[Plugin][$] Vertex Tools

panixia

mmm.. in other word you want sketcup to act like 3dsmax? i like the whole shortcut thing as it is.
plus actually i wonder how do you can move/scale/rotate groups and components if vertex tools intercepts the native tool every time??

thomthom

@plot-paris said:

The VertexTools Plugin has a Select, Move, Rotate and Scale tool of its own. But when I make a soft selection and then hit lets say "E" for the Rotate Tool, I will activate SketchUp's Rotate Tool, hence exiting the plugin.

Instead I would like the plugin to intercept this keyboard shortcut, that usually activates SketchUp's Rotate Tool, and enable VertexTools' own Rotate Tool instead.

Proxy commands for the rescue!
http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex_tools/manual/shortcuts#proxy_functions

plot-paris

man, thats genius! exactly what I was looking for!!!

and the trick of pressing a shortcut twice to exit the tool.... fantastic

thomthom

I think I should make a video on setting up those. Because I don't think many people knows about them.

Rich O Brien

I didn't know this....

Do you have to have Vert mode avtivated to set it?

I've have Vert Tools set to Alt + V and the tools to Alt + M, S, R etc....

thomthom

@rich o brien said:

Do you have to have Vert mode avtivated to set it?

Nope! Just reassign the shortcuts you have for the native Move, Roate, Scale and Select to Tools/Vertex Tools/Move etc.

See screenshot on this page: http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex_tools/manual/shortcuts

An annoying limitation with SketchUp though, if you try to reassign Ctrl+A, Ctrl+T for Select All and Select None then it works only during that session. When you restart they are reverted.

Rich O Brien

@Thomthom not TT_SU

Is it possible that VT could respect CPoints?

tt_su

Adding to wish-list. Will take a look at it.

Rich O Brien

Add these too...

Edge Slide
Vertex Move parallel to view direction. Without gizmo
Vertex Extrude
Quad Face Fill

Will i stop?

cotty

@rich o brien said:

Vertex Extrude

You know vertex move + CTRL?

charly2008

Hi,

I do not know what I'm doing wrong. For me smoothing doesn't work although the function is checked. I thank you in advance for any help.

Charly

Rich O Brien

It is working. Turn off hidden geometry and you will see all the faces have 4 edges.

tt_su

I assume you mean the soft selection? When you have the Select tool activated, enter a radius in the VCB.

charly2008

Hi Thomas,
Yes that was what I meant. Thanks for the hint.

thomthom

If any OSX Mavericks users tried to register Vertex Tools recently and failed to do so there is a fix released (1.1.7) that takes care of the issue.

cotty

I've tried to create a simple star with vertex scaling (see screencast), but it's getting unsymmetrical, any ideas?

Rich O Brien

Did you try Shift + Blue scale?

Sent from my iPad

Box

It works if you use a 10 sided circle rather than a polygon.

cotty

@rich o brien said:

Did you try Shift + Blue scale?

Yes, it's the same.

@box said:

It works if you use a 10 sided circle rather than a polygon.

Same behaviour for polygon, circle, exploded edges, ...

I think the reason is the not centered position of the gizmo (with every second vertex selected):

thomthom

Yes, that's because the center of the five selected vertices isn't the center of the polygon.

You can right-click the Gizmo > Gizmo > Align Custom and then set the position of the gizmo. Note that it works like the Align Axis tool, so you must pick center point and then the X and Y axes.

You can then scale and get your start. Note that after scaling the gizmo re-centers itself.