[Plugin][$] FredoScale - v3.6a - 01 Apr 24

Pastilhas

Hi Fredo.

First of all, Thank you for this Truly remarkable plugin.

I just installed Sketchup 8.0.3117 and your plugin but i got a weird error when a use it.

when i put 4000mm in FredoScale, Sketchup change radius circle to 2017.3 ?!

If i change radius circle to 2000mm FredoScale change to 3965,8mm ?!

What happening?

Im, using:
Sketchup 8.0.3117
FredoScale 2.0i
LibFredo6 3.4c

Thx and sorry for my bad English.

fredo6

@pastilhas said:

Hi Fredo.

First of all, Thank you for this Truly remarkable plugin.

I just installed Sketchup 8.0.3117 and your plugin but i got a weird error when a use it.

when i put 4000mm in FredoScale, Sketchup change radius circle to 2017.3 ?!

If i change radius circle to 2000mm FredoScale change to 3965,8mm ?!

What happening?

Im, using:
Sketchup 8.0.3117
FredoScale 2.0i
LibFredo6 3.4c

Thx and sorry for my bad English.

From what I observe on the image, your scaling box is not aligned with the axes. This is usual for round shapes, because a circle in Sketchup is not a true circle, but a suite of small segments).

I would suggest that you align the scaling box, by typing RIGHT ARROW.

Then tell me if you still have a problem with the dimensions

Fredo

fredo6

@diego-rodriguez said:

Hi Fredo.
I make a query.
would be added to your tool to scale a similar function to the image but for 3D objects'?
scalar or reference to three points
[attachment=0:19ki78vc]Untitled.gif[/attachment:19ki78vc]
really would be helpful
possible?
thanks

This type of Scaling About (specifying the pivot point and a direction) is possible. I am not sure it fits the UI framework of FredoScale however. I would rather see a dedicated plugin for that.

Fredo

Pastilhas

@unknownuser said:

@pastilhas said:

Hi Fredo.

First of all, Thank you for this Truly remarkable plugin.

I just installed Sketchup 8.0.3117 and your plugin but i got a weird error when a use it.

when i put 4000mm in FredoScale, Sketchup change radius circle to 2017.3 ?!

If i change radius circle to 2000mm FredoScale change to 3965,8mm ?!

What happening?

Im, using:
Sketchup 8.0.3117
FredoScale 2.0i
LibFredo6 3.4c

Thx and sorry for my bad English.

From what I observe on the image, your scaling box is not aligned with the axes. This is usual for round shapes, because a circle in Sketchup is not a true circle, but a suite of small segments).

I would suggest that you align the scaling box, by typing RIGHT ARROW.

Then tell me if you still have a problem with the dimensions

Fredo

Shame on me ....

Worked like a charm, thx Fredo.

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

oo, thank you very much fredo.

this tools would be very useful.
for example when drawn with the "adapter picture" of sketchup.
when it finishes drawing perspective, if we know the true measure of a wall (for example) we can scale the all drawing. segun esta medida conocida, according to this measure known.

jeff hammond

@diego-rodriguez said:

oo, thank you very much fredo.

this tools would be very useful.
for example when drawn with the "adapter picture" of sketchup.
when it finishes drawing perspective, if we know the true measure of a wall (for example) we can scale the all drawing. segun esta medida conocida, according to this measure known.

diego,
i might be missing some of what you're saying but if i'm not, you can already do that in sketchup using the tape measure tool

just measure a line in the model which you know the length of then type that measurement in the vcb and everything will scale accordingly.. you can do it inside a group if you only want to change certain lengths or do it globally so that everything in the model scales..

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

Jeff my English is very bad. I'm learning
My idea is to do something similar to this picture, both in 2D and in 3D.

not how to do that with sketchup, in a simple and fast.
I do, but I use several methods

jeff hammond

i was just checking if you knew about scaling with the tape measure

if that's not simple or fast enough for you then ok..
personally, i think a tool which you're showing (autocad?) would be mostly beneficial for scaling to approximate lengths (the lengths beginning with ~ in sketchup)

but hey, fredo likes your idea so let's see what he comes up with

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

A simple example would be this image. is an example in 2D, but 3D would be helpful.

Thom time ago wrote a plugin to modify a curve depending on the length of one side.
would be something similar but 3D, interactive and for Groups or Components

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28439&p=247192&hilit=tt_edge_adjust.rb#p247194

jeff hammond

i'm still not convinced you're hearing me about the tape measure...

don't use for that.. use

[flash=750,446:prdy63au]http://www.youtube.com/v/u3tsguLP74A?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6[/flash:prdy63au]

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

you are a genius.
jajaaj
I feel a fool.
three years using sketchup and I did not know this function.
thank you very much

Vicspa

Thanks Fredo

jeff hammond

@diego-rodriguez said:

jajaaj

COSEDIMARCO

@unknownuser said:

i'm still not convinced you're hearing me about the tape measure...
don't use for that.. use

Thanks Jeff! Lot of time using SU and still something new to learn.

HFM

Still an awesome plugin Fredo, but I do have a question.

Is there a way to make stretching and tapering non-destructive? [Keeping the same component name]
I'm working on a building with a lot of glass panels on the outside. About 80% of these are the same component [for future use, where I'll add some detail]. With stretching and tapering as a non-destructive tool I can make the building entirely out of one component which, besides being totally awesome, will make adding detail to the building a breeze.

Anyway, with or without non-destructive tools, this plugin is still one of my favorites.

Hugo.

thomthom

@hfm said:

Is there a way to make stretching and tapering non-destructive?

Can't apply such a transformation to an instance without doing a destructive operation.

HFM

@thomthom said:

@hfm said:

Is there a way to make stretching and tapering non-destructive?

Can't apply such a transformation to an instance without doing a destructive operation.

Why not? Sorry for my ignorance, maybe an example will explain it better

Is this possible?

This means that one side can vary in length. Do you mean that this cannot be done?

thomthom

You can apply a scale or skew transformation to a component in a non-destructive manner, but you can not taper or stretch. It's just not possible with the API we have available.

Icchan

Hello there!

First I want to thank Fredo6 for the awesome plugin, but I've hit a problem with scale to target tool.
I'm trying to scale a small filled arch (1m by 10m) along the flat to hit an edge near it. Once I doubleclick the correct corner to activate the target scaling, I can't select any point for origin.
The funniest thing is, that if I scale the arch bigger by other methods, I'm able to select some points to use as origin.
Is there some sort of minimum size requirement for the scale to target tool? What am I doing wrong here?

Tool error.png

thomthom

SketchUp doesn't handle very small units very well. 1mm is getting very close to the minimum.
SU's tolerance is 1/1000"