[Plugin] Components onto Faces v1.2.0 UPDATE May 23, 2013
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thank you, very handy script!! and good idea for grouping your scripts into one subfolder, everyone should do that, soon the plug-ins menu will be a list of ruby script writers names.
question: is there another 3d with more plug-ins than sketchup?
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The inverse of the Spray components by Didier Bur
And totally indispensable for many different uses!
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@click draw said:
Any way to apply a brick like finish to a wall? Multiple components to face?
Jeffyes, but there are easier ways!
PS chris as you can see there is some logic to the alignment,
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@unknownuser said:
Well, until I start making something I can charge for. Then just cold hard cash will suffice
i bet people would pay for a soft selection tool that would function with all the other tools, move, scale...
the codes even hanging around in there somewhere (smoove).
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Hey xrok1,
I assume you just used copy and paste???
Jeff
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no? i used the script!
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Really?....kinda feeling silly now....how did you do it?
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well... are you ready for this?
1] use construction grid (ruby) to make a grid
2] use edges from construction lines (ruby) to convert construction lines to lines
3] delete every second vertical line, staggering each row
4] use make faces (ruby) to make faces
5] build a brick and make it a component
6] run Components onto Faces v0.1 (ruby)
i told you there were easier ways.
if i had to do it all over again i would just make a rectangle the size of a brick with half a mortar joint. inset the face a little...
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Amazing Script! Cheers!
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Chris, thank you for such panelization tool!
I attached sample with slightly modified by Fredo's tools
Uhh, need quads for for beautiful visualization for panels
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is that normal?
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About your bug of 2 components on a "same face"
A tricky thing with your "Select lines by lenght"
Make the Surface with the Sandbox "By scratch"
Explode it
Enable Hidden geometry
Select one little diagonal of a square
your very tricky "Select lines by lenght"
Delete it
"Components onto faces"
Et voilΓ !
Edit hum hum works only if the tin stay "flat"
Maybe use the Smart Drop in addition! By a4architect
Soon little tut
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Wow, great stuff everyone! I really like that paneled wall ilay. Looks great. And thats a cool method using smart-drop Frenchy. Thanks for showing it.
Oh, and the menu is how I made it, but not really for any good reason I guess. I was hoping to have one or two other items in that sub-sub menu too, but I have not got them written yet. So I was planning ahead, but perhaps too early. Hopefully in time I'll get some more ability written into this script. I am currently working on solving the triangulated faces issue. I think I have a solution. I think.
Chris
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You could do some serious off-roading with those tires! Or some serious damage. Either way, they look super cool!
Is each face truly one square face and not 2 triangle faces with the middle line smoothed? If it is 2 triangles, how did you get around that issue where it copies a component to each of the 2 faces?
Chris
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Each is a single face, not 2 triangles.
I used the sphere ruby to create a sphere then used your script to apply the component to a portion of the sphere. Then I deleted the extra and filled in with sidewalls. The bad part is I cannot think of any cool vehicle to place these under -
Ok, so I found something...
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you best be replac'n them there irons with some shoot'n irons where that thin's gona be a tak'n ya yer gona need 'em. he he...
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UPDATE: v1.0 released - The video in the beginning is also updated
This new version has a new tool called "Components onto Face Collections". It treats collections of faces that have had their edges smoothed/hidden as a single face. So the terrain issue where it was copying 2 components onto each collection of faces is fixed. The new tool will only copy a single component onto the 2 faces. I hope that makes sense and I hope its helpful,
Chris
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Neat update, save some manipulations
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