[Plugin] Zorro2 (beta)

Gaieus

Hi Lauren,

The format is *.rb ("ruby") and you actually do not need to open it with anything but simply save the file in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\

If you want to open it, it is actually a "simple" text file with this *.rb extension so use Notepad (coming with Windows by default). Do NOT use a Word processor like MS World as it adds some special characters to line ends and such.

nickdk

Is it likely that the "bug splat" error will be corrected in the Zorry plugin? I absolutely love the plugin but it's always a challenge to make it work without too many "splats" :S ?

ckho1985

blug splat!!!! arrrrgh (banging my head...)

would be a most-wanted tool if bug is fixed on slicing a section plane.

natmonday

This plug-in is just what I need. However I am getting a "bug splat" everytime i try to use it... any suggestions??

@whaat said:

Time for an update of Zorro. I think this release is much more polished than the first one. Plus, you now finally have the ability to render section cut views.

New Features:

-made cuts work with parallel projection views
-added slice model at section plane (right click on a section plane for context menu)
-added nested cuts using CTRL modifier
-improved precision of cuts

Somes notes on this release:

It is recommended to use 'Slice model at Section' on a backup of your SKP file. It is a destructive process.

Cutting through nested components results in creation of many unique components

Some code was used with permission from TIG's SectionCutFace script to create a cutting plane from a section plane. Thanks!

Script should work for older versions of SU and also on Mac systems

I am calling this a beta version so please post any bugs or requests in this thread. Enjoy!

EDIT: Updated version now attached which should fix the problems that have been reported. Also added tutorial.

Whaat

erentumer

when I try to slice from section plane sketchup turns off does anyone know why it closes itself?

chango70

I think it crash with nested components and groups. I use it only when I've exploded everything.

thomthom

I got a model that produces bugsplat when I try to use Zorro with it. I select the Section Cut and click "Slice Model at Section" - BugSplat!

Crashed SketchUp

TIG

It's a simple thing to do manually, without Zorro.
Make a group at the section-cut, explode it and intersect its geometry with model.
Take a side view, perspective off, and select everything above the cut and group it, repeat below the cut, move the groups apart...ZorroCrashSplit.skp

thomthom

@tig said:

It's a simple thing to do manually, without Zorro.

That was just a small part of my model. The original got many more components...

TIG

It's the groups/components that take the time and cause the splats!

thomthom

@tig said:

It's the groups/components that take the time and cause the splats!

My sample model doesn't have any groups/components. Just edges and faces...

Rich O Brien

Isn't the Zorro tool in Artisan more stable than this version?

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Isn't the Zorro tool in Artisan more stable than this version?

Just tried the Knife tool - crashed SU, without bugsplat.

Rich O Brien

Did you try a series of cuts rather than just one? I find that helps sometimes!

dukejazz

I love useing this plugin Zorro2,
So I added a icon to the tool bar.

If you want to do this too,
then paste these lines between the last end statment of zorro2.rb and its file_loaded("Zorro2.rb")
useing notepad

end

#----copy this----------

adds a icon to tool bar

remeber to add the attachent zorro2.jpg to plugins folder

   if( not file_loaded?("Zorro2.rb") )
tt_hh = UI::Toolbar.new "Zorro2"
cmd = UI::Command.new("Zorro2 ")  {(Sketchup.active_model.select_tool Zorro2Tool.new)}
cmd.small_icon = "zorro2.jpg"
cmd.large_icon = "zorro2.jpg"
cmd.tooltip = "Zorro2"
tt_hh.add_item cmd

tt_hh.show
end
#add is compleated
#---copy to here---------------

file_loaded("Zorro2.rb")

xplode35

Seems like this plugin badly needs an update. Nothing's changed in 2 years???

Gaieus

Why fix something that is not broken? There are much older plugins still performing perfectly what they were designed for 5-6 years ago.

Bob James

Beta for two years

thomthom

@bob james said:

Beta for two years

It's the Google-way!

jwas

This is a great plugin, but it's not working for me with the model I'm working on now. The model is large and complex. Is that what's causing it to crash when trying to cut at the section?