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    [Plugin] Perpendicular Face Tools (UPDATED 26-03-09)

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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      Jason: That's a bug in the first release of SketchUp 2013 - install the update that was released some weeks ago and it should work fine.

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        vojo
        last edited by

        I want to take a quick minute to point out that this plugin works VERY WELL.
        I have not had one problem with this and have used it quite extensively.
        This is a plugin I would recommend

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          stpauljason
          last edited by

          Thanks Thomas,

          I updated Sketchup 2013 and the plugin has its own toolbar now.

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          • H Offline
            Hammerhead64
            last edited by

            Chris this is such a good tool, I have spent years using a combination of the standard tools in SU to get elements perpendicular to a path. Thx for sharing.

            ....... Quicker models here I come.

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            • gonashviliG Offline
              gonashvili
              last edited by

              Just wanna say that this plugin is them bananas. Super, SUPER useful.

              Cheers.

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              • sicksickisckS Offline
                sicksickisck
                last edited by

                still does not work inside a component

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                • cottyC Offline
                  cotty
                  last edited by

                  @sicksickisck said:

                  still does not work inside a component

                  What do you mean here? Do you have an example?

                  my SketchUp gallery

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    @sicksickisck said:

                    still does not work inside a component

                    Yes. What do you mean? I just tried it and it works fine inside a component. I made a component of the Bezier curve, opened the component for editing and ran the tool. It put the face on the end where I clicked.
                    Screenshot - 10_16_2014 , 4_18_46 AM.png

                    Etaoin Shrdlu

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                    • djohnson.nzD Offline
                      djohnson.nz
                      last edited by

                      Thanks Chris, extremely useful time saver.
                      I did have trouble creating a circle in a group, it didn't seem to work but after closing the group I found the circles outside the group. I was able to remedy this by changing your "Perpendicular Circle" script to read entities=model.active_entities which I found was the only thing different from your Perpendicular Square script.
                      Thanks for all your great work...

                      nO fiKst ideas

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                      • designerbursaD Offline
                        designerbursa
                        last edited by

                        [highlight=#ffffbf:39kxqslm]still does not create circles of less than 30 mm[/highlight:39kxqslm]

                        I'm working in mm, 2540 is the default by default.
                        Changed by changing the r.b code
                        thanks for the plugin

                        my edit:

                          def activate
                            @ip = Sketchup::InputPoint.new
                            @iptemp = Sketchup::InputPoint.new
                            @displayed = false
                            @sp = []
                            @end_pos = []
                            @ctrlflag = 0
                            @group = nil
                            if @@ls.to_s == ""
                              @@ls = **100.mm**
                            end
                            Sketchup.set_status_text @@ls.to_l, SB_VCB_VALUE
                            Sketchup.vcb_label = "Face Width x Height"
                          end
                        
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                          thegoodguy
                          last edited by

                          Hi,

                          I just installed this on Sketchup 2016. It worked well and was super-useful when I had Sketchup 8, but is not working on 2016. There are no notes I can find saying which versions this plugin is compatible with. Am I missing something?

                          Thanks.

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            It works fine in SU2016 as well as every version up through SU2020.

                            You might try restarting SketchUp to make sure the plugin loads.

                            Are you sure it's not working? Is it possible the face it's creating is just so large its edges are outside the view of the camera?

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                              zaz1
                              last edited by

                              I just discovered this extremely handy plugin. Thanks so much Chris. Plays very well with Curviloft for drawer pulls and other yet to be discovered objects. I have a couple of questions and please forgive me if these were answered earlier but there are 197 posts on this thread. I am using a MAC and that may be part of the problem with the issues I am seeing.

                              1. What key controls the rotation? I have tried up, down arrow, option, control but no success.

                              2. How to access the circle radius change in the VCB ?
                                The VCB only displays Face Width x Height. I can enter a value, say 2" and that will set the circle radius. The video shows a VCB display of circle radius which I cant seem to display.

                              3. Is a 1" radius circle the lower limit ? If I enter a value for a circle radius less then 1", it does not display the circle when I click on the line segment. Currentlly I use a 1" radius circle and change it to less than 1" later with entity info.

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                                ParkKangSuck
                                last edited by

                                Hello? I am using the Perpendicular Face Tools created by you. Recently, I would like to modify the content of the source code to add new features according to my needs. Your copyright notice will remain intact, and there will be no changes regarding the copyright. Can you give me permission to modify the source code?

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                                  ParkKangSuck
                                  last edited by

                                  Hello? I am using the Perpendicular Face Tools created by you. Recently, I would like to modify the content of the source code to add new features according to my needs. Your copyright notice will remain intact, and there will be no changes regarding the copyright. Could you grant me permission to modify the source code? Thank you.

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                                    ParkKangSuck
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello? I am using the Perpendicular Face Tools created by you. Recently, I would like to modify the content of the source code to add new features according to my needs. Your copyright notice will remain intact, and there will be no changes regarding the copyright. Could you grant me permission to modify the source code? Thank you.

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