[Plugin] 2D Tools
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@mitcorb said:
TIG:
SUCCESS!!!!!!!
Made a 2d rectangle on default 0 zplane, gave it a 2d face, selected hatching tool, folder popped up, selected angle patt and it was applied. Incidentally, I did this procedure with the Ruby Console open, and there was no data on any of the actions.
Comments: the angle pattern does not display boldly, you must zoom in. Have not tried any other patterns. I assume they are scalable.
Buncha Questions:
What is so special about the double backslash method?
Why did your original code work for so many other users and not for my case, and maybe others?
Is this something that all plugin authors should be considering, or is it unique to SU6?, or XP?
Does this fix also address the linestyle question?
Thank you very much for all that you do!
mitcorb\ works for Sketchup UI.openpanel etc in all PC versions.
\ doesn't work for Ruby classes like Dir - those need / !
/ works for Mac and newer versions of Sketchup and PC OS's - with UI.openpanel etc.I have now trapped it to use / for Ruby and Mac and \ for PC always...
I 'inherited' most of the PATT files if you want to adjust them by editing the JPGs feel free - re-publish them here if they are good... You can also scale the image in the Material Editor etc...
Solved at last !
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OOPs
2Dtexttool.png missing a "T".
Use this if you like.
John
Oh, thanks TIG for a great tool set!
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v3.6 uploaded with corrected 2D Text toolbar icon - now with 'T'...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760 -
Yes, Solved at last!
many x many, thankSSS
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Bingo
I'm not up to speed on the Mac, so perhaps a PM to Edson might help.
The one file that goes into Plugins '2D#.rb' simply runsload '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb', that in turns loads all of the scripts in the2Dtoolsfolder that should be in the Plugins folder.I assume you have all of these... The zip file is NOT needed once the files are extracted...
There should be one 2D file of any sort [2D#.rb] in Plugins, but lots inside the2Dtoolsfolder.Try typing/pasting this text into the Ruby Console and report what happens...
load '2Dtools/2D#loader.rb'
You shouldget the toolbar available in View > Toolbars... -
bingo,
just create a new folder named plugins at the same place as the others are and then put the .rb file and the 2D tools folder thre, as TIG recommended you to do. it should work.
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Hi all,
I am new on this forum, and I want to tell you that in my opinion it will be nice to exist a possibility to apply vertical dimension between two or many points just clicking on this points (dots) and then the program will generate dimension with a little black triangle and text- +1.00 for example), without
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showing some auxiliar lines between points.
I think it will be very useful when applying this tool to create vertical dimensions on a building. -
@edson said:
bingo,
just create a new folder named plugins at the same place as the others are and then put the .rb file and the 2D tools folder thre, as TIG recommended you to do. it should work.
or, run the podium installer and it will create that folder for you
i tried talking with the podium guys about this 6-8 months ago telling them they need to fix their mac install but to no avail.. that folder being in the user directory breaks too many rubies.. what you really should do is move the podium files to the correct spot (macHD/lib/etc..)and delete that plugin folder from the user library.. then, every plugin will work as it should from the one location..anyway, @bingo... the way this ruby comes in needs an extra step to get it working properly.. unzip it on your desktop or in your downloads folder and you'll see a folder called 2Dtools.. inside that folder are two files:
another folder called 2Dtools (which contains all the .rb files.. leave those in there)
and a file named 2D#.rbplace the two files i've highlighted in red to:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 7/Sketchup/plugins
then relaunch sketchup..
in SU, go to the view menu/tool palattes and turn on 2Dtools and everything will work as it should. -
Great tool tig. It is actually helping me convert Auto cad users to sketchup
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Thxs Tig
this tool is so useful
I have only one problem,
Line weight and hatches doesn't seem to work Inside nested groups -
@jmmad said:
Thxs Tig
this tool is so useful
I have only one problem,
Line weight and hatches doesn't seem to work Inside nested groupsI can't get the Line Style Tool to fail to work inside a group... BUT I agreed that the Hatching Tool isn't working inside groups - I'll look into it - look out for an update...
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Having having tried to 2dt hatch on a group for a while, I saw the caveat. Running the latest, just DL'd. Context menu sometimes shows, more often not. Can't get hatch to work outside of group, either on a face or bounded area. I am just getting started with the 2DT commands but the others seem to be working as far as I have tested. Perhaps I missed a note in the discussion.
Thank you very much. I look forward to getting a handle on things.
~ Brooke
SU7, MSV -
I'm relatively new to DL'ing and installing custom plugins and it took me a while to find that the 2dtools were in the drawing menu, logically enough, rather than the plugin or tools menu. Perhaps some other greenhorns might appreciate a note to that effect in the help file.
~ Brooke
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brookefox
As I said in a recent post, I am looking at why 2D Hatching isn't working in some Group edit contexts...
Regarding the 'Draw' menu... The Help Introduction makes it clear that the 2D Tools are accessible from the Draw > 2D Tools menu, or probably easier the View > 2D Tools Toolbar - it does say to read the help file first...
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@unknownuser said:
Regarding the 'Draw' menu... The Help Introduction makes it clear that the 2D Tools are accessible from the Draw > 2D Tools menu, or probably easier the View > 2D Tools Toolbar - it does say to read the help file first...
OK, thanks, sorry, I missed that. I read the help first, though apparently not very well.Uh... I don't get it. Yesterday the below comments applied. Today, without closing the model, hatch is working on both faces and bound areas.
@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
As I said in a recent post, I am looking at why 2D Hatching isn't working in some Group edit contexts
That's why I mentioned it was not working for me in an un-grouped situation; I now say it is not usually working but it is sometimes, which makes me think I'm doing something wrong. The patt_line produces what appears to be a face... and this is what the entity info indicates (iah thought perhaps it is a scaling issue of some kind). At times it seems I was making the mistakes of thinking that if a patt was shown as picked in the selection box that hitting <enter> was the way to accept it; not so, sometimes it seems it must be explicitly loaded. When attempting to hatch a face, a face is created instead of a hatch. when attempting to hatch a bounded area, a hatch results.Generally, if the hatch is not working, say because I don't call a pattern explicitly with 'open', and I invoke some other command and come back to hatch, it does work. Uh, sometimes double clicking makes the patt call, sometimes not.
Sorry, I'll keep practicing.
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RE: line styles - Is there a chance or a way unknown by me of making the apparent line segment length independent of the width? E.g., for indicating overhead stuff in plan I want a longer segment with a narrower width than I can get with the current interdependent relationship.
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I saw the dashed and hidden types: hidden has the longest segment and that is what I'm using; the others, of course have, changing segment lengths. I have only the one pure dot. Thanks.
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As well as sorting out the glitch on 2D Hatching inside Groups... I am thinking of adding something to the 2D Line Style Tool - 'Customized Line Style Patterns'...
There'd be an option at the end of the Line Styles list <Make Custom Line Style>
If you select that then before the line is styled another dialog would appear and have two inputs 'Custom Line Style Name' and 'Custom Line Style Pattern'.
You'd enter say 'Dot2' and '. ', to set the pattern of dots and gaps to '. . . .'.
Or say 'SOS' and '. . . .. .. .. ' as '. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . .' [SOS!]
It would then be saved as a 'Custom Line Style' with the model and whenever you used the 2D Line Style Tool on that model thereafter it would be included at the end of the list of available line-styles [with any others you might define] after the <Make Custom Line Style> option ...If this would be of interest let me know and I shall look at it further...
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There are several increments in the dot pattern... dashed, hidden etc ?
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I think that would be terrific as me thinks it would improve the utility greatly.
On another front, if the text window would accept a paste larger than one line that also would be terrific.
For reasons unknown to me, I experienced a lot of bug splats yesterday (display driver faults and recovers, but not SU) while occasionally using the line tool (EDIT: Thinking back, I think it more likely was the hatching tool). I know such info is of no or limited use but I mention it in case it might be more than that.
Thank you.
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