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      ptasznick
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      Re: [Plugin] Flatten Vertices v1.1

      Dear all,

      I would like to see a handy but missing tool that can flatten a surface (or just move every vertex of that surface to specified face / intersection with that face.

      There are plugins to flatten to Z=0 and plugins that estimate mean normal / average surface, but there seems to be no plugin in which user specifies / clicks a single face (triangle) and flattened surface conforms to that plane.

      That would be super usefull i.e. with rectifying models that are draped on surface (i.e. alleyways/roads) that you know that should be flat, bu they should have specified slope, in opposition to just Z=0 or any average of that surface.

      It also seams pretty easy to develop, as plugin would simply move each surface vertex to Z bv such value to intersect with that plane based on Sketchup inferencing engine (I assume).

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        Glenn at home
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        You can always go to a top view, with camera in parallel view (flat) and then export to a 2D dwg and then import that dwg back into SU. Not perfect but it can work at times.

        SketchUp Pro 2024/2025 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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        • Didier BurD Offline
          Didier Bur @ptasznick
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          @ptasznick

          Hi,
          Maybe one of my projection tools will do what you are asking for:

          [https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/8f66e284-c0e3-45a9-be6e-e86911a3cf5e/projections-tools](link url)
          (an old version is on the plugin store but the latest in on the extensions warehouse)

          Click on the second icon (starting from left) to project a face perpendicularly on another face plane.
          Hope this helps,

          DB

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            My old script https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=dropverts ?

            TIG

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