[Plugin] Extended Views v1.2 UPDATE May 23, 2013

tomaszdrgas · 11 Oct 2018, 10:42

Hy .. Dzieńdobry

I'm just starting with sketchup API and I have choosen CLF Extended Views as a sample lo see how extention should be made..
Soon enough I realised that it doesn't work in sketchup 2017..
I found out it was due to change made in sketchup 2017 when exploding groups..

I started to learn ruby last month but with lots of digging in sketchup's API documentation I managed to fix it.. (So proud )

Here is the .rbz file (just zipped it and changed the extention to .rbz)
This should work

I wanted to send that file directly to Chris so he could maintain it in extention warehouse but couldn't find his email.. Hope You don't mind.. It was a greate excercise to me..

Tomasz

JClements · 14 Oct 2018, 17:08

@tomaszdrgas said:

I managed to fix it.. (So proud )

@unknownuser said:

. . . But it works with user defined axes. Currently if you change the axis of your model, and then change to one of the standard views, it will not align to your set axis. This plugin fixes that and it aligns the camera to the user defined axis.

Although it includes a Bottom View icon and performs a "Zoom Extents", it doesn't pivot the view according to the CURRENT axis, however.
I tested this new version using SU2018.

tomaszdrgas · 22 Oct 2018, 10:16

I use 2016 and 2017.. I don't have possibility to check how it works in 2018..

juju · 22 Oct 2018, 17:26

@tomaszdrgas said:

I use 2016 and 2017.. I don't have possibility to check how it works in 2018..

Kindly update your profile, which reads that you're still on v8.

SJS66 · 3 Feb 2020, 13:44

Hi guys, I just installed this plugin for SU 2020 but when I click any of the Extended Views toolbars, all it seems to do is insert 4 guide points in a box shape. I tried changing my axis but no difference. How do you get it to work?

pipinek · 29 Mar 2020, 04:15

@sjs66 said:

Hi guys, I just installed this plugin for SU 2020 but when I click any of the Extended Views toolbars, all it seems to do is insert 4 guide points in a box shape. I tried changing my axis but no difference. How do you get it to work?

Greetings,

Indeed it would be awesome if this splendid tool could be compatible with SU 2020.
Any chance to get the uodate?

Many thanks in advance.

TIG · 29 Mar 2020, 11:33

Unfortunately this tool has failed since mid-v2018 !
It is pretty old !
SketchUp changed the way that references to exploded items are handled.
So the cpoints in the temporary group are now deleted and recreated, rather than retained.
Thus the error, when they are no longer found...

Because the in the header is 'All rights reserved' it can't be changed by others and distributed...
I suggest you contact Chris Fullmer direct to see if he's prepared to correct it.
The method would be to attach a specific custom-attribute to each of the cpoints, then when the temporary group is exploded the recreated cpoints get the same attributes, so then in the exploded results the new cpoints can be recollected 'by attribute' in the same order, so they can be reused [before finally erasing them...]

pipinek · 29 Mar 2020, 15:37

@tig said:

Unfortunately this tool has failed since mid-v2018 !
It is pretty old !
SketchUp changed the way that references to exploded items are handled.
So the cpoints in the temporary group are now deleted and recreated, rather than retained.
Thus the error, when they are no longer found...

Because the in the header is 'All rights reserved' it can't be changed by others and distributed...
I suggest you contact Chris Fullmer direct to see if he's prepared to correct it.
The method would be to attach a specific custom-attribute to each of the cpoints, then when the temporary group is exploded the recreated cpoints get the same attributes, so then in the exploded results the new cpoints can be recollected 'by attribute' in the same order, so they can be reused [before finally erasing them...]

Hello,

I do thank you for your piece of advice.
I will follow it.

Best regards

freeagent · 22 Nov 2023, 17:13

Hey hey, was this ruby ever updated? or is there a version that works with new versions on sketchup?

freeagent · 22 Nov 2023, 17:28

@tomaszdrgas said:

Hy .. Dzieńdobry

I'm just starting with sketchup API and I have choosen CLF Extended Views as a sample lo see how extention should be made..
Soon enough I realised that it doesn't work in sketchup 2017..
I found out it was due to change made in sketchup 2017 when exploding groups..

I started to learn ruby last month but with lots of digging in sketchup's API documentation I managed to fix it.. (So proud )

Here is the .rbz file (just zipped it and changed the extention to .rbz)
[attachment=0:y2hlc1k7]CLF Extended Views.rbz[/attachment:y2hlc1k7]

I wanted to send that file directly to Chris so he could maintain it in extention warehouse but couldn't find his email.. Hope You don't mind.. It was a greate excercise to me..

Tomasz

hey Tomaz, i tested it, doesnt work

Didier Bur · 23 Nov 2023, 08:03

@pipinek and freeagent:

Hi,
Take a look at this: https://sketchucation.com/plugin/1284-dbur_ucsmanager_v1_0_0
Basically it's an 'axes manager' but besides that the 6 views can be changed absolute to the main axes or relatively to your custom set of axes.
Regards,

alexpacio2013 · 18 Oct 2024, 08:53

@Chris-Fullmer Hi Chris this plugin only works with old versions or even with the latest ones. I have it on 2024 and it doesn't work