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

[jtri]

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?

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Test.skp

[Dave R]

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

[jtri]

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

[Dave R]

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.

[jtri]

Thanks for the help.

[cotty]

@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

[jeff hammond]

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)

[Rich O Brien]

@jeff

same result here in Windows 8

[jeff hammond]

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)

[kupono]

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.

[jeff hammond]

thanks for checking it Kupono.
I'll try it a little later in 2013 to see if it's a version issue.

[tt_su]

What version of SketchUp are you using it on?

[thomthom]

That was due to an SU2014 incompatibility. I've made an update and it's live on PluginStore and pending review on Extension Warehouse.

[mariocha]

I too would like to have a plugin that turns an exploded circle back to a real one with a center point, not just a curve.

[bjnobre]

There is a known issue on SU2017? I've installed plugin, but the only commando working is CPoint at circle center.

[Dave R]

@bjnobre said:

There is a known issue on SU2017? I've installed plugin, but the only commando working is CPoint at circle center.

I just ran it in SU2017 and had no problem getting the various tools to work.

Cpoint at Arc Center
Cpoint at Insertion Point
Cpoint at Bounds Center
Cpoint at Bounds Bottom Center
Cpoint at Exploded Arc Center

Cpoint at Camera Eye also works but not shown in the screen shot.

What version have you installed?

[mariocha]

Yeah, same here. All working.
plugin version 1.4.1