[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set

Wildchild

TIG, I know this might sound silly , but what's the difference between curviloft and the extrude tools? For what I know they're pretty similar aren't they? can you (or anyone else) point out some cases where is best to use one insted of the other? thanks

TIG

Fredo's tools are quite a lot newer than mine.
Some of the tools are very similar, like EEbyRails and EEbyLoft - BUT there are several in the Extrusion toolset that are NOT - like 'EEby.. Lathe, Vector, Lattice, Face etc...
I have both toolsets and I use mine more, simply because I am used to it...
Fredo's do have a prettier UI and there are extra options to dynamically adjust the mesh etc, and they can work better in some circumstances - like with lofting closed-loop profiles, they might make complex messes a little faster too...
So use what you find works best for you in each instance...

wibeon

Hi,

The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.

Can somebody help me ?

Thanks

TIG

@wibeon said:

Hi,
The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.
Can somebody help me ?
Thanks
You should have several .rb files in the ../Plugins/ folder and several extra files in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ subfolder ??
This is a screen-grab of what the contents of the zip file look like. The new files/subfolder+files should be replicated exactly as this after you've extracted everything...
When you restart Sketchup there should be a drop-down submenu early in the 'Plugins' menu [Note that it's NOT in the 'Tools' menu - reread the tools' instructions] - this submenu is called 'Extrusion Tools...' and it has nine items each relating to a different tool; to activate the equivalent toolbar you must use View > Toolbars > 'Extrusion Tools'...

TIG

Here's a new version http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
It has an additional tool ExtrudeEdgesByVectorToObject... see here for more details of the new tool... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=331059#p331059

jeff hammond

oh nice! that's a great addition.

[it also shows hints of a sweet trim tool plugin - sort of like solid booleans without the solids part.. in rhino, it works like: select cutting object(s) then pick the parts of the intersecting geometry you'd like to delete.. in eeVO, it automatically picks the side to delete on the opposite side of the cutting object of where the vector extrusion started.. in this hypothetical trim tool, you would be able to pick which side to delete... i dunno, just ideas in case you get bored one day )

prismcnd

just wanted to say thank you for your amazing efforts.

costa

you are really great!!! fantastic work, thank you

TIG

Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
A new tool ' ExtrudeEdgesByOffset' has been added.
Its details are found here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=331303#p331303

d12dozr

Wow, TIG, a tool a day? Thank you for these!

TIG

Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has been improved considerably:-
A new algorithm has been added for the intersecting with objects: now walls extend to soffits with additional apex vertices and so on so it extrudes fully to the faces/edges.
'Ghost' extrusions now show intersections as red dots.
The original selection is kept, unless the is group exploded.

Some ES lingvos updated by Defisto [thanks].

TIG

Here's another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has additional traps added for rare glitches when a faced edge-selection was used.

TIG

Here's yet another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had a glitch fixed with 'undo' if you'd reversed faces etc...

TIG

Here's yet another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had glitches fixed with 'commit' and extruding faces inside groups to objects outside...

Wildchild

DUUUDE! Exactly what I was talking about!

Here's a few tests:
This last one took a little bit to work it out but then it did it just fine

I have a couple more tiny requests to ask, but now i don't have time!

unclex

[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
Need Help !!!
ThanX

hebeijianke

@tig said:

....

I translate All the plugins in ExtrudeTools into chinese
This is the translation file

chinesetranslation.zip

TIG

@unclex said:

[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
Need Help !!!
ThanX

I [and many others] have both toolsets installed without any interconnected problems
Can you explain the nature of the problem a bit more ?
Are there any error messages [either at startup or when it's run with the Ruby Console open]? if so please post them here, or perhaps more logically in the ShapeBender thread, as that's the broken tool.
Nothing has changed between recent versions of the EEby... tools that I could think might affect ShapeBender in any way. that tool itself has been around for some time...
Please check you have progressbar.rb installed in the Plugins folder [available free from Smustard.com] - this is a frequent cause of tools failing that need it [it's not needed for any of the EEby... tools though!]

TIG

@hebeijianke said:

@tig said:

....

I translate All the plugins in ExtrudeTools into chinese
This is the translation file

Thanks
I'll include them with the next update of the toolset.
Meanwhile Chinese locale users can install them into the TIGtools folder and feedback...

Jim

Hi TIG,

Shouldn't there be a Toolbar? I don't see it. I have all the EEb Tools in the Plugins menu, but no Extrusion* in Toolbars.