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    • sdmitchS Offline
      sdmitch
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      Thanks ThomThom, I'm still learning and need all the help I can get.

      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        No prob! Always good to see more people writing plugins. πŸ˜„

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

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          driven
          last edited by

          Sam,
          re: 'Clip or Trim' on MAC,
          I just went over it all again and on the mac using if key ==16 || 131072 #shift PC || MAC,
          makes it work as I believe you intended. [ is it?]

          To start in 'Trim' mode:
          'grab' grid/s >> select the 'Clip or Trim' from plugins >> press shift key once to activate 'Trim' >> click on 'Terrain' to 'Trim' grid/s in turn.

          To start in 'Clip' mode:
          'grab' grid/s >> select the 'Clip or Trim' from plugins >>click on 'Terrain' to 'Clip' grid/s in turn.

          To switch between modes from either mode, press shift key once >> click on next 'Terrain'

          To exit 'Clip or Trim' click outside of all 'Terrain' groups.

          This is how it work with that change, I edited my above posts avoid to blind copying of my erroneous prior comments.

          I believe this tweak is cross platform, due to the none applicable keycode being ignored, but I don't have a PC easily at hand.

          Sorry if any confusion [other than my own] was caused by earlier comments, but I was in and out today without the time to plod through it properly.

          john

          learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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            driven
            last edited by

            Sam,

            doesn't toggle on a mac, I should have pointed that out. EDIT INCORRECT you DON'T need to keep it held down

            that's what was doing my head in I checked your code and couldn't see why it wouldn't work, so I guess it's a Mac thing...

            john

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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              driven
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              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                driven
                last edited by

                Love the combo tool,
                once I got my head around it EDIT removed potentially misleading comment...

                and I found a use for it for me as well. 3D cycle route maps...

                anyone got an easy way of using Google Maps as the terrain texture,
                this ones manually scaled and aligned with the 'Google Earth Snapshot' then applied as a projected texture onto the Terrain Grid.
                Maps on Terrain

                Google if your reading, can we have a map option? please...

                good work Sam

                john

                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  driven
                  last edited by

                  No, me neither, I had a search for mac key-codes etc,,, but I might try searching mac 'toggle' as keycode 16 seems to work.
                  EDIT 16 on it's own dosen't work on mac [I'd left the other in, but opened a copy when checking, what I'd done... sorry]

                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  • mitcorbM Offline
                    mitcorb
                    last edited by

                    Hi, sdmitch:
                    Thank you for your generousity in sharing this tool.

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

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                    • utilerU Offline
                      utiler
                      last edited by

                      Hi Sam, On your blog you have added an impressive list of plugins including these two however there is also a 'terrain tool's plugin that doesn't have a tutorial video. How does this differ from these two listed here?

                      cheers, thanks for your fantastic work!! πŸ‘

                      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                      • sdmitchS Offline
                        sdmitch
                        last edited by

                        Terrain Tools is just the collection of all my plugins that pertain to GE Terrain's. Clip or Trim being one of them plus two others. There are no other differences. I just put them all into one to help minimize the entries in the Plugins menu.

                        Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          Ok, thanks Sam.Just on GE:
                          I noticed in your Clip or Trim tutorial you merge two terrains of differing proxy. Does GE determine the resolution of your export into SU by your current eye high as well as the maximum resolution you end up with?

                          I have a situation at the moment where I want to obtain the maximum resolution of of GE however my site covers about 3 hectares and I need to cover it with a GE image.

                          I wonder if there is a way recall you last selection when exporting GE imagery or even replicate your selection left and right multiplied by how far you want? [See image below...]

                          Cheers,


                          2011-12-13_1218.jpg

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • sdmitchS Offline
                            sdmitch
                            last edited by

                            Thers is no way to "automate" that that I am aware of.

                            Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                            http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                              dinkdesign
                              last edited by

                              You guys are absolute legends. You take modeling to a whole new level.

                              I was hesitant to join SketchUcation because i hate useless info, but honestly: you guys rock!

                              Special thanx to Gaieus and ThomThom for their constant useful contributions.

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                @dinkdesign said:

                                Special thanx to Gaieus and ThomThom for their constant useful contributions.

                                Well, I really had to approve this post (even though I have not contributed with anything in this topic). πŸ˜‰

                                Gai...

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                                • B Offline
                                  Ben Ritter
                                  last edited by

                                  Sam, thank you for sharing your efforts.

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                                  • utilerU Offline
                                    utiler
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Sam, during your tutorial video at about 1:20 you say, 'If its only zoomed out 3 or 4 clicks....'

                                    What are you referring too here?

                                    πŸ‘

                                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                    • sdmitchS Offline
                                      sdmitch
                                      last edited by

                                      I viewed the tutorial and I don't hear what you heard but I would assume that I am referring to zooming out from the smallest possible patch 3 or 4 clicks.

                                      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                                      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                                      • utilerU Offline
                                        utiler
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the reply, Sam.

                                        At about 1min 20sec you refer to 'if its only zoomed out 3 or 4 clicks [no more than that] the grid of the two patches match....'

                                        2012-09-24_1248.png

                                        Are you referring to zooming in Google Earth:

                                        2012-09-24_1254.png

                                        πŸ‘

                                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                        • sdmitchS Offline
                                          sdmitch
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes, the Google Earth get location zoom. I thought you were talking about the clip and trim plugin not the add skirt.

                                          Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                                          http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                                          • utilerU Offline
                                            utiler
                                            last edited by

                                            My bad, Sam. I can see how you would have been ill informed.... 😳

                                            Thank you. πŸ‘

                                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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