[Plugin] FredoSketch - v1.4a - 02 Apr 24

fredo6

The information on FredoSketch is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of FredoSketch. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

LibFredo6: v14.3b or above
Sketchup version: SU2017 and above
Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
Usage: Free for the time being
Expiration on: 31 Dec 2024

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FredoSketch is a suite of base tools that extend some of the native Sketch tools. The first tools published are Move and Rotate.

FredoSketch v1.1 - Toolbar.png

Move Tool extends the Sketchup Move tool with the following features:

Multi-selection of Objects
Multi-selection of Vertices
Smoove vertices with various falloff methods
Vector and Plane constraints and inferences, including local axes
Individual object translation
Repeat translation
Automatic smooth of autofold edges
Wireframe mode to catch more inferences
Launch by calling twice the Sketchup Move tool (e.g. MM) - For SU2021.1 and above

Rotate Tool extends the Sketchup Move tool with the following features:

Multi-selection of Objects
Multi-selection of Vertices
Smoove vertices with various falloff methods
Rotation Plane constraints and inferences, including local axes
Individual object rotation (spin)
Rotation with offset
Rotation spread copies over 360 deg.
Repeat rotation
Automatic smooth of autofold edges
Wireframe mode to catch more inferences
Launch by calling twice the Sketchup Rotate tool (e.g. QQ) - For SU2021.1 and above

FredoSketch 1.1 - Move - QuickCard.pdf

FredoSketch 1.1 - Rotate - QuickCard.pdf

NO user manual, but each tool has an embedded QuickCard which gives all details and include illustration videos.

1) Move
A quick overview of the Move tool

https://youtu.be/C8z6qXvtVHs

2) Rotate
A quick overview of the Rotate tool

https://youtu.be/P1DaXz2rISs

ntxdave

Fredo,these look like great tools.

I look forward to the time when I can try them (having issues with my laptop).

rv1974

I'd like to have an option 'preserve boundary' when manipulating (nose for example) the vertices.
Will we be able to stretch vertices staying outside the context (like 'stretch by area' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaFMBeB6i3w
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=483628#p483628)?

fredo6

@rv1974 said:

I'd like to have an option 'preserve boundary' when manipulating (nose for example) the vertices.

Not sure I understand what you mean...

@rv1974 said:

Will we be able to stretch vertices staying outside the context (like 'stretch by area')?

This is a basic Move tool, which, like the Sketchup Move tool (and all Sketchup tools) operates within the current context. This is not an advanced plugin like Stretch by Area or FredoScale::Stretch.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoSketch v1.1b - 19 Jan 23

Requirement: LibFredo6 13.7a

FredoSketch v1.1b is a maintenance release:

Rotate: Fix for edge inferences

Home Page of FredoSketch for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoSketch thread.

rv1974

@fredo6 said:

@rv1974 said:

I'd like to have an option 'preserve boundary' when manipulating (nose for example) the vertices.

Not sure I understand what you mean...

If your tool moves\inflates\applies noise etc etc it'd very nice to have an option "affect\don't affect borders

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoSketch v1.1c - 21 Jan 23

Requirement: LibFredo6 13.7b

FredoSketch v1.1c is a maintenance release:

Rotate: Fix for rotation with offset
Spacebar or change of tool when the transformation is not finalized will cancel it before exit
fix for small issues

Home Page of FredoSketch for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoSketch thread.

panixia

The version on the download page is still v1.1b
By the way in v1.1b the M+M shortcut still doesn't work on my SU2020/SU2021.

fredo6

@panixia said:

By the way in v1.1b the M+M shortcut still doesn't work on my SU2020/SU2021.

What happens if you click twice o the Sketchup Move icon?

panixia

Nothing happens.
Regular sketchup move tool is triggered both with double M key and double toolbar button press.
The same happens with the rotate tools both in SU 2020/21.

fredo6

@panixia said:

Nothing happens.
Regular sketchup move tool is triggered both with double M key and double toolbar button press.
The same happens with the rotate tool both in SU 2020/21.

I discovered that the functionality can only be available in SU2021.1 and above. For prior versions, there is no notification when you call again the active tool.
I will update the FredoSketch documentation to reflect this limitation.

Oxer

Hi Fredo, very useful plugin.

Here is the Spanish Language file:

FredoSketch_ES.lang.zip

bsfranza

super cool

if i could add one wish to it - make vertex selection possible for multiple groups/componnents ...

maybe kind of like this

preselect or not, set active or nested also, make rectangle selection, move vertices...

why would this be usefull? when we want to stretch complicated elements whre there is no real good "section plane for the stretch"...

thx - amazing work as always!!

fredo6

@bsfranza said:

sif i could add one wish to it - make vertex selection possible for multiple groups/componnents ...

This would change the nature of the tools...

As for the native tools, the selection works in the current context. When you click on anything that belongs to a group or component, you do select the group or component.

If FredoSketch was selecting across the boundaries of groups / components, how would select a group or component?

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: FredoSketch v1.2a - 01 Feb 23

Requirement: LibFredo6 13.7b

FredoSketch v1.2a is a maintenance release:

Updated help and menu for limitation of Quick Launch to SU2021.1 and above
fix for small issues

Home Page of FredoSketch for information and Download.

Main post of this FredoSketch thread.

PedroE

And why not unite everything in a single command and button, I mean, invoke a command that allows us to move, copy, rotate, align and then the auxiliary keys that allow us to choose. For a button to move, another to rotate, another to move to align, it is better to merge them all as we have now, for example, move and copy by pressing ctrl

fredo6

@pedroe said:

And why not unite everything in a single command and button, I mean, invoke a command that allows us to move, copy, rotate, align and then the auxiliary keys that allow us to choose. For a button to move, another to rotate, another to move to align, it is better to merge them all as we have now, for example, move and copy by pressing ctrl

Could you describe how it would work with all tools in one. For instance, when you click and move the mouse, what does happen?

PedroE

even better, that hot boxes appear at the main points (vertices, midpoints, etc) that allow you to choose whether to move (default command), copy, rotate, scale, move and rotate. It could be something as fun as this, to manipulate only with the mouse.

Box

These are astoundingly good tools.

fredo6

@pedroe said:

even better, that hot boxes appear at the main points (vertices, midpoints, etc) that allow you to choose whether to move (default command), copy, rotate, scale, move and rotate. It could be something as fun as this, to manipulate only with the mouse.

The Texture positioner is the worse method to manipulate objects.

One way to combine several transformations is to use a Gizmo, like in Blender, supporting:

Move along an axis
Move on Axis Plane
Rotate and Spin by an axis
Scale Uniform or along an axis plane
Flip Along (Mirror in place)

However, the main restrictions are that

You transform only by reference to axes, which can however be the model axis or the component axes.
You cannot use inferences, because the click point is on the Gizmo, not on the object you move
You can however type distance, scaling factors, angle, etc... in the VCB

Axyz - quick demo.gif