Script, Rounded Corners

ken · 12 Apr 2008, 16:56

Scrip help

Would it be possible to make a rounded corner script. To round the corners of two selected lines? It would work, by selecting the scrip, selecting the first line, selecting the point on the first line that you would like the rounding to start, and then selecting the second line. The scrip would than add an arc to between the two lines using the distance. If the lines did not cross, the scrip would continue the lines until they did cross and than add the arc.

The script would remember the setting, allowing you to select more lines to have the corners rounded.

Thanks in advance.

majid · 13 Apr 2008, 02:34

also i am goint to addd some thing like FILLET in auto cad : as you know it works on CUBEs too , means that you can round the cube cornes by the fillet radius .... it would be amzing if possible

Fletch · 13 Apr 2008, 03:31

it exists. it's called fillet.rb... you can d/l it from Didier's ruby website, I'm sure.

the fillet corners on cube... asked for already, does not exist, but Whaat's subdivide and smooth ruby (look in the ruby forum for the topic) is A-FREAKING-MAZING... and is something that could probably add a 'fillet' for a cube mesh fairly easily (actually, someone asked him for that too already)

dtrarch · 14 Apr 2008, 15:13

fillet maybe

Sounds good but never could get it to work.
Upper left of what ? and right and left from where ?

Anyone ?

dtr

ken · 14 Apr 2008, 15:29

Thanks to everyone for looking at my problem.

Beside all my other duties, I write one time procedures on equipment that we use in construction projects. I like to illustrate the procedures with simple drawing. At the present, I am writing basic operational procedures for the hydraulic systems we use. And in these procedures I just want make simple line drawing, not ACAD, or 3d illustrations, just simple line drawings, to show the area of interest or explain a point.

ACAD is just too cumbersome, MS Word drawing, not usable, SketchUp would be OK if I could just make rounded corner on connecting lines, without going to the arc tool.

So any help out there for a simple drawing program. Does not need to draw in scale, but I do need to know the drawing size in relation to the paper size, and the drawaing needs to be exported as a PNG or JPG.

Thanks in advance

Fletch · 14 Apr 2008, 17:43

for simple line drawings, I use the shape tool in photoshop, but if you use illustrator, it's vector based, and "better".

again, the fillet.rb works fine for SketchUp... it only works on lines, if you can't get it working, it's probably a user error.

If I were going to make diagramatic drawings in SU, I would make a bunch of components that I could drag-n-drop into place. That way, you only have to make the shape once. This would save mucho time.

Fletch · 14 Apr 2008, 18:44

this one ?

lapx · 14 Apr 2008, 18:54

Look up k-tools ruby. Under geometry/ round edge. It will do what you are asking.

lapx · 14 Apr 2008, 18:57

I have several on my computer. I think this may be the one.

k_tools_20.rb

Didier Bur · 14 Apr 2008, 19:06

Hi last version of k_tools here:
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/EM/k_tools_50.rb
Regards,

ken · 14 Apr 2008, 20:17

@lapx said:

Look up k-tools ruby. Under geometry/ round edge. It will do what you are asking.

Sorry to be slow today, under my K_tools 5, I don't have the option of rounded corners, Angle division, outer circle of triangle, inner circle of triangle, Make T, Make L.

However, thanks for the help.

Ken