[Plugin] Edge Tools

Dave R · 19 Sept 2017, 11:08

Just would like to ask you if exist or you plan to make its equivalent for newer versions of Sketchup? I mean *.rbz suffix of file. Many thanks in advance for your answer.

Filip

The rbz file is already available and has been for a long time. Look in the PluginStore by clicking on the button at the top of this page. Or better, install the Sketchucation Extension Store tool (look under Resources at the top of this page.) and use it to install Edge Tools. Don't forget to also install the current TT_Lib as well.

Einstein · 15 Feb 2018, 12:31

Very handy tool, thank you
I'd have a little upgrade suggestion - the first tool "Split faces into multiple pieces" could remember the last distance used and snap cursor to it

Einstein · 29 May 2018, 14:16

Hi!
I use these tools a lot but unfortunately I cannot set a key shortcut for any of them because thery're not listed in SketchUp's tools list in Preferences > Shortcuts. Please, if you could, make some upgrade that would include them into the list.

Also remembering last distance in the first tool: "Split faces into multiple pieces" would be a great feature. With these two things Edge Tools would be not only cool and handy, but also very fast to use.

Box · 29 May 2018, 14:33

Look for them under Tools/edge...

Dave R · 29 May 2018, 14:49

@einstein said:

Hi!
I use these tools a lot but unfortunately I cannot set a key shortcut for any of them because thery're not listed in SketchUp's tools list in Preferences > Shortcuts. Please, if you could, make some upgrade that would include them into the list.

C'mon Einstein. As Box wrote...

Filter for 'edge' to shorten the list.

Einstein · 29 May 2018, 20:26

Thank you.

I was confused because the tool called "Split faces into multiple pieces" stood in the list as "Divide faces" and I firstly didn't come up it's the same thing.

maszka · 13 Aug 2019, 08:02

THe plugin Egde and Lib are installed properly but I cannot find anything in tools/ view toolbars to swich on. I cannot find this pludins in interface of sketchup anywhere.

Anybody could help me?

Dave R · 13 Aug 2019, 17:35

@maszka said:

THe plugin Egde and Lib are installed properly

Are you still using SketchUp 8 as indicated in your profile?

How exactly did you install them?

asder · 4 May 2020, 01:36

thank

ct103stu0 · 6 Jun 2020, 19:02

When I use "Find all edge gaps", I see the circles. And I can click each one and repair. But, due the large number, I then use "Close all edge gaps", and none of the gaps are closed. Should "Close all edge gaps" close all gaps identified by the "Find all edge gaps"?

maheswari19 · 17 Jun 2020, 12:45

Hey thomthom!
I am currently using sketchup 2020. I installed edge tools plugin but it does not show up on my palette. And i checked on my extension manager it shows enabled but is does not shop up. Please help me.

Dave R · 18 Jun 2020, 11:08

@maheswari19 said:

I installed edge tools plugin but it does not show up on my palette.

Did you also install the current version of tt_lib2? It is required for Edge Tools to work. And did you install SketchUp 2020 correctly by right clicking on the downloaded installer exe file and selecting Run as administrator from the context menu?

Einstein · 10 Sept 2020, 09:18

It would be cool to have the same tool names in the toolbar and Preferences. For example: a tool called "Split faces into multiple pieces" lives in the Prefs hotkey list as "Divide faces" and I couldn't figure out it's the same thing. It is very confusing.

JonFar · 18 Jun 2022, 17:24

Hi.

This is a very useful plugin that I use everyday, however I would like to modify just a little thing that I think might be easy but I don't know how.

When I click the icon in the toolbar to DIVIDE/SPLIT faces, the line created is always a regular line. So far so good.
However if I assign a shortcut to DIVIDE/SPLIT faces, the line created is a construction line -- I have to use CONTROL to change it to a regular line.

Is there a way to change it so that the shortcut command also creates a regular line without need to press CONTROL?

I know it's a nitpick, but maybe it's something easy to change in the code, if you could tell me what line to change.

Thanks in advance

Matte · 8 Jan 2024, 15:45

Would this be the best tool for...
-Imported CAD DWG (General Floor Plan) into sketchup 2016
-Most walls are not a single line from corner to corner but 15-20 segments from corner to corner.
-Can I window the entire drawing - Run the edge tool, and each wall run will just be single lines?
Thanks Mattee

Dave R · 8 Jan 2024, 16:13

@matte said:

-Can I window the entire drawing - Run the edge tool, and each wall run will just be single lines?

It probably will but it might weld edges you don't want welded, too. Corners, for example might show as softened when you raise the walls to 3D. That can be fixed but it would be something to be aware of.

Generally I find dxf and dwg files are so sloppily made that I rarely ever use the geometry directly. I find it's usually less work to use the import as a reference for drawing my own edges without all those breaks. My geometry tends to be cleaner. Once I've finished using the import for reference I delete the component and purge it from the model.