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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      A +ve distance

      What is the meaning of "ve" ?

      Frenchy Pilou
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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Positive.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Yes, +ve and -ve are common English abbreviations for Positive and Negative respectively: used with numbers - e.g. 2, -2

          TIG

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Thx for the info! πŸ‘

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Version 3.0 is released. https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_Smart_offset It's now updated to work with newer versions of SketchUp [including 'signing'].
              If used within another tool it also properly returns the newly created face[s] within an array...
              See usage notes in first post...

              TIG

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                melahome12
                last edited by

                good morning I am a university student this plugin interests me many I would like to know how to download the plugin

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  @melahome12 said:

                  good morning I am a university student this plugin interests me many I would like to know how to download the plugin

                  Click the Download button in TIG's post immediately above yours.
                  Screenshot - 11_26_2017 , 9_52_38 AM.png

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Please note that the newer versions of SketchUp [v2017/2018] now have improved Offset processes which might render this tool unnecessary...

                    TIG

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                    • E Offline
                      Einstein
                      last edited by

                      Hi TIG!

                      In my opinion your tool IS still necessary because sketchup is still not yet smart enough to support offsetting multiple faces πŸ˜›
                      I think I tried out all free multi-offsetting plugins and, although Smart Offset is the slowest, it doesn't cause reversed offsets (going outsie face instead of inside).

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                        davionkia555
                        last edited by

                        ty sir πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                          dangtungx
                          last edited by

                          Hi. I think the plugin has been active for a very long time.

                          There's a feature I come across often. That applies to text objects.

                          Is the plugin editable to work like the example below.

                          I feel.


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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            You might be able to add some code to apply the offset to all loops of the face - currently it only works on the outer-loop, so inner 'holes' are not processed...

                            Feel free to mess around with the code...

                            TIG

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                              Einstein
                              last edited by

                              Well, I know there one was a plugin called TruOffset, which - I think as the only one - respected holes in faces and was also able to offset them. But it's lost in space, and I couldn't find it anywhere these days.
                              I am referring to this thread:
                              https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hole-aware-offset/83561
                              It must have been removed from the Extension Warehouse. I saw it there a few years ago. Maybe it can be found somewhere.

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                                kwalkerman
                                last edited by

                                Hi TIG - I wonder if you'd give me access to the original ruby code - the plugin is not working in my 2020 version of SketchUP and I'd be interested in trouble-shooting the code.

                                Thanks!

                                Karen

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  The tool's code is in the main RB file [because it's NOT made as an extension].

                                  Although the file's header says Β© & ...all-rights-reserved... etc I'd be happy for you to troubleshoot it...

                                  What are your problems with it ?

                                  TIG

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                                    kwalkerman
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi TIG,

                                    The file I downloaded is "TIG_Smart_offset_v3.0.rbz"

                                    Forgive me - I've done extensive coding for my own use, but very little with other people's files. My understanding of *.rbz is that is a protected format and there isn't a way to view the original *.rb.

                                    I am getting one error related to Fixnum being deprecated, but the tool is also simply not offsetting for one of my test faces. It's a tricky face, and I haven't been able to write my own offset tool that works for it, which is how I came across your tool. (see below):


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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      If you install an RBZ it puts various things into your Plugins folder automatically.
                                      Typically there'll be an RB 'loader' [easily read/edited in a text-editor like Notepad++]
                                      AND a subfolder named after the RB file - containing at least one 'signing' file, and in this case an image file used for a button ?
                                      All of the code for this tool just happens to be in the main RB file...

                                      A more complex 'extension' will include other Ruby files in the subfolder, which are loaded by the extension code set up in the first RB [these can be RB [readable] or RBE [encrypted] or defunct RBS [hackable] format].
                                      There might also be files such as HTML, JS, CSS, TXT, Images etc... used by the parts of code...

                                      The 'signing' file [SUSIG used currently, or also HASH once used in older SketchUps] is a snapshot of various sensitive files' set ups, as included in the originally submitted RBZ, signed by Trimble.
                                      Changing any of those files affects the SUSIG signing status - but with your Extension Manager's Loading Policy set to 'Unrestricted' the extensions will still load [of course you might have broken something whilst editing !]

                                      So to recap - if you install the RBZ you get its contents in your Plugins folder.
                                      BUT an RBZ file is only a ZIP file with another filetype suffix - so you could make a copy of it, rename it with a trailing .ZIP filetype and extract its contents to another folder...
                                      Conversely, adding suitable files and subfolders to a ZIP file and re-filetyping it as an RBZ, works...
                                      Of course it'll be missing any 'SUSIG' signing file added to the RBZ during processing by Trimble...

                                      TIG

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                                        kwalkerman
                                        last edited by

                                        Ah, there you go. Thank you!

                                        If I figure out how to make it work for this face, I'll let you know with the updates.

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                                        • K Offline
                                          kwalkerman
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi TIG - I got something working for my test case. I've inserted the following code at line 834:

                                          ### CODE BY KAREN WALKERMAN
                                          face.outer_loop.edges.each do |edge|
                                             t1 = get_90_trans(face,edge,edge.start.position,dist)
                                             t2 = get_90_trans(face,edge,edge.end.position,dist)
                                             p1 = edge.start.position.transform(t1)
                                             v1 = edge.line[1].reverse
                                             v1.length = dist
                                             p1.transform! Geom;;Transformation.new(v1)
                                             p2 = edge.end.position.transform(t2)
                                             v2 = edge.line[1]
                                             v2.length = dist
                                             p2.transform! Geom;;Transformation.new(v2)
                                             line = gents.add_line(p1,p2)
                                          end
                                          			gp.entities.intersect_with(true,gp.transformation,gp.entities,gp.transformation,false,gp)
                                          edges = []
                                          gents.each{|e| edges << e if e.is_a? Sketchup;;Edge}
                                          edges.each{|e| e.find_faces}
                                          togos = []
                                          gents.each do |e|
                                             if e.is_a? Sketchup;;Edge
                                                if e.faces.length != 1
                                                   togos << e
                                                end
                                             end
                                          end
                                          gents.erase_entities(togos)
                                          # now add back original edges
                                          o_points = []
                                          face.outer_loop.vertices.each{|v| o_points << v.position}
                                          gents.add_face(o_points)
                                          ### END CODE BY KAREN WALKERMAN
                                          

                                          I've also added a method:

                                          def self.get_90_trans(face,edge,p,length)
                                             if edge.reversed_in? face
                                                t = Geom;;Transformation.rotation(p,face.normal,Math;;PI/2)
                                             else
                                                t = Geom;;Transformation.rotation(p,face.normal,-Math;;PI/2)
                                             end
                                             trans_vector = edge.line[1].transform t
                                             trans_vector.length = length
                                             #Vector3d_Functions.round_vector_keep_length(trans_vector,6)
                                             new_t = Geom;;Transformation.new(trans_vector)
                                             return new_t
                                          end
                                          

                                          what's the best way to test this further and (if successful) integrate it into the code?

                                          I gather that with the updates to the native offset tool, people are probably not using this tool directly anymore, but for me it is helpful to be able to call an offset programmatically.


                                          TIG-Smart_offset.rb

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                                          • R Offline
                                            rv1974
                                            last edited by rv1974

                                            @TIG It'd be Genius Offset if it could perform in 'extend mode' (via modifier key - Alt, Ctrl..)
                                            Screenshot 2024-05-05 073009.jpg

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