[Plugin] Edge Tools

pilou

Put file In V6
It's better for everybody!
An image ist sufficient!

rumcajs

Thanks to great plugin. It is something that i looked for, just it misses something.

I have a REQ to update/upgrade.

This is what I did:

(the light red lines are original locations of the diagonals, which I tried to remove. You can see I succeed to removed only two).

I had a scull which contains triangles and I wanted to reduce the triangles, so that I want to remove the diagonal of the rectangle shape area. Therefor I select two lines which are nearly parallel and the diagonal. Then I clicked the green colinear icon. It works to flat the edges onto one plane, so I can delete the diagonal. But if I want to correct the next area, then the previous area will generate diagonal... Here I am where I was on the start. Could it be possible to define the area (select faces), which is already fine and I won't be touched? So the edges of that face won't be touched?

This is the point what I miss. A possibility to limit the edges to move (=forbid some edges/faces to move) and/or possibility to define angle, in which it can be moved.
My original idea, before I found this thread was to have a definition plane, such as it is in the Fredo Scale tools (the Stretching with orientation of scaling box). So if you would have such orientation plane, you could define, where the plane should be moved (angle& position). Purpose of such plane is to define position and angle of the plane. Something like Fredo already did in his great Fredo Scale tools (they are good for control, and that is what I like and therefor mention here as good example). The plane needs only one direction to move, and this would define axis perpendicularly to the plane. I expect that the angle possibilities are defined by the selected tool and the differences between selected edges (so in my case, when I have 3 edges, only two angles are possible to infer - just an assumption).

head 17 middle line corrected on eye center .skp

rumcajs

OK I attached file to previous post of mine. But I think the image is sufficient, and if you think it is not, then install fredo Scale tool, because the Stretching tool + twist tool, is enough to get inspiration.

beginner

ThomThom,
Really good plugin.
You can appreciate it if you work with AutoCAD files.
Thanks

jorge2011

Thom, if I when be able use the new toolbar "architecture"?. thanks

thomthom

@jorge2011 said:

Thom, if I when be able use the new toolbar "architecture"?. thanks

Soon my friend, soon!

jokewalker

@dedmin said:

Hey all,
Just installed 2.0.4 and am seeing this pop up again. Any simple fixes to make this go away?

TIG

Did you get-and-install the TT Lib that was linked on the download page ?

jokewalker

TIG,
I did have a version of TT_Lib2 in the Plugins folder already, but went ahead and re-downloaded/installed per your suggestion. Seems to be working now. Thanks!

sarkarshomit

Thanks ...very useful for me....

Shomit,
India

thomthom

@jokewalker said:

@dedmin said:

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Hey all,
Just installed 2.0.4 and am seeing this pop up again. Any simple fixes to make this go away?

Sounds like you extracted the content of TT_Lib directly in the plugins folder istead of preserving the TT_Lib2 that contains them.

Mra

thomthom, sweet script. However i'm having problems with one of your tools.

The "Split faces into multiple pieces" doesn't seem to work properly on this face;

I can't give you the full scene though (NDA) and when I just paste this piece into a new sketchup scene your tool works. Any ideas?

Exploding object doesn't work either. The axis is at default place in the world at 0,0,0.

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

I can't give you the full scene though (NDA) and when I just paste this piece into a new sketchup scene your tool works. Any ideas?

Can you save a copy of the model - erasing everything else - purge the model, then send it to me?

Mra

Hi Thomthom, today is another day, so after I turn on the computer again, it seems there is no problem on the same piece of mesh anymore. Something must've been corrected when restarting SketchUp. Perhaps I ran into a bug by somehow? But anyway, thanks for your offer to take a look. If it ever happens again, I will try and get some reproducible steps.

thomthom

Ghost in the box.

ErikLiu0801

thanks a lot.
i'm not good at english but i still want to say thanks for your sharing.

bobpineo

Thomthom,
Using this plugin again today on another very large autocad import, can't tell you how grateful I am for your plugin!

thomthom

gina

HELP !
It doesnt work for me. i'm using su 8, and at the beginning of load screen a message box appear saying that theres an error from loading the edges tool plugins.

Dave R

What is the exact error message?