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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      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

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        rv1974
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        Fredo would it be hard to add fillet tool please?

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @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

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          • R Offline
            rv1974
            last edited by

            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

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              rv1974
              last edited by

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


              ca.skp

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

                @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

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                  rv1974
                  last edited by

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

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                    Einstein
                    last edited by

                    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

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @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

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                        Einstein
                        last edited by

                        @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.

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                          rv1974
                          last edited by

                          Use one of lattisizers and then intersect it

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            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

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                              reza1813
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                              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).
                              Tools On Surface
                              Tools On Surface
                              Tools On Surface

                              Sincerely
                              Hamidreza

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                  reza1813
                                  last edited by

                                  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

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                                  • ChumleyC Offline
                                    Chumley
                                    last edited by

                                    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.

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      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...

                                      TIG

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                                        Caleb_Stanley
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                                        I am having issues upon the startup of SketchUp with ToolsOnSurface, I believe it may have something to do with the latest update but I am not sure. Below is the text of the error code upon starting.

                                        ToolsOn Surface 2.4a: Error starting up plugin (creating menus and icons) invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 [in lib6config.rbe - #'===0: line 319]

                                        c:/...'sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:1058:in'rescue in block in effective_load_part2'

                                        Please Help. Thank you.

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          I'm sure that Fredo will respond with more details...
                                          However, the error message you posted is incomplete - in fact it omits the vital parts.
                                          Can you re-post the FULL message [including your ../users/user_name/ etc]...

                                          Also please confirm that you have the latest LibFredo RBZ installed...

                                          TIG

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks, TIG, for your invaluable help.

                                            I already answer in the other thread where the problem was also posted.

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