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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      I now have a working version that takes each and every units format input [5' 6 1/2" etc !]
      I'll publish it later when I get some time to encrypt it etc for the PluginStore...

      TIG

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Here's v2.4 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345

        It has been Module-ized.

        Inputs can now be in any units/format:
        1'6", 1 1/2", 1000mm, 100cm, 10m, 1234.5 etc...

        There is also some more 'future-proofing' behind the scenes...

        Get the latest version from the PluginStore... http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=WorkPlane

        TIG

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Here's v2.5 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=274345#p274345

          It has some minor cosmetic tweaks.
          As recently updated, inputs can now be in any units/format:
          1'6", 1 1/2", 1000mm, 100cm, 10m, 1234.5 etc...

          Get the latest version from the PluginStore... http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=WorkPlane

          TIG

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          • K Offline
            kaas
            last edited by

            Hello TIG,

            I'm trying out Workplane in SU2014. I think it isn't always working as intended. For instance when drawing a rectangle and sometimes even simple lines on a angular workplane - they are drawn on the world-xy plane instead.

            greetings, Max

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Do you make the WorkPlane big enough to draw onto ?
              It does NOT constrain the input points from other tools onto the plane, if they are OUTSIDE of the WorkPlane's perimeter... πŸ˜•

              TIG

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              • K Offline
                kaas
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                Do you make the WorkPlane big enough to draw onto ?
                It does NOT constrain the input points from other tools onto the plane, if they are OUTSIDE of the WorkPlane's perimeter... πŸ˜•
                Workplane is big enough indeed. See attached file.


                workplane.skp


                workplane.jpg

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  When drawing onto a WorkPlane you need to watch the cursor's inferencing tooltips...
                  If it says 'On Face', 'Intersection', 'EndPoint' etc then its on the WorkPlane or probably inferencing the grid or other geometry you have just added onto it.
                  If you pull the cursor away from the WorkPlane, or accept an axial inference etc, then chances are the new line you make will NOT be on the WorkPlane.

                  You get exactly the same effects drawing onto a sloping standard Face in your model.

                  All a WorkPlane is, is a large transparent face with a guide-line grid, locked into place, to assist you in drawing in that plane - useful when you do not have faces or other geometry etc to inference onto.
                  If does not magically 'constrain' the cursor [unlike my 2dTools which limit geometry to a flat plane with a specified Z].
                  You can draw 'away' from a WorkPlane at any time - as you have found. πŸ€“

                  TIG

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                    kaas
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    All a WorkPlane is, is a large transparent face with a guide-line grid, locked into place, to assist you in drawing in that plane - useful when you do not have faces or other geometry etc to inference onto.
                    If does not magically 'constrain' the cursor [unlike my 2dTools which limit geometry to a flat plane with a specified Z].
                    You can draw 'away' from a WorkPlane at any time - as you have found.

                    Thanks for your reply TIG. I was mistaken and was wrongly expecting the workplane would magically 'constrain' the cursor like in your 2dTools. My fault.

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                    • kenK Offline
                      ken
                      last edited by

                      TIG

                      I have downloaded the new version of Workplane. I can only set the plane in inches, no matter what my units are set too, the plane if always set in inches.

                      Ex.

                      Units, ft, set 200x200, I get a 200 inch workplane.

                      Units, m, set 200x200, I get the same 200 inch workplance.

                      Thanks in advance for you help.

                      Ken

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

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Ken, are you right clicking in space and setting the grid size and spacing as directed in the hints at the bottom of the screen? I just gave it a try and it picks up model units just fine.

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                        M30

                        %

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          The latest version of WorkPlane ought to now work in any input units.
                          So if your Model Units are inches, then 'plain numbers' are taken as inches.
                          Or if the Model Units are feet, then 'plain numbers are taken as feet etc...
                          BUT if you want something say in feet but the Model Units are inches yhen type 1' so it's read as one foot [12"], or say 1m so it ~40" [for the meter grid in an Inch-model] ?
                          So to use units different from the Model Units just add a suffix "/'/m/cm/mm ?

                          However, while checking I do see some inconsistencies in dialog's like 'Adjust' for changing grid-width etc, so I'm investigating...

                          Thanks for the feedback though. πŸ˜„

                          TIG

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Here's v2.6 in the PluginStore.
                            http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=WorkPlane

                            A typo in the dialog to Set/Adjust Grid-width meant the grid-width always matched the grid-height !
                            Now it works properly again and the grid's width and height can be set separately.

                            TIG

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                            • kenK Offline
                              ken
                              last edited by

                              TIG, Dave

                              Here are screen shots of me trying to use feet. Note, the model units are in feet.

                              So what am I doing wrong?

                              Thanks in advance for your help.

                              Ken


                              TP #1.png


                              TP #2.png


                              TP #3.png


                              TP #4.png


                              TP 4.5.png


                              TP #5.png

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

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Are you manipulating WorkPlanes made in an earlier version, or perhaps using a SKP that had the earlier WorkPlanes used previously ?
                                These used a 'float' number, which was taken as 'meters' or 'feet' depending on your Model Units...

                                After several requests, the latest version allows you to input the sizes in ANY units format, unfortunately these are now 'Lengths' not 'Floats'...

                                I can trap for that... πŸ˜’
                                I should have trapped for that !!! 😳

                                Watch this space... πŸ˜›

                                Meanwhile running this line of code in the Ruby Console after opening your older SKP will wipe the now incompatible stored WorkPlane details:
                                Sketchup.active_model.attribute_dictionaries.delete("WorkPlane")

                                I'll try and fix it tomorrow... πŸ˜•

                                TIG

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                                • kenK Offline
                                  ken
                                  last edited by

                                  TIG

                                  Thanks, that did it.

                                  However, even that one line of code made me look like an idiot. So I pasted the line of code into the Ruby Console, "thinking hard, now don't mess this up", didn't press the enter key. Darn, why didn't that work. Well, I went to paste the line again, but to do that I had to hit the enter key, darn that's why it didn't work. I guess thinking while doing something that is almost automatic, gave rise to the term, "over thinking the problem".

                                  Thanks TIG

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

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                                    othmanalazzam
                                    last edited by

                                    wonderful, thanks, I suggest attaching this video into the original post so we can understand the plugin, I had have to search the youtube to understand it.

                                    anyways, thanks

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Version v2.7 is now available in the PluginStore.
                                      http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=WorkPlane

                                      It fixes the glitch when you tried to use the new version in an older SKP that had previously setup WorkPlanes in the old format - old floats v. new lengths.
                                      Now of you use such a SKP it's assumed that the previous float settings were lengths - so you may need to reset for new WorkPlanes if you were using meters... [right-click in open space or using the 'Adjust' context-menu option...]

                                      TIG

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                                      • kenK Offline
                                        ken
                                        last edited by

                                        TIG

                                        Good morning.

                                        Well got up and installed v2.7 from the store, over my other installed Workplane. This install behaved just like the last install. The dimensions did not change from inches to feet as I changed the units in Sketchup.

                                        So if this install was to clean out all the previous left over remnants, it didn't seem to accomplish this task.

                                        I went into the plugin directory, removed all Workplane info, rb files, and directory. Re-installed v2.7 from the store. Plugin works correctly now.

                                        Just letting you know.

                                        Ken

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

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                                        • E Offline
                                          engineer10122
                                          last edited by

                                          Is work plane.rb supported in 2014 SU Pro?
                                          It doesn't seem to install the plugin.
                                          err what am I doing wrong.
                                          Thanks.
                                          sg

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Works fine in v8 up to v2014 πŸ˜•
                                            I just reinstalled it in v2014 to be sure, and it worked fine. πŸ˜„

                                            When loaded [and enabled if you are using the SCF Plugins Manager]...
                                            It has a submenu named "WorkPlane Tools" under "Tools" menu.
                                            I trust you have looked there and not under the "Plugins" menu***
                                            If you select a WorkPlane object, then there are a number of tools enabled in the Context-menu - these differ depending on what you have selected.
                                            There is a Toolbar named "WorkPlane Tools" too...

                                            ***Have you actually read the usage instructions ??

                                            If there's still a problem... do you have the latest version of v2014 - an update came out a few days ago...
                                            Also are there any accented characters or single-quotes in your Windows User name ?
                                            These have been reported as issues for many plugins' loading...

                                            TIG

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