@Dan-Rathbun

Hi Dan,
I agree with all what you say about Sketchup being a polygonal modeler, but what is not consistent IMHO is the fact that the circumference (outer loop of a disc) of a circle is exact while the area of the circular face is not.
If SU 'knows' how the perimeter of a circle is calculated, why doesn't it know how to compute the area (assuming the outer loop of a face is a circle).

Math::PI x 2 x 50
=> 314.1592653589793

Math::PI x 0.5 x 0.5
=> 0.7853981633974483

Hi all,

Version 1.1.0 of Quick selection is released here:
[link https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2930-quick_selection]

It introduces selection criteria such as length, area, diameter, radius, volume, side, perimeter...

and logic operators such as:

Please see DBUR_QuickSelectionHelp.pdf in the Resources folder or click on the '?' button of the dialog, for more information.

Enjoy !

@alexpacio2013
OK I got it. Currently I'm working on an update of my 'Scenes Tools' plugin and it will do almost what you're after.
If time permits, I'll develop a script to choose a scene and to activate (or not) a section plane for that scene and update the scene.
Regards,

@alexpacio2013

Maybe my Section Manager could help you a bit, to easily find, activate/de-activate your section planes.

It's free and can be found at the Plugin Store and at the EW.

Hi all,

Look at these 2 circles: one made of 16 segments and the other made of 50 segments, both have a radius of 50cm.
Faces within these circles have the same circumference, but not the same area.
None of these areas are exact, and even a circle made of 10000 segments will not output the exact area.
PI * R * R gives 0.7853981633974483 m²
The less the number of segments, the greater the error…
Same goes for any face that have curve(s) in its outer loop, and this is a great issue when we need accurate areas calculations.
Disapointed…
When will SketchUp have a good integral calculator ?

@neverpoint

Hi:
Most of the spline commands can generate a face when they are closed:

If this is not the case, select the spline and type in the Ruby console:

spline=Sketchup.active_model.selection[0]
# will return something like => #<Sketchup::Edge:0x000001a70b1968e8>
face = spline.find_faces
# will return something like => 1 (1 being the number of face(s) created

or simply redraw a segment of the spline and the face will also be created.

Regards

@stephen2850s :

Hi,

FYI, you can try my Query+ plugin:
[https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2654-queryplus](link url)

It can give you lots of informations (angles, volumes, distances...) about various objects of your model, not only edges

Regards

@valerostudio

To convert images into 'shapes' without having to trace over them, look at this: [https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2893-pic2shape]

@kado

Hi,
Attached here is a rework of this old script.
Unzip vbfr.zip and just put the RBE into your Plugins folder.
Options are now available in the Tools menu, under the submenu "Automatic face reverser".
Hope this helps.

vbfr.zip

Hi all,
This is a rework of an old script I published about 10 years ago.
Enhanced dialog, more selection modes options, more criteria to choose from.
Please read the help file: click on the '?' button of the dialog.

Download it here: [https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2930-quick_selection](link url)

Enjoy!

@kitesoul99

Above is a little enhancement: select the material before typing matTexture in the console.
Regards

@kitesoul99

Here is a little snipet
Open the console, load the RB and type: matTexture

def matTexture()
	model = Sketchup.active_model
	materials = model.materials
	mat = Sketchup.active_model.materials.current
	mat_name = mat.display_name
	texture = mat.texture
	if texture
		t_height = texture.height
		t_width = texture.width
                UI.messagebox( "Material " + mat_name + "\n\nCurrent size:\n" + "Height: " + t_height.to_s + " inches\n" + "Width: " + t_width.to_s + " inches")
        else
                UI.messagebox("No texture applied to this material",MB_OK)
	end
	
end

Please select a material first
Retrieved values are in INCHES
Hope this helps

@Dave-R

Hi,
I made it work with SU2023, there were 2 syntax errors with the Ruby version used at that time (2023). Try it with 2024/2025.

SectionByCam_v0.2.1.rbz

@ptasznick

Hi,
Maybe one of my projection tools will do what you are asking for:

[https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/8f66e284-c0e3-45a9-be6e-e86911a3cf5e/projections-tools](link url)
(an old version is on the plugin store but the latest in on the extensions warehouse)

Click on the second icon (starting from left) to project a face perpendicularly on another face plane.
Hope this helps,

Me again,
Same goes for door_lintel.rb

door_lintel_uncrypted.zip

Hi all,
My baby is quite old now
Here is the non-encrypted version. Please unpack in your Plugins dir.
No update because I haven't SU2024.
Regards,DBUR_Lines2Tubes.zip

Yesssss ! Deleting all faces before using find_faces WORKS.
Thanks a lot TIG

Oh and iterating through the inner edges array and use edge.find_faces doesn't help...

@TIG

Thanks TIG.
Unfortunately intersect_with_instance doesn't work. I tried to insert short edges at intersections that are an issue, but this doesn't solve the problem either.
So next step is to compute everything 'virtually' (storing the inner edges (not as Sketchup::Edge)) in an array and drawing all edges at the end of the process.
I wonder why the API works OK at the top level of the model but doesn't do the same job in a group or component context...