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    [Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
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      CadFather,

      For easier access to your set of icons and cursors, I edited the first message of this thread and attached the archive file.
      http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p76625

      Fred

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        FkY
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        Hello all, it's my first message here...

        Thanks to Fredo6 for this awesome plugin, it's very useful.

        I've just seen a little bug in the arc display. When you move an arc created with this plugin, the center point (displayed by a cross) doesn't move.

        It would be nice to have the tangent constraint when you create an arc after an other or a line to have a continuity.

        FkY_

        PS : sorry for my "garbage english", I do my best but...

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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
          last edited by

          @fky said:

          I've just seen a little bug in the arc display. When you move an arc created with this plugin, the center point (displayed by a cross) doesn't move.

          Not really a bug actually. the script just create a construction point for the arc center for convenience (as it should maybe in native Sketchup!). But the construction point is not really part of the arc and does not keep any connection with it afterward.

          @fky said:

          It would be nice to have the tangent constraint when you create an arc after an other or a line to have a continuity.

          Yes, that would be nice. On a Surface, it is however a little bit tricky, though probably feasible.

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          • CadFatherC Offline
            CadFather
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            CadFather,

            For easier access to your set of icons and cursors, I edited the first message of this thread and attached the archive file.
            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p76625

            Fred

            oh..i'm honoured to have my name next to it! πŸ˜„

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            • Z Offline
              zhuangsuph
              last edited by

              Thank youThank youThank you

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              • T Offline
                theolwakachangchang
                last edited by

                for some reason i cannot get the toolbar to show up???

                i only get this:


                toolbarerror.jpg


                toolbarerror2.jpg

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                • CadFatherC Offline
                  CadFather
                  last edited by

                  make sure you have al the files in 'plugins'

                  ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
                  and the folder TOS_Dir_13 which contains the scripts and the toolbar icons

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                  • FrederikF Offline
                    Frederik
                    last edited by

                    Isn't this because the script needs to be activated from the Extensions..?? πŸ˜•

                    From the menu-bar click Window > Preferences, which will open the System Preferences window...
                    Select Extensions and make sure the Tools on Surface is ticked... πŸ˜‰

                    Now you shold be able to see the toolbar - that is if you've extracted the zip-file to the correct folder... πŸ˜‰

                    Cheers
                    Kim Frederik

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                    • CadFatherC Offline
                      CadFather
                      last edited by

                      oh yes indeed that is the first thing πŸ˜›

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                      • T Offline
                        theolwakachangchang
                        last edited by

                        I believe I have all the necessary files. I have the ZLoader__OnSurface.rb and then in the TOS_Dir_13 folder I have 73 *.png files, 9 *.rb files, 1 *.def file and 2 manuals.... I have activated the script from extensions. I get all the options from the Tools on Surface section in the Tools pulldown, its just a pain not having a toolbar

                        Pretty sure I have installed and followed all the instructions correctly?

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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          By chance, can you check in the menu View>Toolbar if you have a toolbar named "Surface Operations" and if it is checked.

                          Fredo

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                            theolwakachangchang
                            last edited by

                            Yep, I have that checked.. that little 'dash thing' that shows up (as shown earlier in the image with the arrow) is what shows up when I have 'Surface Operations' checked

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                            • CadFatherC Offline
                              CadFather
                              last edited by

                              in these cases i move all the plugins to another folder and keep only the troubling one.

                              give it a try if you still have a problem, redownload the plugin and re-try. if still no good you can try re-installing SU - wouldn't kow what else..

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                                theolwakachangchang
                                last edited by

                                πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

                                hmmmm turns out I found the problem... For some reason I had extracted the files into the tools directory instead of the plugins directory

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                                • CadFatherC Offline
                                  CadFather
                                  last edited by

                                  πŸ˜’ πŸ˜‰

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                                    renyiandhan
                                    last edited by

                                    Amazing!!! Thanks!!!

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                                      agrazdi
                                      last edited by

                                      Fredo

                                      Any news about the double line you mentioned for V1.4 ?

                                      Thanks
                                      agrazdi

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        This will come, but not before end of Sep (actually, it should do more than double, and on any contour). I did not spend a lot of time recently on Rubys, but should try to resume soon, with some work on Web dialogs as well.
                                        I also solved the question of generating faces when drawing lines on surfaces.

                                        Fredo

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                                        • B Offline
                                          BorgMan
                                          last edited by

                                          Well that's strange, I'm using the tool right now to offset from a shape on a curved face. However, for some reason it thinks that the object is part of the face too, and thus is offsetting over that face. That's (obviously) not what I want...


                                          que.JPG

                                          More varied than the Borg, more powerful than the living dead, and better shots than Imperial Stormtroopers.

                                          You've gotta love Slivers.

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            Not sure I understand the problem.
                                            Just in case, there is an option 'Isolate surface when extending' which is mapped on F7 and also available in the contextual menu. This allows ignoring the surrounding surface when you offset.

                                            Fredo

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