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    • K Offline
      kilgo
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      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
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        @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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          kilgo
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          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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            fredo6
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            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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              Daniel S
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              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
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                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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                  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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                      fredo6
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                      @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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                          thomthom
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                          @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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                            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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                              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
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                                Where do I find this script?

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
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                                  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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                                    thomthom
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                                    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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                                      fredo6
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                                      @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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                                        whippie
                                        last edited by

                                        What a brilliant tool thanks thanks thanks 😄

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                                          balloon
                                          last edited by

                                          ☀ Thanks Fredo6 😍

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                                            Khai
                                            last edited by

                                            may I request an additional feature?

                                            adding rounded corners to a shape?

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