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

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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?

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                      • Z Offline
                        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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