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

Dave R

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

aofaofaof

thanks

tonamu

Hi
Thanks for share.
tonamu

fredo6

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

Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

fredo6

@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

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

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

ca.skp

fredo6

@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

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

Einstein

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?

Offset on Surface.png

fredo6

@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

Einstein

@fredo6 said:

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

Because in another model I have tones of surfaces to offset and selecting them one by one would be haaard.

rv1974

Use one of lattisizers and then intersect it

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: Tools on Surface 2.4a- 01 Nov 18

This maintenance release is for bug fixing

You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 8.6j or higher

Please see main post for discussion

See Plugin download page for download

Fredo

reza1813

Dear Fredo,
Hello, I kindly reach you to ask you, Is there any possibility to add curve line to the Tools On Surface plugin or link BezierSpline plugin with Tools On Surface in order to draw the F-spline or Catmull Spline. Because sometimes we need to draw the special curve on curved surfaces. (Attachment file).

Sincerely
Hamidreza

fredo6

That's relatively difficult to make a Draw Bezier on Surface.

I think in the case of your model, the best would be to proceed with shaped cylinder and then intersect the torus.

Fredo

reza1813

Dear Fredo,
Thank you for your prompt reply to my question. Wow, I thought that adding curve line(Bezier) on Tool on surface plugin will be possible in SketchUp as MESH interface because this is just an example in order to show you what I mean and you obviously know that we usually need to add curve line on the curved surface(Like other Software: Rhino and...). Indeed, I ever use Drap(Feature in the SketchUp) or Flowify plugin(Anders L.) in order to put a pattern on my curved surface but most of the time it doesn't work properly or It does not look like what I am looking for.
All in all, I hope so in the near future, we have this feature on SketchUp. Thanks in advance.

Tools On Surface

Tools On Surface 02

Yours sincerely,
Hamidreza

Chumley

Hi there.

Do you have a link to download the Tools on Surface plugin? I tried on the main page but link doesn't work.

Thanks.

TIG

You should always look in the Plugin Store for the latest versions of almost all toolsets...
See here...
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ToolsOnSurface

Also remember to download and install the latest LibFredo...
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=LibFredo6

After the installations, restart SketchUp to ensure everything gets synced...