Plugin Request
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Hi guys,
I was wondering if there was a Plugin available as shown below. I often have to make spines in this way (manually) to perform copying of objects along a spline, could also be handy for midpoints along a top of a building for more complex roof forms. In essence it's very simple, but not sure how simple it would be to write.
The first image shows a polygon,
Second, selecting polygon,
Third, then "The script" would be run and works out the mid continuos midpoint,
Fourth, option to delete original face.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What about the Offset tool?
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Seems easy to do with Line using mid-point and edge inferences locked with shift to other mid-points etc etc...
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@numbthumb said:
What about the Offset tool?
If the legs happen to be different widths, Offset won't do the job. Plus, it won't hit the "end" edges, as it will be offset from them as well (if you offset from a face).
@j_forrester said:
I was wondering if there was a Plugin available as shown below. I often have to make spines in this way (manually) to perform copying of objects along a spline, could also be handy for midpoints along a top of a building for more complex roof forms. In essence it's very simple, but not sure how simple it would be to write.
It's not an impossible request, but it is slightly more complicated than it seems, since knowing the "end" edges is essential to a successful result. Either a good algorithm or a tool that requests specific necessary input would take care of it.
It seems there were some roof tools written in the past that might be modified to do what you need.
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Hi Rick,
You hit the nail on the head. Don't always use the same thickness especially for a roof top. Currently I use the the line tool with inference locking but this can be quite annoying after a while and if you have have a shape that kicks back and forth many times then lots of construction lines are needed on the corner sections to work out theses distances. (The image I gave at the top was in it's simplest form, this is obviously extremely simple). You have to try it this way to understand how helpful such a tool would be.
If you try any example like this with inference locking it's VERY easy but also VERY time consuming for something that maybe a Plugin could calculate in a few seconds.
This is a problem a bit like many SU Plugins address i.e "Make group" plugin. In native SU, I can select geometry, make it a group, open the outliner, click on geometry, right click and re-name. All very possible, but with this plugin I can can give it a shortcut key and name it on the fly which makes my workflow so much easier and thats why this and many other such Plugins are great workflow aides.
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Moved the thread to the Developer's forum. We have reorganized so that the Plugin section is only a list of plugins you can download and use.
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