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

guanjin

[quote="carlm"]Hi Thom-

Just downloaded your Guide Tools and TT Lib2; they seemed to be working fine, then I tried adding CPoints to the circles in the attached file. There's one circle that the tool refuses to work on (top, far right).

The odd thing is that your tool had no trouble adding a CP to the other end of the same hole (see bottom side), and I made the row of holes by drawing one circle on face, move+ x2, then pushed them through...

I tried both selecting the face and then using Guide Tools, and just selecting the circle and using Guide Tools, both with CPoint at Circle Center and CPoint at Arc Center.

You want to set the coordinates of the components

thomthom

From that animation I don't see what the problem is. It seem to create CPoint where it should ...

pilou

Hello Thomthom
I had given your wonderful plug Guide Tools as answer for this question

Maybe you can add an option for give an orientation to the component ? (Insert Components at CPoints)
That will be very useful in a lot of cases!

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Maybe you can add an option for give an orientation to the component ?:

Orientation is defined by the component axis. Or did you mean something else? Image example?

pilou

Assuming the original component has these axis and keep them
and of course that you make a different selection for each "plan" of Cpoints
(here 3 selections with call of the pluging at each time) the more easy to code

The input box could be for a selection for the first result:
Insert Components at CPoints with
(No rotation so default parameters = 0°)
Rotate Components on X = 0°
Rotate Components on Y = 0°
Rotate Components on Z = 0°

The input box could be for a selection for the second result:
Insert Components at CPoints with
Rotate Components on X = 0°
Rotate Components on Y = 0°
Rotate Components on Z = 270°

The input box could be for a selection for the third result:
Insert Components at CPoints with
Rotate Components on X = 0°
Rotate Components on Y = 0°
Rotate Components on Z = 90°

Seems useful no ?

ZFRPS

Thank you very much!
your pluhins give me a lot of help!this plugin is great! wish more powerful!

scott216

Is there a way to add a guidepoint to the center of an exploded circle? I tired exploded arc and just circle tools, but neither of them worked on an exploded circle.

thomthom

Circle or arc should not make a difference. Select two of the edges and it should work.

cotty

@scott216 said:

Is there a way to add a guidepoint to the center of an exploded circle? I tired exploded arc and just circle tools, but neither of them worked on an exploded circle.

Did you try exploded arc center point finder (Chris Fullmer)?

kupono

Guide_tools aren't working for me under SU Pro 2013. I deleted it and all the other TT_Lib related tools, then reinstalled all. Still not working.

Dave R

It works for me with SU2013.

You'll need to be more specific about what happens when you try to use it.

thomthom

Any error messages? As Dave mentioned, we'd need more specific info to what "isn't working".

pilou

And seems this intersection don't work!
Or we can't name that Edge Edge Inetersection?

pilou

Dear Thomthom can you add a CD Point at Bounds "Top" Center ?
And a CD Point at Bounds "Bottom" + "Top" Center ?

I must make some acrobatics for have this result!

Projection by Tak2hata

jtri

Great plug in but I noticed if I intersect 2 components, then try and find the center of the circle that is left from the intersection the plug in does not find the center. Also if you add a face to the circle it also does not add the center point. Am I missing something?

Test.skp

Dave R

If you select the edge of the "circle" does SketchUp identify it as a circle in Entity Info?

jtri

No it is not a circle! But if I weld them it is now a curve, which is closer but not what is needed. Not seeing how to make it a circle, still missing something.
Thanks

Dave R

Unless SketchUp thinks it is an arc or a circle, the native inferencing won't be able to identify a center and neither will the Guide Tool. It's not a deficiency with this plugin. I think Chris Fullmer (or maybe Jim Foltz) did a plugin that can figure out the center of curves that aren't circles or arcs. A search of the Plugins index should turn up what you need.

jtri

Thanks for the help.

cotty

@dave r said:

I think Chris Fullmer (or maybe Jim Foltz) did a plugin that can figure out the center of curves that aren't circles or arcs. A search of the Plugins index should turn up what you need.

e.g. Chris: Exploded arc centerpoint finder