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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Great tool idea. Does it work with lines? If not, could you adjust it to work with lines? The user would click on a line and the script would select all connected and move it vertically by 1 unit, then 2 units, 3, etc. Same idea, I just rarely make stepped models. I deal with topo lines only and then use the sandbox tools to turn them into a TIN. Thanks!

      Chris

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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      • rami_lpmR Offline
        rami_lpm
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        @pbacot said:

        there is a CAD application that I used that would interpret the height of contours in plan by the user drawing a section line. Another idea to specify the relative heights.

        This sounds very complicated, I'll see what I can do.

        @chris fullmer said:

        Does it work with lines? If not, could you adjust it to work with lines? The user would click on a line and the script would select all connected and move it vertically by 1 unit, then 2 units, 3, etc.

        No, it works only with faces. I think I can add that, it will take some time, though.

        Thanks for trying it out.

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          No rush, it might be a nice feature to add if you feel like adding something. Thanks!

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • sdmitchS Offline
            sdmitch
            last edited by

            @rami_lpm said:

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            @chris fullmer said:

            Does it work with lines? If not, could you adjust it to work with lines? The user would click on a line and the script would select all connected and move it vertically by 1 unit, then 2 units, 3, etc.

            No, it works only with faces. I think I can add that, it will take some time, though.

            Thanks for trying it out.

            rami, Add this code to the onLeftButtonDown def. It will handle the edges or curves.

             best.pushpull dist,false
            else
             best = ph.picked_edge
             unless best==nil
              @clickno += 1
              dist=@clickno*@step
              trans=Geom;;Transformation.translation([0,0,dist])
              unless best.curve
               edges=best.all_connected
               verts=[];edges.each{|e| verts<<e.vertices}
               verts.flatten!; verts.uniq!
               verts.each{|v| Sketchup.active_model.entities.transform_entities(trans,v)}
              else
               Sketchup.active_model.entities.transform_entities(trans,best.curve)
              end
             end
            
            

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

            http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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            • sumasterS Offline
              sumaster
              last edited by

              Thank you very much

              Thank you,
              SUmaster

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              • boofredlayB Offline
                boofredlay
                last edited by

                Nice. A much needed tool.

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                • rami_lpmR Offline
                  rami_lpm
                  last edited by

                  It's updated. Thanks for that snippet.

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                  • J Offline
                    JGA
                    last edited by

                    Great idea, thanks (again).

                    Regards,
                    JGA

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                    • srxS Offline
                      srx
                      last edited by

                      Thanks! It could be useful for making stairs also... or SU logo πŸ˜„

                      www.saurus.rs

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                      • B Offline
                        Ben Ritter
                        last edited by

                        Thank you Ramiro.

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Cool! 😎
                          Works fine with the Multiple Offset by Sdmitch πŸ˜‰

                          sol.jpg

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Have you the same but only for lines ? ( with no PushPull of faces )
                            Like this
                            only lines are moving with Stepped Extrude , and there is no creation of faces !

                            like a creation of levels of terrain for example πŸ˜„

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • pbacotP Offline
                              pbacot
                              last edited by

                              Pilou, The first post claims this is possible. I haven't tried. Peter

                              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                No it's draw also a face when you click a line like when you click on a face! πŸ˜‰

                                I just want stepp the lines ! πŸ˜„

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                • sumasterS Offline
                                  sumaster
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi rami_lpm AND sdmitch,

                                  a Need of previous history Amount/Distance . . . .

                                  means create 2 face and use this tool and 1st face extrude 1 m. and 2nd face extrude the same amount . . .

                                  now its not working . . . . .

                                  thanks . . . .

                                  Thank you,
                                  SUmaster

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                                  • bsintzelB Offline
                                    bsintzel
                                    last edited by

                                    Simple, functional, useful and free...what more can one ask for. Well done πŸ‘

                                    I've taken obfuscating to a whole new level!

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                                    • R Offline
                                      rv1974
                                      last edited by

                                      The perfect fuse of simplicity and effectiveness.
                                      Salute to the authors.

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                                      • I Offline
                                        icepam
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for a much useful plugin. I had coded something similar in AutoLisp a few years ago to do this in Autocad, precisely for stairs and contours.

                                        @rami_lpm said:

                                        @pbacot said:

                                        ... interpret the height of contours in plan by the user drawing a section line.

                                        This sounds very complicated, I'll see what I can do.

                                        I think this could be simpler than it sounds, maybe one of the forum's rubymasters could help out with the code. Here's how i would imagine it:
                                        Method 1, should work with lines:
                                        -User draws a line across the contours he wishes to raise and sets H=riser height.
                                        -Plugin figures if it's a generally horizontal or vertical line (is that necessary?)
                                        -Plugin finds all intersection points and makes an array ordered based on their X (or Y?) coordinate
                                        -Plugin traverses array raising each line by H x its index in the array.

                                        Method 2, perhaps this is the solution for faces?
                                        -User selects all faces that need to be raised (by window or select all or whatever... if one by one, it's just the current method)
                                        -User draws a line L through all said faces
                                        -Plugin filters out non-faces from selection and makes an array as above, ordered by X or Y coordinate of mid-point of segment created by intersection between line L and each face.
                                        -Plugin traverses and raises as above.

                                        Hope this makes sense!

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          No possibility to add the other options? As asked in my old request here πŸ˜‰

                                          Now we have a =a + x πŸ˜‰

                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=83670

                                          Frenchy Pilou
                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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                                          • C Offline
                                            caronte01
                                            last edited by

                                            Great simple tool, perfect for stairs. Will try it as soon as I have a chance!

                                            Thanks!

                                            santiago

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