Method to scale by volume
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Hello!
I have found myself in several circumstances where I wanted to match the volume of two components with different forms. Is there a plugin or other method that will scale a selected solid (component or group, I guess) to a specific volume?For example: given a tetrahedron and a cube constructed of equal length vertices, the user could determine the volume of the tetrahedron with the entity info box, select the cube and click "scale by volume", enter the volume in VCB and convert the cube's volume to match the tetrahedron's.
This would be especially useful if it scaled around a central point.
I feel this would be useful as well for the growing number of sketchup users experimenting with 3d printing, where the amount of material used has significant cost and time impact.
Maybe such a thing exists! But I've not found it.
Thanks
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A new
TIG-scale2volumeplugins will be available shortly in the Plugin Store ...
[mod=:3ty1owsv]It's now here: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=493763#p493763[/mod:3ty1owsv]
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Wow, thanks so much! Donation made, and my great appreciation as well.
I'm very impressed with the positive outcome on a mostly anonymous board! I didn't expect anything really other than a workaround, and I think I'll be using this frequently. Made my day.
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Hi!
So, I've been working with the new plugin you've made TIG and I find it to be of significant use for my needs. I see that a number of other folks have also downloaded it as well.
I set about to use it and realized quickly a feature that would increase its functionality; at least for the users who are using 3d printing from sketchup.
Is there a way to scale the group/component while also leaving the original?
I realize that this usage overlaps with the standard scale tool and the joint-push-pull plugin of fredo6, but if it's not a very difficult alteration, I would certainly be very appreciative. These don't allow one to specify the volume of the particular form, something that seems to be more and more critical for at least my usage.
Thanks very much again for the original - it works wonderfully. -
I've updated the tool to offer Original/Copy Modes... http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=493763#p493763
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Thanks! Again.
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A common thought or relationships between scale factors for length,area,volume is conceptually difficult to understand.Its also important and has some interesting practical applications.Weighing scale unit introduces these ratios from a range of perspectives,its end up looking at some practical applications.
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