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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      Is there a plugin out there that generates cones by a given angle?

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

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      • mitcorbM Offline
        mitcorb
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        No hill for a stepper like you 😄
        Plus, if you do your own version, you have nobody to blame but yourself for how good it is 💚
        Seriously, there is a cone primitive in the components browser. Could you use this as a first step?

        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          I wanted to visualize some lights, where it hit - so I wanted to insert several cones where I could adjust it's angle in an easy manner for quick adjustments.

          Was hoping I wouldn't have to make another plugin. Ain't got time for more. My Todo-list is beyond full already.

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

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          • mitcorbM Offline
            mitcorb
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            Ruby Library Depot
            Plugins from A to Z
            Cone
            Cone 11
            Cone tops ?
            Don't know if any use angle input.

            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @thomthom said:

              I wanted to visualize some lights, where it hit - so I wanted to insert several cones where I could adjust it's angle in an easy manner for quick adjustments.

              Was hoping I wouldn't have to make another plugin. Ain't got time for more. My Todo-list is beyond full already.

              Try this#conan.rb 😉

              TIG

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                Ecuadorian
                last edited by

                Not sure about what you have in mind, but I guess you could use the cone lights in Twilight's demo version for that purpose... 💚

                Pick the third icon in TWL's toolbar. The first click is for a reference point, the second to place the spotlight and the third for the target.
                Then you can increase the size of the cone with the "Light Bulb size (Radius)" value. You can change the color, too, and of course also the hotspot and falloff angles in the "Spot" tab of the Light Editor.
                TWL-Cone Lights.PNG
                TWL-Cone Lights2.PNG

                And you can easily pick a new target point with Right click > Twilight > Set Light Target.
                TWL-New target.png

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
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                  @tig said:

                  @thomthom said:

                  I wanted to visualize some lights, where it hit - so I wanted to insert several cones where I could adjust it's angle in an easy manner for quick adjustments.

                  Was hoping I wouldn't have to make another plugin. Ain't got time for more. My Todo-list is beyond full already.

                  Try this[attachment=0:1sll84ok]<!-- ia0 -->#conan.rb<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1sll84ok] 😉

                  Now I feel guilty. That's mighty nice of you TIG, but unfortunately what I was looking for where a wee bit different. I would have been more specific had I known anyone would jump on this. I though there'd be something out there already.

                  I need to define the cone by angle and length - have the radius determined by that.
                  But, I can quickly tweak the plug you posted. It's got 99% of it there anyway.

                  Cheers TIG!

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

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    I cobbled it together from other bits...
                    If you want me to make the adjustments I could do it for you tomorrow - let me know...

                    TIG

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
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                      Thom

                      Here's 'conex' - conan's smarter brother.
                      it makes cones with the origin at the vertex and 'height' downwards, the angle is the 'apex-angle' NOT the 'slope'...#conex.rb

                      TIG

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Perfect! 👍

                        Cheers TIG!

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

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
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                          😎

                          http://blog.mesanniv.com/photos-anniversaires/cone-glace.jpg

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