[Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

applemango85 · 19 May 2017, 12:41

think that my guides were drawn wrong so I redraw I but now I have the problem that the ellipses round is made up of many little lines not the one line which is a tad of a problem when trying to use jointpushpull on the cylinder surface

applemango85 · 19 May 2017, 12:43

thank you dave - ill see if that works now

Dave R · 19 May 2017, 12:45

It's hard to tell what you have going on now without seeing the file.

applemango85 · 19 May 2017, 13:02

well I'm getting a solid line but my arc isn't happening - its either a mess or something like the attachment

tools on surface.pdf

applemango85 · 19 May 2017, 13:12

oh my goodness, I think I got it to work - I deleted a few of the guidelines and zoomed out - not the prettiest looking object but it does the job

thank you for sparing the time to help

the key seems to be to note where the blue/purple dots appear and keep guides to a minimum

test 1.skp

Dave R · 19 May 2017, 13:18

Good for you. If you use the inferencing tools you really shouldn't need much in the way of guides.

aofaofaof · 3 Jul 2017, 04:57

thanks

tonamu · 12 Sept 2017, 19:13

Hi
Thanks for share.
tonamu

fredo6 · 6 Oct 2017, 12:24

NEW RELEASE: Tools on Surface 2.3a- 06 Oct 17

This maintenance release is required for:

the support of usernames with non-ascii characters
the compatibility for High Sierra for Mac users
the support for hi-resolution screens
the certification for SU2017

You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 7.7g or higher

Please see main post for download

Fredo

rv1974 · 4 Feb 2018, 18:15

Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

fredo6 · 4 Feb 2018, 21:01

@rv1974 said:

Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

What do you mean?
This is a set of tools "on Surface".

Fredo

rv1974 · 4 Feb 2018, 21:11

I mean fillet on 3d surface. See attached:
Say you have AB and CD lines. The red fillet connectig AB abd CD is demanded.

fil.skp

rv1974 · 5 Feb 2018, 07:44

Street - underground parking ramp junction. Example from real life (VERY common an tedious task).

ca.skp

fredo6 · 5 Feb 2018, 10:19

@rv1974

Somehow, you are asking if I could implement teh equivalent of BezierSpline 'on surface', of which the filetting is just one tool.

That's probably possible, but non trivial.

Actually the real difficulty with TOS is to handle the sharp changes in surface, because this is where directions may change abruptly. If everything was on a smooth surfce it would be simpler.

I'll think about it.

Fredo

rv1974 · 5 Feb 2018, 11:49

I'd gladly use this 3d fillet on more or less 'calm' surfaces and get an error report on sharp ones. no problem.

Einstein · 8 Jun 2018, 19:20

Hi!

As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?

fredo6 · 10 Jun 2018, 20:28

@einstein said:

Hi!

As you can see in the screenshot, I selected two neighbouring surfaces. Offset on Surface creates one big offset for them both, together. I was thinking, if it's possible that offsets would be created separately, independently for each surface?

Why don't you select each face for individual offset?

Fredo