[Plugin] TrueTangents v3.0

[thomthom]

Noticed this TIG: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=27592#p271449 ?

[TIG]

Here's v3.0 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=160780#p160780
The Float method 'n1=~n2' has been replaced with 'eq(n1,n2)' to avoid potential clashes.

[MartinK]

Thanks TIG. I appreciate your hard work. It's great to find something you can't figure out how to do with standard SU tools and be able to find a plugin that will.

[Yomull]

Hi TIG, Your plug in is working very well, thank you. But in fact I was looking for a tool that should make possible to draw a circle tangent to two other arcs or circles like the "Tan Tan Radius" option in autocad when drawing a circle. Do you have any idea how this is possible achieve into SketchUp?

[TIG]

@yomull said:

Hi TIG, Your plug in is working very well, thank you. But in fact I was looking for a tool that should make possible to draw a circle tangent to two other arcs or circles like the "Tan Tan Radius" option in autocad when drawing a circle. Do you have any idea how this is possible achieve into SketchUp?
Can't you do this combining these tools and some offset clines ?
Can you post an example of what you want ?

[sdmitch]

The Tan-Tan-Radius problem is a simple circle-circle intersection problem as you may know if you have ever done this manually. If not, simply offset the two arcs/circles by the radius of the circle to be placed tangent to the two. Where those offsets intersect is the center of the tangent circle.

[carlm]

Hi TIG-

TT 3.0's "filletarc" is exactly the tool I need, but it has a 'feature' that doesn't make sense to me: It appears that at least for circles in the <1" diameter range the minimum fillet radius is limited to 1/2 the circle's radius.

In other words the smallest fillet I can add to a 1" circle is 1/4".

On the other hand I can use TT's "tangentialarcs" tool to make a 1/16" fillet -- but I have to take the added step of constructing a 1/16" inch long line segment on my fillet line and select that in order to force "tangentialarcs" to construct a fillet of the correct radius -- except that this actually creates an approximately correct radius, whereas Filletarc's radius is exactly what I input.

Anyway, I guess my point is that I don't understand why Filletarc shouldn't be able to make fillets whose radii are smaller that 1/2 the filleted circle's radius.

Regardless, it's a really useful tool for dealing with the true geometry of circles!

Thanks, -Carl-

[gonashvili]

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

[Dave R]

@gonashvili said:

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

Seriously?

[massimo]

@gonashvili said:

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

Well there are 66 lines of explanations and more than 10 images in the first TIG's post, plus 5 pages of thread so...seriously?

[TIG]

If you really need these tools then you'll already understand what they do... otherwise don't bother installing the toolset...

[jeff hammond]

@tig said:

If you really need these tools then you'll already understand what they do... otherwise don't bother installing the toolset...

ha!.. a decent way to put it

(sorry about my missing imgs in the thread.. I used to upload and display via mobile me then apple just wiped the whole thing out... meh.. I upload directly to scf nowadays)

[matt.gordon320]

Thanks TIG! I don't think I've ever seen such thorough explanations of plugin functionality. Much appreciated.

[pilou]

I believe that make that

[dedmin]

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

[TIG]

@dedmin said:

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

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This toolset was originally designed to run from the Ruby Console, or from within other methods - so the tools' guidance/errors go into the Ruby Console, rather than the status-bar or an error message-box...
It's the same in all SketchUp versions - it's not v2014 specific.

[dedmin]

@tig said:

@dedmin said:

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

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This toolset was originally designed to run from the Ruby Console, or from within other methods - so the tools' guidance/errors go into the Ruby Console, rather than the status-bar or an error message-box...
It's the same in all SketchUp versions - it's not v2014 specific.

I see.

[bobsammer]

Does the True Tangent plugin work in SU2017?

Bob

[Dave R]

@bobsammer said:

Does the True Tangent plugin work in SU2017?

Bob

[tecnozati]

Is it possible to draw an arc tangent to two others?
Thank you very much