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    [Plugin] Guide Tools (1.3.0) — 21 October 2010

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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      Assuming the original component has these axis and keep them
      and of course that you make a different selection for each "plan" of Cpoints
      (here 3 selections with call of the pluging at each time) the more easy to code 😉

      The input box could be for a selection for the first result:
      Insert Components at CPoints with
      (No rotation so default parameters = 0°) 😄
      Rotate Components on X = 0°
      Rotate Components on Y = 0°
      Rotate Components on Z = 0°

      The input box could be for a selection for the second result:
      Insert Components at CPoints with
      Rotate Components on X = 0°
      Rotate Components on Y = 0°
      Rotate Components on Z = 270°

      The input box could be for a selection for the third result:
      Insert Components at CPoints with
      Rotate Components on X = 0°
      Rotate Components on Y = 0°
      Rotate Components on Z = 90°

      Seems useful no ? ☀
      axes_thom.jpg

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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      • Z Offline
        ZFRPS
        last edited by

        Thank you very much!
        your pluhins give me a lot of help!this plugin is great! wish more powerful!

        sketchup is bim

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        • S Offline
          scott216
          last edited by

          Is there a way to add a guidepoint to the center of an exploded circle? I tired exploded arc and just circle tools, but neither of them worked on an exploded circle.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Circle or arc should not make a difference. Select two of the edges and it should work.

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • cottyC Offline
              cotty
              last edited by

              @scott216 said:

              Is there a way to add a guidepoint to the center of an exploded circle? I tired exploded arc and just circle tools, but neither of them worked on an exploded circle.

              Did you try exploded arc center point finder (Chris Fullmer)?

              my SketchUp gallery

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              • kuponoK Offline
                kupono
                last edited by

                Guide_tools aren't working for me under SU Pro 2013. I deleted it and all the other TT_Lib related tools, then reinstalled all. Still not working.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  It works for me with SU2013.

                  You'll need to be more specific about what happens when you try to use it.

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    Any error messages? As Dave mentioned, we'd need more specific info to what "isn't working".

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      And seems this intersection don't work! 😮
                      Or we can't name that Edge Edge Inetersection? 🤓

                      aahu.jpg

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        Dear Thomthom can you add a CD Point at Bounds "Top" Center ?
                        And a CD Point at Bounds "Bottom" + "Top" Center ?

                        I must make some acrobatics for have this result! 😄

                        http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=115129&t=1

                        Projection by Tak2hata

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                        • J Offline
                          jtri
                          last edited by

                          Great plug in but I noticed if I intersect 2 components, then try and find the center of the circle that is left from the intersection the plug in does not find the center. Also if you add a face to the circle it also does not add the center point. Am I missing something?


                          Test.skp

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            If you select the edge of the "circle" does SketchUp identify it as a circle in Entity Info?

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                            • J Offline
                              jtri
                              last edited by

                              No it is not a circle! But if I weld them it is now a curve, which is closer but not what is needed. Not seeing how to make it a circle, still missing something.
                              Thanks

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Unless SketchUp thinks it is an arc or a circle, the native inferencing won't be able to identify a center and neither will the Guide Tool. It's not a deficiency with this plugin. I think Chris Fullmer (or maybe Jim Foltz) did a plugin that can figure out the center of curves that aren't circles or arcs. A search of the Plugins index should turn up what you need.

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                                • J Offline
                                  jtri
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the help.

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                                  • cottyC Offline
                                    cotty
                                    last edited by

                                    @dave r said:

                                    I think Chris Fullmer (or maybe Jim Foltz) did a plugin that can figure out the center of curves that aren't circles or arcs. A search of the Plugins index should turn up what you need.

                                    e.g. Chris: Exploded arc centerpoint finder

                                    my SketchUp gallery

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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
                                      last edited by

                                      can someone check this file just to see if we're getting similar results?

                                      if i use cPoint at Arc Center on an arc then no cpoint.. if i use cPoint at Circle Center on a circle then no cPoint.

                                      if i use cPoint at Exploded Arc Center then it will work on an exploded arc as well as an arc or circle.

                                      guidetoolprob.skp

                                      in reality, it's better (imo) to have the one command work on all scenarios.. i'm just curious if other are seeing the same thing
                                      thanks

                                      (TT_Lib 2.9.8 with guideTools 1.4)

                                      dotdotdot

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

                                        @jeff

                                        same result here in Windows 8

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by

                                          interesting.

                                          up til now, I've been using a couple of different plugins to accomplish the same thing as this one command.

                                          @thomthom. are you aware of this behavior? and if you're just now becoming aware of it, don't fix it 😄
                                          (unless the simplification is removing some seemingly redundant and non-working items from the menu)

                                          dotdotdot

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                                          • kuponoK Offline
                                            kupono
                                            last edited by

                                            Using Guide Tools 1.4.0 with SU Pro 2013 on Win8
                                            circle-- cPoint at Circle Center worked fine
                                            arc-- cPoint at Arc Center worked fine
                                            same arc-- Exploded Arc Center worked fine

                                            Everything seemed to work okay.

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