[Plugin] WireTool (Catenary) (1.4.1) – updated 06.03.2013

slander · 26 Apr 2013, 07:33

Thanks very much for this. It produces a really lovely result for drawing thin arches.
I noticed a small problem when I move the endpoints of an existing catenary around - gravity seems to veer away at an peculiar angle. All plan-plane moves seem to work just fine though.

Aerilius · 26 Apr 2013, 16:12

Hi,
the resulting curve is just SketchUp geometry, and does not expose physical behavior of a wire. When moving one end point of an arc, it shows normal SketchUp behavior (ie. SketchUp tries to squeeze or stretch the arc to fit to both end points).
But a wire that really (physically) moves with attached objects would be a cool feature. The plugin would need observers to watch all the time on all these arcs, and recalculate an arc once an endpoint is changed.

Ben Ritter · 15 Aug 2013, 21:17

I cannot get the plugin to work with specific inputs. It creates a the same curve no matter what I enter.

Can you help?

Ben Ritter · 15 Aug 2013, 21:44

Never mind, I figured it out. You have to press Enter after entering the distance, etc.

escufi · 19 Nov 2013, 16:35

Nice Plugin Aerilius , very usefull. Thanks a lot

derei · 15 Jul 2015, 15:18

Very nice and useful !
One question: shouldn't be better suited under DRAW menu, instead of Extensions?
There is a uncanny tendency to put the plugins under Tools or Extensions menus... leaving all others with too little entries, even if the plugin in cause should better fit in other menu.

Cheers.

Dave R · 15 Jul 2015, 15:24

Nothing is preventing you from editing the .rb file and changing it to appear in the draw menu.

derei · 15 Jul 2015, 15:51

@dave r said:

Nothing is preventing you from editing the .rb file and changing it to appear in the draw menu.

Unless the author comes with a update at one point and the old (modified) script is replaced... that was my point. I already edited several of the plugins I use.

Einstein · 19 Apr 2021, 13:09

Hi,
I'm confused.
I can see this plugin had an update recently [Version Updated: 2021-04-12 09:26:24]
but it's been version 1.4.1 since 2013. Why was it updated now while it's still the same version and no changes were introduced?

TIG · 19 Apr 2021, 14:00

The current version is v1.4.1
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ae_WireTool
Perhaps the author [ae] finally decided to re-sign it to suit the newer SketchUp versions, but the code was otherwise unchanged ?