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

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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
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        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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          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 Online
                Box
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                @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.

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                    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
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                          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?

                                      my SketchUp gallery

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        @sicksickisck said:

                                        still does not work inside a component

                                        Yes. What do you mean? I just tried it and it works fine inside a component. I made a component of the Bezier curve, opened the component for editing and ran the tool. It put the face on the end where I clicked.
                                        Screenshot - 10_16_2014 , 4_18_46 AM.png

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                                        • djohnson.nzD Offline
                                          djohnson.nz
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks Chris, extremely useful time saver.
                                          I did have trouble creating a circle in a group, it didn't seem to work but after closing the group I found the circles outside the group. I was able to remedy this by changing your "Perpendicular Circle" script to read entities=model.active_entities which I found was the only thing different from your Perpendicular Square script.
                                          Thanks for all your great work...

                                          nO fiKst ideas

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                                          • designerbursaD Offline
                                            designerbursa
                                            last edited by

                                            [highlight=#ffffbf:39kxqslm]still does not create circles of less than 30 mm[/highlight:39kxqslm]

                                            I'm working in mm, 2540 is the default by default.
                                            Changed by changing the r.b code
                                            thanks for the plugin

                                            my edit:

                                              def activate
                                                @ip = Sketchup::InputPoint.new
                                                @iptemp = Sketchup::InputPoint.new
                                                @displayed = false
                                                @sp = []
                                                @end_pos = []
                                                @ctrlflag = 0
                                                @group = nil
                                                if @@ls.to_s == ""
                                                  @@ls = **100.mm**
                                                end
                                                Sketchup.set_status_text @@ls.to_l, SB_VCB_VALUE
                                                Sketchup.vcb_label = "Face Width x Height"
                                              end
                                            
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