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      Automation
      last edited by

      Hello Everybody,

      actual I have the requirement, to create a "cavalier" perspective.

      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cavalier_perspective_45.svg/480px-Cavalier_perspective_45.svg.png

      I hope that someone can tell me, how to create this view in SU.

      Many thanks!

      Automation

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        dmatho
        last edited by

        Yes and Cabinet Oblique Projection too 😄
        For ref. see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_projection

        Cheers,

        . DIEGO .

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          Automation
          last edited by

          Hello *,

          it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.

          • Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
          • Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
          • Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
          • Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?

          I would appreciate any comments

          Best Regards

          Automation

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            @automation said:

            Hello *,

            it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.

            • Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
            • Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
            • Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
            • Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?

            I would appreciate any comments

            Best Regards

            Automation
            I don't think that a Cavalier type of view is possible in SketchUp - at least not as a camera setting.
            It needs to have distorted geometry, which then would only work from one vantage point...
            My Plugin is therefore NOT extensible...
            You can ask a question in a related plugin's thread; however, if you want wider public awareness consider starting a new thread in Plugins with a Request for something - but nothing is going to appear instantly 😞 ...
            But if it's a "how-do-I-do-this-by-hand" then post a message in the General forum - some skilled users might not frequent the Plugins side... Someone might have a brilliant workaround that I can't envisage... 😮

            TIG

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              Automation
              last edited by

              Hi TIG!

              many thanks for your answer. So I have to find another solution.

              Best Regards

              Automation

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                magdales
                last edited by

                Hi all !
                Thanks for your axoiso.rb plugin. I had a similarly need for my own video game, so i add some new functions of my own, to get the 8 isometric views from a single model.

                In order to get my code functional :
                1°/ first import one single model and select it.
                2°/ then open ruby console. (menu > windows > ruby console)
                3°/ write "middle" (to center the object to the axis origin)
                4°/ then write "aff" to get all view done with correct distance & angle
                5-6-7..°/ then write i1, or i2, or i3 ... or i8 and snapshot the image, to get all 8 classical isometric direction for video game.

                I'm sure anyone can do better than me on this forum. This was my first contact with Ruby language.
                I hope this will help someone else ... as much as the axoiso.rb had helped me.

                Have a nice day !

                Kéké from Magdales


                Magdales isometric function

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                  nicmask
                  last edited by

                  It is magic! Thank you so much!!

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                    duchaoren
                    last edited by

                    If I want iso4545,how can I do it?

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                    • OxerO Offline
                      Oxer
                      last edited by

                      Great plugin for my exercises about Dihedral System in the High School (I'm a Drawing Teacher), I added a menu via Camera Menu for a quick access.

                      Axo + Iso with menu via Camera Menu

                      "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                      [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                        edoaber
                        last edited by

                        Hello TIG,
                        first of all, I want to say this plugin is just great! I am using it every chance I get!
                        I just came across a bit of a problem thought, and I am asking you for help.
                        For my work, I often have the necessity to produce axonometric drawings with shadows.
                        This time I am asked to draw an axonometry from the bottom. So I thought: easy enough! I just need to rotate the model, export in 2D, rotate the canvas again, and voilà!
                        The problem is, my committant wants the shadows too!
                        However, sketchup only allows the shadows to come from the top (which is only logical), so if I rotate the model, and rotate the 2d view again, I would find my self with a picture showing shadows coming from the bottom (which is quite odd).
                        So, my question is, is there a way I can see my axonometry 30-60 from the bottom without having to rotate the model?
                        I tried using ruby console to set the view, but I really don't know what I'm doing...

                        Update: if I open the axo+iso.rb file with notepad I see the parameters "eye" "target" "up" for the three different options (30/60; 60/30; 45/45), how did you calculate those parameter? Is there a way a can calculate mine to put myself in the view I need?

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @edoaber

                          I guess you simply want a negative Z for the eye, so it's then below the ground ?
                          So you could edit using Notepad++ the eye's Z values thus...
                          e.g. in line#51
                          eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,463.851)becomes
                          eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,**-**463.851)
                          Test it and see if that's what's expected...


                          PS:
                          The attached RB is a WIP update to v2.0.
                          Note how the usage has changed to TIG.axo3060 for viewing as usual from above, and TIG.axo3060**(-1)** for from viewing from below.
                          This applies to all axo/iso view changing operations.

                          Put the RB file into the Plugins folder to replace the original...
                          Restart SketchUp...
                          If it does what you want, then please confirm, and then I might update the PluginStore entry accordingly...


                          axo+iso.rb

                          TIG

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                          • john2J Offline
                            john2
                            last edited by

                            Thanks for this awesome plugin! Is there any toolbar version available? I'm used to clicking the huts in the native sketchup toolbar for ISO, Front or Top views. A toolbar will be super awesome. 👍 😄

                            Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                              majid
                              last edited by

                              Dear TIG,
                              Thanks for sharing your gems, I was searching exactly the same thing .. but it does not work for me and each time I receive the same error message:
                              ISO3030
                              Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant ISO3030>
                              <main>:in <main>' SketchUp:1:in eval'

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @Majid
                                This is a very very very old plugin, and could benefit from some modernization and rewriting, but it should still work.

                                The error appears to come about because you are typing in capital letters ??
                                Use
                                iso3030
                                NOT
                                ISO3030

                                TIG

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                                • majidM Offline
                                  majid
                                  last edited by

                                  So tricky, yes it now works! 😄 😄 😄

                                  My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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                                    martinhong Newcomers
                                    last edited by

                                    Dear TIG, bringing this forum back to life a bit, but I downloaded the extension and imported it through my sketchup extension manager. However I don't see the extension anywhere and have re-started my sketchup. Is there a different way I need to import it for it to work?

                                    Thanks!!

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @martinhong said:

                                      However I don't see the extension anywhere and have re-started my sketchup. Is there a different way I need to import it for it to work?

                                      Usage; type the desired option in Ruby Console xxxxxxx + <enter> ***
                                      Available options are;
                                      
                                      axo3060 which sets the camera to a 30/60 axonometric view and zooms extents
                                      axo6030 which sets the camera to a 60/30 axonometric view and zooms extents
                                      axo4545 which sets the camera to a 45/45 axonometric view and zooms extents
                                      iso3030 which sets the camera to a 30/30 isometric view and zooms extents
                                      

                                      https://i.imgur.com/1PfdFUh.png

                                      Ruby-Console > axo3060 || axo6030 || axo4545 || iso3030
                                      [See 'More Info...' about adding a menu/toolbar]
                                      

                                      If you use Sketchucation Tools then if you search for axo and click the down chevron it will reveal additional info

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        As an example...

                                        https://i.imgur.com/4na6UuF.png

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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