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    [Plugin] (TIG) Rotate Plan View v1.1 20110316

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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      Have you tried running it with the Ruby Console open to see if there are errors ?
      Did it rotate the plan view even if it was flaky ?
      Did you have a plan view set BEFORE using it ?

      TIG

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      • L Offline
        leminilab
        last edited by

        @tig said:

        Have you tried running it with the Ruby Console open to see if there are errors ?
        Did it rotate the plan view even if it was flaky ?
        Did you have a plan view set BEFORE using it ?

        It didn't rotate the view at all. 😒

        The ruby console was open and it returned this error again:

        Rotateplanview.new 10
        Error: #<NameError: (eval):54: uninitialized constant Rotateplanview>
        (eval):54

        Untitled-1.png
        As you can see I already had a plan scene saved.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Clearly the code isn't loading properly for some reason I can't ascertain at a distance...
          Here's a ready-made rb file that should work... please remove your attempt...

          Here' v1.1
          (c) TIG 2011
          Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
          any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided the above
          copyright notice appear in all copies.
          THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
          IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
          WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
          File:
          Put the file Rotateplanview.rb in the Plugins folder.***
          Usage:
          To use set up your Plan [Top] view, without Perspective and
          in the Ruby Console type Rotateplanview.new to rotate the camera 45 degrees
          clockwise, repeat to rotate it another 45 degrees etc.
          The extents are zoomed after each rotation.
          To do other angles provide an angle value in degrees -
          e.g. Rotateplanview.new 10 rotates the view 10 degrees clockwise or
          Rotateplanview.new -30 rotates the view 30 degrees counterclockwise.
          When you are happy with it save the view to a new Scene tab so you can
          return to it later.
          Note: v1.1 includes a View Menu > 'Rotate Plan View' item and there is
          also a 'Rotate Plan View' toolbar that can be activated from the
          View > Toolbar menu, ***this needs the icon Rotateplanview.png in the
          ../Plugins/TIGtools subfolder.
          If you use one of these tools this way you will get a dialog asking for
          the angle, the default is +45 degrees. otherwise it works as above...
          Donations: by PayPal to info @ revitrev.org PayPalButtonVersion:
          1.0 20110304 First issue.
          1.1 20110316 Menu/Dialog/Toolbar item added.


          Download/install this Plugin's latest RBZ from the PluginStore...http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Rotateplanview

          TIG

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          • L Offline
            leminilab
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            Clearly the code isn't loading properly for some reason I can't ascertain at a distance...
            Here's a ready-made rb file that should work... please remove your attempt...[attachment=0:seezsr87]<!-- ia0 -->Rotateplanview.rb<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:seezsr87]

               :heart_eyes:  :sunglasses:  :tada:  :sunny:  :smile:  :laughing: 
            

            This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo great!

            For your info and for the sake of my own public humiliation, I had pasted the rb file in my SKetchup 8 plugins folder... And was usin SU7! 😳 😳 😳 😳

            Thank you so much! πŸ‘

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              🀣

              Gai...

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              • L Offline
                leminilab
                last edited by

                TIG, this is really a must for me! Thank you so much! This should be a default option in Sketchup.

                And it really saved my life on this :
                BTW it's also a nice new animation tool for Sketchup! To be continued...
                and a not-so-well rendered view

                Oh and by the way Gaieus, I had read one of your post on a google forum (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=6300098d9b1e63b7&hl=en) before posting my question but for some reason I couldn't make my head to apply your suggestions to my situation...
                I just didn't understand if this post relates to my problem or not... (I know it's scary... I scare myself very often πŸ˜•)

                Again, I wish my the world would be as effective and generous as this community... πŸ˜’
                Thanks everyone!

                Nicolas

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                • C Offline
                  cobb89
                  last edited by

                  how can i use this rotate plan view plugin??

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Copy/paste it into a file named Rotateplanview.rb in the Plugins folder.
                    To use set up your Plan [Top] view, without Perspective and in the Ruby Console type Rotateplanview.new to rotate the camera 45 degrees clockwise, repeat to rotate it another 45 degrees etc. The extents are zoomed after each rotation.
                    To do other angles provide an angle value in degrees - e.g. Rotateplanview.new 10 rotates the view 10 degrees clockwise or Rotateplanview.new -30 rotates the view 30 degrees counterclockwise.
                    When you are happy with it save the view to a new Scene tab so you can return to it later.

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Thank you, TIG. This offers some interesting options for scene creation.

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        No problem Dave, glad I could help... 😎

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                        • C Offline
                          cobb89
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Copy/paste it into a file named Rotateplanview.rb in the Plugins folder.
                          To use set up your Plan [Top] view, without Perspective and in the Ruby Console type Rotateplanview.new to rotate the camera 45 degrees clockwise, repeat to rotate it another 45 degrees etc. The extents are zoomed after each rotation.
                          To do other angles provide an angle value in degrees - e.g. Rotateplanview.new 10 rotates the view 10 degrees clockwise or Rotateplanview.new -30 rotates the view 30 degrees counterclockwise.
                          When you are happy with it save the view to a new Scene tab so you can return to it later.

                          can anyone create a toolbar button for this plugin??

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            As well as a toolbar you'd need a dialog for the angle ?

                            TIG

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              Seems to me entering the text into the console works very nicely. And I don't have to find room for another toolbar.

                              Oh, and Rich, I very happy to have your assistance while your wife is ironing. πŸ˜‰

                              Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                while your wife is ironing

                                Prioritize Dave...Prioritize πŸ˜‰

                                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                • C Offline
                                  cobb89
                                  last edited by

                                  @tig said:

                                  As well as a toolbar you'd need a dialog for the angle ?

                                  yeah....whatever is possible.... πŸ˜’

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=313264#p313264
                                    It includes View menu item and toolbar with dialog entry of angles - the Ruby Console version works as before for those of you not wishing clutter... The toolbar only gets made if there's a png file so that's a simple way to stop that being created if you don't want it!

                                    TIG

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                                    • M Offline
                                      Michaelv
                                      last edited by

                                      TIG, can I use it to include into a tool I'm working on. It's an easy simple rotate tool, and I'd like to include this as planview rotation when hovering over the origin.

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @michaelv said:

                                        TIG, can I use it to include into a tool I'm working on. It's an easy simple rotate tool, and I'd like to include this as planview rotation when hovering over the origin.

                                        No problem, just give some acknowledgment in the header πŸ˜„

                                        TIG

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                                        • C Offline
                                          cobb89
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=313264#p313264
                                          It includes View menu item and toolbar with dialog entry of angles - the Ruby Console version works as before for those of you not wishing clutter... The toolbar only gets made if there's a png file so that's a simple way to stop that being created if you don't want it!

                                          Thanks a lot!! πŸ˜„

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                                          • Bob JamesB Offline
                                            Bob James
                                            last edited by

                                            It seems that whenever I go to parallel projection and top view the scene is never at the angle I want it, so this plugin is really handy.

                                            Okay, so I'm lazy, but it would be very nice to speed up workflow if the plugin did the preliminary steps automatically: set camera to parallel projection and set to top view 😎

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