Another 3D printing project for a wheelchair. The tube was made of TPU and fits on the axle tube of a wheelchair to provide padding and protection from where a wheelchair lift picks the chair up. The rings clamp on either end of the tube and prevent the chair from shifting side to side. They were made of PETG.

The axle tube is indicated with the green arrow.

@Rich-O-Brien thank you sir! I was thinking it needs at least a few thumb prints.

FWIW, this image is from LayOut after adding the labels and the table which was made via SU's Report Generator. I combined the image export from LO with the image of the old paper. I could have added the old paper image directly into LayOut but I prefer keeping it separate so I have more flexibility in the final appearance. The following was done simply by changing the layer for the LO image to Overlay. Not perfect but for no more time than I have invested, it's acceptable.

@elfis said in [Plugin][$] FredoScale - v3.6a - 01 Apr 24:

divide do not work on sketchup 2025 I'm alone with this ?

Well, it works for me in SketchUp 2025.

I wasn't thrilled with the wire rope so I redid that this morning. 6x7 wire rope now.

Really should be done with a texture but it's not.

this is a simple thing from SU2025. Straight out of it with no editing. This is a footplate attachment for a wheelchair with adjustable guards or brackets on the side to help keep the user's feet on the plate.

You can't see much of it but here's the 3D printed version in place on the chair.

@Rich-O-Brien I agree with you regarding better renders. Vray and others will always have the edge. i don't see Trimble bloating SketchUp with a full-blown renderer. Their arrangement with Chaos Group for the Studio subscription makes better sense than including a full renderer in SketchUp from a development and management point of view, too.

Thank you for the compliments. This does work well for some of my presentations.

You and I have gotten a lot of use from Style Builder. My guess is most SketchUp users have never even opened it or know what it does. Seems the vast majority of users want to create photo-realistic images of their models and don't like the sketchy look. I plan to keep it around as long as I can and will still use it.

Another little steam engine. The flywheel has a diameter of 80mm. Nothing but SketchUp.

@tuna1957 thank you sir. I have been amazed at how many different little steam engine models I've found.

Not a steam engine this time. Instead this is a machinist's model of a shaper. The top part reciprocates forward and back pushing a cutter over the work clamped in the vise. As the machine cycles the table with the vise on it increments to the side after each stroke.

Still need some screws, nuts, bolts, and rivets but otherwise it's finished. Should even be timed correctly.

@gullfo said:

...and there are also online and github converters to get to rgb or hex...

Did you happen to find anything that would convert all of the colors to RGB or HEX in one go? I could only find converters for single colors.

Resizing with Dynamic Components is a scaling operation. In your model you need to split the front part of the panel off the back as separate components. Then resize the back part and only move the front part with the groove. Maybe something like this.

I made it look like a single piece on the right by hiding the seam lines.

@danielturnerkaemark said:

but it keeps giving this error

Did you do what was directed in the error message?

@marked001 said:

This is getting better and better.

Thank you.

I got a little sidetracked.

Front axle I-beam from around 1905.

And a wheel for a rail car from around 1895.

@LindaRose if the cursor looks like the one in Rich's screen shot, the tool will create guides. If you tap Ctrl so the curosr is the tape measure without the red +, it will only measure withot created any guides.

Guide points are created if you start from a point or intersection. Guide lines are created if you start from an axis line, an edge, or another guideline. That's all there is to the tool.

@jamesmeng said in [Plugin Beta] Animator - v4.4a - 01 Jun 25:

your animator is so important for me so please ...

Have you made a donation to Fredo6 for his great work on this free extension?

@camilamichalouski said:

The plugin doesn´t work to SU 22. It´s possible to update?

Flowify dpes work in SketchUp 2022. Looks like your model isn't set up correctly. Share the file so we can see what you've got going on.

Thank you Bryan.

Not sure where I'll add this but I was doodling some more.