[Plugin] Drop Vertices

simon le bon

Thank you so much Dear TIG for this brand new tool.

("to middle" and "to average" options don't work for me with su6_free and su7_pro)

Coming back to the thread which had (re)initiated the need for such a tool: What's the best way to flatten some geometry lines

I'm trying the old problem (not solved by SandboxTools/stamp)to achieve to drop vertices of a 3d path onto a 3d terrain. (I would like start with a path "melted up an down", "included" with/into the terrain)
I have made my road/path triangulated (with Sandboxtools/from contour)
Tip: I use [Plugin] Select Outer Edges v1.0 by Chris Fullmer to select outer edges

But Whatever the option I choose with Drop Vertices I got aberrant result

to nearest object , to nearest below..

Any Idea ??

(Alternatively, I have tried "Drape CPoints" + "Triangulate Points" and also "Artisan"€ and this one gives the better results for me from now, using "Crease Selection" Edges+vertices on the total path face .

Cheers
simon.

Re: thank you dear Tig for your [Plugin] Work Plane v2.3 by TIG on Sat Sep 25, 2010 I'm using for long >>referencing to "this"

TIG

Simon

DropVertices isn't Drape

simon le bon

Bonjour TIG

OK, I was confused on the concepts Drape/Drope.

I have discovered that the kind of subdivision is important. Until now I was trying to drape with some classical triangulated shapes and that's why the result wasn't working.

As I have seen with your example above it was possible, I have discovered that shapes must be subdivided by real tin subdivision.(as far)

(I see we can't obtain this way something like we can do with sandboxtool/Stamptool but with a 3D path.)

Anyway This DropVertices brings so much !!!!+++ Thank you one more time and bravo!! TIG

simon.

EarthMover

Here is another method to do what you are looking for Simon.

[flash=800,600:1yx2pldf]http://www.youtube.com/v/hzN5n2UB7Ao[/flash:1yx2pldf]

simon le bon

Dear Adam,
your videos are invaluable to understand easily how things work and as reminders.
I have watched your previous a number of times.

I'm studying your propositions (soapskin&buble _ instant road (which makes the deal ) and I'm thinking to others. It's for tomorrow now.

Cheers,

   simon.

pilou

Maybe use of Ferrari can also gives some cool results

ktslambieng

oh .thank u verry much
but ruby SplitUp I can find where, who can help me, please
i saw on Youtube
http://www.youtu.be/watch?v=kAUx4AHVbOU&feature=related

TIG

@ktslambieng said:

oh .thank u verry much
but ruby SplitUp I can find where, who can help me, please
i saw on Youtube
http://www.youtu.be/watch?v=kAUx4AHVbOU&feature=related

Like 'On Screen Rolling Reel' - 'SplitUp' has never been published.
It's in beta testing with a select group [Rich O'B].
The bugs are now ironed out... I'll speak with the other[s] to see what we should do next...

Rich O Brien

Don't forget my NURBS plugin that's fairly stable. Just too powerful for mere mortals.

peter_shaw

great plugin, used it to fix a f-ed up model

cotty

What did I wrong here?

klick image

TIG

Scant on what you've tried...
arcs/curves do not drop unless they are exploded first...
but see this example...

TIG

Here is v2.0 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=dropverts It now overcomes the curve issue.
All edges in a dropped curve are now treated as separate edges.

cotty

Thank you, nice update!

pilou

Does it possible to imagine a "drop" on X or Y direction ?
(sure I can rotate all before but...)

mariocha

Hi TIG,
I found that To Middle and To average do not work.
Console indicates that line 93 z=z.to_s.to_l if z is faulty; cannot convert to length.
I changed it to z=z.to_f if z . (float) They now work.
Is this right ?

mariocha

@pilou said:

Does it possible to imagine a "drop" on X or Y direction ?
(sure I can rotate all before but...)

In this port are functions for the 3 axis.
I tried to stick to the actual extension standards.
Re-named it since it does more than just drop.
Added LanguageHandler, french. And a contextual menu for the most frequent ones I use.

Mc-AlignEnds.rbz

maxosmedia

Extension Errors Report

SketchUp: 26.2.242
OS: Tahoe
Ruby: 3.2.2

Extension: [unknown]
Error: SyntaxError (/Users/maxos/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2026/SketchUp/Plugins/ropverts.rb:1: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting end-of-input
Name: dropverts.rb

TIG

@maxosmedia

Why have you posted 6 almost identical posts about something - one will do.
And your post doesn't contain enough info for the error either.
You can copy the whole thing and post that - it'd include the error details, and even the line number ?
In you copy/paste it looks like you didn't get the file name right - it's dropverts.rb - you missed off the 'd' - or have you somehow mangled the file's name in reality within the Plugins folder ?
ALSO note that this script is 16 years old and no one has posted here for 10 years. So SketchUp versions and their Ruby installations can vary to generate errors for older scripts when loaded in newer SketchUp versions !
Having said that, I just loaded it into v2026 [PC] and it works fine - just as expected... So please be more helpful with your reporting, so we can help you...

Rich O Brien

@tig

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