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    • bac9-flclB Offline
      bac9-flcl
      last edited by

      This plugin is absolutely awesome, thanks a lot! πŸ˜„

      I'm exporting models to CryENGINE3, which is limited with FP16 vertex coordinate precision, so moving the pivot point to the center of a bounding box to utilize the whole range of available values on each axis is a very important thing to do. Your plugin just saved me tons of time otherwise wasted on doing this manually. πŸ˜„

      And yeah, the possibility to disable the centering for vertical axis (and using e.g bottom of the bounding box) is awesome too - especially for more or less flat models where I can sacrifice some excess precision in exchange for ease of object placement. Or also, it's very useful for small props, like furniture or natural clutter, which can be placed in hundreds - digging each object from the ground would have been quite bothersome). πŸ˜„

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        πŸ‘ πŸ˜„

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • R Offline
          rv1974
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          May I request 'add cpoint' feature at the axes origin?

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          • FabiazzF Offline
            Fabiazz
            last edited by

            This what my doctor ordered, a full dose of axes tools. When making game model in sketchUp I always adjust the axes to fill the game need but i just can't get it centered on the object fast enough. This plugin sure cured that problem.

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              haimat
              last edited by

              Hi, I have created a simple box model in free Sketchup 8 and want to set the origin of the model's bounding box to exactly its center. I tried with this plugin but after running it on my model in Sketchup nothing happens.

              Is this Axes Tool / Insertion Point Plugin not the correct solution for my needs, or have I missed something here?

              Thanks!

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                Are you trying to set the axis of your model or a component?

                This plugin only changes the axis of selected groups/components - not the model axis.

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  haimat
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, I managed to get the functionality that I was looking for with this plugin:

                  http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=18691&p=473387#p152438

                  Cheers!

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                    ddflow
                    last edited by

                    Thank you sooooo much! πŸ˜„

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      You're sooooo welcome! πŸ˜„

                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        samyell77
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        @rv1974 said:

                        It doesn't rotate the axis, it simply moves the origin of the components - the insertion point.

                        Though, it could be made to also rotate the axis to match the current model axis.

                        Hi Thomthom - is the above possible. Used your Axes plugin a lot (thanks) but wonder whether you are able to add this functionality in to it. Being able to align the axis to the model axis would be great. I started a thread here
                        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=54818
                        but thinking about it this thread is probably a better place for it.

                        Thanks
                        Sam

                        SU Pro 2016
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                        PC Windows 10
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                          theVonZipper
                          last edited by

                          Is there a tool or method that will allow a selection of components to acquire the axis of another component all at once?

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                            Einstein
                            last edited by

                            So simple, so good! Finally I can snap to compo's center when rotating πŸ˜„

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                            • gudio83G Offline
                              gudio83
                              last edited by

                              Hello ThomThom,
                              can you update the plugin for SU2018 because does not work like on versions before.
                              Thanks

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