[Plugin] Perpendicular Face Tools (UPDATED 26-03-09)

kwistenbiebel

Hi there,
Just wanted to drop in to say thank you to Chris.
This is a wonderful tool.
I use it to position mesh lights perpendicular to the camera line (for rendering).

The video in the first post is great. I especially like the sound of your wife doing the dishes while you recorded it.

mervin

I found a bug. Nothing happened when I use "perpendicular circle" tool to place a circle whose radius is smaller enough, for example 10mm. Because of nothing happened, I did it many times, then it crash. Is there any way to fix this??

choppir

amazing! thanks!

Vicspa

Another great tool, Thanks Chris,...keep'em coming.

Chris Fullmer

Thanks again for all the great comments. Devloping these scripts is a lot of fun, but it is sure helpful when there is also people letting you know they appreciate the work and time that has been put into these scripts - THANKS!

Chris

skkor9y

BIG Thanx...

AcesHigh

Chris, does it only works with FACES?? Why not with 3d objects too?

I then tried to create SINGLE faces, and make them into a component, so I would place them with your plugin and then replace ONE component with a more complex 3D object... but it also didnt accept using the component... the face must be exploded

Cant you change that?

Chris Fullmer

I don't have time right now to fix it how you would like, but as a work around, you could also install my components to faces plugin. That will apply your component to all selected faces, which would probably do what your looking for, for now.

Chris

AcesHigh

Thanks for the suggestion... in fact, I already had your two plugins installed, I guess I just hadnt used them yet!

Ben Ritter

Hi Chris,

I installed v1.2 and the script doesn't show up anywhere, not under the Plugins pull-down, or your separate sub-list under Plugins.

I'd appreciate your help.

Thank you. Ben

Chris Fullmer

Hi Ben, sounds like it is not getting put in the correct place somehow. There should be a single file called clf_perpendicular_face_tools_loader.rb in the main plugins folder. And a folder called clf_perpendicular_face_tools that has all the other files it in (clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb, circle_xx.png(2), square_xx.png(2), and star_xx.png(2)). So make sure everything is in the right spot and let me know if that helps. If not, we'll keep trying,

Chris

Ben Ritter

Chris,

My folders are configured just as you say and no-go. I even deleted all the files and reinstalled the zip file.

I'm puzzled too, because on another computer it works just fine.

I appreciate your help and love your script (on the other computer )

Chris Fullmer

OK, one last thing to try before we dive into deep troublshoot mode.

This is one of the few scripts that I wrote where I toyed around with the idea of disabling it by default. So just go try to enable it in the preferences menu - Window > Prefences > Extensions and make sure it is turned on. If that does not do it, then I'll PM you a new tweaked script that will output errors for me to look at.

Chris

Ben Ritter

Chris, well there it is.

Thank you. I forgot to check the preferences all the while thinking there we one place like that to check. I'll have to remember that for future problems.

Ben

taurus195

Amazing plug-in! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. It really is a time saver, thank you.

snowflake

Hi Chris, I've had some trouble with your tool.
Using a millimeter template i was not able to get under 25,4mm radius for the circle tool
for your information, here is the code from the console.
Error: #<TypeError: reference to deleted Entity> (eval):895:inget_attribute'
(eval):895:in onActivePathChanged' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396 Error: #<ArgumentError: Not enough edges - at least 3 required> C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in add_face'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in make_face' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:306:in onUserText'
(eval):895
Error: #<ArgumentError: Not enough edges - at least 3 required>
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in add_face' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in make_face'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:306:in onUserText' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396
Not sure what it means, but when i draw a circle (even bellow 25mm) on the ground plane and then use the star tool there is no problem. It works.

Chris Fullmer

hmm, interesting. I'll set up to a mm template and try it to se if I get the same error.

charly2008

Dear Chris,

I used your tool extensively in the beta test of fredos Curviloft. It's a great combination. but at times appears a little error. Some objects are rotated to 180 degrees. At two or three objects, this is not a problem to turn the objects by hand.

Charly

Chris Fullmer

Hi Charly, I never did quite get some of that stuff worked out. When I wrote this I knew very little about vectors/ But, I was aware of the possibility of it adding unwanted rotation to faces. So I built in the ability to rotate a face immediatly after placing it by using the up arrow key.

So if a face is rotated wrong, hit the up arrow key to rotate it 90 degrees. Hope that helps,

Chris

charly2008

Thanks Chris for your quick response. Your tip is a good help.

Charly