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@Rich-O-Brien thanks Rich. You're right. The bag adapter thing wouldn't be available off the shelf anywhere.
There are alternatives for the footplate thing but as you say, they are much more expensive. A friend had ones made of HDPE installed on her chair.
I think the price was about $250 or $300. My version has less than $3 worth of filament in it and I can't charge for the development time. 
My version weighs about a third of the one she has.
@Mike-Amos thank you.
@Mahasamaritan said in [Plugin] Lines to tubes:
How can you make Lines to Tubes work in Sketchup 2014?
Just install it using the Sketchucation ExtensionStore tool, select the edges and then run it. It works just fine in older SketchUps.
Here you go Rich.
Full size:
With a wireframe overlay.
@Christian_33 what version of SketchUp are you using? Can you show an image of the sort of thing you are trying to create?
My first thought is to use Curviloft with a centerline and the shapes at the ends for profiles. Might be other options, too.
With Curviloft.
@errror404 You really ought to use the Extension Store tool to find and install extensions. It's easier than downloading the extensions and installing them with Extension Manager. It also means that when extensions get updated you can get an alert and update them quickly, and of course build your bundle to make migrating to a new version of to a new computer easier.
Combining parts I've modeled based on a variety of sources from the late 1800s to very early 1900s. Still need the belt shifter if I can find the details.
AO in Kerkythea under a faces only and a sketchy edges hidden line export.
Contact Customer Support at Chaos Group so they can help you sort out your license.
I've had excellent service from my Logitech keyboards and mice. The only time I've had to replace the keyboard is when I've spilled something sugary into it. As far as mice, I've only had to replace them when I wear the feet off and they get too difficult to push around. The one on the left here is close to that point. I've never had any failures of the buttons or wheel.
For anyone else who comes along:
The new migrator copies the extensions from the previous SketchUp installation. If you haven't stayed on top of keeping extensions updated or if extensions required updates for the new SketchUp version you will still need to go and track those down. And for extensions that have their own installers, most likely you can expect those extensions to fail to load and you'll need to install them correctly.
Even if you use the migrator, the very next step regarding extensions from Sketchucation should be to open the Sketchucation Extension Store tool and install the bundle to make sure you have the latest versions of extensions from here. That will also allow the tool to alert you when there are extensions that need to be updated and it will create a new bundle for later use on other machines or for the next major release.
And don't get lazy about keeping extensions up to date. The authors do their best to keep them updated. The least you can do is take advantage of their updates.
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.
@alexpacio2013 said in Discussion - object is not a manifold solid !?:
I guarantee you that Bool tools 2 works and works better than the standard tools even among solids
You're preaching to the choir on that point. I don't use nor even recommend the native Solid Tools.
I guess I have no problem, even for complex objects, with making them solids so I get predictable results when using Bool Tools 2 or Eneroth Solid Tools.
@ximcix said in No context menu fo clothworks.:
but no context menu when I right-click on a bare surface (not a group or a component).
@ximcix said in No context menu fo clothworks.:
Any suggestions?
Read the instructions.
3D SketchUp Community for Design and Engineering Professionals.
(sketchucation.com)
You need to have groups or components for the cloth and collider for Clothworks to work on.
There's no reason fo Clothworks to appear in the context menu if you are right clicking on a face since the extension doesn't work on that context.
What do you need from these threads? Do you just need to represent threads are are you planning to 3D print them? Or maybe something else?
If I need threads that match existing standards, I find it better to draw the correct profile and extrude it along a helical path. Here are some fairly recent examples.
@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.
These things seem to find me. I come across various sources for dimensioned drawings of various machines and use them to make these models. I find them a good alternative to the woodworking models I tend to do for clients.
@panixia that's fine. I was simply demonstrating what it would take for the OP to use the texture image they shared.
@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.
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