[Plugin] Boolean--OSCoolean (Dec 2013) for SU 8 up free ver
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Sorry, I misunderstood.
'Cut out' versus 'Cut off'...If the floorboards are individual groups/unique-component-instances you will need edit each one in turn, select its geometry and Intersect with model, to get a cutout for each post etc.
because those cutouts aren't readily 'selectable'... you can either PushPull their faces to form a hole in the plank [remember that for subsequent PushPull operations you can just double-click on a face and the same distance is used], or use the Erase tool to remove some edges to make suitable holes [or pick-select the faces and press the Delete key].Of course you only need to make these 'holes' if you intend showing the construction sequence [or you have OCD], otherwise intersecting the two posts and floorboards groups will add lines around the intersections and the unseen geometry will only be hidden from view, adding a little unnecessary load to view rendering etc, but nothing more...
The trick of setting your View to hide other objects whilst editing is useful, and toggles [make a shortcut] - sometimes you want other things out of the way, but sometimes they are useful to snap onto etc...
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Old school and fast. Thanks. I should have explained myself better, sorry. I need to cut the floor boards around the post (rather than cut the posts), I've got the floor boards individually grouped, then all of them in one single group - is that what you mean by 'nested' group?... 'Intersect with model' doesn't cut out. That's why I was hoping OSCoolean would do it in one command... Anyway to do this efficiently?
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Thanks again, Is that a 'no' for OSCoolean then? I do somethimes have a tendency to be a little OCD on these things, but this occasion I need to show instructions for a pdf guide, so, yeah, visible cut-aways on the boards... A bit of a shame. Incidentally, it'd be great if on this forum there were a 'thanks' button I could click on when us learners find a particular post useful (like over at XDA Devlelopers website) - useful because posters can have an incentive to post clear requests (with details attached etc) and show appreciation to the more experienced, without having to post 'thanks'... bla bla..
Thanks!
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A plank-group and a post-group in the same 'context' might well 'trim' with this tool [that depends on their geometry]. But then that means either exploding the grouped planks [or posts] first, OR exploding all of the plank [or post] groups inside their main group...
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@tig said:
A plank-group and a post-group in the same 'context' might well 'trim' with this tool [that depends on their geometry]. But then that means either exploding the grouped planks [or posts] first, OR exploding all of the plank [or post] groups inside their main group...
Yeah thought as much... thanks. Could this OSCooelan be modified so it 'searches' grouped objects then searches if there are sub-groups? Does that make sense? Then it could work within groups so we didn't have to explode and lose the advantage of things individually grouped?
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Thanks for this plugin Oscar!
It works on my system but it seems to hang and reset sometimes but I could be just using it wrong. First I tried simple primitive boxes and the subtraction worked fine.
I then tried it on a grouped shipping container to see if I could get a clean cut with a rectangle. The message at the bottom says it's processing. I wait a while and then move my mouse to see if Sketchup is frozen. The mouse moves and I am prompted to choose again like the process of completing the operation was cancelled and I'm automatically back to selecting the groups.
I then went back to doing simple tests. I tried 2 boxes with one turned horizontally 45% and it worked. Then I tried to add a cylinder to the 2 merged box group and got the same result as the shipping container. Tried again to merge a cylinder with a square from scratch and the same problem as before. Is there a trick to this or some limitations I should consider when using this tool? Should I leave the mouse alone??
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Can anyone help?
I am new to SU8, have loaded OSCoolean - and have the toolbar active...
BUT when I select one of the OSC icons and then TRY to select my objects, I can't - it just will not let me select anything!
I have 2 simple test objects - much as shown in the videos.
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Open the Ruby Console and retry...
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I actually omitted to say that I have opened the Roiby Console - although I admit I don't understand how to use it.
It just shows two empty boxes whatever I do - no error messages, no nothing! -
Can you post sample model?
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You don't need to 'do' anything with the Ruby Console - just read/report if it has any messages in it...
As TT says... can you post a simple model for us to consider...
This should work...
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I've made some progress!
Just re-installed SU8 only adding the OSC plugin (left off the Fredo and Eng toolbox ones I had used). That made no difference!
I have a simple test file with two objects - the standard box and cylinder.
I had turned each into a 'component' - perhaps that was my mistake?I have just made each object a 'group' and 'Eureka' - it now seems to work.
Perhaps as a new user I have just made a stupid error, should it work with 'components'?
I'll have to try some more - but thought it worth noting my modest little 'success'!
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@nickmalvern said:
I've made some progress!
Just re-installed SU8 only adding the OSC plugin (left off the Fredo and Eng toolbox ones I had used). That made no difference!
I have a simple test file with two objects - the standard box and cylinder.
I had turned each into a 'component' - perhaps that was my mistake?I have just made each object a 'group' and 'Eureka' - it now seems to work.
Perhaps as a new user I have just made a stupid error, should it work with 'components'?
I'll have to try some more - but thought it worth noting my modest little 'success'!
The very first line of the download page says:
This ruby tool can do intersect, union, cut, trim and split [highlight=#ffffbf:3es95ez8with groups only[/highlight:3es95ez8].]
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Sorry!
Of course you are quite correct, and I can only apologise for what was indeed a stupid error.
In my defence, I was having terrible trouble yesterday getting the page to load properly - and to find the downlad file at all - so I missed the obvious!
I still haven't got any of the 'help' videos on OSC to play at a resolution that enables me to actually read anything on the screen - so I was battling with a whole host of 'unknowns' (to me!) at once.
Now I'm trying to get my head round 'intersect' - as that may actually do what I was trying to achive. We'll see.
As I only started on SU 2 days ago, perhaps you can forgive some initial confusion.Thanks very much for 'being there' and willing to help - even if.....
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P.S. I mean the various UTube videos - not the basic ones on the download page
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The three main videos are linked on this page http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=112057#p112057
Here are all of the others http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oscoolean&oq=oscoolean&gs_l=youtube.3..0.1259.1656.0.2397.2.2.0.0.0.0.84.131.2.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.DAAkiyBaAIA -
I just cant get OSCoolean to work, I’ve tried re-loading, turning of sketchy physics, saving as groups etc and have read the related threads in search of a solution, to no avail.
Im using v8 free version 8.0.16846
The tool bar displays, however when I select the objects (Grouped) for dissection, click the relevant OS Coolean icon nothing happens.
I have been using sketch up for 3 years and have never had a problem with a plug-in before...I was so pleased that this plug-in was developed, but I’m going crazy as I can’t get it to work.
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Are the two groups both 'solids' ?
Have you tried it with a simple pair of cubes that you know are 'solids' ['Entity Info' will say so].
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@j-pags said:
I figured it out. OSCoolean does not work when sketchyphysics is enabled. At least on my computer. I disabled it, and now it's working fine.
thanks J-pags.
I had the same problem
you saved my da
and many thanks to oscarlok
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What is the most complex objects that can be used. I am trying to make a vaulted slab but it must be too complex because it will not intersect them. it just creates some strange copies.
If I make a simple square and a cylinder it works
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