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    • simon le bonS Offline
      simon le bon
      last edited by

      Hi Rich and TIG,

      What a reactivity πŸ‘ πŸ˜„ Jim's tool in now back!
      Thank you to both of you ++

      It would be nice to make this option available with your "Guide Draw" because:

      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/PenTools_001.jpg

      Then people will have the choice to use the simple Jim's tool or you complete set πŸ˜‰

      πŸ˜„ simon

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        I'll look at Jim's code to see if I can do it. πŸ˜•

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        • kenK Offline
          ken
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          I'll look at Jim's code to see if I can do it. πŸ˜•

          Note, also Jim's tool will allow you to make an infinite guide line. Which I find very useful, as I can draw between two points and have a infinite guideline reference.

          Thanks for you plugins

          Ken

          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            Rich, ever think about adding a "Group Draw"? Standard line tool that that creates a group upon initial click and draws all lines in that group? Would be useful for me quite often.

            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
            Content Creator at Skapeup

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              That's a great suggestion Adam. But i fear way beyond my skill level.

              And I think TIG will break my legs if I pester him anymore about this.

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • brookefoxB Offline
                brookefox
                last edited by

                Not to play the rat here, but wouldn't that be best implemented as a 'begin (within) new group model now' thing, rather than something limited to line creation?

                ~ Brooke

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                • M Offline
                  Michaelv
                  last edited by

                  Simon,

                  Just in case I made a tool that converts any cline to normal line and vice versa, also changes the stipple and color as needed. That may solve some of your inference needs. (I still love and use this tool also though)

                  See here:
                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=44311

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                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                    EarthMover
                    last edited by

                    @brookefox said:

                    Not to play the rat here, but wouldn't that be best implemented as a 'begin (within) new group model now' thing, rather than something limited to line creation?

                    Most of the Tools on Surface from Fredo come with an option to create within a new group. I use that one quite a bit, but those tools don't always work as expected when not drawing on a surface. It's easy enough to just draw two lines, group them, open the group, then delete the lines and you're in a group where any native tools apply. I just figured most modeling starts with the line tool, so if that initiated the group, you could continue with any other tools from within it and be ahead of the game. I use this most often when tracing perimeters for contours or use with instant site grader plugin.

                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                    • R Offline
                      rumcajs
                      last edited by

                      I did draw many soft edges, while I corrected rounded corners on object. Later suddenly the tool stopped working and it draws only hard edges, anywhere. I'd stress a lot with it, but nothing helped.

                      http://i46.tinypic.com/288wq5e.png

                      When I draw hard edges to triangle, the connected lines do not create a face.

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                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
                        last edited by

                        @rumcajs said:

                        I did draw many soft edges, while I corrected rounded corners on object. Later suddenly the tool stopped working and it draws only hard edges, anywhere. I'd stress a lot with it, but nothing helped.

                        http://i46.tinypic.com/288wq5e.png

                        When I draw hard edges to triangle, the connected lines do not create a face.

                        IDK about your first question, but on the Second: Note that the "Edge" tool "E" is designed NOT to form faces to provide that option. The "LINE" tool "L" will form faces.

                        In regards to the Soft Draw tool I do find that it will only draw soft lines (hidden geometry ON) when connecting across a face. For me it will not draw soft edges in open space as shown in the video.

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                          ideas_arte
                          last edited by

                          Β‘Thanks!

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                            rumcajs
                            last edited by

                            The Soft edge tool can close faces. But I did not used Edge tool (!). I used Soft edge - "S" tool, but it draws hard edges instead soft. But I did cca 20-40 faces with soft tool and soft edges when I started the model. And later it stopped to work. So strange. I like the Soft edge tool very much, because it can save a lot of time, but one needs to know, why it fails to draw soft edges occasionally.

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                              matt.gordon320
                              last edited by

                              Hi Rich! Thanks again for releasing what has been one of my favorite plugins. I've started setting up the SketchUp installs for my firm, and I've got a little quirk to pass by you:

                              I'm using Fredo6's 000_Additionalpluginsfolder.rb to pull scripts from a network hard drive to each individual station. For some reason I can't work out, the icons for PenTools don't show up, I just get a blank tool bar, though the buttons and the menu items under the draw menu work fine. In short, the script works, but the icons are missing!

                              Any thoughts on where to start looking?

                              Thanks!

                              -Matt

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @matt.gordon320 said:

                                Hi Rich! Thanks again for releasing what has been one of my favorite plugins. I've started setting up the SketchUp installs for my firm, and I've got a little quirk to pass by you:

                                I'm using Fredo6's 000_Additionalpluginsfolder.rb to pull scripts from a network hard drive to each individual station. For some reason I can't work out, the icons for PenTools don't show up, I just get a blank tool bar, though the buttons and the menu items under the draw menu work fine. In short, the script works, but the icons are missing!

                                Any thoughts on where to start looking?

                                Thanks!

                                -Matt
                                Edit the main file PenTool+.rb with a plain-text editor [like Notepad or Notepad++]
                                Find line #1773...
                                plugins = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
                                change it to:
                                plugins = File.dirname(__FILE__)
                                and then Save the file.
                                Restart SketchUp, and it should now find the custom plugins-folder location OK...

                                Rich should really make this simple amendment to his toolset to allow wider use of custom plugins-folders easier... It's one of the few that still use the outdated find_support_file which always looks to the main Plugins folder πŸ˜’

                                TIG

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                                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @Matt

                                  Silent update in the PluginStore

                                  NOTE: If upgrading from 1.5 to 1.6.0 please delete the Pen Tool+.rb file and rob_hsltool folder from your plugins folder.

                                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                    matt.gordon320
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks both TIG and Rich!

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                                      alexkara
                                      last edited by

                                      The first time I use any of the pen tools, tool a line is automatically drawn from my starting point to the central Axis. Thereafter it behaves OK. This happens also when I change back to it.

                                      Anyone have this issue and is there a workaround I am missing. ❓

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        I'm not seeing that at all with these tools.

                                        What operating system, SketchUp version, etc.? Please complete your profile.

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                                          alexkara
                                          last edited by

                                          I have updated my profile.

                                          Tried to attach a screen dump but did not know how.

                                          Anyone have any suggestions?

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                                            Pherim
                                            last edited by

                                            I have the same issue, but only in Sketchup 2015 64bit. Are you sure your profile is correctly updated? It works for me in SU 2013 without problems.

                                            Also, soft draw doesn't work at all in SU2015, the lines start from the origin and are not softened, and weld draw always generates a new line from the origin with every click instead of a continuous line.

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