[Plugin] Extended Views v1.2 UPDATE May 23, 2013
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Hi guys, I just installed this plugin for SU 2020 but when I click any of the Extended Views toolbars, all it seems to do is insert 4 guide points in a box shape. I tried changing my axis but no difference. How do you get it to work?
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@sjs66 said:
Hi guys, I just installed this plugin for SU 2020 but when I click any of the Extended Views toolbars, all it seems to do is insert 4 guide points in a box shape. I tried changing my axis but no difference. How do you get it to work?
Greetings,
Indeed it would be awesome if this splendid tool could be compatible with SU 2020.
Any chance to get the uodate?Many thanks in advance.
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Unfortunately this tool has failed since mid-v2018 !
It is pretty old !
SketchUp changed the way that references to exploded items are handled.
So the cpoints in the temporary group are now deleted and recreated, rather than retained.
Thus the error, when they are no longer found...Because the
in the header is 'All rights reserved' it can't be changed by others and distributed...
I suggest you contact Chris Fullmer direct to see if he's prepared to correct it.
The method would be to attach a specific custom-attribute to each of the cpoints, then when the temporary group is exploded the recreated cpoints get the same attributes, so then in the exploded results the new cpoints can be recollected 'by attribute' in the same order, so they can be reused [before finally erasing them...]
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@tig said:
Unfortunately this tool has failed since mid-v2018 !
It is pretty old !
SketchUp changed the way that references to exploded items are handled.
So the cpoints in the temporary group are now deleted and recreated, rather than retained.
Thus the error, when they are no longer found...Because the
in the header is 'All rights reserved' it can't be changed by others and distributed...
I suggest you contact Chris Fullmer direct to see if he's prepared to correct it.
The method would be to attach a specific custom-attribute to each of the cpoints, then when the temporary group is exploded the recreated cpoints get the same attributes, so then in the exploded results the new cpoints can be recollected 'by attribute' in the same order, so they can be reused [before finally erasing them...]
Hello,
I do thank you for your piece of advice.
I will follow it.Best regards
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Hey hey, was this ruby ever updated? or is there a version that works with new versions on sketchup?
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@tomaszdrgas said:
Hy .. Dzieńdobry
I'm just starting with sketchup API and I have choosen CLF Extended Views as a sample lo see how extention should be made..
Soon enough I realised that it doesn't work in sketchup 2017..
I found out it was due to change made in sketchup 2017 when exploding groups..I started to learn ruby last month but with lots of digging in sketchup's API documentation I managed to fix it.. (So proud
)Here is the .rbz file (just zipped it and changed the extention to .rbz)
[attachment=0:y2hlc1k7]<!-- ia0 -->CLF Extended Views.rbz<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:y2hlc1k7]I wanted to send that file directly to Chris so he could maintain it in extention warehouse but couldn't find his email.. Hope You don't mind.. It was a greate excercise to me..
Tomasz
hey Tomaz, i tested it, doesnt work
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@pipinek and freeagent:
Hi,
Take a look at this: https://sketchucation.com/plugin/1284-dbur_ucsmanager_v1_0_0
Basically it's an 'axes manager' but besides that the 6 views can be changed absolute to the main axes or relatively to your custom set of axes.
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@Chris-Fullmer Hi Chris this plugin only works with old versions or even with the latest ones. I have it on 2024 and it doesn't work
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@tomaszdrgas Thanks a lot! I was already desperate with the original plugin, but your version worked. Btw im on su2019
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@tomaszdrgas Thank you for your modified version of Chris plugin, it does correct the "guide points" issue for me, however it still align the views on the "world" axis and not on the user defined axis (SU2021/WIN).
For those who can't find a solution, I did find a simple way without any plugin to align my views on the user defined axis as intended (at least in top view as this was my objective). Just choose the standard top view for example, which will align to the North axis. And then click on the red "X" axis of your model and click Align view... TADAM ! It is now a top view aligned according to your user defined axis. Update your scene to keep this orientation, and you can then continue your work and edit it via Layout.
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