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

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    • W Offline
      watkins
      last edited by

      Dear Fredo6,

      Many thanks for the explanation, and a most excellent plugin.

      Thank you again for your generosity.

      Kind regards,
      Bob

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        Documentation in Frenchnow available, thanks to Jean-Francoand Christophe Plassais.
        See main post at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212#p76625

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        • plot-parisP Offline
          plot-paris
          last edited by

          hi Fredo,
          in the last couple of releases Daniel S' fancy icons are not implemented anymore. but only the old ones... do you know why that is?

          [Edit] ops.. never mind, just found them in the installation folder 😳
          thanks again for the great plugin []

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          • K Offline
            kilgo
            last edited by

            Is it possible to use this tool to put text on a surface. Flat text that follows the curvature of a sphere or rolling hills in all directions?

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @kilgo said:

              Is it possible to use this tool to put text on a surface. Flat text that follows the curvature of a sphere or rolling hills in all directions?

              I think not BUT my 2D Tools - 2D Text will place 2D Text onto any face with the appropriate snapping option - it's not limited to '2D'... You could always place the text on to a high spot on the terrain and use the Sandbox Drape Tool to make the outline of it onto the terrain's surface ? Color it to suit...

              TIG

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              • K Offline
                kilgo
                last edited by

                Thanks TIG,

                The drape tool only drapes in a vertical fashion (whats the coordinate? X,Y?) So if for example I wanted to drape a #2 on the side of a slope it becomes distorted, elongated. Love your work by the way.

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  The script is now translated to Chinese, thanks to the effort of the CLT Team at SketchupBar.
                  see main post at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212&p=76625#p76625

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                  • D Offline
                    Daniel S
                    last edited by

                    Fredo...

                    Changing the axes has no effect in your inference system.. it still uses the standard axes.

                    Gráfico1.jpg
                    Look that the standard SU tools are not using the original orientation of the axes.
                    Is there a way to choose that Tools on Surface can use the user defined axes instead the standard ones?

                    Daniel S

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                      red_shift
                      last edited by

                      Can someone please assist me with installing this plugin on Mac OS 10.6.2 (SU 7.1) I have unzipped the folder into SU plugin folder and moved Toolsonsurface.plugin to the Sketchup application package. I see no new menus in Sketchup.

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                      • majidM Offline
                        majid
                        last edited by

                        I started to draw an arc on a curved face, and here is the result,....what is wrong with it? I was expecting that result , be somthimg like the black line , but finally I had the red line ,as result.


                        zzz.gif

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                          red_shift
                          last edited by

                          I have still not been able to get the plugin to work on my Mac...can someone please give me some help?

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            @red_shift said:

                            I have still not been able to get the plugin to work on my Mac...can someone please give me some help?

                            On Mac, the plugin files should be copied to Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/plugins
                            Please make sure that your unzipping operation leads to the same footprint as indicated in page 2 of the PDF documentation, that is:
                            Footprint TOS.jpg

                            The 2 folders, LIBFREDO6_Dir_34 and TOS_Dir_15 must contains several files (.rb, .lang, ...) and a subfolder IMAGES_STANDARD (make sure that you do not have another LIBFREDO6_Dir_34 or TOS_Dir_15 embedded).

                            If needed, unzip in a separate place, check the files and directories and then copy them in the Sketchup Plugin folder:

                            Fred

                            PS: if it still does not work, then I must call the Mac user community to help.

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                              tlerak
                              last edited by

                              where can i find tools on surface 1.5? thanks

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @tlerak said:

                                where can i find tools on surface 1.5? thanks

                                First post on the first page of this thread.

                                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                • H Offline
                                  haynesc
                                  last edited by

                                  how would i draw a diagonal curved line from plain to plain ... ? top right corner to bottom left corner ?


                                  http://f.imagehost.org/t/0905/Untitled-1_3.jpg

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                                  • D Offline
                                    Daniel S
                                    last edited by

                                    @haynesc said:

                                    how would i draw a diagonal curved line from plain to plain ... ? top right corner to bottom left corner ?


                                    http://f.imagehost.org/t/0905/Untitled-1_3.jpg

                                    Alternative solution:
                                    I see that you have Whaat´s "subdivide and smooth". Use the knife tool (a.k.a. zorro) in parallel projection. Also you can group the faces you don´t want to divide:
                                    subsmooth.gif
                                    Daniel S

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                                      Toucan
                                      last edited by

                                      Where do I find this script?

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Toucan, the script is located in the first post of this thread. Go back to page one and look for a download link there. Have fun!

                                        Chris

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                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          TOS_oddness.png

                                          I occasionally get this happening while using TOS. What's causing it?
                                          I wanted to draw an arc between the two points - going across the two faces.

                                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            [attachment=0:h62psy7e]<!-- ia0 -->TOS_oddness.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:h62psy7e]

                                            I occasionally get this happening while using TOS. What's causing it?
                                            I wanted to draw an arc between the two points - going across the two faces.

                                            The algorithm has many flaws, espcially on shape volumes that are closed.
                                            I am thinking of a serious refresh to resolve these problems (and some others).

                                            Fredo

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