[Plugin][$] FredoScale - v3.6a - 01 Apr 24

[kubap]

• Would it be possible to Scale/Stretch by a specified additional lenght? For example if you want to stretch something so it's 20cm longer. Then instead of putting a scale factor you put +20 (or respectively -20 if you want to shorten it by 20cm).[/quote]
  The best is that you just hover the handle you wish to move, then type TAB. In the dialog box, you can type formulas, so add a "+20cm" at the end of the current value.[/quote]

Thanks it was there all the time. Sorry it took me so long to reply, I had notifications disabled.

Is it possible to stretch within the component? I mean within it's boundaries, not changing it's outer size but stretching it's inner parts. I'll try to explain it with attached image:

[fredo6]

@kubap said:

Is it possible to stretch within the component? I mean within it's boundaries, not changing it's outer size but stretching it's inner parts.

This is not supported by FredoScale currently, but this could be an additional feature in the feature.

In the meantime, you can simply use the Sketchup native Move tool to achieve it in most situations. Actually the Stretch tool of FredoScale is based on the native Move tool.

Fredo

[kubap]

@fredo6 said:

@kubap said:

Is it possible to stretch within the component? I mean within it's boundaries, not changing it's outer size but stretching it's inner parts.

This is not supported by FredoScale currently, but this could be an additional feature in the feature.

In the meantime, you can simply use the Sketchup native Move tool to achieve it in most situations. Actually the Stretch tool of FredoScale is based on the native Move tool.

Fredo

Yes, I use Move for this but I prefer FredoScale, it's more precise and easy to use For example FredoScale works even with stretching a few closed groups, while Move needs everything exploded to polygon level.

Thanks

[rv1974]

use this:
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=t2h_stretch_by_area

[kubap]

@rv1974 said:

use this:
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=t2h_stretch_by_area

Thanks

[bharralure]

Bonjour Fredo

Lanceur FredoScale ne fonctionne pas sous :
• SU 20.0.373
• FredoScale v3.1a
• LibFredo6 v10.3.b
Les outils (lancés soit depuis le menu contextuel, soit depuis depuis Menu > Outils > FredoScale) fonctionnent

La console affiche le message suivant :

@unknownuser said:

FredoScale_Error
Error: #<TypeError: no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer>
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6quicklauncher.rbe:60:in []' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6quicklauncher.rbe:60:in block in initialize'
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6quicklauncher.rbe:57:in each' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6quicklauncher.rbe:57:in each_with_index'
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6quicklauncher.rbe:57:in initialize' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6quicklauncher.rbe:47:in new'
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6quicklauncher.rbe:47:in invoke' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredoscale/bootstrap_fredoscale.rbe:444:in invoke_quick_launcher'
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_fredoscale/bootstrap_fredoscale.rbe:291:in block in configure' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6plugin.rbe:1320:in command_invoke'
c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6plugin.rbe:1302:in block (2 levels) in build_config_commands' c:/users/bharr/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6traductor.rbe:1372:in block in add_command'
"Add help menu!"
"create new"
"created"
#Sketchup::Menu:0x000001bb92babab8

Par contre, Lanceur FredoScale fonctionne très bien sous :
• SU 19.3.373
• FredoScale v3.1a
• LibFredo6 v9.5.b, qui n'est pas mis à jour

Est-ce grave Docteur ?

[fredo6]

@bharralure said:

Lanceur FredoScale ne fonctionne pas sous :
• SU 20.0.373
• FredoScale v3.1a
• LibFredo6 v10.3.b
Les outils (lancés soit depuis le menu contextuel, soit depuis depuis Menu > Outils > FredoScale) fonctionnent

Est-ce grave Docteur ?

Bizarre...J'ai l'impression que FredoScale n'est pas vraiment à jour. Pourrais-tu le réinstaller, en prenant soin de supprimer le repertoire Fredo6_FredoScale auparavant dans le repertoire Plugins de Sketchup.

Fredo

[bharralure]

Merci pour la réponse rapide.

Après avoir supprimé manuellement le dossier et le fichier du dossier Plugins, je l'ai réinstallé une première fois à l'aide de l'outil SketchUcation (ma méthode habituelle), le lanceur n'a pas fonctionné.
J'ai ensuite supprimé/réinstallé, mais cette fois manuellement depuis le gestionnaire d'extension, sans succès.

J'ai supprimé/réinstallé LibFredo6 en appliquant successivement les 2 méthodes ci-dessus, toufours sans succès.

J'ai téléchargé à nouveau FredoScale et LibFredo6 puis comparé les Hachages SHA-256 sans trouvé de différence avec les versions installées.

Y a-t-il quelque chose d'autre que je puisse faire?

[fredo6]

@bharralure said:

Y a-t-il quelque chose d'autre que je puisse faire?

N'y aurait-il pas de vieux fichiers de mes plugins qui traînent dans le repertoire Plugin?

[bharralure]

Je ne vois pas, ou sinon Windows les à bien caché ...
Je viens de lancer l'outil "purger les fichiers obsolètes" depuis Fenêtre > LibFredo6, il n'a rien trouvé.

Bon il ne faut arrêter de ce prendre la tête pour un problème qui n'est pas majeur. Je vais afficher la barre d'outil complète. Elle va prendre plus de place que le lanceur seul, mais c'est le seul inconvénient.

Merci pour l'aide.

[bharralure]

Bonsoir Fredo,

Je viens d'installer LibFredo6 v10.4.a et là Miracle! le lanceur Fredo Scale fonctionne à nouveau.
Du bon travail comme d'habitude.
Merci

[rv1974]

Si vous permettez I'd continue in English
Would it be possible to implement 'preserve texture' mode?
In this mode, all texture's transforms (scale,proportions,orientation) would stay untouched.
I'd like it to be as default even in standard scale tool, but Trimble and adding new features don't compose well in these latter days
Thanks

[fredo6]

@rv1974 said:

Would it be possible to implement 'preserve texture' mode?

Actually, FredoScale does not more or less than what the Sketchup native tool (Scale, Move or deform) would do. Even if it's possible to alter the behavior, I think it would make things complicated because it would have to be an option and would potentially slow down the live deformations (to re-apply texture).
The best in my opinion is that deformation is done before texturing and then use the dedicated tools for texturing or re-texturing.

[rv1974]

I'll be more precise:
It'd be way more logical if at least Boxing Scaling would preserve textures exactly like your Box stretching (already existing tool! )

@unknownuser said:

The best in my opinion is that deformation is done before texturing and then use the dedicated tools for texturing or re-texturing.

I doubt. Rescale a simple box group without material and then apply some bitmap material. The texture sizing will be wrong.

[LostArkitekt]

This program isn't without issue. I used the Box Scale to "flatten" a bunch of things so I can bring them into AutoCAD (for our consultants). It creates objects that appear to be there, but then when you go to open them up, they disappear.

[fredo6]

@lostarkitekt said:

This program isn't without issue. I used the Box Scale to "flatten" a bunch of things so I can bring them into AutoCAD (for our consultants). It creates objects that appear to be there, but then when you go to open them up, they disappear.

I would need more information on this issue

After applying FredoScale flattening, do you see the objects correctly in Sketchup?

If so, if the problem is in the Export, it might be because they have a thickness of zero.

[Einstein]

Hello,

I got two questions.

First one is:
Is there any way/shortcut to force scaling box align to group's/ world axes?

Second one is a request:
When we use shear tool for specific edges/faces, not for entire groups, it kind of "pulls" any edges/faces attached to transformed part of mesh. This is very nice behaviour because we can not only shear groups/ components but also fragments of meshes and they will keep continuity - they will stay "glued together" as they were originally. On the other hand, taper tool doesn't behave that nicely. Do you think you could change the plugin a little (if you have time) so that taper behaviour would be similar to shear tool?
Here's a screenshot:

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[fredo6]

@einstein said:

Is there any way/shortcut to force scaling box align to group's/ world axes?

Normally, typing an arrow should force axis alignment

@einstein said:

Second one is a request:
When we use shear tool for specific edges/faces, not for entire groups, it kind of "pulls" any edges/faces attached to transformed part of mesh. This is very nice behaviour because we can not only shear groups/ components but also fragments of meshes and they will keep continuity - they will stay "glued together" as they were originally. On the other hand, taper tool doesn't behave that nicely. Do you think you could change the plugin a little (if you have time) so that taper behaviour would be similar to shear tool?
Here's a screenshot:

That would be something more complex. Shear is a conform transformation (like Scale or Move). So I let Sketchup manage the deformation and folding of adjacent faces and edges.
For Taper, I have to recompute the geometry and does not do this, because this is not trivial and not always wanted. It's possible however.

[Einstein]

If this could be done in the future as an option/ toggle/ alternative, cuz really not everybody may want this, it would be super, super cool!

[odd Byberg]

Thank you for a lovely plugin. In the box stretching tool I can set a plane that defines what geometry that is to be moved.

What if this plane could be a box? So I could stretch everything inside that selection box?

enormous use case for this I think. say you have 2 groups beside each other. All that is inside the stretch box would move in both groups.

Say you have a wooden wall group that ends, and the rest of the wall is inside another group, because its different (brick)

A stretch "selection box" could move all of those end faces from multiple groups all at the same time, effectively change where one wall ends and another begins, all in one stretch operation.

This could be a tool I used all the time, more than the basic move tool in skechup. (Because so much geometry is grouped, and a wall is maybe three groups thick)

Then its a lot of work to go into every group to lengthen all parts of one wall, and then shorten all parts of the other wall

I know I can do this with your tool now, in two operations, stretching one wall at the time.