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    • CadFatherC Offline
      CadFather
      last edited by

      ..i see, that actually makes sense.. still that was fast..
      [speaking aside] ..and the day hasn't even started..!

      Thanks! πŸ‘ β˜€

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        πŸ‘

        Seems this default will be a must πŸ˜‰
        (Toggle with Tab Key ?)Default.jpg

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • simon le bonS Offline
          simon le bon
          last edited by

          Dear Tig,

          I'm just trying this new tool which seems to me very interesting, first to build something multileveled, and else to build a part of the drawing with peculiar axes: "non orthogonal",or perpendicular to the screen with the model twisted in some obscure direction.
          Additionally it seems also to me that Your
          TIG_Flatten to Plane v1.1
          and also
          Fredo_Tools On Surface - v1.2 (with Contour Editor)
          can help a lot..

          I don't know if the problem I encounter with Tapper Tool which won't align guide lines with the WorkPlane grid is already referenced or not. But this kind of malfunction is diminishing the tool IMo

          [flash=720,480:2yk2jx2w]http://www.youtube.com/v/ByD0mjaPnIk[/flash:2yk2jx2w]

          My best wishes for the festivities,

          simon.

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          • guanjinG Offline
            guanjin
            last edited by

            Not see how the other icon
            ζœͺ命名.jpg

            I come from China, is to learn

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @guanjin said:

              Not see how the other icon
              [attachment=0:1rh50put]<!-- ia0 -->ζœͺ命名.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1rh50put]

              What other icons ?
              You can get additional tools' icons, but only IF you have those other scripts loading too...

              TIG

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              • guanjinG Offline
                guanjin
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                @guanjin said:

                Not see how the other icon
                ζœͺ命名.jpg

                What other icons ?
                You can get additional tools' icons, but only IF you have those other scripts loading too...

                To see pictures, there are four icons! Thank you!
                ζœͺ命名.jpg

                I come from China, is to learn

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  The other two icons only appear if you also have clinesaxes.rb loading.
                  Get it here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=273671#p273671 if you need them...

                  TIG

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                  • guanjinG Offline
                    guanjin
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    The other two icons only appear if you also have clinesaxes.rb loading.
                    Get it here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=273671#p273671 if you need them...

                    Thank you TIG, find you, always quick to solve the problem! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                    I come from China, is to learn

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                    • M Offline
                      mmm-sued
                      last edited by

                      Sorry, but I can't get your plugin "Work Plane" working correct (Windows 7, Sketchup 8 - NOT Pro, only the free version). If I create a "New Plane" or a "New Disk", they always disappear, when I then try to use the pencil tool or any other drawing tool. Only the "New Protractor" works correct. What can I do?

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @mmm-sued said:

                        Sorry, but I can't get your plugin "Work Plane" working correct (Windows 7, Sketchup 8 - NOT Pro, only the free version). If I create a "New Plane" or a "New Disk", they always disappear, when I then try to use the pencil tool or any other drawing tool. Only the "New Protractor" works correct. What can I do?
                        When you make the new WorkPlane you pick points in 3d to define it, then the final prompt tells you to "press <Enter> OR to Double-click to Confirm the new WorkPlane" - otherwise you will exit without saving the change ! So you are not confirming the WorkPlane but you are selecting another tool which then skips making a WorkPlane !!! πŸ˜’

                        TIG

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                          mmm-sued
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          @mmm-sued said:

                          Sorry, but I can't get your plugin "Work Plane" working correct (Windows 7, Sketchup 8 - NOT Pro, only the free version). If I create a "New Plane" or a "New Disk", they always disappear, when I then try to use the pencil tool or any other drawing tool. Only the "New Protractor" works correct. What can I do?
                          When you make the new WorkPlane you pick points in 3d to define it, then the final prompt tells you to "press <Enter> OR to Double-click to Confirm the new WorkPlane" - otherwise you will exit without saving the change ! So you are not confirming the WorkPlane but you are selecting another tool which then skips making a WorkPlane !!! πŸ˜’

                          Thanks a lot! Great Tool!

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                          • jim smithJ Offline
                            jim smith
                            last edited by

                            TIg,

                            just wanted to thank you for the work plane plugin. I missed seeing it in 2010 and ran across it accidently while viewing a you tube tutorial.. Very very usefull timesaver. πŸ‘

                            "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                            from discord find harmony,
                            In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                            Albert Einstein

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                            • JClementsJ Offline
                              JClements
                              last edited by

                              I notice if I use the context menu on a selected working plane and choose Working Plane > Scale and then do a rescale, that the working plane becomes ungrouped.

                              Is this intended?

                              John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @jclements said:

                                I notice if I use the context menu on a selected working plane and choose Working Plane > Scale and then do a rescale, that the working plane becomes ungrouped.

                                Is this intended?
                                Probably not πŸ˜’
                                I'll test it, if I understand you workflow correctly...

                                TIG

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  If I use the context-menu WorkPlane > Scale, it scales the group as expected.
                                  If I then use the native 'Reset Scale' item off the context-menu it resets it to its original size.
                                  I assume this is the command to which you referred.
                                  It does NOT ungroup [explode] the contents.
                                  So, my version does it as expected, yours doesn't.
                                  Do you have any third party scripts loading that might mess with this πŸ˜•

                                  TIG

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                                  • JClementsJ Offline
                                    JClements
                                    last edited by

                                    Tig, the only other thing I didn't mention previously was after choosing Scale from the Context Menu, I grabbed a corner scale handle, dragged inward, and then typed a value in the VCB of .5

                                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      John

                                      For me that method works just fine too.
                                      So something is adrift between your setup and me [and most other users?]

                                      TIG

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                                      • sfto1S Offline
                                        sfto1
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello TIG,

                                        Is there a way to keep the grid from being deleted when I use the native delete guides tool?

                                        I started on this path with the SU teams's "Grid" plugin, and mitcorb suggested I try your work plane plugin v2.3. Am I doing something incorrectly that the work palane guides disappear when I use that native option?

                                        BTW, really cool plugin β˜€

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          No.

                                          The native guide deleter erases ALL guides everywhere !
                                          Inside placed instances/groups and everywhere.
                                          They cannot be protected - evened 'locked' containers etc will lose content!

                                          There are alternatives to the native guide-deleter...
                                          Use one of those or accept that you cannot use the native guide-deleter OR that your WorkPlanes and any other object containing guides will loose them... πŸ˜’

                                          TIG

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                                          • sfto1S Offline
                                            sfto1
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks TIG
                                            Cool plugin. I'll use some alternatives to preserve when needed.

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