[Plugin] Circle from edge (2-pt circle,Updated 15/02/2016)

sahi

Draw a circle on the edge.

Menu is located Draw >> Circle from edge and Toolbar Circle from edge

<- Left Arrow - Draw a circle perpendicular to y axis
-> arrow to the right - Draw a circle perpendicular to x axis
Up arrow - Draw a circle perpendicular to z axis
Down arrow - Fixes the plane
SHIFT-left - Clear plane and Fixes the plane

[flash=600,400:3l9zf876]http://www.youtube.com/v/VuQwy6y11Sk[/flash:3l9zf876]

Draw a circle on the edge.

sahi

In the SU draws a circle from the center. And the script draws a circle on the edge.

Pixero

Thanks this will come in handy.

tridem

as genial as simply...
thanks for sharing

tridem

yes it works perfectly, also with number of edges and numeric value for the diameter

pilou

Cool
Not yet tested
But are you sure that you draw the good circle?
On the video we can see that you take 2 quasi oposites points but are you sure that is a diameter?
Or have you an algorithm who avoid that?

pilou

Tested (all with 24 segments as default)
Cool but don't work if you don't take an "end point" on the original circle
(midpoint for example)
Circles will be not directly overlapsed

TIG

Perhaps see my 2Dtool's 2Dcircle code for some cribs... they make circles by center+radius, three-points and diameter [two points]; with typed in dimensions and segmentation...
Its 2Dpolygon sibling is similar but also has polygon by side length option - useful for making pseudo-circles with a fixed segment length...

sahi

@unknownuser said:

Cool but don't work if you don't take an "end point" on the original circle
(midpoint for example)
Circles will be not directly overlapsed

In the first report script focuses on the endpoint bindings. What kind of plane it points parallel to the plane and added to the face

In this script focuses on the initial anchor point.
krug_4.zip

ken

Not sure this plugin draw a circle. I have two other plugin, draw circle by two points, and draw a circle by 3 points and both of these plugin the circles drawn will have a diameter if dimension by the dimensioning tool. Using this plugin the drawn circle is a group of straight lines in a circle an can not be dimensioned.

Useful, however not a circle. And thank you for you work.

Ken

sahi

Updated the script in the first message
Added

Shift left - the direction of drawing a circle blocks
Shift right - blocking the diameter of the circle
<- Left Arrow - Draw a circle perpendicular to x axis
-> arrow to the right - draw a circle perpendicular to the axis of
Up arrow - adds one hemisphere at the top
Down arrow - adds one side of the bottom

mitcorb

Hi, sahi:
I was hoping for a little more explanation of the tool. I am not a good tester.

Edit 05/19/11. Your latest update video explains well.

boofredlay

This is looking great, thanks.

ken

This is looking like a keeper of a plugin. However, it does not make a circle or any geometry that Sketchup can input a center mark. Now, I know this does not seem important now, but later after push pulling, adding multiple circles, you will want to add dimensions or find the center and the geometry this plugin make you can not accomplish that task.

There is another 2 point circle plugin that does make geometry that you can get the dimensions and add a center point. Just pointing this out, as right now it makes more work later down the road than it should.

However, thanks for the plugin.

Ken

boilingsnow

"Up arrow - adds one hemisphere at the top
Down arrow - adds one side of the bottom"

These two options don't work in my sketchup 8...

sahi

@boilingsnow said:

These two options don't work in my sketchup 8...

Updated the script in the first message (krug-10.zip)

boilingsnow

@sahi said:

@boilingsnow said:

These two options don't work in my sketchup 8...

Updated the script in the first message (krug-10.zip)

That was really quick! Thanks a lot. But sadly... the problem unsolved.

Am I doing anything wrong? After drawing the circle press the up arrow key.

By the way,the left and right arrow keys are working.

sahi

@boilingsnow said:

Am I doing anything wrong?

In previous versions it was impossible to move the mouse, then press worked.

I fixed it in version krug-11.zip

Updated the script in the first message (krug-11.zip)

boilingsnow

@sahi said:

@boilingsnow said:

Am I doing anything wrong?

In previous versions it was impossible to move the mouse, then press worked.

I fixed it in version krug-11.zip

Updated the script in the first message (krug-11.zip)

Did you test it in Sketchup 8? I'm sorry I still can't get it working.

sahi

@boilingsnow said:

Did you test it in Sketchup 8? I'm sorry I still can't get it working.

The archive video
video_krug_4.rar