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    • J Offline
      jorge2011
      last edited by

      I need a small plugin. There is something?
      an icon that when pressed (active camera in parallel mode) and when you press (active mode the camera perspective)

      anyone can help me? thank you very much.

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

        A shortcut key will toggle it on and off

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

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        • J Offline
          jorge2011
          last edited by

          yes, I know.

          but for me it is more practical to a toolbar. thank you very much for your reply

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Jim's Custom Toolbars plugin let you add a button for this: http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/06/custom-toolbars-release-08-06-01.html

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

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              A shortcut is extremely easy to make - as it's a toggle, Shift+P or perhaps F9 etc would swap between the two view types...
              A button would be quite possible, but it'd be just an extra 'overhead' πŸ˜•

              TIG

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
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                @thomthom said:

                Jim's Custom Toolbars plugin let you add a button for this: http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... 06-01.html

                custom-toolbar.png

                Gai...

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                • J Offline
                  JHArch
                  last edited by

                  Any one know of why I can't Jim's custom toolbar plugin to work. I have tried downloading it numerous times. All of the other plugins that I have downloaded work fine. I am using SU 8 Pro. And have recently installed V-Ray. I don't know why but I am suspecting V-Ray might have something to do with the toolbar plugin not starting. Since Installing V-Ray it seems like it takes SU a full minute or more to open up when first starting. Previously SU opened almost instantly. I was hoping to create my own toolbars to save some real estate. I use shortcut keys for the majority of my commands, but still like a few handy icons on a toolbar. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
                  Thanks,

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    Describe what "doesn't work". It's impossible to guess what that might mean.

                    As for V-Ray, yes it makes SU slow to load. I disable VfSU and use my V-Ray Toys plugin to load it on demand: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=15491

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

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                    • J Offline
                      JHArch
                      last edited by

                      I download the toolbar put the files: 'toolbars.rb' and the 'toolbars' folder in my SU plugins folder and upon opening SU nothing shows up. None of the menus,'plugins','View\toolbars' etc. show anything available from Jim's toolbar and none of the premade example toolbars show up in SU. From the SU operational side it is as if the new toolbar plugin doesn't even exist. Maybe it is just something simple that I am overlooking or doing wrong.

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                      • J Offline
                        JHArch
                        last edited by

                        Okay it was something simple. In case anyone else has a similar problem and comes across this post.

                        The tool bars had to be turned on. From the menus at the top of SU choose 'Window' 'Preferences' 'Extensions' then look for the 'Custom Toolbars' extension in the PlugIns list and put a check mark in the box. Close and restart SU.

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                        • deaneauD Offline
                          deaneau
                          last edited by

                          Hello @ All,

                          ok all post will be an older post..

                          my question is: can i custom the toolbar with plugins, too?

                          for example: i would use the Plugin Mover2 in a toobar:
                          could anybody guide me what i must write in the commands textfile?

                          Plugins>Toolbars>Files>Sketchup>commands

                          thank you for the help

                          Dean

                          MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                          Big Thank You to all Programmers
                          Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                          • gillesG Offline
                            gilles
                            last edited by

                            Here is one I made (duplicate 😳 ) long time ago.


                            BarreOUTIL.zip

                            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                            • deaneauD Offline
                              deaneau
                              last edited by

                              @gilles said:

                              Here is one I made (duplicate 😳 ) long time ago.

                              hello, thank you for your files.. how and where i must save this in the plugin folder? is it a tool that interact with the toolbar plugin,too? is it an autonomouse plugin?

                              thank you dean

                              MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                              Big Thank You to all Programmers
                              Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @deaneau said:

                                my question is: can i custom the toolbar with plugins, too?

                                You need to find the ruby command to launch it by looking at the source code of the plugin. Find the menu/toolbar code of the plugin and see what methods they call.

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

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @deaneau said:

                                  eval % and than no clear code.. more scrambled

                                  Yes - they have deliberately scrambled the files to prevent reading the source. In which case you need to contact the author.

                                  @deaneau said:

                                  when i read between your lines, you mean, not all plugins support this function,right?

                                  It's not as if it's a feature. All plugins do need to call a method - and all plugins need to use the Ruby API to create menus. So all plugins will have some method being called from the menu or toolbar handler.
                                  However, there is no standard convention to how to write the source code. So you need to do some digging in order to understand the plugin you want to call. Remember that you are essentially hacking extra functionality so there will be no standard way for what you want to do.

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

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                                  • deaneauD Offline
                                    deaneau
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    @deaneau said:

                                    my question is: can i custom the toolbar with plugins, too?

                                    You need to find the ruby command to launch it by looking at the source code of the plugin. Find the menu/toolbar code of the plugin and see what methods they call.

                                    hello tomtom thank you for your answer.

                                    im not ruby profi

                                    i see in your TT uv Toolkit items like

                                    #menu
                                    ...

                                    Context Menue

                                    ...
                                    #Toolbar
                                    ...

                                    any plugins are so different and so difficult to understand the code

                                    other plugins starts with

                                    eval % and than no clear code.. more scrambled

                                    when i read between your lines, you mean, not all plugins support this function,right?

                                    i would love to configurate the toolbars like in Maxon Cinema4d πŸ˜‰

                                    its so easy and intuitive.

                                    thanks tom

                                    MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                    Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                    Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                    • deaneauD Offline
                                      deaneau
                                      last edited by

                                      ok i see, that an non-programer havnΒ΄t a chance to change anithing.

                                      do you have seen the youtube-video, to see how ease is it in cinema4d?

                                      tnx4 your answer dean

                                      MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                      Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                      Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Yea, I wish there was a UI manager. That SketchUp would allow users to create their own toolbars from all the available toolbars and menus. Maybe in the future - lets hope.

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

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