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    • M Offline
      max-cx
      last edited by

      I have written some plugins targeted for architectural ironwork design which may also be useful in other contexts.

      The first plugin draws curves typically seen in traditional metalwork (e.g. Bernoulli and Archimedean spirals and sine and cosine waves). In contrast to other curve drawing plugins, users input desired curve dimensions instead of parameter values for mathematical equations.

      The second plugin draws tapered cross-sections (e.g. rectangle, square, hex, etc.) along an existing path.

      The third plugin - of interest mostly to blacksmiths - calculates the amount of stock material required to forge a taper (and optionally the cost and weight).

      These plugins and a user guide are available free of charge on my website http://www.drawmetal.com/.

      Examples of metalwork fabricated from models that used the plugins can be seen at http://www.drawmetal.com/gallery.

      Terry
      http://www.drawmetal.com

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        remus
        last edited by

        Cheers for these. Always nice to have a few more plugins to add to the collection.

        Good stuff on your website as well, i particularly like the last door handle.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          fbartels
          last edited by

          Terry,

          These tools (and your metalwork) look very interesting. I hope you will add to the gallery on your site, and share your work here in the future. Looking forward to experimenting with the plugins. Thanks so much for sharing!

          Fred

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            Daniel S
            last edited by

            Nice Job!!!
            I like the Taper Maker plugin but works only if I select a round section. The square, rectangle, hexagon, octongon or diamond give me errors. Here i attach what the ruby console says.

            Thank you for sharing your plugins,
            Daniel S


            Round section works fine


            Other sections give me this error

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              marcosrodrigues
              last edited by

              Thank you for sharing, Terry.

              The second dialogue box only appears with SU configured in inches units. Isn't?

              | menos é mais

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                max-cx
                last edited by

                Marcos -

                Yes, that appears to be the issue. Thanks for helping diagnose the problem. Of course, it is not supposed to work that way. It appears to be a problem for people using PC's because I cannot replicate the problem on my Mac.

                Terry
                http://www.drawmetal.com

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                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  you speak about

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Once installed, the plugins "register" and "activate" themselves the next time you start SketchUp®. Each plugin will add a submenu to SketchUp®'s Plugins menu. Verify that you can see the menu items on the Plugins menu.

                  A plugin's submenu appears on SketchUp®'s Plugins menu only when it is activated. If you do not want to use a plugin, you can "deactivate" it by visiting the Extensions tab on the Preferences dialog and unchecking the appropriate check box.

                  Does your plugins run on the GoogleSketchup free?

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    marcosrodrigues
                    last edited by

                    Ah, ok. I'm a PC user (running Vista) and, yes, i'm using SU free version. Works fine 😉

                    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2625602305_2ca6edefaa.jpg

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                    • JClementsJ Offline
                      JClements
                      last edited by

                      Nice. Thank you for the contribution.

                      John

                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                        johnsenior1973
                        last edited by

                        Thanks. Another awesome plug in. Sketchup keeps getting better and better.

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                          plot-paris
                          last edited by

                          great tool. thanks a lot.

                          going to have to play a bit in a free minute!

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                            digby dart
                            last edited by

                            Brilliant! Thank you. 😄

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                              max-cx
                              last edited by

                              Thanks to everyone for your positive feedback and encouragement. Please share images or links to interesting things you model with the plugins.

                              Thanks in particular to Daniel S for uncovering a bad bug that impacted users with a French, Spanish, German or Italian locale. I apologize to international users for not having been more sensitive to those pesky commas in positional notation and not fully appreciating what Ruby does and doesn't do.

                              In any event, I have posted updated versions that you can download from http://www.drawmetal.com/download. Alternatively, if you need more detailed installation instructions you can also download the plugins from http://www.drawmetal.com/installationinstructions.

                              Terry

                              Terry
                              http://www.drawmetal.com

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                                MALAISE
                                last edited by

                                Thank you Terry for sharing theses plugins
                                New ideas may come from theses curves

                                😍 👍

                                La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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