[plugin] Rotated Box [updated 30-Mar-2014]

sdmitch

Very useful, I would love a rotated circle for years

Thanks a lot

OK, just how would you design this plugin, a circle through 3 points or maybe center, a point to define the radius, and a point to define the plane, or maybe the ends of the diameter and a point to define the plane. Please don't say "all of the above", pick one.

ken

My vote, 3 point.

Thanks

Ken

jorge2011

thank you very much, excellent plugin.
just a query, you can use the "Ctrl" key to switch between geometry and geometry grouped ungrouped?

thank you very much

sdmitch

@jorge2011 said:

thank you very much, excellent plugin.
just a query, you can use the "Ctrl" key to switch between geometry and geometry grouped ungrouped?

thank you very much

Do you mean toggle the grouping of the box on and off with the "Ctrl" key?

jorge2011

yes

gilles

The best for my needs should be
first point center second point axis third point radius.

jeff hammond

@gilles said:

The best for my needs should be
first point center second point axis third point radius.

thats a good one

gilles

I don't think so, but I may be wrong.

In fact I think something similar to the rotate tool.

urgen

....old post http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=9556&start=15
...Guys,I use this for a long time... thanks once again CPhillips,Sahi and Macs!

@gilles said:

The best for my needs should be
first point center second point axis third point radius.

...it should be useful.

sdmitch

@gilles said:

The best for my needs should be
first point center second point axis third point radius.

Defining a axis other than standard red, green, or blue can be difficult without something to inference to. So, unless you are not interested in defining an arbitrary axis, I guess it would work

gilles

I think about a snapping point, edge vertice etc..

the.pjt

thanks dear Sam ...

I posted this massage in me question topc .. but I think you haven't seen it ..... :

this plugin is exactly what every body wants : a time saver ... draw .. rotate .. select .. make group .. push pull ... all in one ! well done .. tanks dear sam .. tanks

and I have a question .. why do these display problems happen ??!? I'm not a pro developer but I can understand if you tell me the reasons ... ?!??

and another thing : if you add a "make cylinder" feature , it's gonna to be perfect ... because SU's default cylinder is not a time saver .. it makes the cylinder in 0,0,0 ... thanks
this is a snapshot from shetchyphisics > sketchy solids ..
pictures describes it Sam ... so don't need to make codes from my wrong described requests ..

[xxl-img:2l4cslic]http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?mode=view&id=89033[/xxl-img:2l4cslic]

sdmitch

I don't know exactly why either. You might post this question on the developers forum and get an answer but basically it has to do with the way Sketchup displays things on the screen. There is a certain field of view and if you get to close to an object it disappears. Zooming out usually makes it reappear.

utiler

Well done, Sam! A great little tool......

The efforts in responding to plugin requests often goes un-noticed so thank you for all that you do mate!!

sdmitch

Rotated box has been updated to allow the option turning grouping on and off.

jorge2011

Thank you very much. just one more thing
is possible to align the axes of the group rectangle?

Now, when creating a rotated rectangle, the axes of the group are the same as the axes of the model.

sdmitch

No way to define the axes of a group that I'm aware of.
You can temporarily align the axes to the group when in group edit mode.

TIG

You can [re]set a group's axes...
Find each of the desired-axes in turn and its angle from the SKP's axes - do the three axes in turn...
Apply a rotation-transformation to the group's geometry in turn:
group.entities.transform_entities(transformation, group.entities.to_a)
to rotate the geometry back to be 'axial'.
Then immediately apply the inverse transformation to the group itself:
group.transform!(transformation.inverse)

again this must be done once for each axis in turn - so that could be three transformations in all ?

The group is now as if you made it 'axially' and then rotated it in 3d afterwards.......

the.pjt

thanks for new vertion mr. sdmitch .... nice update ...

.. waiting for cylinder plugin too

sdmitch

TIG, thanks for the info. I guess my next question is what is the advantage or need to do this?