[Plugin] Guide Tools (1.3.0) — 21 October 2010

thomthom

Overview
A small collection of snippets I made while modelling. Compiled them into one plugin.

Access
Plugins > Guide Tools

Features
CPoint at Arc Center
Adds a construction point at the centre of every selected arc.

CPoint at Circle Center
Adds a construction point at the centre of every selected circle.

CPoint at Exploded Arc Center
Adds a construction point at the centre of every selected exploded arc (When SketchUp thinks it's just edges).

CPoint at Bounds Center
Adds a construction point at the centre of every group/component's bounding box.

CPoint at Bounds Bottom Center
Adds a construction point at the bottom centre of every group/component's bounding box.

CPoint at Edge-Face Intersection (v1.2.0)
Adds a construction point where the selected edges intersect the selected faces.

CPoint at Edge-Edge Intersection (v1.2.0)
Adds a construction point where the selected edges connects. Note: only "loose" edges - edges that is not part of a face.

CPoint at Insertion Point (v1.1.0)
Adds a construction point inside every component's insertion point. If nothing is selected it processes all the components in the model.

CPoint at Camera Eye (v1.3.0)
Adds a construction point at the Camera eye.

Insert Components at CPoints
Insert an instance pf the selected group/component at every selected construction point.

Requirements

SketchUp 7 or newer - ( Other versions untested )
TT_Lib2 (v2.4.0)

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tt_guide_tools.rb

Ben Ritter

Nice, thank you very much.

EarthMover

Thanks again!

CadFather

Wow, Mr Thom, is it christmas where you live? some of these tools are amazing! superthanks!

pilou

You can't stop the production before 2012?

thomthom

A year or so of small snippets finally organized. My way of celebrating SU 10 years and the release of v8.

pilou

We can't follow a such flood avalanche!

majid

another great gift befor 2012 hope to be (after 2012) at the paradise for your generosity

snowflake

Xmas, more like the back to school offers that are around, but with greater added value.
Thank you once again for your amazing work and dedication.

MALAISE

Still great as ever

MALAISE

thomthom

Version 1.1.0

CPoint at Insertion Point.

watkins

Dear Thomas,

With AutoCAD one can change the guide point style, and then set the size to relative or absolute. Is this something that can be done with your plugin?

Further, when working with assemblies, I would sometimes like to select all the cpoints and then hide them. Again, is that possible with your plugin? Options like hide_all and hide_selection would be useful.

Kind regards,
Bob

watkins

Dear Thomas,

The attached images show the effect of 'cpoint relative'. It would be nice to set the cpoint to an absolute size, say 1 mm, so that the cpoints are only visible when one zooms in to the model.

Regards,
Bob

cpoint_relative.zip

pilou

And CPoint at intersection of Guides lines?
CPoint at intersection of selected?

thomthom

@watkins said:

With AutoCAD one can change the guide point style, and then set the size to relative or absolute. Is this something that can be done with your plugin?

No - the appearance of CPoints can not be changed in SU.

@watkins said:

Further, when working with assemblies, I would sometimes like to select all the cpoints and then hide them. Again, is that possible with your plugin? Options like hide_all and hide_selection would be useful.

There is a Hide/Show Guides under the View menu if I remember correctly.

@unknownuser said:

And CPoint at intersection of Guides lines?
CPoint at intersection of selected?

Isn't there plugins that do this?

pilou

Maybe but all in one package is more practical

caleidos4d

THANKS!!

EarthMover

Would there be a way to add an array copy to guides or cpoints?

pilou

Does it possible to have circular Guides line?

jeff hammond

hey adam.. didier's projections:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=20140
.. has some neat stuff in there regarding guide arrays and whatnot..

i like guides by division a lot & guides by interval is handy too..
maybe check that plugin out? (again?)