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    • plot-parisP Offline
      plot-paris
      last edited by

      I have a selection question. I guess if any plugin can help me, it is this one. But I am not sure how. Maybe someone can help me.

      I have this model with many (non-quad) faces. And I would like to soften all the triangulation-edges so that I am left with seemingly quad faces.

      2014-08_HiddenEdges.jpg
      I guess the best way would be to soften everything, then select the edge loops and unsoften them. But I don't know how.

      Is it possible at all with this plugin?

      If yes, how?

      Any help would be appreciated.

      Cheers,
      Jakob

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        It's unpredictable to try to determine the diagonals of pseudo-quads. I've tried but what is easy to our eyes is not easy to a script.

        How did you create that mesh btw? Several extensions have support for QuadFace tools. which will create what you want.

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

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        • J Offline
          jumpjack
          last edited by

          I can't understand if and how I can use this plugin to select only edges delimiting holes inside a surface, rather than also external edges of the surface itself.

          For example, in this case:
          hole-example.png

          I want only this selection:
          hole-example-edges.png

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
            last edited by

            You might be able to select those edges more easily if you soften/smooth the surface first.

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Indeed! And then you could probably drag a selection box around the edges of the hole to select the edges. No plugin needed.

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              • J Offline
                jumpjack
                last edited by

                This is only a small part of a very large model, it would take years to edit all holes by hand:

                http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=124357&t=1

                That's why I'm looking for some automation.

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Right Click > Select Only > Border Edges

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

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                  • josephkim626J Offline
                    josephkim626
                    last edited by

                    For some reason, "Select Coplanar Faces" results some other parallel faces selected that aren't necessarily "Coplanar"?

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      @josephkim626 said:

                      For some reason, "Select Coplanar Faces" results some other parallel faces selected that aren't necessarily "Coplanar"?

                      Could you post an example SKP file that exhibits this behavior?

                      And please complete your profile with SketchUp version and operating system.

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                      • tt_suT Offline
                        tt_su
                        last edited by

                        @josephkim626 said:

                        For some reason, "Select Coplanar Faces" results some other parallel faces selected that aren't necessarily "Coplanar"?

                        The menu name is misleading - it's Same Direction instead of truly coplanar.

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                        • josephkim626J Offline
                          josephkim626
                          last edited by

                          @dave r said:

                          @josephkim626 said:

                          For some reason, "Select Coplanar Faces" results some other parallel faces selected that aren't necessarily "Coplanar"?

                          Could you post an example SKP file that exhibits this behavior?

                          And please complete your profile with SketchUp version and operating system.

                          Sorry, it is tested on windows 7 and sketchup 2014 (in different machines)
                          Red circled face was the face that was used to execute "select coplanar face"

                          example


                          skp file

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            @tt_su said:

                            The menu name is misleading - it's Same Direction instead of truly coplanar.

                            So there's no bug. Just a naming confusion. it would appear that "Coplanar Faces" should read something like "Parallel Faces with Normals Facing the Same Direction". Select>Parallel Faces selects Parallel Faces regardless of the normal orientation.

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Perhaps 'CoNormal', rather than 'CoPlanar' ?

                              TIG

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                                Esense3d
                                last edited by

                                Hello
                                Tomtom
                                Can i Translate this somehow?
                                Please Help

                                Roland F.

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                                • A Offline
                                  acheilman
                                  last edited by

                                  This is by far the plugin I use the most. Does anyone know if there is a way to make hot commands similar to 3dmax or softimage for the selection toys. I know you can right click and get to the tool from there when you have a selection, but I do not see an option for a hot key in my preferences. I find myself wanting to press the 2 or E keys frequently.

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    You can set up a shortcut to any native or plugin generated menu/context-menu command.
                                    But for that command to appear in the filtered list, then that command must be available when you open Preferences > Shortcuts dialog.
                                    So for example, if you want to shortcut 'Reverse Face' you must have a face preselected before opening the dialog, otherwise there will be no matching entry in the list.
                                    Pressing a shortcut key when the command is not available just does nothing.
                                    Remember you can assign the F-keys too, and keys in conjunction with modifiers like Shift/Ctrl/Alt
                                    Do not shortcut plain .,;[]<>/*- x s, TAB, plain-numerals, or the arrow-keys - as these are used by SketchUp and/or several plugins...

                                    TIG

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                                    • A Offline
                                      acheilman
                                      last edited by

                                      The methods above did not seem to work. "reverse face" is in the dialouge box already as an option to apply a shortcut, but selection toys only has options to create shortcuts for the UI Settings, Edge Loops, And Cheat Sheet. Apologies if I am missing something

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                                      • J Offline
                                        JGA
                                        last edited by

                                        Works for me, did you have a face selected before opening your preferences?

                                        Regards,
                                        JGA

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                                          AcesHigh
                                          last edited by

                                          Is Selection Toys working with Sketchup 2015 for you guys?

                                          At Preferences, it shows there as loaded.

                                          But I get no toolbar, no right-click context options, no submenu either at Extensions nor Tools...

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            What version do you have installed?
                                            (Yes - it works in SU2015)

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

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