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    [Obsolete] FredoScale 1.0e (Free Scaling, Taper Scaling)

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    • W Offline
      watkins
      last edited by

      Dear Fredo6

      I have just tried FreeScale. EXCELLENT!!!

      Thank you for your generosity.

      Kind regards,
      Bob

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        thomthom
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        Yes! I was thinking just this week that it'd be so nice ot be able to taper scale objects. This is another must have plugin. Thank you very much Fredo.

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          notareal
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          Great! Thanks for your effort.

          Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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            johnsenior1973
            last edited by

            Solo is going to find his cartoon characters a great deal easier with this. This is clearly another great leap for Sketchup.

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              Teezer
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              Wonderful! Great! Excellent! Thank you, thank you, thank you... 🎉 😄

              Real life is just another website, albeit a rather boring one.

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                tbd
                last edited by

                to be able to run on Mac I had to create DEFPARAM_Dir under plugins dir (due permissions restriction the mkdir command in Lib6Core_30 failed)

                nice work Fredo

                SketchUp Ruby Consultant | Podium 1.x developer
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                  solo
                  last edited by

                  Bravo!!
                  http://users.atw.hu/swb/smile/taps.gif

                  Just what I need for my character modeling, thanks a ton.

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                    watkins
                    last edited by

                    Dear Fredo6,

                    One little known option of the native SU Scale tool is the ability to input final dimensions via the VCB (example: 100mm,100mm,100mm). The scale box is then scaled to those dimensions. Is this something that could be include in your script?

                    Kind regards,
                    Bob

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                      otb designworks
                      last edited by

                      Great script! Thank you thank you!.

                      However, I, as you know, am on a MAC and I am having serious issues with this script.

                      The standard scaling tool works beautifully and as expected. Being able to set the orientation is brilliant!.

                      The taper scale tool, however, isn't working at all.

                      It displays the bounding box and shows the results of all of the tool manipulations, but it never actually changes the object geometry. Picture attached. Hitting return or clicking outside the box erases the bounding box and the cube remains as is.

                      Let me know what I can do to assist diagnosis.

                      Thanks again.


                      Picture 1.png

                      Cheers, Chuck

                      OTB Designworks is on Youtube

                      6 core nMP, 32 gig RAM, (2) D700 GPU's, dual monitors

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                        Matt666
                        last edited by

                        😲 😲 Awesome !!! Thank you Fredo !

                        Frenglish at its best !
                        My scripts

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                          MALAISE
                          last edited by

                          Hi Fredo

                          Incredible enhancement 👍 👍 ☀

                          MERCI

                          MALAISE

                          La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                            Daniel S
                            last edited by

                            Awesome!!!
                            Thank you Fredo!!!

                            I only have a problem when set the dimension in the dialog box by pressing TAB. It dosen´t accept what I put.. just make a beep 😕
                            I attach a video example of this.

                            Daniel S


                            a video of the problem (.wmv)

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                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @daniel s said:

                              I only have a problem when set the dimension in the dialog box by pressing TAB. It dosen´t accept what I put.. just make a beep 😕
                              I attach a video example of this.

                              Daniel S

                              Daniel,

                              Strange. What is the default decimal separator you normally use in your version of Sketchup.
                              Just in case, can you turn the Ruby console on to see if anything is displayed.
                              Can you also type in the Ruby console the following command:

                              Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"
                              

                              and see what it does.

                              I don't know if any other users has found that problem?

                              I will analyze what it could be in parallel.

                              Fredo

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @watkins said:

                                Dear Fredo6,

                                One little known option of the native SU Scale tool is the ability to input final dimensions via the VCB (example: 100mm,100mm,100mm). The scale box is then scaled to those dimensions. Is this something that could be include in your script?

                                Kind regards,
                                Bob

                                Bob,

                                Just press TABwhen the scaling handle is highlighted (or use the contextual menu). You should have the Dimension box appearing. For teh time being, I preferred to reserve the VCB to scale values.

                                Fredo

                                PS: Daniel S. has found some issues with this dialog box. Maybe you can report if found any.

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                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  The taper scale tool, however, isn't working at all.

                                  It displays the bounding box and shows the results of all of the tool manipulations, but it never actually changes the object geometry. Picture attached. Hitting return or clicking outside the box erases the bounding box and the cube remains as is.

                                  Let me know what I can do to assist diagnosis.

                                  Thanks again.

                                  It is clear that there is an error in the execution of the deformation, as shown on your image.
                                  The best would be to turn on the Ruby console and see what it says. I don't know if it could be related to Mac.
                                  Also can you tell me if your run SU 7 or 6.

                                  Fredo

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                                    roadkill
                                    last edited by

                                    many thanks dude... that is special!

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                                      otb designworks
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Fredo!

                                      Here is the Ruby Console result from attempting to taper scale.

                                      I am using SU7, OS 10.5.6.

                                      Thanks!


                                      Picture 1.png

                                      Cheers, Chuck

                                      OTB Designworks is on Youtube

                                      6 core nMP, 32 gig RAM, (2) D700 GPU's, dual monitors

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                                        Daniel S
                                        last edited by

                                        Fredo:

                                        When i put in the ruby console

                                        Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"
                                        

                                        It returns:

                                        Traductor.string_to_length_formula "20"
                                        nil

                                        When i have open the ruby console and try to use the dialog box don`t report anything.
                                        I have the same problem with the taper.. it dosen´t accept what i put on the dialog box.

                                        I attach a screenshoot of my units.

                                        Daniel S


                                        myunits.jpg

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                                          TeKnoel
                                          last edited by

                                          this looks great! thanks for your hard work

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                                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                                            EarthMover
                                            last edited by

                                            Holy Sh!t! Just what I was thinking of asking for the other day. I love the taper. Reminds me of the Falloff function in Modo. Thanks Fredo!

                                            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                            Content Creator at Skapeup

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