[Plugin] "Drill" extension for making holes
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@lunkwill said:
Neat! The main difference seems to be that drill.rb only drills round holes, and it drills them with only one click.
Not being able to drill holes in components and groups (even if the component is in 'edit' mode) is pretty annoying, though. I had hoped that the API wouldn't make me worry about this distinction. Surely there's a standard way in ruby to draw on a face regardless of whether it's part of a component or group?
The version attached below has been tweaked to change this
model.entitiesto
model.active_entitieswhich then lets you work in the model OR inside a group or definition edit...
Also - to find the circle-face made by the new circle arc you've just added I think the simplest method is to make it
circle=view.model.active_entities.add_circle(center,normal,@@drill_diameter/2), and when you make a circle it returns an array of its edges ('circle='), now get the first edge circle[0], then get its faces and now faces[0] is the always inner one that you want thus...
circleface=circle[0].faces[0](faces[1] is always the outer face - if it exists - that you will leave alone*)
*You are also getting some Ruby Console errors relating to your other_entities which make reference to deleted things - using my outline for finding the faces above should fix that... or use around code-lines in the early 70s
if other.valid? and other.typename=="Face"test to avoid error...
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@tig said:
@lunkwill said:
Neat! The main difference seems to be that drill.rb only drills round holes, and it drills them with only one click.
Not being able to drill holes in components and groups (even if the component is in 'edit' mode) is pretty annoying, though. I had hoped that the API wouldn't make me worry about this distinction. Surely there's a standard way in ruby to draw on a face regardless of whether it's part of a component or group?
Its a possible adding depth of hole?
meister
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I don't know if i have something broken in my install,but i cant snap a hole on any line,construction line or point.is it normal.
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Ver good!
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This is great mate, well done!!
I think though; is it possible to somehow enable SU snapping [end point, midpoint, etc...] and also inference locking?Many thanks!!!!
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very interesting plugin, will give it a try, THANKS!
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very simple and efficient tool!! good
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sorry to bother the illuminatti with this, but something weird is happening to this plugin (edit: and others)
Only seems to drill a hole size "1". I'm using a metric setup so the hole shows as 22.x mm, I assume it's defaulting to imperial units..?
When ever I try to change the size, it still reverts and drills the hole size "1"
more;.. oops.. just tried another plugin that had an input and that's not allowing a change - or at least taking any notice of what I write in the box.
XP with v8
I've broken something! I've tried the repair from install, if that doesn't work, I'll rip it all out and reinstall? but curious if this has been seen before and what caused it.
Many thanks
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oh, as I have to "drill" about 1500 holes, THANK YOU for the plugin!
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Thanks for the plug-in. It works at drilling a hole in my panel, but the diameter doesn't adjust, even though I'm entering a number in the vcd.
I looked at the sript in notepad and see the diameter number. So why isn't the diameter changing? Any suggestions?Regards, Les
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Les, are you hitting Enter after typing the new dimension value? it works for me.
This plugin doesn't seem to utilize inferencing which makes it difficult to accurately place holes. I'd find this a really useful tool if it did.
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Dave R,
Thanks for the suggestion on using the enter key. It works fine now.
I noticed that the unit of measure came up in the vcd also. In my case it is in millimeters.
tried several different hole sizes, from five millimeter to twenty millimeter, and all worked. This will work good enough for a model representation.
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I've edited the plugin to include snapping/inferencing. That was the deal breaker for me—without snapping, this plugin was not useful to me. But with it, I will be using this all the time!
Thank you to lunkwill (the original author) and TIG (another tweaker) for all their work!
Hope you find this as useful as I did.
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Does this really work for others?
I just installed the latest-gen plugin, and for me, it's got a drawback that makes it unusable: the diameter of the hole can't be changed. My various entries of different diameters do show up in the text-box, but I've been machine-gunning test-holes for a few minutes, and nothing about the diameter changes from one to the next, whether I've got "0.1" in the box or "11": all measure out at 0.875" (7/8"), which is the default hole-size.
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@pants said:
Does this really work for others?
I just installed the latest-gen plugin, and for me, it's got a drawback that makes it unusable: the diameter of the hole can't be changed. My various entries of different diameters do show up in the text-box, but I've been machine-gunning test-holes for a few minutes, and nothing about the diameter changes from one to the next, whether I've got "0.1" in the box or "11": all measure out at 0.875" (7/8"), which is the default hole-size.
for me it is unstable
sometimes it works
most f the times it doesn't...
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You must press <enter> after typing the new size?
Also that size is currently always defaulting to decimal inches.
BUT if you edit the file at:
@@drill_diameter = 0.875
to read
@@drill_diameter = 0.875**.inch*****
then it'll work with any units you have setup or you input, taking unsuffixed values as 'current units' or those with suffixes alternatively: so if you are working in inches but want one hole at exactly1cmtype that +<enter>...
***If you normally work in say 'mm' change it to default to say '10mm' initially, if your model-units are mm then typing 12 + <enter> will make a 12mm hole...
I.E.@@drill_diameter = 10.mm -
@tig said:
You must press <enter> after typing the new size?
Also that size is currently always defaulting to decimal inches.
BUT if you edit the file at:
@@drill_diameter = 0.875
to read
@@drill_diameter = 0.875**.inch*****
then it'll work with any units you have setup or you input, taking unsuffixed values as 'current units' or those with suffixes alternatively: so if you are working in inches but want one hole at exactly1cmtype that +<enter>...
***If you normally work in say 'mm' change it to default to say '10mm' initially, if your model-units are mm then typing 12 + <enter> will make a 12mm hole...
I.E.@@drill_diameter = 10.mmyes, it works now
i usually use meter as default unit
I changed "@@drill_diametre = 1" into " @@drill_diametre = 1.m" in the plugin, and typed "enter" after changing the diameter
thank you
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I'm curious about why hitting the Enter key seems to be a problem with this plugin when Enter is so frequently used with the native tools and there are many other plugins that have the same requirement. The fellow who posted immediately above the post with the most recent revision had the same problem which was solved by hitting Enter.
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@dave r said:
I'm curious about why hitting the Enter key seems to be a problem with this plugin when Enter is so frequently used with the default tools and there are many other plugins that have the same requirement. The fellow who posted immediately above the post with the most recent revision had the same problem which was solved by hitting Enter.
which default tools?
the VCB, Ruby console, ...?
most plugins input are made through a dialog box, and in this case, it is obvious: you click "OK" on the button
With the VCB, there is no button... you are just supposed to know it is necessary to hit "enter"
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@unknownuser said:
With the VCB, there is no button... you are just supposed to know it is necessary to hit "enter"
Exactly. The native tools use the VCB and you have to hit Enter to make the setting. There are a lot of plugins which take their inputs via the VCB, Bezier.rb, BZ_Spline, Curvemaker, etc.
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