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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @watkins said:

      Separate Erase and Hide on the right click menu. Having them one beneath the other can cause problems when modelling in a hurry (the apparent response to each is the same). I have come unstuck a couple of times recently. Perhaps I'm getting old.
      Regards,
      Bob

      Better to set shortcut-keys that are clearly different - then no errors........

      TIG

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      • W Offline
        watkins
        last edited by

        Dear TIG,

        I remembered your penchant for short-cut keys, and so that is what I have done. I had a similar problem with the save and send icons when using Outlook, until I separated them on the toolbar.

        Regards,
        Bob

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        • A Offline
          ArCAD-UK
          last edited by

          Just a little request, doesn't even need a new button. Why when you make a section cut does the action only return model info which is BELOW the section plane and not BELOW & EQUAL to the section plane?

          Changing this would remove the need to tweak a "Create group from slice" down by a tiny fraction to make it visible for "solidifying" cuts and adding dimensions.

          This has bugged me for years!

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            TIG has a "SectionCutFace" plugin that utilizes this group from slice + already fills the faces + moves this group a little bit mack so that you can see it.

            You are right however. This plugin is necessarily inaccurate a little bit. A very cool plugin however.

            Gai...

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            • A Offline
              ArCAD-UK
              last edited by

              @gaieus said:

              TIG has a "SectionCutFace" plugin that utilizes this group from slice + already fills the faces + moves this group a little bit mack so that you can see it.

              Already one of my must have plugins from way back, but sometimes I just want the lines and having the slice appear without adjustment would naturally simplify the drawing process and TIG could then remove his 0.2mm offset. πŸ˜‰

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @arcad-uk said:

                @gaieus said:

                TIG has a "SectionCutFace" plugin that utilizes this group from slice + already fills the faces + moves this group a little bit mack so that you can see it.

                Already one of my must have plugins from way back, but sometimes I just want the lines and having the slice appear without adjustment would naturally simplify the drawing process and TIG could then remove his 0.2mm offset. πŸ˜‰

                If all you want is all of the line-work associated with a SectionCut it's built in.
                Select just the Section Plane and right-click context-menu 'Make Group from Section'.
                A group is made containing the line exactly over the originals.
                Switch off the SectionCut to see the lines and edit/use them etc πŸ€“

                TIG

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                • A Offline
                  ArCAD-UK
                  last edited by

                  @tig said:

                  If all you want is all of the line-work associated with a SectionCut it's built in.
                  Select just the Section Plane and right-click context-menu 'Make Group from Section'.
                  A group is made containing the line exactly over the originals.
                  Switch off the SectionCut to see the lines and edit/use them etc πŸ€“
                  This is where the core S.U. program needs fixing TIG. If the section is active the resulting slice lines/edges are hidden and deactivating the cut the lines merge with the rest of the model. There are many work arounds but it just seems to me that the current arrangement of not displaying the slice because it is coincident with the section plane desn't make sense in CAD world?

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    That's why I move it a tiny distance into the view so you can see it...
                    If you want lines only for my SectionCutFace group you can make it 'keeping all edges', then edit it [double-click] and with View > Component Edit > Hide Rest of Model you ban best see what you are doing... Then select all and use one of the several tools to deselect the edges and 'delete'. Now you just have edges. I suppose I could adjust my code to has a <None> option under face material so all faces are auto-deleted for you πŸ˜•

                    TIG

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Yes TIG but what he is saying is that it would be betterif you didn't need to move your face back a bit and SU would (still) display what is exactly on the cut (rather than hiding it already).

                      To me, it would sound logical, too.

                      Gai...

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                      • A Offline
                        ArCAD-UK
                        last edited by

                        @tig said:

                        I suppose I could adjust my code to has a <None> option under face material so all faces are auto-deleted for you πŸ˜•

                        Your app works just fine as is TIG, no criticism intended! As Gaieus has recognised it would be logical for the S.U. section process to make that little change from < to <= in the display calculation and bring many benefits with no negatives to the drawing process.

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          I've tweaked SectionCutFace to v2.5 here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=315619#p315619
                          '<No_Face>' option added, so you get just lines without faces.
                          'Lock Cut' option added.
                          A class test replaces typename, optimizing speed.

                          TIG

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                            publied
                            last edited by

                            I was thinking to multithreading and 64-bit supports. But it would not hurt to have even support to Android. So we have SU for Tablet PCs and Linux. Not so bad.

                            hire me@ http://www.publied.it !

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                              2Harry2
                              last edited by

                              1. The ability to force a snap to a specific point, especially a mid-point or circle center, instead of having to estimate by eye and hover the cursor over your best guess, which sometimes takes a while, and sometimes doesn't seem to work at all.

                              2. Making the zoom function behave logically when the cursor is over empty space (as someone else already pointed out)

                              3. Allowing construction line placement to snap to points not on the plane of the construction line

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                              • jgbJ Offline
                                jgb
                                last edited by

                                @2harry2 said:

                                1. The ability to force a snap to a specific point, especially a mid-point or circle center, instead of having to estimate by eye and hover the cursor over your best guess, which sometimes takes a while, and sometimes doesn't seem to work at all.

                                2. Making the zoom function behave logically when the cursor is over empty space (as someone else already pointed out)

                                Point #1, SU will readily snap to a circles center if you run the cursor around the circumference then hover near the perceived center. Won't work on exploded curves.

                                #2; Been bitchin about this for 3 years now; others probably longer. SU Development will rather add more bells and whistles than tune up existing cracked bells and blocked whistles.


                                jgb

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                                • R Offline
                                  rv1974
                                  last edited by

                                  I'd like see the real change in the performance field.
                                  Something like this:
                                  [flash=700,450:11o27hhi]http://www.youtube.com/v/Gz6bOU4JX1w[/flash:11o27hhi]
                                  EDIT: I fixed your faulty flash-code and linking... TIG

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                                  • R Offline
                                    rv1974
                                    last edited by

                                    Additional teasing:
                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdxwWKBy4gU&feature=player_embedded#at=104
                                    @TIG: thank you. Could anyone teach me how to transform url to the flash preview please? 😳

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      @rv1974 said:

                                      Could anyone teach me how to transform url to the flash preview please?

                                      Here is a topic:
                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=10103

                                      Jim also made a browser plugin (sometimes you may want to adjust the size to make it "nicer" but not necessary):
                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=28717

                                      Gai...

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @rv1974 said:

                                        I'd like see the real change in the performance field.
                                        Something like this:

                                        meh wants!!! 😲

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

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                                        • R Offline
                                          rv1974
                                          last edited by

                                          [flash=640,390:2bmvkra9]http://www.youtube.com/v/VdxwWKBy4gU&feature=player_embedded#at=104[/flash:2bmvkra9]
                                          @Gaieus: β˜€

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @rv1974 said:

                                            Additional teasing:

                                            @TIG: thank you. Could anyone teach me how to transform url to the flash preview please? 😳

                                            Edit your original post and read what I added...
                                            To embed most movies this method works...
                                            Note that I've added spaces into the [url] and [flash] tags to 'break' them so you can read them !
                                            [url ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdxwWKBy4gU&feature=player_embedded#at=104[/url ]
                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdxwWKBy4gU&feature=player_embedded#at=104
                                            becomes the flash code
                                            [ flash=700,450]http://www.youtube.com/v/VdxwWKBy4gU[/flash ]
                                            [flash=700,450:1jujbepr]http://www.youtube.com/v/VdxwWKBy4gU[/flash:1jujbepr]
                                            Note how you specify the flash= width,height in pixels for the embedded 'window' and [for YouTube files at least] you change the http path to ...com/v/MovieTag

                                            TIG

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