[Plugins] TIG-splitTOOLS

jason_maranto

This looks to be a very useful set of tools for rendering and subdivision (quads-based) workflows -- I'm up to my neck on a deadline right now but I'll definitely want to try these on my next project.

Best,
Jason.

mitcorb

Hi, TIG:
I looked through the related threads and did not see if these excellent tools are compatible with any earlier versions of Sketchup?
Congratulations to you for this and the ArcBy.

TIG

@mitcorb said:

Hi, TIG:
I looked through the related threads and did not see if these excellent tools are compatible with any earlier versions of Sketchup?
Congratulations to you for this and the ArcBy.
These tools should all work with 'all' versions of Sketchup and OSs - OR at least those versions that no longer have instructions in 'Latin'
If it had been for say v8pro only then I would have said so !

mitcorb

I just happen to be the one that asked, but I saw it as an inevitable question, just a matter of time.

Rich O Brien

I wish this tool could include EebyV and EebyO. They suit this toolset more than extrusion tools.

If you could tab between tools as you model.

Are you familiar at how Blender extrudes edges with scaling, rotating etc? Is this possible in SketchUp?

TIG

Here's v1.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=386658#p386658
You should initially see no change to the tool's operation.
However, IF you have EEby... tools installed then up to three EEby... tools can be added to the tool's toolbar/submenu...
-extrudeEdgesByOffset
-extrudeEdgesByVector
-extrudeEdgesByVectorToObject
Edit the 'TIG-splitTOOLS.rb' file with a plain-text editor [like Notepad++] and look around ~lines#57-59 in the code...
Remove the leading '#' from a tool's line of code to 'activate' it, save the file and restart Sketchup to see these additional items on the toolbar/submenu.
Add Shortcuts to the various tools in the submenu if you frequently use them in combination and prefer that method to picking off toolbar buttons...

DareDevil

@unknownuser said:

Here's v1.0

@unknownuser said:

Here's v1.1

@unknownuser said:

Here's v1.2

Too fast !!! I will wait next week for the v3.6

Thanks TIG

mwm5053

Must be something I'm doing wrong or did. I installed TIG-splitTOOLS-20120219a.rbz ,SplitUp v1.5 20120219 and the newest Split doughnut and sausage and Su stops responding after making the split, I watched the video Rich did for SplitUp so I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right any suggestions?

SU 1.jpg

TIG

Walt

The result looks OK as far as it goes - but the split edges should be 'smoothed'.
There's a lot more to that error message than you show.
Retry, then scroll up and print the start of the error - which tells us where the error originates - the ending of the message only shows the outcome and some other weirdly affected tools [the closing errors have nothing to do with these tools at all ].

Have you edited the script[s] at all - e.g. using a wordprocessor rather than a plain-text editor ?
It looks like the TIG-splitTOOLS.rb file's code has been somehow garbled - so the splitup code is executed and it's running straight on into loading splitdonut/splitsausage's code without completing it's task - which of course it shouldn't in a valid installation of the file !
This can occur if a wordprocessor were used on the file, because extra formating is added to the file.
I suspect this as the main-suspect [Plan A].

Could you also try getting the ZIP version and then manually extracting and installing the file/subfolder as directed - I am wondering if something in the v8M2 MAC's RBZ auto-installer is adrift... Plan B.

Some scripts like SketchyPhysics or DrivingDimensions can mess with base-classes ill-advsedly - these can then cause unexpected results in 'legitimate' tools using some 'group' related commands - but I'd not expect that here... If you have an of these or other obscure scripts can you try disabling them and retry... Plan C.

pilou

Not yet test this new plugin
but what is the difference with Show Hidden Geometry ?
There is a new "triming" of surfaces?

TIG

@unknownuser said:

Not yet test this new plugin
but what is the difference with Show Hidden Geometry ?
There is a new "triming" of surfaces?
This new tool assembles some other tools in a submenu/toolbar.
They are useful for subdividing [SPLITting] faces etc.

SplitUp divides selected 'quad'/'quad-donut' faces into smaller 'quads' [new edges are smoothed - use View > Hidden Geometry ON to see them]
SplitDonut divides any number of selected donut shaped faces [e.g. a 'ring' made with FollowMe] into 'quads' - four sided faces: a 'donut' has an outer loop and just ONE inner loop, AND both loops must have the same number of vertices. The new edges remain selected so you can choose to smooth/hide them etc.
SplitSausage divides ONE selected sausage shaped face [e.g. a 'squiggle' made with FollowMe] into 'quads' - four sided faces: you must also select ONE edge belonging to that face to use as the 'seed' for the new quads; if there's an uneven number of vertices the last dividing edge makes a triangular face [rather than a 'quad']. The new edges remain selected so you can choose to smooth/hide them etc.
Optionally, some EEby... tools can also be added to the submenu/toolbar by a simple edit of the script, if desired.

mwm5053

Thanks TIG, my mistake didn't realize SplitUp was a hidden geometry thing the other two SDoughnut and SSausage did't seem to be that way created true geometry. Is this the case? Again thanks for the plugin

TIG

@mwm5053 said:

Thanks TIG, my mistake didn't realize SplitUp was a hidden geometry thing the other two SDoughnut and SSausage did't seem to be that way created true geometry. Is this the case? Again thanks for the plugin
The SplitUp new edges are auto-smoothed [there are likely to be a lot of them and manually adjusting just them could be a pain], but the other two tools make new 'plain-edges' [you might want this type of division NOT smoothed etc] - however, the tools end with all of these new edges selected... so you can then use Entity Info to adjust their 'smooth' setting if desired...
Walt: What happened with the error message posted earlier ??

mwm5053

I'm guessing that since I didn't know about the hidden geo thing. I was performing the operation twice, that caused the hang up the screen shot shows the first attempt no geometry shown and performing operation again shows new geometry but no error in ruby window because of not responding I have the SU repot if you want but it was quite lengthy.

TIG

Please post these error-message[s].
Something is wrong.

The new edges should be made 'smoothed' and will therefore appear 'dashed' in Hidden Geom' ON or not be seen with it OFF...
These new edges look 'solid', so it's NOT completing properly.

Can you also answer my other questions about 'editing' etc that might have broken things...

mwm5053

I didn't change the script at all, seems to work fine now but I still have to view with hidden geometry on to see the dashed lines with hidden geo off I see no subdivision. The reason it SU was not responding was because I did it twice because thinking it didn't work the first time just misunderstood the concept here I guess.

TIG

OK - glad everything seems to be working OK now

pilou

Does this can work with V 7 ? (I have used the second Zip file)
Because I have nothing to enable in the SubMenu / Toolbar

Edit : ahhhhhhhh!
I must add by hand the 3 variations Split, SplitDonut, SplitSausage from other threads!
That is a curious intallation!
Why not all in one file zipped ?
I must miss something

TIG

It should work will all SUp versions...
The tools were written as separate utilities - they have their own threads...
This tool simply provides a toolbar/Tools-submenu IF the tools are already installed...
There are clear links on the download page to get the three main tools AND the Extrusion Tools zipped set if you want to add some of those tools by editing the script yourself...

pilou

Ok thx for the explanation!