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    • S Offline
      skogen75
      last edited by

      Just found this...awesome indeed. Any tips on how to position the drill on guide points or lines? The stencil seems to disappear when I hover over a guide cross or guideline that intersects a face. I would love to know how to accurately place the drill. Very cool. I'm using SU15.

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        Pants
        last edited by

        @skogen75 said:

        Just found this...awesome indeed. Any tips on how to position the drill on guide points or lines? The stencil seems to disappear when I hover over a guide cross or guideline that intersects a face. I would love to know how to accurately place the drill. Very cool. I'm using SU15.

        +1.

        I think this is what <pilou » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:55 am> was describing (along with a workaround?) and if so, I don't get his results, or just don't understand exactly what he was suggesting to do the workaround.

        I can NOT get it to punch through any semblance of guidelines, pencil-lines, etc. The stencil disappears as soon as it infers an intersection point - though yes, arrow-keys seem to bring it back as per previous post, but...still...there's no punching going on. Yes, I can punch to my heart's content if I just "get random" with it, but I'm trying to hit precise measurements, not do an art piece where measurements don't matter.

        Fantastic capabilities, but for me...entirely hamstrung by this flaw. Help!

        Downloaded today with Sketchucation plugin store - Downloads: 3037 [ Version Updated: 2014/10/19 ]

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          Thanks for signaling.

          I normally fixed this ennoying problem in version 1.2a, now available on the PluginStore

          Fredo

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            NEW RELEASE: VisuHole v1.2a - 04 Feb 15

            VisuHole 1.2a fixes a major bug preventing to drill when the cursor is positioned on a Guide line, Guide point or Edge over the target face.

            See main post of this thread for Download of VisuHole.

            Fredo

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Super! Works very fine on Guides Line, Guides points! ☀
              No news for a Gizmo size just before drawing the Stencil ? 😄

              But something is always wrong on the edge sides! 😮

              hum.jpg

              Works on the edges as soon as there is a little angle! 😉
              But when pararall not! 😮

              hum_angle.jpg


              visuhole_hum01.skp

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

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

                @pilou

                The problem for border edges is different. It deals with the fact that the stencil is usually partially outside of the shape. VisuHole only accepts to drill if the pivot point is inside the shape.

                No I need to fix that as well.

                Fredo

                PS: for the Gizmo, it is on my list. VisuHole is actually not a finished plugin, but I don't know when I will resume work on it.

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                  Pants
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, Fredo...I look forward to punching with surgical precision.

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    VisuHole only accepts to drill if the pivot point is inside the shape.

                    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Damned! Un effet collatéral! 😆
                    ça progresse, ça progresse! ☀

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

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                      Pants
                      last edited by

                      Fredo,

                      Hope you got time for this, because it feels so close...anyway, can you confirm that you're able to make up new stencils and have them work as "punches?" I've found this only works for me if I use your "stock" three sample stencils - the ones you provided as defaults. It lets me pick a new shape that turns yellow and shows all signs of being ready to make a hole, but when I double-click, or try to "orient," etc...no hole results...just a "time elapsed" display.

                      I also have some Sketchucation plugins-vs-extensions issues/possible confusion. Plugin manager shows current 2/4 version. Later, after finding I was still having problems, I noticed the SUcation Extensions manager still showed the old version (now disabled). I keep thinking there's a need to delete/uninstall old versions, not just disable. Apparently one can disable a plugin and still find that it shows up as the old version, active, but in the SUcation extensions manager. Confusing, to me, anyway.

                      Mahalo - Dave

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        Dave,

                        I would need to have your model with

                        • the shape to drill
                        • the set of faces to be used as a stencil.

                        That would help me to troubleshoot

                        Fredo

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                          Pants
                          last edited by

                          @fredo6 said:

                          Dave,

                          I would need to have your model with

                          • the shape to drill
                          • the set of faces to be used as a stencil.

                          That would help me to troubleshoot

                          Fredo

                          I just PM'd you...thanks - Dave

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                            thorx
                            last edited by

                            Hi to every one, only to mention that the last version of visuhole(1.3a) crashed in sketchup 2016 last version for mac and the way to replicate the issue is this:

                            1. Make a cube
                            2. Make a little circle to use with drill option
                            3. Put the circle at the corner vertex of the cube to make some kind of chamfer effect by clicking twice (to fix position and establish the axis).
                            4. Make the procedure number 3 one more time in another corner vertex of the cube and... that's it!, sketchup 2016 (last ver.19913 for mac) completely crashed and bugsplat appears.

                            To be sure that the problem isn't for incompatibility with another plugin, I disabled all other stuff before test the plugin and the same thing occurred.

                            Anyway, the whole collection of fredo6 plugins are the best I have seen, I know this is only a stupid bug that could be fix it soon...

                            Thanks for your wonderful work and the spectacular plugins you do guys.

                            My Machine:


                            Macbook pro (mid-2012) with OS X El Capitan 10.11.2
                            8GB RAM
                            1GB Nvidia 650gt
                            512GB SSD

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Hello Fredo
                              No progress in this domain ?
                              Will be fine for Grooves with complex path! 😄
                              GIF_visuhole10.gif

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

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                Pilou,

                                That would be a different plugin, because groove have a 3D shape in general.

                                I think sdmitch has done something already.

                                Fredo

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                                  rv1974
                                  last edited by

                                  Grooving (edge extruding) is for sure in Top of the most missing features (among true curves,saving in background, and multiple curves as one profile path for example). None of existing scripts is close to workable level (say, comparable to JPP)

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                                  • kenK Offline
                                    ken
                                    last edited by

                                    I am having problems with this program in drilling more that one hole. I have a pair of 4x4x1/2 angles next to each other, 1" apart. I mark each hole location with a guide point. I can make one hole, but cannot make any other of the holes.

                                    I would like to mark all the holes, like 10 to 20 and just run down the line drilling holes into the angle at each guide point location.

                                    Things I have tried.

                                    1. guide points in and out of group selection and using a line end to mark the locations.

                                    2. Separte groups selected or grouping both angle group in one large group.

                                    3. If I click on the "Recurse from..." selection after each hole I can continue making one another hole. After this new hole I need to click on one of the "Recurse from..." to make another hole.

                                    4. Note, if I make a the second selection that is not on a guide point I can make a hole, but I cannot make two selections using the guide points as reference.


                                    Hole in Angle.png

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

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      Ken,

                                      Could you post the model.

                                      I am not sure I understand well, so it will help me to figure out.

                                      Many thanks

                                      Fredo

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                                      • kenK Offline
                                        ken
                                        last edited by

                                        Fredo

                                        OK, here is the model. It has four version of the angles.

                                        1. Blue is the two angles 1" apart
                                        2. Yellow is the angles with a guide line and guide points where the holes are to be drilled
                                        3. Red is the failure, after one hole on the guide points.
                                        4. Green is what success should looks like. I can continue making holes if I keep selecting the "Recurse...." option. If I don't do the re-clicking of the "Recurse..." button, I never get the blue bonding box of a group, just the ghost lines. With the ghost lines I cannot make another hole.

                                        Hope this help.


                                        Cofferdam showing angle iron waiting for holes.png


                                        Angle Iron w holes.skp

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

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          Ken,

                                          OK. Got it. and it makes a lot of sense.
                                          Just a bug I will fix.

                                          Thanks for signaling.

                                          Fredo

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            NEW RELEASE: VisuHole v1.4b - 12 Oct 17

                                            VisuHole 1.4b is a miantenance release:

                                            • fix a problem where pre-selection was lost after an operation
                                            • certified SU2017
                                            • Support of Hi-res screen
                                            • compatibility OSX High Sierra

                                            Note: v1.4a, published also on 12 Oct had a bug left. So better take v1.4b

                                            The fix for Pre-selection concerns a bug signaled by Ken.

                                            VisuHole Selection.gif

                                            See main post of this thread for Download of VisuHole.

                                            Fredo

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