20 ruby's you can't live without

plot-paris

it may sound trivial - but the select instancesscript (not sure, if this is the proper name).

if you have one component selected, right click on it and "select all instances" to have every copy of the component in your selection.

if you have a lot of copies of one component (trees in a forrest for example) it is so easy to select all of them...

Marian

Draw on surfaces it's a huge time saver and makes possible editing surfaces easier in conjuncture with joint push pull ....in fact those plugins i use most often

remus

Id probably have to go with:
Joint push/pull
Tools on surface
Whaats subsmooth plugin
Centrepoint script

The first 2 greatly speed up tihngs that were already possible in SU, and are as easy to use as any native SU tool, just how it should be. SUbsmoth adds an entirely new level of funcion to SU, so you cant go to wrong with that. And finally the centrepoint script does what SU should do, but doesnt, for whatever reason.

solo

There are so many great ruby's available, however there are a few I use daily and others that I use specifically. I will say that 'Purge all' is my most used ruby for my day to day works and 'subsmooth', 'JPP', 'Surface tools' and 'FFD' used for all my freeform work (organics)

otb designworks

I probably use mirror selection more than anything.

Set center point

beziersplines

Mike Lucey

Guys, I wonder if the info / comments being offered here
could be turned into a future poll to establish a User
Rating 1 - 20?

Mike

jcdb

@solo said:

There are so many great ruby's available, however there are a few I use daily and others that I use specifically. I will say that 'Purge all' is my most used ruby for my day to day works and 'subsmooth', 'JPP', 'Surface tools' and 'FFD' used for all my freeform work (organics)

FFD

which one is that?

JuanV.Soler

OK lets do it

juju

@jcdb said:

@solo said:

There are so many great ruby's available, however there are a few I use daily and others that I use specifically. I will say that 'Purge all' is my most used ruby for my day to day works and 'subsmooth', 'JPP', 'Surface tools' and 'FFD' used for all my freeform work (organics)

FFD

which one is that?

Free Form Deform.

JuanV.Soler

bit tricky

ibon

I use very much 45ºShadows plugin for elevations, it's very fast and you don't have to move shadows and sun for each view

Edson

@jcdb said:

FFD

which one is that?

SketchyFFD

boofredlay

In no particular order, here are the ones I am grateful for.

Mirror
Purge
Remove Materials
Pipe along path
Podium
Subdivide & Smooth
Sketchy Free Form Deformation
STP Copy
Weld
Tools On Surface
Joint Push Pull
Round Edge
Bevel
Windowizer
Make Faces
Section Cut Face

Edson

@unknownuser said:

Round Edge

eric,

i could not find any script called round edge. can you post it, please?

boofredlay

It's right here on the first page of the Ruby forum.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10370

viga1978

Hi
my indispensable Ruby scripts are:

1)Bezier Spline
2)Tube along path
3)Windowizer
4)Remove material
5)Section Cut Faces
6)3d Grid

dolphus

My most used scripts are
1 FFD
2 Extrude along path
3 Dome
4 Calculator
5 (CASF) Fun Shapes
6 Blezier Curves
7 TOOLS ON SURFACE

Matt666

Hi ! Good idea !

Purge
Mirror
Quick selection
Tools On Surface
Joint Push Pull
Round Edge
Beziersplines
FFD
Ruby panel
Global material change
Section Cut Face
Cut List And Materials
Vray
Make faces
Extrude lines

nerz

Well i think we could add to this list the script soapskin i use nearly for each of my projects...

Fletch

1 - make faces
2 - extrude lines up, extrude lines using 2 points, etc... all them extrude lines commands.
3 - Windowizer (creates a curtainwall)
4 - select all instances - is that a ruby, or built-in... I forget now...
5 - Joint Push Pull (for push-pulling curves)
6 - pushpull face in any direction (using 2 points), and other pushpull face commands... along normal, along Z, etc.
7 - stair generator
8 - SU2KT (SketchUp 2 Kerkythea)
9 - Proper Animation - (great for showing diff. options for furniture, or doors swinging open)
10 - Scene Exporter pro - once get used to having it... can't live without.
11 - Automated 2D Output
12 - Mirror Selection
13 - Deselect Edges (Deselect Faces) - I think these are rubies...
14 - Offset on surface (and tools on surface)
15 - Purge (this should be number 2)
16 - Layers and Materials plugin by Didier Bur
17 - Intersect overlapping lines
18 - Selection Memory
19 - Soap Skin Bubble
20 - Protrude (closest thing we have to greeble plugin for SU)