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    • pilouP
      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 ๐Ÿ˜„

      align.jpg

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

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      • Wo3DanW
        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
          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 ๐Ÿ˜„

          ๐Ÿ‘ 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
            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
              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
                pilou
                last edited by

                About the 3D Align tool by DIdier Bur above. ๐Ÿค“

                And works also even the object is not a group or a component!
                So just a selection of something is sufficient! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                • cottyC
                  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 ๐Ÿ‘

                  Did I say that I love this forum? โ˜€

                  my SketchUp gallery

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                  • Dave RD
                    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

                    %

                    (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                    G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                    M30

                    %

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                    • T
                      Trogluddite
                      last edited by

                      Easy - just open the previous version of your project that you saved before going nuts making the geometry all wonky! ๐Ÿ˜†

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                      • pilouP
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        In this particular start position Sketchyphics can also works! ๐Ÿ’š

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

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                        • Jean LemireJ
                          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:

                          Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

                          favicon

                          (support.google.com)

                          See this SU file for ideas:


                          fastest_rotation - V6 - JL.skp

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

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                          • cottyC
                            cotty
                            last edited by

                            @jean lemire said:

                            If you want to practice with native tools, it takes only two quickly done rotations.
                            ๐Ÿ‘

                            my SketchUp gallery

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                            • pilouP
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Or 3 rotations if the volume was more bad oriented! ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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                              • utilerU
                                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:

                                Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

                                favicon

                                (support.google.com)

                                See this SU file for ideas:

                                What Jean said. Best tool! ๐Ÿ‘

                                Just Curious...

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                                • Jean LemireJ
                                  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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                                    • dukejazzD
                                      dukejazz
                                      last edited by

                                      Hey
                                      One component already on the orgin plane this make it easy to do,
                                      if you have scaleGroupFloat_dj.rb loaded.

                                      target save and move meathod:

                                      step 1: Make one component unique. (right click to context list)

                                      step 2: 1-time left click of the component you want to change. Save target, via scaleGroupFloat_dj (press ok).

                                      step 3: 2-times left click set axes to component and 3-times more edit select the object of the component . Using the Move to target, via scaleGroupFloat_dj.(press ok), will auto aline component to orgin plain. Now select ouside of component now your done.

                                      All above steps is shown here

                                      Movie_0007.gif
                                      If both were non aline to orgin plain then do other with step two and three too.

                                      Advance woking of this; just add the axes tool into the mix. then turning object is just a breeze, for those tools that needs to be aline to x-y plain for z axis drops .

                                      examples usesages to
                                      [Plugin] Color by Z
                                      drop
                                      sandbox.rb
                                      smartdrop.rb
                                      TIG-drapematerials.rb
                                      TIG-Drop Material onto Instances
                                      tt_component_dropper

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