[Plugin] Pivot Around Axis

bagatelo

I was thinking about a new possibility for this tool. It would be like this: we selected the object, we activated the tool, and they appear in the screen a circular menu around the object with possibilities of we can rotate the object in predefine angles , as for instance, in 45 degrees. In the image example, only the dog house is geometry, the rest is the menu. For rotate the object, we chose desired arrow.

thomthom

Have you installed "ThomThom's Menu" ? If you did - then the location is different than the default Tools menu.

alfort

I new to installing plug-ins to sketchup. I've installed your script into the plugins folder but nothing is showing up in the tools menu after restarting sketchup. I'm using SU 7.1.

jason_maranto

Thank-you -- fits a need I've had perfectly.

Best,
Jason.

xiombarg

This is massively helpful for me. I wish I would have noticed it earlier.
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halroach

@thomthom said:

Yup. I added a couple of things today, like being able to rotate groups. And click on other instances to adjust another object without existing the tool. Will hook up the VCB shortly.

Hi Thom,
Nice plugin!
I can't seem to be able to select other objects when in the tool.
Also it works only after I've selected an object. If nothing is selected, and the tool is run, nothing much happens... maybe I'm missing something?

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thomthom

What other objects are you trying to select? What type of entities?

halroach

@thomthom said:

What other objects are you trying to select? What type of entities?

components...

thomthom

Hmm... that should work, after the tool is active it should be possible to click other components (in the same context though)

halroach

@thomthom said:

Hmm... that should work, after the tool is active it should be possible to click other components (in the same context though)

I click to turn the tool on. I click on any component, and it just doesn't do anything. Only if I have a component pre-selected and then activate the tool it works. But then I am limited to playing around with only that component. I cannot select other components without exiting the tool, selecting, and then running it again...

Maybe it's cause I'm using sketchup 2015 and not 2016?