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    • Wo3DanW Offline
      Wo3Dan
      last edited by

      @cotty said:

      I think the step "place it on ground plane" should change the orientation of the group? This step doesn't work for me... 😕 ...

      (I also thought of your solution, using one of the hidden lined on the side.)

      If you mean that new green and red of the rotated group should be aligned according to their previous projection on the ground plane, then you might be right, then my 'Glue to: any' component is only correct along blue. Then you need some extra marks for a final rotation about systems blue axis.
      Is this restriction included?

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        use the move tool (at least in this particular instance)

        [edit]

        dotdotdot

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          In theory one should be able to use 'smartdrop', as the bounding box is alignedb (but does not), this works in Vue by simply lifting it above flat surface and smart dropping it.

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • cottyC Offline
            cotty
            last edited by

            @wo3dan said:

            ... is only correct along blue.

            That was the only goal.

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Align Tool 3D By Didier Bur ?

              http://sketchuppluginreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/align_tool_small.gif

              Draw a Plane wished as second end Object
              and now just 5 clicks 😄

              align.jpg

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

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              • Wo3DanW Offline
                Wo3Dan
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                use the move tool (at least in this particular instance)

                Clever underestimated solution!
                The tool lets you align to any current drawing axes with input 0, 90 etc. (degrees)

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                • cottyC Offline
                  cotty
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Align Tool 3D By Didier Bur ?
                  Draw a Plane wished as second end Object
                  and now just 5 clicks 😄

                  👍 Didn't try this one but have to...

                  @unknownuser said:

                  use the move tool (at least in this particular instance)

                  This will only work if the group was created before the rotations but if this is the case, it is very fast too.

                  @solo said:

                  In theory one should be able to use 'smartdrop'

                  Didn't work for me in this case.

                  my SketchUp gallery

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                  • mitcorbM Offline
                    mitcorb
                    last edited by

                    In case you folks didn't notice, Pilou has updated his post with a demo sequence.

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

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                    • sdmitchS Offline
                      sdmitch
                      last edited by

                      Using the Ruby Console

                      Sketchup.active_model.selection.first.transformation=Geom;;Transformation.new
                      
                      

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

                      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        About the 3D Align tool by DIdier Bur above. 🤓

                        And works also even the object is not a group or a component!
                        So just a selection of something is sufficient! 😉

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                        • cottyC Offline
                          cotty
                          last edited by

                          @sdmitch said:

                          Using the Ruby Console

                          Sketchup.active_model.selection.first.transformation=Geom;;Transformation.new
                          > 
                          

                          I will call it an expert solution 👍

                          Did I say that I love this forum? ☀

                          my SketchUp gallery

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            As always, there's more than one way to do this. Some great options offered. Here's another one just for the heck of it.

                            Rotate.png

                            Assuming the cylinder is just loose geometry to start, make it a component, change it's axes so the bounding box is aligned to the geometry with the blue axis in the desired up direction. Bring in a copy of the component from the In Model Component library.

                            rotate2.png

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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                            (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                            • T Offline
                              Trogluddite
                              last edited by

                              Easy - just open the previous version of your project that you saved before going nuts making the geometry all wonky! 😆

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                In this particular start position Sketchyphics can also works! 💚

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

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                                • Jean LemireJ Offline
                                  Jean Lemire
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi folks.

                                  If you want to practice with native tools, it takes only two quickly done rotations.

                                  Don't forget this trick from the help:

                                  http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94897

                                  See this SU file for ideas:


                                  fastest_rotation - V6 - JL.skp

                                  Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                                  • cottyC Offline
                                    cotty
                                    last edited by

                                    @jean lemire said:

                                    If you want to practice with native tools, it takes only two quickly done rotations.
                                    👍

                                    my SketchUp gallery

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Or 3 rotations if the volume was more bad oriented! 😄

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

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                                      • utilerU Offline
                                        utiler
                                        last edited by

                                        @jean lemire said:

                                        Hi folks.

                                        If you want to practice with native tools, it takes only two quickly done rotations.

                                        Don't forget this trick from the help:

                                        http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94897

                                        See this SU file for ideas:

                                        What Jean said. Best tool! 👍

                                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                        • Jean LemireJ Offline
                                          Jean Lemire
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi folks.

                                          Another quick method based on Gerrit's (Wo3Dan's idea).

                                          Two variants shown in the 2 scenes of this SU file:

                                          fastest_rotation-2 - V6 - JL.skp
                                          Just ideas.

                                          Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                                            3eighty
                                            last edited by

                                            Use the rotate function in the Mover2 Plugin..

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