Is this even possible using just one plugin???

jeff hammond

maybe think that through a bit more.. when using a compound miter saw, setting the angles are a process.. albeit not a hard or complicated process but definitely more work than making the cut.. in sketchup, the angle knobs/dials/guides etc are already there in the vanilla tools.. i don't really see what TIG could add to this plugin which would make the cut any faster..
(in fact, i think adding more to the tool would clutter it up and possibly slow down the process.. especially if dialog boxes and what not start popping up when all you want is the 3pt click)

ok.. so a faster way for this to work would be.. (ha!)

the plugin would work exactly like follow-me except anytime the line kinks, the extrusion is split & grouped separately.. if parts of the line are welded then the split/group doesn't happen (similar to what follow-me does with hard_or_soft lines depending on if the path is a SUcurve or collection of segments)

[EdiT]- but this is an entirely different thing than the Split_to_plane.. that one should stay as is

jeff hammond

@bsintzel said:

Hi Jeff,

I think that TIG's cut-to-plane will work for me. As Peter said,"you set instead a face. Rotate on one axis then the second" is pretty much what I'd do on a miter saw. Thank you all for your input.

Warm regards

Bob

right..that's definitely one way to use it (and how i foresee myself using it with my own stuff).. just seems in the case of molding, it would be better to extrude as one then cut it up with split_to_plane.. no need to move/rotate a separate plane around because key intersections have already been made..
(but then again, i'm just assuming what you're trying to accomplish so this idea might not be so good in your scenario.. )

bsintzel

Hi Jeff,

RE:"i don't really see what TIG could add to this plugin which would make the cut any faster..
(in fact, i think adding more to the tool would clutter it up and possibly slow down the process.. especially if dialog boxes and what not start popping up when all you want is the 3pt click)"

I typically use the follow-me tool to place crown moldings on my models. It works very well except that when I want to move one section of the molding (for illustration purposes), I could not do so easily i.e., there was just one solid. After a few messages back and forth with TIG, he came up with an elegant solution...a hot-wire-like mod to his split_to_plane plugin. It now allows me to cut out a section from the solid by simply drawing a construction line across the solid group, pick two points along the cutting line on either side of the solid group then hit the 'enter' key. It's simple, fast and works just like a miter saw in real life. I think any woodworker (like myself) will want this new mod

Bob

bsintzel

TIG,

Well, I had another look at your split-to-plane plugin. Upon second review, I found it to be satisfactory in that I didn't have to create a separate 'cutting' plane, then a 3pt-pick. The fact that the 3pt-pick determines plane's normal, as well as the placement of the cut makes it quite usable...so expect payment.

I just wish that, like cutting a cove molding with a compound miter saw, I could 'set' the angle and normal of the cut 'before cutting, I'd have it all in one plugin.

warm regards

Bob

bsintzel

Hi Jeff,

I think that TIG's split-to-plane will work for me. As Peter said,"you set instead a face. Rotate on one axis then the second" is pretty much what I'd do on a miter saw. Thank you all for your input.

Warm regards

Bob

jeff hammond

@bsintzel said:

. I think any woodworker (like myself) will want this new mod

yeah, i saw that. good stuff!

ninomayda

Ok Gents, I give up. Wondering if this post addresses my challenge on Compound Mitered Cuts. Have a Trim-Moulding running paralel to a set of stairs. Problem comes when stairs walls make a 45 deg turn and Follow-Me rotates the extrusion along the Z axis.

Tried couple of scripts. Could not find the right one.

Model attached. Any help will be appreciated.

Regards
Nino

Mitered Corners Compound Path.skp

Box

Ninomayda have you tried "follow me and keep"?

ninomayda

@box said:

Ninomayda have you tried "follow me and keep"?

FM & Keep . . . . Have not tried it, is it a PlugIn? I'll look.

TIG

FAK...

ninomayda

That's the ticket! Superb Solution. Thanks a bunch to Wikii ! Great Job.

Thanks to all . . . . again.

Nino