Rotate , Pushpul , Select , Make group ....
                      isn't it ??
                      ..

                      OK ... we will welcome if you do this ... and thanks agane for the time you spent for us and you coddings , dear Sam ... πŸ˜‰

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                      • sdmitchS Offline
                        sdmitch
                        last edited by

                        the.pjt since you are not "a total mindless and stupid person", code it yourself. When this all started, you only wanted a "box in 3 click", now you want me to customize this just for you. Sorry but I'm done with this plugin. I have done all that I ever intend to do.

                        Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                        • kenK Offline
                          ken
                          last edited by

                          the.pjt

                          After making a selection of the object you wish to move to another layer, look in the edit menu, and click on the "Cut" menu item. after clicking on the "Cut" menu the object will disappear. Then drill down to the layer you wish. After arriving at your selected layer, in the edit menu click on the "Paste in Place" menu item and presto, you have a copy of the selected object at the new layer. Good solution to moving objects from layer to layer. Much better than Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.

                          Ken

                          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                            the.pjt
                            last edited by

                            I never want you to code for ME .... this is a plugin for all users .. and please don't think that all of your works is for me ...

                            when somebody used this plugin for making a box inside a group , it makes it out of active group
                            ... and I thought it's better to tell you " it's better to add this in feature ... "
                            .. I think you hear : " do it , outher wise I will fire you !!!! " ... ok ..

                            it's better to say : " sorry , I beleve that it should be fixed ,but I haven't enought time , tell your request to some one else " ... instead of " how to Cut and paste " .. isn't it ?

                            Untitled.png

                            but ... if you to update it in the future please fix it to makes the box in current group ( for outher users not me )

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                            • sdmitchS Offline
                              sdmitch
                              last edited by

                              OK, any other users think this is problem or desired feature?

                              Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                              http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @sdmitch said:

                                OK, any other users think this is problem or desired feature?

                                I haven't used the tool, but common convention for tools is to create the entities they create within model.active_entities instead of model.entities. It also allows for the best flexibility. Since it is the convention with the native tools and pretty much all custom tools it is confusing if the geometry is created in a different context.

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                • brookefoxB Offline
                                  brookefox
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdmitch said:

                                  OK, any other users think this is problem or desired feature?

                                  From the peanut gallery, if the choice is to create within or outside of the current group, I'd say within would be preferable for me.

                                  Thanks for asking.

                                  ~ Brooke

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                                    the.pjt
                                    last edited by

                                    wow .... thanks thomas .. thanks ... I did it ... hey smitch , Idid it ... I'm not stupid ...

                                    I'm not a ruby master , all I know is to know how to change UI parts of o code .... but thanks thomthom ...
                                    thanks for key knowledge (active_entities)
                                    I changed the " @ent = @mod.active_entities " parametr of this code in the "def initialize " part of it
                                    and it works ... now it creates the box inside active groups ...
                                    thanks ..

                                    dear sdmitch ... I think It could much easier for you ( as a ruby master ) to do that little changes ( just a few charecters : active ) easeir than teaching me how to "cut and paste " ... πŸ˜„ ... and tou could make us happy with this little change ...

                                    but ... dear sdmitch ,thanks for all of coding you done.. all 282 line . and thanks a lot for making this great plugin and Fulfilling a request from a user ... thanks for all Sam πŸ˜„ .. thanks for the time that you spent for me

                                    download my edited version ... πŸ‘Ž
                                    Rotated Box.rb
                                    thanks agane thomthom ...
                                    please delet this post if there is any copyright issue ... πŸ˜‰

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                                      the.pjt
                                      last edited by

                                      I have updated this loader plugin with lastest versions of sdmitch's plugins πŸ€“

                                      β˜€ plus my little tweaks : the box now creates the group inside the current active group

                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=45923#p410167

                                      download the last version here : πŸ‘Ž

                                      3Pts_Tools.rbz

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                                      • J Offline
                                        jorge2011
                                        last edited by

                                        the.pjt or sdmitch.
                                        This change does not work in my pc. I use sketchup 8 and windows xp sp3.
                                        You can correct this error? really very useful tool

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @jorge2011 said:

                                          the.pjt or sdmitch.
                                          This change does not work in my pc. I use sketchup 8 and windows xp sp3.
                                          You can correct this error? really very useful tool

                                          Can you explain what "doesn't work" please? Do you get error messages or just unexpected results?

                                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • J Offline
                                            jorge2011
                                            last edited by

                                            does not work, create the geometry inside a group. Or create a group inside another group

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