[Plugin] Axo + Iso View v1.2 20101117
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Hey I'm new to sketchup and have been trying to get this 'axo' plug in to work. But no luck. I keep getting this from the ruby console:
Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method `axo3060' for main:Object>
(eval)What is the deal I followed the directions to a -T I think?
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If you have correctly installed the .rb file into your Plugins folder you will get the commands available to you in the Ruby Console: you type
axo3060+ <enter> and it runs...
So this error message suggests that you have not installed it correctly
To find your Plugins folder type [or copy+paste] this line + <enter> in the Ruby Console:
Sketchup.fins_support_file('Plugins')
This returns the path to the folder that ought to contain your plugin files.
It may be hidden and you'll then need to set your MAC to let you see Library folder-paths.
If it is the HD Lib path [most likely on v8] then you may need to reset its Security Permissions to Full Read & Read, so you have unlimited access to add files etc...
So, now put the .rb file in there...
OR if you get the .RBZ archived version of the script from the PluginsStore page then you can AutoInstall that using the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button...
OR if you install the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' toolset you can search/browse through 800+ Plugins [including this one] and then AutoInstall any selected plugin from within SketchUp itself... -
Hello Everybody,
actual I have the requirement, to create a "cavalier" perspective.
I hope that someone can tell me, how to create this view in SU.
Many thanks!
Automation
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Yes and Cabinet Oblique Projection too
For ref. see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_projectionCheers,
. DIEGO .
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Hello *,
it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.
- Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
- Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
- Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
- Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?
I would appreciate any comments
Best Regards
Automation
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@automation said:
Hello *,
it would be very nice to get some information concerning my request to create the ""cavalier" perspective.
- Is it impossible to create this view with SU?
- Or would it be possible to extend the existing AXO-ISO Plugin from TIG?
- Or did I ask the question in the wrong section of this forum?
- Or are there any other ideas to create this special perspective?
I would appreciate any comments
Best Regards
Automation
I don't think that a Cavalier type of view is possible in SketchUp - at least not as a camera setting.
It needs to have distorted geometry, which then would only work from one vantage point...
My Plugin is therefore NOT extensible...
You can ask a question in a related plugin's thread; however, if you want wider public awareness consider starting a new thread in Plugins with a Request for something - but nothing is going to appear instantly
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But if it's a "how-do-I-do-this-by-hand" then post a message in the General forum - some skilled users might not frequent the Plugins side... Someone might have a brilliant workaround that I can't envisage...
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Hi TIG!
many thanks for your answer. So I have to find another solution.
Best Regards
Automation
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Hi all !
Thanks for your axoiso.rb plugin. I had a similarly need for my own video game, so i add some new functions of my own, to get the 8 isometric views from a single model.In order to get my code functional :
1°/ first import one single model and select it.
2°/ then open ruby console. (menu > windows > ruby console)
3°/ write "middle" (to center the object to the axis origin)
4°/ then write "aff" to get all view done with correct distance & angle
5-6-7..°/ then write i1, or i2, or i3 ... or i8 and snapshot the image, to get all 8 classical isometric direction for video game.I'm sure anyone can do better than me on this forum. This was my first contact with Ruby language.
I hope this will help someone else ... as much as the axoiso.rb had helped me.Have a nice day !
Kéké from Magdales
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It is magic! Thank you so much!!
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If I want iso4545,how can I do it?
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Great plugin for my exercises about Dihedral System in the High School (I'm a Drawing Teacher), I added a menu via Camera Menu for a quick access.
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Hello TIG,
first of all, I want to say this plugin is just great! I am using it every chance I get!
I just came across a bit of a problem thought, and I am asking you for help.
For my work, I often have the necessity to produce axonometric drawings with shadows.
This time I am asked to draw an axonometry from the bottom. So I thought: easy enough! I just need to rotate the model, export in 2D, rotate the canvas again, and voilà!
The problem is, my committant wants the shadows too!
However, sketchup only allows the shadows to come from the top (which is only logical), so if I rotate the model, and rotate the 2d view again, I would find my self with a picture showing shadows coming from the bottom (which is quite odd).
So, my question is, is there a way I can see my axonometry 30-60 from the bottom without having to rotate the model?
I tried using ruby console to set the view, but I really don't know what I'm doing...Update: if I open the axo+iso.rb file with notepad I see the parameters "eye" "target" "up" for the three different options (30/60; 60/30; 45/45), how did you calculate those parameter? Is there a way a can calculate mine to put myself in the view I need?
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I guess you simply want a negative Z for the eye, so it's then below the ground ?
So you could edit using Notepad++ the eye's Z values thus...
e.g. in line#51
eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,463.851)becomes
eye=Geom::Point3d.new(-25.3259,-5.00502,**-**463.851)
Test it and see if that's what's expected...
PS:
The attached RB is a WIP update to v2.0.
Note how the usage has changed toTIG.axo3060for viewing as usual from above, andTIG.axo3060**(-1)**for from viewing from below.
This applies to all axo/iso view changing operations.Put the RB file into the Plugins folder to replace the original...
Restart SketchUp...
If it does what you want, then please confirm, and then I might update the PluginStore entry accordingly...
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Thanks for this awesome plugin! Is there any toolbar version available? I'm used to clicking the huts in the native sketchup toolbar for ISO, Front or Top views. A toolbar will be super awesome.
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Dear TIG,
Thanks for sharing your gems, I was searching exactly the same thing .. but it does not work for me and each time I receive the same error message:
ISO3030
Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant ISO3030>
<main>:in<main>' SketchUp:1:ineval' -
@Majid
This is a very very very old plugin, and could benefit from some modernization and rewriting, but it should still work.The error appears to come about because you are typing in capital letters ??
Use
iso3030
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ISO3030 -
So tricky, yes it now works!
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Dear TIG, bringing this forum back to life a bit, but I downloaded the extension and imported it through my sketchup extension manager. However I don't see the extension anywhere and have re-started my sketchup. Is there a different way I need to import it for it to work?
Thanks!!
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@martinhong said:
However I don't see the extension anywhere and have re-started my sketchup. Is there a different way I need to import it for it to work?
Usage; type the desired option in Ruby Console xxxxxxx + <enter> *** Available options are; axo3060 which sets the camera to a 30/60 axonometric view and zooms extents axo6030 which sets the camera to a 60/30 axonometric view and zooms extents axo4545 which sets the camera to a 45/45 axonometric view and zooms extents iso3030 which sets the camera to a 30/30 isometric view and zooms extents
Ruby-Console > axo3060 || axo6030 || axo4545 || iso3030 [See 'More Info...' about adding a menu/toolbar]If you use Sketchucation Tools then if you search for axo and click the down chevron it will reveal additional info
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As an example...
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