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    [Plugin] Perpendicular Face Tools (UPDATED 26-03-09)

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    • jojo9J Offline
      jojo9
      last edited by

      Indeed, Didier Bur wrote a similar tool: Align2D. But you have to set 8 points to process objects. Best used to position/put objects on unusual angled planes. Another tool of the same author is 'Drop' but it drops only vertically.

      A dedicated tool to place/arrange furniture would save a lot of time.
      The slide direction could result of the relationship between group-wallface and the bounding box face determine the border line between object-wall. No dialog/input box is needed for this to work.
      Another candy to add could be to rotate objects automatically, so that the front face of a cabinet, points always forward of the wall.

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      • gillesG Offline
        gilles
        last edited by

        Hello, I tried this tool today.
        It works fine but I got issue with circle:
        It doesn't draw radius under 25,4mm
        If I set radius to 100mm it draw 76,2mm radius
        ???
        Is there a way, code to have a component instead of a group?

        " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Hi Giles, I did a very poor making this plugin international. It does not work well with metrics AND with comma decimal separators. In the US we use a decimal separator. So 23,12 for us is written 23.12 for example.

          The 25.4mm limit appears to be a an inch conversion thing. 25.4mm = 1 inch. I really don't remember if I set this up to work with metrics at all. And I'm so busy I will not be able to fix it anytime soon. If you would like to tweak though, feel free.

          Chris

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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          • gillesG Offline
            gilles
            last edited by

            it must be relative to the circle construction method because there is no problem with square.

            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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            • brookefoxB Offline
              brookefox
              last edited by

              Some helpful tipsters pointed me to this handy tool, Chris, after I inquired about one which would do quite a bit less.

              Thank you very much.

              ~ Brooke

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              • T Offline
                TS200010
                last edited by

                Just installed them - however, no icons on the buttons and an almost immediate Bug Splat. Lost all my work.

                Any assistance would be appreciated.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  The typical cause for the icons not showing on the buttons is incorrect installation. The Splat could have the same cause.

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                  • T Offline
                    TS200010
                    last edited by

                    Dave,
                    Thanks - I am a RubyNewbe ... there were no installation instructions so I just guessed - apparantly incorrectly.

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                    • BoxB Offline
                      Box
                      last edited by

                      @ts200010 said:

                      Just installed them - however, no icons on the buttons and an almost immediate Bug Splat. Lost all my work.

                      This suggests you installed the plugin while working on a file.
                      Generally speaking you should install plugins with SU closed, or at the very least close and reopen SU before using the plugin for the first time.
                      Also worth trying it out on a junk file before anything important.

                      So having said that, if you did install it with SU open, try installing it again with SU closed.

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        @ts200010 said:

                        Dave,
                        Thanks - I am a RubyNewbe ... there were no installation instructions so I just guessed - apparantly incorrectly.

                        There are multiple threads here explaining how to install plugins. The basic thing which would apply to any ZIP folder is to maintain the file structure as shipped in the compressed folder.

                        Since the icons don't appear on the toolbar, it is safe to assume that the icon images are not in the colder called clf_perpendicular_face_tools which is where the related loader file would be looking for them. If you didn't keep those image files in that folder, you probably also don't have clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb in that folder either.

                        You should explore through the Plugins folder and find the .rb and the six image files and put them where they belong. It would probably be easier to delete those files and reinstall the plugin correctly. I wopuld suggest you download and use 7-zip to do this. It won't destroy the folder structure as the Windows native unzipper is wont to do.

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          I also have problems with winzip destroying the folder structure, depending on the winzip version. Also from what I understand Macs add an extra folder to the mix. For most of my plugins, I have a single file that just goes into the plugins folder. If there are additional files, they get loaded into a subfolder.

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                          All my Plugins I've written

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                          • HornOxxH Offline
                            HornOxx
                            last edited by

                            Great - Thank you so much !!!
                            I discovered this great tool so late 😄

                            never trust a skinny cook

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                            • S Offline
                              stpauljason
                              last edited by

                              Chris,

                              I love your plugins.

                              However I've just recently added your plugins (Extended Views and Perpendicular Faces to Sketchup 2013. When I check the box for the toolbars, they seem to create a unique toolbar just below the normal context menu (File, edit, etc). This toolbar is hidden if any other toolbar is there, and the unique toolbar can not be moved. Additionally only one of the toolbars either Exteneded Views, or Perpendicular Faces displays at one time, hiding the other one.

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                Jason: That's a bug in the first release of SketchUp 2013 - install the update that was released some weeks ago and it should work fine.

                                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                  vojo
                                  last edited by

                                  I want to take a quick minute to point out that this plugin works VERY WELL.
                                  I have not had one problem with this and have used it quite extensively.
                                  This is a plugin I would recommend

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                                  • S Offline
                                    stpauljason
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks Thomas,

                                    I updated Sketchup 2013 and the plugin has its own toolbar now.

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                                      Hammerhead64
                                      last edited by

                                      Chris this is such a good tool, I have spent years using a combination of the standard tools in SU to get elements perpendicular to a path. Thx for sharing.

                                      ....... Quicker models here I come.

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                                      • gonashviliG Offline
                                        gonashvili
                                        last edited by

                                        Just wanna say that this plugin is them bananas. Super, SUPER useful.

                                        Cheers.

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                                        • sicksickisckS Offline
                                          sicksickisck
                                          last edited by

                                          still does not work inside a component

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                                          • cottyC Offline
                                            cotty
                                            last edited by

                                            @sicksickisck said:

                                            still does not work inside a component

                                            What do you mean here? Do you have an example?

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