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    • D Offline
      driven
      last edited by

      @nxtdave,
      download tig_weld and weld your 3 lines first...
      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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      • ntxdaveN Offline
        ntxdave
        last edited by

        @driven said:

        @nxtdave,
        download tig_weld and weld your 3 lines first...
        john

        Already had weld installed. Just did not use it. When I welded the lines, it worked perfect. Even tried a freehand line and it worked fine as well.
        πŸ‘

        Thanks..........I should have thought of that 😳

        Might be something that should be explored for a future release though. Just out of curiosity, I also have the free version of Profile Builder and it worked fine on the original lines though without using the Weld tool.

        Just a thought..........

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        • josephkim626J Offline
          josephkim626
          last edited by

          @sdmitch said:

          @josephkim626 said:

          As I am often giving precision 4 to give a rectangular look, im just wondering if there would be a way to rotate the profile 45 degrees. Effectively, having a rectangular tubes.

          Yes, but this particular plugin is scrambled so only the creator can make that change.

          In the mean time, maybe this will help. You can copy and paste into the Ruby Console to try it out.

          mod = Sketchup.active_model
          > ent = mod.active_entities
          > sel = mod.selection
          > unless sel.empty?
          >   vars=UI.inputbox(["Number of Sides;"," Length of a Side;","Angle of Rotation;"],[4,1,45],"Tube Specifications")
          >   if vars
          >     n,l,d=vars
          >     a=180/n
          >     r=l/Math.sin(a.degrees)/2
          >     edgs=sel.grep(Sketchup;;Edge)
          >     edgs.each{|e|
          >       p,v=e.line
          >       grp=ent.add_group;ge=grp.entities
          >       tube=ge.add_ngon(p,v,r,n)
          >       face=ge.add_face(tube)
          >       ent.transform_entities(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(p,v,d.degrees),face)
          >       face.followme e
          >       grp.explode
          >     }
          >   end
          > else
          >   UI.messagebox "Select Edges"
          > end
          > 
          

          Thank you so much, this helped for me at least this time.
          I had to remove "grp.explode" line as I wanted them to be a grouped members.
          who is the creator of this plugin? I know it has been tossed around couple times.
          (I will still need an option to use "mm" units, follow welded edges as solid)

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          • sdmitchS Offline
            sdmitch
            last edited by

            Didier Bur is the creator of the "Lines2Tubes" plugin.

            Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

            http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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            • G Offline
              Guilherme Bera
              last edited by

              I'd like to thank you by this plugin.

              But it doesn't have a toolbar, and once that the plugin "Toolbar Editor" from Aerilius, induced me to make the workspace more visual. I decided to modify a bunch of scripts just enough to support toolbar, but your script is scrambled, so I can't do it by myself. So I'd be glad if you could modify your plugin just enough to support toolbar.

              Then a simple way to add the toolbar support is like TIG commented in another topic (bit.ly/29PAk6T😞

              @unknownuser said:

              An example of the menu making command is:

              unless file_loaded?(__FILE__)
              >    cmd = UI;;Command.new("SomeCommandName"){ SomeCommand.new() }
              >    UI.menu("Plugins").add_item(cmd)
              > ### START - ADD TOOLBAR HERE...
              > ### END -   ADD TOOLBAR HERE
              >    file_loaded(__FILE__)
              > end
              

              If it's a 'Tool' the CMD setup is slightly different...

              An example to use that within a toolbar is this additional code added between the ### markers:

              cmd.tooltip = "SomeCommandName"
              > cmd.status_bar_text = "SomeText"
              > cmd.small_icon = File.join("SomeCommandFolder/ImagesFolder", 'icon-24.png')
              > cmd.large_icon = File.join("SomeCommandFolder/ImagesFolder", 'icon-32.png')
              > toolbar = UI;;Toolbar.new("SomeCommandName")
              > toolbar.add_item(cmd)
              > toolbar.show if toolbar.get_last_state.abs == 1 # TB_VISIBLE/NEVER
              

              Note how addition properties are needed for the cmd to be used in a toolbar.
              The path to the button icons and their names is up to you...

              PS: If it could be helpful, I attached icons created for the toolbar.


              lines2tubes_32.png


              lines2tubes_24.png

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Does it possible to modify the plugin
                for have a rotation input?

                Now we have this!
                As you remark there is an Up Orientation!
                GIF_tube.gif

                Wanted! πŸ€“

                squares_w.jpg

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

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                • josephkim626J Offline
                  josephkim626
                  last edited by

                  @pilou said:

                  Does it possible to modify the plugin
                  for have a rotation input?

                  Now we have this!
                  As you remark there is an Up Orientation!
                  [attachment=1:1rui9dug]<!-- ia1 -->GIF_tube.gif<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:1rui9dug]

                  Wanted! πŸ€“

                  [attachment=0:1rui9dug]<!-- ia0 -->squares_w.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1rui9dug]

                  Sdmitch has his own plugin that does what you are describing.

                  http://sdmitch.blogspot.co.uk/

                  find "Edge To Tube"

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                  • josephkim626J Offline
                    josephkim626
                    last edited by

                    @pilou said:

                    Seems bugged! πŸ˜‰
                    Or works only for curves ?
                    Seems working only from polys of 5 segments! πŸ˜‰

                    [attachment=1:17is50ip]<!-- ia1 -->GIF_bugged.gif<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:17is50ip]

                    Indeed it behaves funny when it is run on rectangles.

                    But it seems fine for some others.

                    [attachment=0:17is50ip]<!-- ia0 -->tube.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:17is50ip]


                    tube.gif

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Seems bugged! πŸ˜‰
                      Or works only for curves ?
                      Seems working only from polys of 5 segments! πŸ˜‰

                      GIF_bugged.gif

                      bugg4.jpg

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

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        The "Do curve" is somptuous! πŸ‘
                        (not my video πŸ’š
                        (currioussly don't works for the rectangles! 😲

                        Bravo to Sdmitch! 😎

                        Ps Will be very fine for any "section" πŸ˜‰

                        GIF_do_curve.gif

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

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
                          last edited by

                          One thing that does not work correctly for me is the Materials parameter. It will only allow me to select a material that has already been used in the model.

                          Maybe I am doing something wrong................

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @ntxdave said:

                            One thing that does not work correctly for me is the Materials parameter. It will only allow me to select a material that has already been used in the model.
                            To give you access to the potentially thousands of material SKM files that are not currently used in the model could be unbelievably complex, even it it were easy to do in the API - which unfortunately it is not...
                            To be frank having any material choice seems overkill, as it is really a a geometry creator ?

                            TIG

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                            • sdmitchS Offline
                              sdmitch
                              last edited by

                              @josephkim626 said:

                              Indeed it behaves funny when it is run on rectangles.

                              But it seems fine for some others.

                              Fixed the problem with rectangles in my Edge_to_Tube plugin. Normal rectangles are bounded by 4 edges and not a 'curve' as polygons and circles are.


                              edge to tube.gif

                              Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                              http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Excellent! πŸ‘

                                And can we imagine the same with any section ?

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

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                                • R Offline
                                  rv1974
                                  last edited by

                                  My $0.02:

                                  1. Fredo's Make curves (weld)
                                  2. S4u 'Make Frame'

                                  GIF.gif

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes but quid of differents number of segments of sections ? πŸ˜‰

                                    @Sdmitch
                                    Seems the "Do Curve" don't works in the new version!
                                    Edit: Sorry I don't draw a polygon but a rectangle! 😳
                                    The trick is draw a poly with 4 edges then resize with FredoScale! πŸ˜„

                                    no_more.jpg

                                    no_curve1.jpg

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

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                                    • fionmacoolF Offline
                                      fionmacool
                                      last edited by

                                      Merci pour le Plugin. : )

                                      Zere are still some architectes zat do not know ow to use ze SketchUp..... Zis is unbelievable....

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                                      • H Offline
                                        huajiet
                                        last edited by

                                        @sdmitch said:

                                        Yes, but this particular plugin is scrambled so only the creator can make that change.

                                        I'm hoping to set the default 'Precision' input at 20. looked into the .rb file but it's all scrambled. anyone can help?

                                        sdmitch, where can I download your Edge_to_Tube plugin?

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                                        • M Offline
                                          Munene
                                          last edited by

                                          How do you download the extension

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                                          • Didier BurD Offline
                                            Didier Bur
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,
                                            Go to the Resources tab and select the PluginStore option.
                                            Regards

                                            DB

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