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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @dedmin said:

      http://www.screencast.com/users/dedmin/folders/Jing/media/c3154fc0-6d7c-4d41-803b-345c06131ef2

      Please retry... BUT this time move the component/group in question so that it is well out of the same space as the CADup versions... i.e. NOT near the origin... I suspect that there's 'interference' between the original and the copy...
      I can perhaps make this a v8 only app and hide the rest of the model...
      The idea is you have an instance off to one side and then it makes the 2d parts...
      Because it uses raytests and project_to_plane etc it can get confused...
      This is still in beta - thanks for the report...

      TIG

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        barsaglini
        last edited by

        every time, I tried to use the plugin in houses that had already modeled, the sketchup closed =/

        small objects functioned normally

        πŸ˜„

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @barsaglini said:

          every time, I tried to use the plugin in houses that had already modeled, sketchup closed =/
          small objects functioned normally.
          πŸ˜„

          It is intended to CAD up components. A 'whole house' is going to be veeeery data intensive ???
          Perhaps the outer 'shell' will be OK but all of the internals that have to be inspected and discounted ????
          Even if 'hidden/off-layer!
          Export what you want to CAD up [select, right-click, save_as] and process that.
          There will be a new version out later today - see how that does... πŸ€“

          TIG

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          • W Offline
            watkins
            last edited by

            Morning TIG!

            Sound like you have a busy day!

            I am watching this space with interest as it has been suggested that postgrad students use SU for small design jobs rather than AutoCAD Inventor which is way over the top for most of their needs. Also, the free version od SU is, afterall, free. We have to watch our pennies these days, and even a student copy of Inventor is around Β£300.

            Regards,
            Bob

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            • N Offline
              Nick2010
              last edited by

              Another Hit from Master Tig! Thank you so much!!!

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              • B Offline
                barsaglini
                last edited by

                get it!
                Great job, hope you can run stably!

                Tested on a cube, which made a hole in the left side, right side view of the hole he showed too;)

                Thank you.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Here's v1.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=309485#p309485
                  Container now made into a Component for easier export to SKP.
                  Please read the notes with the download link... there have been changes...
                  All SECTion and AXOnonmetric views have been added.
                  Arrangement of the 'parts' has been adjusted and the use of the original selected object has be modified to minimize potential 'clashes'.
                  Default file/layer name of '2CAD' now becomes 'SKAD'.

                  Feedback please...............

                  TIG

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Tip:-
                    The 6 SECTions are always cut at the center of the selected object's bounding-box.
                    If you want to make the sections in a different location then group the main component with between 1 and 6 guide-points [number depends on how many directions you want to slide the 'center'] - each suitably located to change the then combined bounding-box so that its center is now where you want the SECTion cuts to be placed [if your object us already a group you can add temporary guide-points to that]...

                    TIG

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                      mado
                      last edited by

                      Thanks, Tig

                      You can not even imagine the plugin is useful for furniture design.

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                      • P Offline
                        philippequimper
                        last edited by

                        When exporting to .DWG, all the lines are exported in the "0" layer without any sorting.. So I can't re-use efficiently this file in Autocad. Do I miss something?

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @philippequimper said:

                          When exporting to .DWG, all the lines are exported in the "0" layer without any sorting.. So I can't re-use efficiently this file in Autocad. Do I miss something?

                          Exporting a 2D file makes everything on one layer and ignores arcs etc.
                          Do it as 3D and it should export properly.
                          When in your CAD app set up 2D views of it... done πŸ˜„

                          TIG

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                            srx
                            last edited by

                            THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY USEFUL PLUGIN! πŸ˜„

                            www.saurus.rs

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              It's still at an early stage... next will be an interface to let you choose which views to export and several other options.. and perhaps auto-export to CAD format... Watch out for developments...

                              TIG

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                                mizar
                                last edited by

                                wonderful

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Update:

                                  Nothing new yet - I was somewhat bogged down by other issues this week... Designing door ironmongery and Revit stuff 🀒 et al... I'll try and get this restarted next week πŸ˜„

                                  TIG

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                                  • gullfoG Offline
                                    gullfo
                                    last edited by

                                    a complete awesome plugin TIG! i did find one peculiar behavior with groups created with housebuilder - the xplode function seems to think the entities are deleted. here's the ruby console message:

                                    Error: #<TypeError: reference to deleted Group>
                                    C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cadup.rb:222:in explode' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/cadup.rb:222:in xplode'
                                    ...snip...numerous other lines...

                                    attached is the SU file which has the housebuilder group.


                                    test cadup with housebuilder script generated group

                                    Glenn

                                    http://www.runnel.com

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      It's still 'work in progress' as I finish other paid stuff... I'll look and get back to you...

                                      TIG

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                                      • gullfoG Offline
                                        gullfo
                                        last edited by

                                        no worries. thanks!

                                        Glenn

                                        http://www.runnel.com

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                                          jim w
                                          last edited by

                                          Great Plugin !!!
                                          Thank you so much !!!
                                          The AXO's are great but I do a lot of "Isometeric Drawings" in CAD that have the base angles (x,y) at 30 degrees instead of the AXO's 45. Would it be possible somehow to get such an Iso at 30 degrees?
                                          Thanks again for you great work!!!
                                          Regards

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @jim w said:

                                            Great Plugin !!!
                                            Thank you so much !!!
                                            The AXO's are great but I do a lot of "Isometeric Drawings" in CAD that have the base angles (x,y) at 30 degrees instead of the AXO's 45. Would it be possible somehow to get such an Iso at 30 degrees?
                                            Thanks again for you great work!!!
                                            Regards

                                            Iso's are MUCH harder to make than Axo's... that's why you don't get them πŸ˜‰
                                            I have a made a separate IsoAxo toolset to set a view to Iso or Axo [with model Z-scaling as needed] - search for that on the forums here...
                                            I have an upgrade in the pipeline [currently 'blocked'] but that's not on the list πŸ˜’

                                            TIG

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