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    [Plugin] Axo + Iso View v1.2 20101117

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      ECav
      last edited by

      Where is the link or has it gone? Do you need to pay to download this plugin? Thanks

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        @ecav said:

        Where is the link or has it gone? Do you need to pay to download this plugin? Thanks
        The download link is on the first page of the thread http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=252273#p252273 which is normal for most plugins...
        You don't HAVE to pay to download, but if you want to make a donation feel free...

        If you can't see any attachments, then it's almost certainly because you are breaking the 'Terms of Service' you agreed to when becoming a member of SCF...
        SCF IS free to use [although you can choose to donate to scripters etc, and also you could pay a modest SCF Premium Membership fee and get many freebies etc... check out that link].
        To fund SCF there are discreet adverts on the pages - all interesting - relating to SketchUp, CAD, Rendering, 3dPrinting etc - the revenue from these pays to keep the site running - hosting a complex site like this costs money - although moderators etc give their time freely, the Premium Members' payments and the Shop sales etc, the bulk of the money has to come from somewhere - that's the ad-revenue...
        If you have an AdBlock app running on your browser it will prevent ads displaying, therefore you are depriving SCF of that revenue, and in response no attachments are shown in your browser...
        It is a simple matter to adjust your AdBlock app to make exceptions for pages on sketchucation.com AND buysellads.com [our ad generator].
        Once you have done that and you reload the page the ads will show and all attachments - images, videos, download links for plugins etc - will become available to you.
        Rarely members have reported issues with their FireWall software doing secondary ad-blocking - in that case add another exception to that too...
        Members find the ads informative and useful anyway, no one is forcing you to read them or buy anything - but having them displayed so that our advertisers can at least know you have seen their offering, is a small price to pay for all of the benefits you will get by complying with your TofS promises...

        TIG

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          omarkhamis123
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          hellooo i made a copy for the folder in plugins but it doesnt appear on sketchup

          p.s: i made a srestart for sketchup and it doesnt appear too ๐Ÿ˜› ://

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            massimo Moderator
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            Hi, as stated in the very first post, first line, you have to put the .rb file (and not a folder) directly in the plugins folder and then restart SU.

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              nordicventures
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              Hey I'm new to sketchup and have been trying to get this 'axo' plug in to work. But no luck. I keep getting this from the ruby console:

              Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method `axo3060' for main:Object>
              (eval)

              What is the deal I followed the directions to a -T I think?
              Please help.

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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                If you have correctly installed the .rb file into your Plugins folder you will get the commands available to you in the Ruby Console: you type axo3060 + <enter> and it runs...
                So this error message suggests that you have not installed it correctly ๐Ÿ˜•
                To find your Plugins folder type [or copy+paste] this line + <enter> in the Ruby Console:
                Sketchup.fins_support_file('Plugins')
                This returns the path to the folder that ought to contain your plugin files.
                It may be hidden and you'll then need to set your MAC to let you see Library folder-paths.
                If it is the HD Lib path [most likely on v8] then you may need to reset its Security Permissions to Full Read & Read, so you have unlimited access to add files etc...
                So, now put the .rb file in there...
                OR if you get the .RBZ archived version of the script from the PluginsStore page then you can AutoInstall that using the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button...
                OR if you install the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' toolset you can search/browse through 800+ Plugins [including this one] and then AutoInstall any selected plugin from within SketchUp itself...

                TIG

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                  Automation
                  last edited by

                  Hello Everybody,

                  actual I have the requirement, to create a "cavalier" perspective.

                  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cavalier_perspective_45.svg/480px-Cavalier_perspective_45.svg.png

                  I hope that someone can tell me, how to create this view in SU.

                  Many thanks!

                  Automation

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                    dmatho
                    last edited by

                    Yes and Cabinet Oblique Projection too ๐Ÿ˜„
                    For ref. see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_projection

                    Cheers,

                    . DIEGO .

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                      Automation
                      last edited by

                      Hello *,

                      it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.

                      • Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
                      • Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
                      • Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
                      • Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?

                      I would appreciate any comments

                      Best Regards

                      Automation

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @automation said:

                        Hello *,

                        it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.

                        • Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
                        • Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
                        • Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
                        • Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?

                        I would appreciate any comments

                        Best Regards

                        Automation
                        I don't think that a Cavalier type of view is possible in SketchUp - at least not as a camera setting.
                        It needs to have distorted geometry, which then would only work from one vantage point...
                        My Plugin is therefore NOT extensible...
                        You can ask a question in a related plugin's thread; however, if you want wider public awareness consider starting a new thread in Plugins with a Request for something - but nothing is going to appear instantly ๐Ÿ˜ž ...
                        But if it's a "how-do-I-do-this-by-hand" then post a message in the General forum - some skilled users might not frequent the Plugins side... Someone might have a brilliant workaround that I can't envisage... ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                        TIG

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                          Automation
                          last edited by

                          Hi TIG!

                          many thanks for your answer. So I have to find another solution.

                          Best Regards

                          Automation

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                            magdales
                            last edited by

                            Hi all !
                            Thanks for your axoiso.rb plugin. I had a similarly need for my own video game, so i add some new functions of my own, to get the 8 isometric views from a single model.

                            In order to get my code functional :
                            1ยฐ/ first import one single model and select it.
                            2ยฐ/ then open ruby console. (menu > windows > ruby console)
                            3ยฐ/ write "middle" (to center the object to the axis origin)
                            4ยฐ/ then write "aff" to get all view done with correct distance & angle
                            5-6-7..ยฐ/ then write i1, or i2, or i3 ... or i8 and snapshot the image, to get all 8 classical isometric direction for video game.

                            I'm sure anyone can do better than me on this forum. This was my first contact with Ruby language.
                            I hope this will help someone else ... as much as the axoiso.rb had helped me.

                            Have a nice day !

                            Kรฉkรฉ from Magdales


                            Magdales isometric function

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                              nicmask
                              last edited by

                              It is magic! Thank you so much!!

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                                duchaoren
                                last edited by

                                If I want iso4545,how can I do it?

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                                  Oxer
                                  last edited by

                                  Great plugin for my exercises about Dihedral System in the High School (I'm a Drawing Teacher), I added a menu via Camera Menu for a quick access.

                                  Axo + Iso with menu via Camera Menu

                                  "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                  [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                                    edoaber
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello TIG,
                                    first of all, I want to say this plugin is just great! I am using it every chance I get!
                                    I just came across a bit of a problem thought, and I am asking you for help.
                                    For my work, I often have the necessity to produce axonometric drawings with shadows.
                                    This time I am asked to draw an axonometry from the bottom. So I thought: easy enough! I just need to rotate the model, export in 2D, rotate the canvas again, and voilร !
                                    The problem is, my committant wants the shadows too!
                                    However, sketchup only allows the shadows to come from the top (which is only logical), so if I rotate the model, and rotate the 2d view again, I would find my self with a picture showing shadows coming from the bottom (which is quite odd).
                                    So, my question is, is there a way I can see my axonometry 30-60 from the bottom without having to rotate the model?
                                    I tried using ruby console to set the view, but I really don't know what I'm doing...

                                    Update: if I open the axo+iso.rb file with notepad I see the parameters "eye" "target" "up" for the three different options (30/60; 60/30; 45/45), how did you calculate those parameter? Is there a way a can calculate mine to put myself in the view I need?

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @edoaber

                                      I guess you simply want a negative Z for the eye, so it's then below the ground ?
                                      So you could edit using Notepad++ the eye's Z values thus...
                                      e.g. in line#51
                                      eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,463.851)becomes
                                      eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,**-**463.851)
                                      Test it and see if that's what's expected...


                                      PS:
                                      The attached RB is a WIP update to v2.0.
                                      Note how the usage has changed to TIG.axo3060 for viewing as usual from above, and TIG.axo3060**(-1)** for from viewing from below.
                                      This applies to all axo/iso view changing operations.

                                      Put the RB file into the Plugins folder to replace the original...
                                      Restart SketchUp...
                                      If it does what you want, then please confirm, and then I might update the PluginStore entry accordingly...


                                      axo+iso.rb

                                      TIG

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                                      • john2J Offline
                                        john2
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for this awesome plugin! Is there any toolbar version available? I'm used to clicking the huts in the native sketchup toolbar for ISO, Front or Top views. A toolbar will be super awesome. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜„

                                        Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 โ€“ 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                                          majid
                                          last edited by

                                          Dear TIG,
                                          Thanks for sharing your gems, I was searching exactly the same thing .. but it does not work for me and each time I receive the same error message:
                                          ISO3030
                                          Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant ISO3030>
                                          <main>:in <main>' SketchUp:1:in eval'

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @Majid
                                            This is a very very very old plugin, and could benefit from some modernization and rewriting, but it should still work.

                                            The error appears to come about because you are typing in capital letters ??
                                            Use
                                            iso3030
                                            NOT
                                            ISO3030

                                            TIG

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