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    [Obsolete] Tools On Surface - v1.1

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    • soloS
      solo
      last edited by

      If I may make a request for a 'draping' tool that can drape over a group. (let me try explain)

      Say you have a table component and you want a cloth to drape over it, you lock the table component and you create a mesh above it, you then select all connected of the mesh and click on (lets say) "Cloth" button and the mesh drops down stopping at the locked component surface and any parts of the mesh that overlaps the table drapes vertically down.

      Would this be possible?

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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        HFM
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        You are saving lives and time here, thanks a bunch πŸ‘

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        • soloS
          solo
          last edited by

          Just gave me another toy, I mean tool. πŸ‘

          3 minutes to make.


          http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9439/crackedupyc4.jpg

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • erikBE
            erikB
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            fredo,this is unbelievable, but drawing lines on surfaces is just the tool I needed !!!!
            What can I say, thanks veryyyyyyyy much. 😍
            erikB

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              remus
              last edited by

              always nice to come home to another plugin, especially a surprise one. Cheers fred, keep up the good work.

              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                Daniel S
                last edited by

                Awesome like always!!! 😍 😍 😍

                Thank You!!!

                Daniel S

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                • R
                  remus
                  last edited by

                  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2486502204_190c833716_o.jpg

                  if you squint a lot it almost looks like the great wall fo china πŸ‘

                  Anywya, it was 5 mins and made entirely using ferd06 plugins.

                  p.s. i reckon theres reasonable call for having a seperate menu in SU called fred06 πŸ˜„

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    remus
                    last edited by

                    Wheres the file macs?

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    • M
                      Macs
                      last edited by

                      ops, I've lost the attachment on previous post.. now it's there

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                      • M
                        Macs
                        last edited by

                        Hi Fredo! Your tools are fantastic! πŸ‘
                        I think i found a problem while I was playing with the line tool:

                        I've attcached this simple model
                        draw a plane line with your tool from the lower vertex of the segment
                        up in vertical. The result line will be connected to the upper circle
                        and not to the starting vertex.
                        The same does not happen with the costruction line.


                        cylinder.skp

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                          ilay7k
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                          Wonderful magic of tools, thank you!!!

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                          • fredo6F
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            @macs said:

                            Hi Fredo! Your tools are fantastic! πŸ‘
                            I think i found a problem while I was playing with the line tool:

                            I've attcached this simple model
                            draw a plane line with your tool from the lower vertex of the segment
                            up in vertical. The result line will be connected to the upper circle
                            and not to the starting vertex.
                            The same does not happen with the costruction line.

                            I am not totally clear on what happened to you.
                            What is sure is that when the surfaces contains planes which are perpendicular, the interpretation of a path on the surface is always ambiguous.
                            Cylinder Dos.jpg

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                            • MALAISEM
                              MALAISE
                              last edited by

                              😍 Ausgezeichnet, excellent, great what y've done.

                              MALAISE

                              La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagΓ©e

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                              • fredo6F
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @solo said:

                                Just gave me another toy, I mean tool. πŸ‘

                                3 minutes to make.
                                crackedupyc4.jpg

                                Solo,

                                very nice illustration of what you can do by combining JPP and the Tools on Surface.
                                Would you mind if I take the picture and put it in the documentation?

                                Fredo

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                                  Macs
                                  last edited by

                                  Here 2 images of what I'm tring

                                  first one select plane tool and tring to draw a verical line, before mouse click
                                  second one is what i get after the mouse click


                                  before click.jpg


                                  after click.jpg

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                                  • fredo6F
                                    fredo6
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                                    Macs,

                                    I understand. This is due to a problem in Sketchup when you create a curve made of edges on an existing edge (you can check this is the case when you generate in a group and then explode). I'll try to fix it.
                                    By default, the script generates curves for each line drawn. If you deactivate this option (key F9), it works correctly.

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                                    • soloS
                                      solo
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                                      Absolutely fred.

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

                                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        mateo soletic
                                        last edited by

                                        Fred, Thanks a lot, great tool.πŸ‘

                                        Concept Illustrations

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                                        • MarianM
                                          Marian
                                          last edited by

                                          😍 REALLY COOOL TOOL

                                          http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                          • boofredlayB
                                            boofredlay
                                            last edited by

                                            Dang, I am having a hard time keeping up with all the new toys.

                                            Coolness πŸ€“

                                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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