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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @kostas_designer said:

      I wonder if it would be possible for this very useful plugin to choose whether to erase all those construction points inside the tube structure.
      You get allot of them when you have a complex pipe path..

      No, they are there as snap-points for making connections, but there are several tools available to clear cpoints: or you could simply Delete Guides off the Menu will clear them + any clines.
      For example, use my DeleteConPointsOnly.rb or TT's SelectionToy[GuidePoints]+delete_key can do this for you...
      Personally, I have three shortcut keys that clear Cpoints, Clines and Cgeometry...

      TIG

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Various construction-guide tools like DeleteConPointsOnly.rb [sorry for my earlier typo] and DeleteConLinesOnly.rb and ConsDeleteContext.rb [and many other useful Plugins] are available from Didier Bur's Library Depot... http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_edi_page.htm
        Have a browse...

        TIG

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        • K Offline
          kostas_designer
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          Thanks mate! ๐Ÿ‘

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Hi DeAliyev,

            Please, watch your mouth first of all.

            Second, "WTF" would you do with it when you seem to use SU 2 and plugins can only be used since version 4?

            Please, revise your profile fields as they are requiredon this forum.

            Gai...

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Happy New Year to you, TIG, too! ๐Ÿ˜‰

              (and thanks for your generous contributions) ๐Ÿ‘

              Gai...

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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                @unknownuser said:

                @rons said:

                Thanks TIG.

                WTF? I cant download this f*cked plugin?
                So why this occurs?
                Anybody know?
                I cannt download it?

                I am the author of this plugin - which incidentally is offered freely to you as a gift, so don't foul-mouth your gift-horse - I might hope for a little more civility... ๐Ÿ˜’
                The zip file that I put into the thread still downloads fine - however, you do need to unzip any zip file to get at its contents - a .rb file that goes into your Plugins folder.
                Later in the thread I also gave a link to Didier's Ruby Depot that gives direct access to that free script and also many others...
                Please don't get angry at other people for your own shortcomings... If you ask for help politely you'll get it - we are a kindly bunch here, but being a ๐Ÿ‘ฟ won't endear you to anyone... ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                So don't be a **** ! ๐Ÿ˜‰
                Happy New Year to you too...
                PS I see you have rankled Gai - I pity you now... ๐Ÿคฃ

                TIG

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                • jim smithJ Offline
                  jim smith
                  last edited by

                  TIG,

                  Just noticed these new bumps to an old thread, saw that there have been nearly 1000 downloads of your revised plug-in and very few thank you's - me being one of those remiss. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                  Thank you for this and all the other great plug ins.

                  One of my new year resolutions is to organize and update my sketchup plug-ins, materials, components, which have all gotten out of control ๐Ÿ‘Š

                  One down, countless more to go ๐Ÿ˜†

                  And by the way a very happy New Year

                  "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                  from discord find harmony,
                  In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                  Albert Einstein

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                  • K Offline
                    kostas_designer
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    @kostas_designer said:

                    I wonder if it would be possible for this very useful plugin to choose whether to erase all those construction points inside the tube structure.
                    You get allot of them when you have a complex pipe path..

                    No, they are there as snap-points for making connections, but there are several tools available to clear cpoints: or you could simply Delete Guides off the Menu will clear them + any clines.
                    For example, use my DeleteConPointsOnly.rb or TT's SelectionToy[GuidePoints]+delete_key can do this for you...
                    Personally, I have three shortcut keys that clear Cpoints, Clines and Cgeometry...

                    Just to say that i discovered a nice trick:
                    After finishing the command, i turn back a step by ctrl+z (or modify-undo pip's points) et voila! all control points vanished!
                    Am i genius or you guys already known that 1000 years ago? ๐Ÿ’š

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      One undo removes the cpoints, another undo undoes the pipe itself.
                      This is OK if you have one or two to do, but if you've made lots already made then other tools are more useful to remove the cpoints later...

                      TIG

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                      • I Offline
                        inasia
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                        @tig said:

                        After years someone (Dirk HERNALSTEEN (Hotmail)) has spotted a glitch - if you picked a forking path initially it wouldn't work again for that session... BUT it only took seconds to fix.

                        Here v1.6 (zipped)

                        Hi TIG,

                        Many thanks for the plug in i have download, and found it useful.

                        Thank you for your kind generosity. deeply appreciated,

                        Cheers, have a good day

                        inasia

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                          cedrickface
                          last edited by

                          does anyone know how/where to download the plug ins, from extention index, and how to install it to my sketchup

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                          • Rich O BrienR Offline
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Here's where the plugin is located, most plugins are located in the first post of their respective thread.

                            To install you'll have to unzip to where ever you want, i'd choose your desktop. Now you'll have a folder containing the necessary files, moves these file(s) to Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins

                            If you've SketchUp open you'll have to close and start it again and it will be found in your Plugins Menu

                            Not all plugin here are zipped, some are files ending in the .rb extension which can be placed in the directory mentioned above.

                            Hope this helps

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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                            • M Offline
                              mozzie
                              last edited by

                              Thanks. This is one of my all time most used rubies.
                              Small note - when I open it in Win 7, this file is dated 12 May 2007.
                              This means a "copy older over newer?" message. Or have I done something Win Weird(TM)?

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                                as4m4df
                                last edited by

                                THANKYOU SO MUCH!

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                                • G Offline
                                  gunman2
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you๏ผŒit is better than the same tool from Chinese Sketchup website for SU pro version 8.0 1.4346 and no problems fund.

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                                  • thum8sT Offline
                                    thum8s
                                    last edited by

                                    Very handy tool, thx a lot, save a lot of my time ๐Ÿ˜„

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Here's v1.7 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7547#p7547

                                      It's completely rehashed to modern Ruby scripting standards.
                                      It also has additional dialog based options to add cpoints at the nodes,
                                      put the selected path onto a specified layer and move the path inside the pipe-group.

                                      Enjoy...

                                      TIG

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                                      • R Offline
                                        raineysky
                                        last edited by

                                        ๐Ÿ‘ Thank You TIG

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                                        • guanjinG Offline
                                          guanjin
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          Here's v1.7 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7547#p7547

                                          It's completely rehashed to modern Ruby scripting standards.
                                          It also has additional dialog based options to add cpoints at the nodes,
                                          put the selected path onto a specified layer and move the path inside the pipe-group.

                                          Enjoy...

                                          ceshi.gif

                                          Can not be completed cross the line generated pipe

                                          I come from China, is to learn

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Guanjin

                                            This is not an error! ๐Ÿ˜’
                                            Please read the instructions carefully.
                                            It makes simple extruded 'pipes' - NOT tubular structures: there are other tools to convert 'lines to cylinders'
                                            It extrudes along a single path.
                                            If you choose a path with multiple lines that 'fork' then how is it to know where to go? ๐Ÿ˜•
                                            It simple uses one available path and ignores other unusable edges. ๐Ÿ˜ž
                                            If you want to 'pipe' the shape you show then do it in steps - the outer loop, then each 'cross' pipe.
                                            You then need to form any T or X junctions manually with Intersect and Erase/Delete to tidy up. ๐Ÿ˜

                                            TIG

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