[Plugin] 2D Tools

TIG · 20 Jan 2016, 14:49

OK

I can see it happening too

It the two picked Edges form a Face, then the Fillet is an Arc.
It those Edges have no Face then the Arc is getting exploded into weird bits !
All my tests were on faced-edges - which is supposedly the more awkward process !

I'll investigate - I'll announce the update as soon as I find the problem - and fix it...

TIG · 21 Jan 2016, 18:28

Here's v7.4 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools
The Fillet tool is changed for compatibility with all + >= v2016
[important when its fillets are NOT applied onto a faced area]
Also the Fillet tool now helpfully highlights selected lines etc.

ivreich · 21 Jan 2016, 23:22

Brilliant, Thanks TIG

Cheers,
J

JQL · 14 Mar 2016, 19:21

I noticed I cannot change linetype. It says right click for options but right click shows a context menu without any 2D tool entries.

TIG · 14 Mar 2016, 19:33

@jql said:

I noticed I cannot change linetype. It says right click for options but right click shows a context menu without any 2D tool entries.
To [re]set the Line-Style you have to right-click in 'open space', otherwise the right-click activates the default context-menu...

JQL · 15 Mar 2016, 09:53

Does it count if you are inside a group/component, with hide rest of model turned on and click on empty space there.

The first entry actually says "close group" and then I have some context menu options as you say.

TIG · 15 Mar 2016, 10:33

@JQL

You're right - after all of these years !
There is no context-menu when right-clicking in empty space in the model entities context, but there is when inside an edit mode...
You can of course set the 2dLineStyle when in the model entities context and that will be used in the edit context.
Or use the default 2dLineStyle on one piece and then select it and edit its 2dLineStyle, resetting the selected's 2dLineStyle that way...

It also occurs in the '2dHatch' tool, when trying to reset the 'PATT' !

This is clearly quite unsatisfactory - so I'll look at how I might fix it...

JQL · 15 Mar 2016, 11:51

@tig said:

@JQL

You're right - after all of these years !

LOL it's all your fault! I was working inside sectioncutface group!

After your release of the latest SectionCutFace, where XY axis are parallel to section planes (I only requested it, it's your fault you developed it ), I've been rethinking my workflow for doing more stuff in sketchup than in LO. This includes linework of course and your dashed lines came to mind. I knew they were there but hadn't used them before...

As you're diving into this again, have you ever tought of drawing a sequence of lines for your dashed lines instead of faces?

That would allow us to use styles to control thickness instead of having a fixed face width, and it would allow us a bit more control on scenes displayed at multiple scales inside LO.

(I would personally have a hard time with it as I'm using profiles to control width but...)

TIG · 15 Mar 2016, 12:04

Here's v7.5 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools Unlike when used within the Model entities-context, when editing a Group/Component the "right-click_in_open_space" was failing to open the 2dLineStyle-Settings or the 2dHatching-PATT-selector dialog: this has now been addressed - so that if used within an edit situation the short context-menu that appears has an appropriate command added onto it, which will then open that particular 2dTool's dialog.

JQL · 15 Mar 2016, 15:17

Thanks Tig!

function · 16 Mar 2016, 14:43

newest version is messing with select tool I think. say i do control g to group something - usually it lets me select things again immediately. this plugin is conflicting and makes it so i have to hit the select tool again to select things. hope that makes sense

TIG · 16 Mar 2016, 19:21

@function said:

newest version is messing with select tool I think. say i do control g to group something - usually it lets me select things again immediately. this plugin is conflicting and makes it so i have to hit the select tool again to select things. hope that makes sense
This might be because of the tool-pop/push needed to add the context-menu...
I've investigated...
Here's v7.6 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools The context-menu for changing the 2dLineStyle & 2dHatching settings, when opened on a right-click from inside an edit situation, are now set up so that they do not interfere with other tools...

LDHall · 30 Mar 2016, 05:47

2D Fillet / Chamfer tool does not work.

TIG · 30 Mar 2016, 10:32

There was an issue reported with 2dFillet sometimes failing - this January - but the latest versions, since v7.4, have addressed this.
The Fillet tool was changed for compatibility with all versions + >= v2016.
This update was important when its fillets are NOT applied onto a faced area.
Also the 2dFillet tool now helpfully highlights the two hovered/selected lines etc [as DaveR's gif illustrated very well].

Please get/install the latest RBZ - now v7.6 [which also include some fixes for 2dLineStyle and 2dHatching dialogs right-click opening when inside non-model contexts]...
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools
Test and report back...

josephkim626 · 6 Apr 2016, 15:12

Thanks for the great work TIG!

Clayton49 · 31 Jul 2017, 17:36

Hi all,

Is anyone using TIG'S-2D-TOOLS on version SU-PRO-2017, as I see it's not validated yet for this version ?

Thanks,
Over & out,
CJT54

Dave R · 31 Jul 2017, 18:12

I already replied in the other thread. This extension works just fine in SU2017. Leave the loading policy set to unrestricted.

Clayton49 · 1 Aug 2017, 08:41

@dave r said:

I already replied in the other thread. This extension works just fine in SU2017. Leave the loading policy set to unrestricted.

Hi Dave-R,

Thanks for confirming this, it's best this was aired on this 2D-tools page for others, tenuous links & all that. I see on my very old posts about subject, DASHED-LINES, I did in fact download & install this plugin, I now remember using it, but lost & forgot all about it, it must have been around the time I had a PC HD melt down...grrrr.

I wonder why it's not been badged o.k. for SU-PRO-2017 on the download page... ? it sure is a great tool from what I remember, I can't wait to plug-it-in again.

SU I feel has missed out on not providing 2D-CAD type tools, not everything needs to be modeled in 3D, adding the odd extra detail with 2D lines on saved model sections for building plans/sections makes this tool invaluable. I prefer doing it this way, rather than SU-LAYOUT, as all fixed & tied into the model. Besides that, I failed miserably in measuring off the model in SU-LAYOUT when trying to place/trace extra line details off the model in the view port at precise known distances. I think measuring was influenced by the scale of the view port window, anyway seemed tedious from what I recall. Not too sure why this is, as dimensions know what scale your using ? SU-LAYOUT is great for other items.

facer · 1 Aug 2017, 09:24

Draftsight (Free)
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/

If you are looking for 2D drafting tool to complement your Sketchup work
Draftsight offers the following advantages:

Free
Continually upgraded, allowing reading of current Revit or Autocad drawings in dwg or dxf
Supported by Dassault Systemes 3DS - a large French company.

juju · 1 Aug 2017, 09:44

@facer said:

Draftsight (Free)
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/

If you are looking for 2D drafting tool to complement your Sketchup work
Draftsight offers the following advantages:

Free

Continually upgraded, allowing reading of current Revit or Autocad drawings in dwg or dxf

Supported by Dassault Systemes 3DS - a large French company.

I second this suggestion, I use it for viewing and conversion purposes.