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    [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset

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    • E Offline
      edgars
      last edited by

      how instal this plugin?

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Either 1. download its RBZ from the SCF PluginStore page linked above... and 2. use the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button.
        OR one off - get the SketchUcation Toolset RBZ from the Resources menu [above], then install it - and thereafter use that to install all of your needs from the PluginStore directly using AutoInstall from the PluginStore dialog in one step.

        TIG

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          pilou
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          @unknownuser said:

          A +ve distance

          What is the meaning of "ve" ?

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

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Positive.

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Yes, +ve and -ve are common English abbreviations for Positive and Negative respectively: used with numbers - e.g. 2, -2

              TIG

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                pilou
                last edited by

                Thx for the info! πŸ‘

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

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Version 3.0 is released. https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_Smart_offset It's now updated to work with newer versions of SketchUp [including 'signing'].
                  If used within another tool it also properly returns the newly created face[s] within an array...
                  See usage notes in first post...

                  TIG

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                    melahome12
                    last edited by

                    good morning I am a university student this plugin interests me many I would like to know how to download the plugin

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      @melahome12 said:

                      good morning I am a university student this plugin interests me many I would like to know how to download the plugin

                      Click the Download button in TIG's post immediately above yours.
                      Screenshot - 11_26_2017 , 9_52_38 AM.png

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Please note that the newer versions of SketchUp [v2017/2018] now have improved Offset processes which might render this tool unnecessary...

                        TIG

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                          Einstein
                          last edited by

                          Hi TIG!

                          In my opinion your tool IS still necessary because sketchup is still not yet smart enough to support offsetting multiple faces πŸ˜›
                          I think I tried out all free multi-offsetting plugins and, although Smart Offset is the slowest, it doesn't cause reversed offsets (going outsie face instead of inside).

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                            davionkia555
                            last edited by

                            ty sir πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                              dangtungx
                              last edited by

                              Hi. I think the plugin has been active for a very long time.

                              There's a feature I come across often. That applies to text objects.

                              Is the plugin editable to work like the example below.

                              I feel.


                              Capture.JPG

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                You might be able to add some code to apply the offset to all loops of the face - currently it only works on the outer-loop, so inner 'holes' are not processed...

                                Feel free to mess around with the code...

                                TIG

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                                  Einstein
                                  last edited by

                                  Well, I know there one was a plugin called TruOffset, which - I think as the only one - respected holes in faces and was also able to offset them. But it's lost in space, and I couldn't find it anywhere these days.
                                  I am referring to this thread:
                                  https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hole-aware-offset/83561
                                  It must have been removed from the Extension Warehouse. I saw it there a few years ago. Maybe it can be found somewhere.

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                                    kwalkerman
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi TIG - I wonder if you'd give me access to the original ruby code - the plugin is not working in my 2020 version of SketchUP and I'd be interested in trouble-shooting the code.

                                    Thanks!

                                    Karen

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      The tool's code is in the main RB file [because it's NOT made as an extension].

                                      Although the file's header says Β© & ...all-rights-reserved... etc I'd be happy for you to troubleshoot it...

                                      What are your problems with it ?

                                      TIG

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                                        kwalkerman
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi TIG,

                                        The file I downloaded is "TIG_Smart_offset_v3.0.rbz"

                                        Forgive me - I've done extensive coding for my own use, but very little with other people's files. My understanding of *.rbz is that is a protected format and there isn't a way to view the original *.rb.

                                        I am getting one error related to Fixnum being deprecated, but the tool is also simply not offsetting for one of my test faces. It's a tricky face, and I haven't been able to write my own offset tool that works for it, which is how I came across your tool. (see below):


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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          If you install an RBZ it puts various things into your Plugins folder automatically.
                                          Typically there'll be an RB 'loader' [easily read/edited in a text-editor like Notepad++]
                                          AND a subfolder named after the RB file - containing at least one 'signing' file, and in this case an image file used for a button ?
                                          All of the code for this tool just happens to be in the main RB file...

                                          A more complex 'extension' will include other Ruby files in the subfolder, which are loaded by the extension code set up in the first RB [these can be RB [readable] or RBE [encrypted] or defunct RBS [hackable] format].
                                          There might also be files such as HTML, JS, CSS, TXT, Images etc... used by the parts of code...

                                          The 'signing' file [SUSIG used currently, or also HASH once used in older SketchUps] is a snapshot of various sensitive files' set ups, as included in the originally submitted RBZ, signed by Trimble.
                                          Changing any of those files affects the SUSIG signing status - but with your Extension Manager's Loading Policy set to 'Unrestricted' the extensions will still load [of course you might have broken something whilst editing !]

                                          So to recap - if you install the RBZ you get its contents in your Plugins folder.
                                          BUT an RBZ file is only a ZIP file with another filetype suffix - so you could make a copy of it, rename it with a trailing .ZIP filetype and extract its contents to another folder...
                                          Conversely, adding suitable files and subfolders to a ZIP file and re-filetyping it as an RBZ, works...
                                          Of course it'll be missing any 'SUSIG' signing file added to the RBZ during processing by Trimble...

                                          TIG

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                                            kwalkerman
                                            last edited by

                                            Ah, there you go. Thank you!

                                            If I figure out how to make it work for this face, I'll let you know with the updates.

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