[Plugin] 2D Tools

TIG

TIG:

Script loads fine now, thanks.

Tools work pretty well. Nice job. I really like being able to use the tab key during line drawing to change the elevation for the second click. Also the ability to input absolute or relative values; this gives us a lot of flexibility.

I see that if a tool is used in white space, then the tip of the Cursor can have a lot of white space between it and the geometry being drawn. If an inference is used with the first click, then it is not an issue.
?Anyway to direct the cursor icon to the imaginary Z-Plane if drawing in white space?

The "Bonk" when tabbing during a line draw is a little ... well, can we toggle that off?

2D Face Maker and 2D Hatching tools do their job if there is geometry or a guide point inside a loop but if not then user has more to do. What about initiating a new mode when the ALT key is kept depressed? The user clicks on a segment or vertex of the loop and drags inside the loop to define the area needing a fill and releases the mouse? Could this also define the alignment of the Hatching too?
CAD Father's icons are not mapping to my toolbar correctly. Looks like they are all shifted one icon to the left.

Use myicons then !

FaceMaker/Hatching will work IF you are reasonably vertically located above the FAce - it is a2D Tool after all...

Maybe later on, if it would not slow down performance or cause display problems, have a toggle option to tint either the geometry not on the Active Z-Plan or the geometry on the Active Z-Plan.
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I'd love to be able to fix an 'input_point' from a 3D point - any helpers ?

I could consider extending the MakeFace and Hatching tools to allow you to pick an Edge and then it'd find the Faces - however, picking inside the loop determines where the Face is - but picking an Edge allows at least 2 Faces...

The Bonkis there to tell you you have just exited the 2D Line drawings mode and gone into changing the Z-plane mode...
To de-Bonk your TAB key open the file 2DlineTool.rb in a plain text-editor [like NotePad.exe] and find the line with UI.beep in it add a # to the start of it, so it reads #UI.beep ... save the file and restart SUp - then there's NO more Bonks!

Thanks for the feedback... we will continue to evolve...

TIG

@unknownuser said:

Does exist a little video of this plug on youtube?

NO ! Perhaps you could make one... I'm too busy making these Tools to 'sell' them too...
[NON! Peut-être vous, pourrait le faire... Je suis trop occupé à faire ces outils pour «vendre» eux aussi ...]

DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ

hi tig. I have been testing its 2dtools tool.
I found finding a mistake.
1 - Extend the line from the farthest node to the destination line. superimposing two lines
2 - I still generates an error, let alone when the left mouse button pressed to extend the lines

I tested on sketchup 6 to 7 and 7.1

it may solve the problem?

[flash=425,344:3q2gwkcx]http://www.youtube.com/v/zN3dIAThsvA[/flash:3q2gwkcx]

TIG

elcorto

You are right. The Adjusted Lines should be re-made without their former ends being left behind - I'll check what's wrong and issue an update.

The Select by Dragging was really made for Selecting the Targets, but it CAN be used for Selecting the Lines to be Adjusted, BUT as it warns in the Help file ... if you Drag-pick a Line more than once you can get strange results - it's still under development - it is the newest of the Tools after all... If using it breaks that way then please use the 'Pick' method for now...

EarthMover

Good to hear that that there is no Arc extend (yet!). Looking forward to that addition. I have been using this script for so many things. Works awesome for drawing contour lines. Set an elevation and just draw without worrying about inferencing.

If no one else does, I'd be happy to put together a visual walkthrough of the plugin and the different tools available.

Many thanks again TIG!!

JClements

EarthMover:

Glad it is working for you for doing elevation work. Same here!

pilou

@unknownuser said:

If no one else does, I'd be happy to put together a visual walkthrough of the plugin and the different tools available.

Cool! You can make that!

mitcorb

Hi, TIG:
2d hatching is still not working for me in v3.3.
Still getting the "cancelled 2d hatching" phrase in the ruby console.

I extracted the zip file and overwrote the previous version. I did not delete any files, first.
If 3.3 was supposed to correct this, it did not work for me.
Thanks,
mitcorb

TIG

@mitcorb said:

Hi, TIG:
2d hatching is still not working for me in v3.3.
Still getting the "cancelled 2d hatching" phrase in the ruby console.
I extracted the zip file and overwrote the previous version. I did not delete any files, first.
If 3.3 was supposed to correct this, it did not work for me.
Thanks,
mitcorb

I hoped it would fix it when I introduced relative paths : please paste these lines into the Ruby Console one at a time, and report what happens: use the first line [6] or second line [7] if that's your version...

folder="C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/2Dtools/Hatching/" folder="C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/2Dtools/Hatching/"

then these two lines...

file1=Dir[folder+"*.jpg"].last UI.openpanel("Choose HATCHING...",folder,file1)

If you have a different file path to the Hatching folder adjust the first line to suit - note it's a / NOT a \ in text...

Report any messages or what happens at each step - like a dialog opening ! [I hope]

We will fix this...

TIG

Here's v3.4 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

v3.4 20091010 Adjust Tool now allows 'Lone Arc Extension' as well as Trim etc.
NOTE: This Lone Arc Extend Mode is in its first beta release and might be prone to error – please save before using and feedback any details that will improve its development...

Arc

[quote="TIG"]Here's v3.4 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

2D Text, it's not on my set z-plane.

Gaieus

@tig said:

...If you really must have it snap to the Z-plane them I can easily do you a personalized version that does so...

That's quite a generous offer, TIG!

TIG

@arc said:

@tig said:

Here's v3.4 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760
2D Text, it's not on my set z-plane.

2D Text was not made to be fixed onto the Z-plane because so many asked for more flexibility in placing it - 2D Text has uses beyond pure 2D drawing - like the 2D Fillet Tool. However, it does snap to the horizontal/face...

If there is enough 'reverse pressure' to get it to snap all 2D Text to the Z-plane I'll change it - it's no big deal - much of the code is in there, it's just 'disabled'...

If you really must have it snap to the Z-plane then I can easily do you a personalized version that does so...

TIG

@gaieus said:

@tig said:

...If you really must have it snap to the Z-plane then I can easily do you a personalized version that does so...

That's quite a generous offer, TIG!

Not so generous... most of the code is already in there but disabled/unused... I just need to 'free' it...

mitcorb

TIG:
I copy/pasted as you instructed, with no apparent reaction in the console at each step. Then I drew two overlapping 2d rectangles, applied 2d faces to each. Then I tried to activate the 2d hatching tool and got the "cancelled" statement.

EDIT: The attachment hopefully shows the console open and the inputs. If not, I will do a jpg.

2dhatchinguploadfile.skp

TIG

No Console in the image. Please try again...
I tried your Model and it Hatches OK for me... so must be something in your setup...

When you pasted the line UI.openpanel... what happened ? Did it open a file browser ?
If it did then if you selected something and hit OK what did it then say in the Console ?
Can you try typing UI.openpanel in the Console - you should get the last file browser you had opened again...

Most confusing...

EDIT: The Console appeared on the second image...
You don't seem to have typed the last of the lines I asked you to -
UI.openpanel("Choose HATCHING...",folder,file1)

Please DO NOT try to run the 2D Hatching Tool ! I'm trying to check your setup BEFORE we start looking at other things... Firstly we need to check that the UI.openpanel is working OK...

mitcorb

TIG:
No file browser opened. I will try again.
(I am not fluent with image capturing and posting, so I had to try again. The process is so opaque, that is, you gotta trust that the results will be favorable.)

EDIT: see attachment.
I typed the statement into the line input box. I thought there was a required space before the parentheses. That is why I got the warning.
But in each case I got the word "nil".

EDIT2: for your info, I verified that the hatching file has all of the jpg content.

JClements

My preference would be to have the text sensitive to the current Z-plane.

Perhaps you could allow its present behavior through Alt-clicking the toolbar icon? ... Or the user could use your other text script.

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Tried the updated extend tool. When I tried it on an arc and when I could get it to work, the arc was extended through and beyond a target edge. Using with line segments, it couldn't detect the line to extend when trying to select it. Many times I'd get an hour glass and have to shut down SU 7.1.

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A combination of the line, tab input, and radius tools makes producing pipe and elbow centerlines easy.
I suppose Pipe-Along-Pipe could be implimented into the toolbar and apply it to a centerline using a method similar to that used for your 2D Line Style tool
easy centerlines.png

TIG

@mitcorb said:

TIG:
No file browser opened. I will try again.
(I am not fluent with image capturing and posting, so I had to try again. The process is so opaque, that is, you gotta trust that the results will be favorable.)

EDIT: see attachment.
I typed the statement into the line input box. I thought there was a required space before the parentheses. That is why I got the warning.
But in each case I got the word "nil".

EDIT2: for your info, I verified that the hatching file has all of the jpg content.

No <space> before the ( ). BUT it's failing anyway.
What happens if you copy/paste just the text UI.openpanel into the Console - still no open_panel ?

Seems your Sketchup isn't opening a file_open_dialog like it should ???

JClements

I am not sure if the file is corrupted or if there is a bug in Ruby. It was made by cutting and pasting geometry from antoher file which had a half dozen imported DWG files.

Any elevation readings taken for geometry below z=0 are wrong (using either the 2d Set Z-Plane tool or Robin Hill's, Height.rb). What should be -26' shows as -25', what should be -9.5' shows as -9.0'

Stranger still, is that Robin's script adds in two dashes for a negative value. It has never done that before.
If I create a new file with new geometry then both Robin's script and 2d Set Z-Plane tool work correctly.

Any guess as to what is going on?

Elevation Bug.skp

height.rb