wow.. an el niño phenomenon! (off the cuban coast it seems)

i don't yet understand the problems will google groups - i read it will be transferred - just moving abode..wrong?
in any case i registered happily here, like coen (thanks) says wait and see...

longlivethesketchupfamily

Thanks for the script Didier looks good in the manual.. (though it was a bit late for Christmas!)

extrude along path, drop, mirror, filter extensions, projections...

indefa-TIG-able!

Thanks and Merry Christmas..

Gaeius, just to go completely off topic! if we keep the download always at the top, having follow up discussions in the thread itself seems just right...

that way you do not need to monitor too much and the thread can go quite long without losing its aim

Philem, just updated the script to include doormaker

for info, you cannot just drag and drop in the folder - (i wish) but if you look at the scripts in notepad you will often find the menu items at the bottom.

anyway, thanks for letting me know of the script - how could it escape?

Gaeius, i guess it's ok to get the feedback in this thread so i can add/change the script accordingly? - it would still be downloaded from the top of this thread as the depository..

i'm glad it was useful to someone!

you know.. been using the gems from those generous souls for a while - it's Christmas - my conscience says how can i give some ruby love back (having no ruby skills..)

so here's my little Christmas contribution.. a set of free plugins (many times checked but let me know if) from the masters, tweaked during a long time to fit my personal contextual requirements. however, you might find it just as good for you - so try and see if you like it: (you will need winrar or a program that can also extract rar files)

http://www.quarr-it.com (click on 'links' > 'resource pool')

1. BACKUP you SU 'plugins' and 'tools' folders
2. delete the SU 'plugins' folder and replace it with the one from the 'rubymenus 6'
3. drop the contents of the rubymenus 'tools' folder into the SU 'tools' folder - overwriting all files

that's it, when you start SU you will find your plugins menu in a good mood

• note: i have done this on a pc - i just presume it will work on macs
• note: changed some icons and removed a couple of functions from few scripts

also i removed all documentations to keep the file down

mirror will not ask to erase original object
some layer manager functions disabled
some projections functions disabled

i've included the latest scripts

i want to use the opportunity to say THANK YOU! to everyone and..
HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON AND PEACE..

CadFather

PS. tried to upload but limit is 512kb

TIG thanks, thought i'd try..

Hi... trying to create an organised plugin menu i found scripts in which the code is encrypted.

the question: how possible is it to encrypt the script and leave out the menu section so that i can tweak it?

and...would the gurus mind that being the case?

it would help a lot

thanks Rick - perhaps 4 options:

by node fixed
by node rotated
by spacing fixed
by spacing rotated

(don't like much dialog boxes - you can't give them shortcut keys)

thanks R, i gave it a go - i did have an old version

however after download and all it didn't work - i attach the file which shows the example i tried it on

hope i'm doing something wrong!

EDIT: works when i use by distance - not by node (which is what i want )

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Ruby/PATHCOP.skp

nice cross posting Rick! will get an image as soon as i can - meantime, imagine i have a railroad and i need to place the planks along the track, what i would like to do is of course get the planks to behave nicely and turn along the curves of the track.....

or i have a curvy deck chair and after copying the stripes of wood along the profile i turn them laboriously
to fit - that i have already done....

yes, that seems the best so far - that is why i am 'hoping' that the rotation according to the line (normal?) might be encoded in the script. if only i had a neuron geared up for programming.... for example i wonder if Didier's projection tools might be using some methods that deal with 'alignments of sort'...

it's probably more difficult than i imagine - but hey you never know with these amazers...

it may have been asked before, in case apologies for not searching it - this is a question for Rick Wilson, or any other blessed with one of those brains

i noticed this wonderful tool copies components at selected distance or at the path nodes (sometimes i have seen my components change size after the copy but i can deal with it by re-editing the component)

anyway that is not my question, rather: suppose my path is a curve.. the components will then be copied flat, (or non rotated from the position of the first instance).

now...how possible it is for each copy to rotate perpendicular the the path it is following?

just to start filling that hard drive... here's a couple of trees i made for quick setting up
of 2D/3D planting plans - that way you can trace over it etc...

i'm sure many have used this trick before - you place top view 2D trees on your plan, and because
they are above ground you can play with shadows and styles, should i wish to sketch a 3D
view i just switch on/off the proper layer and voila'.

Download Model

yes i thought so - was thinking to organise my plugins menu but went up in a ballon...

(and thanks for your great plugins)

i was thinking to put icons onto the organised ruby menu - you know..tools, draw etc..

in any case i'll give it a try - after all how much of a dumb ass can i be?

cheers

Thanks Todd - but i mean from the viewpoint of a ruby dumb ass! ; )

it may have been asked before - any SIMPLE way to make an icon appear next to the plugin menu item?