very nice, would be perfect if it only scaled/rotated linear components and keep the original component definition

thank you for sharing!!

of course, this is childs-play compared to frame3dd possibilities, I just wish for a quick force visualization integrated into sketchup - to be able to optimize design of structure and explore possibilities. ideally this should happen in real-time within sketchup

came across this> http://sketchstruct.drupalgardens.com/

input is sketchup simple would prefer seeing the results graphically, but this could be easily integrated in another plugin/ruby just to visualize the results

and moving the vertices along with loads would also be preferable for a quick optimization

a hot-stitched plugin to visualize its results (just for playing)
(after running sketchstruct select all frame members (edges) and run plugin Visualize "Sstruct" from Plugins menu
colors: green is zero force, red is maximum positive force, blue is maximum negative force, black is "data missing"
F5-bigger size F6-smaller size

A4_visualize-sketchsstruct.rb

this looks very promising - thanks for sharing

I would prefer seeing the result (even better - immediate feedback) directly in sketchup, like an old game called bridge builder - where you drew lines and could see their condition under pressure by changing their color from green to red. this could help in the initial 'sketchup' phase of designing structure

nice little thing, thanks
would be nice if it could automatically align the circle normal with the face normal when double clicked on the face

face
single click> origin --> define circle normal by mouse
double click> origin & circle normal == face normal

thank you very much !!

thanks for this magnificent plugin!!

you have to emit a ray from a testing point in the direction of the sun, if there is an intersection - your point lies in a shadow

if you know your way around scripting - i suggest to tailor/mix your script from existing plugins

http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/01/plugin-map-sun.html (for finding the sun position)

and the drop ruby (for the Model.raytest implementation)

perfect tool - thanks!!!

thanks to all for leaving nice comments!

I read all suggestions and will definitely try to develop this plugin further. Please be patient...