[Plugin] Axo + Iso View v1.2 20101117

Oxer

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.

Axo + Iso with menu via Camera Menu

edoaber

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?

TIG

@edoaber

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 to TIG.axo3060 for viewing as usual from above, and TIG.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...

axo+iso.rb

john2

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.

majid

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:in eval'

TIG

@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
NOT
ISO3030

majid

So tricky, yes it now works!

martinhong

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!!

Rich O Brien

@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

Rich O Brien

As an example...