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@jeff hammond said:
I tried with solid tools and it worked fine.
Those built in SU Pro?
I tried x100 and x1000, but the plugin doesn't react at all, or artifacts appear.
http://www.screencast.com/t/k2lOEnw9J
(how do I attach links witch a film) Insert Flash doesn't work.
RObert
I don't know how to cut with that green in the red. Plugin OSCoolean doesn't work with my objects. Perhaps too complex.
That green is a routers trail, which is to choose material in the red (door).
Somehow I made that cut (purple door) by scaling selected edges, but it isn't precise.
Does someone have an idea how to make such complicated cuts?
Robert
I want to make a visualisation of the path of a tool of many same paths.
I think i should make the path of the tool of one path first. Then rotate 2 times by 15 degrees, Intersections, erase unnecessary lines and rotate again what I made.
But how to make Follow Me by 3D object path?
Robert
P.S.
I want to see the effect of milling on CNC machine.
Thank you for the correction.
If it could also be chosen on which line T-bones is formed. Right now it's only on a longer one.
Robert
How can I make my work easier?
I export file DXF from SU to machine CNC.
http://www.screencast.com/t/avDahE0I
Points for drilling are inside the components (green and blue circles).
Now I do it this way:
I select all the components (furniture fitting) on the side of a wardrobe (scene - Side cabinet)
EXPLODE
I turn off layer Fitting
manually erase circles, which aren't lying on the side of the wardrobe
There is a plugin Select Edges by Z made by TIG.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20633
But it doesn't work with groups and components.
There's a plugin AutoComponentSelection by sdmitch.
http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/
It selects the components lying on selected surface, but also those lying above it.
What I need is to select only those lying on the indicated surface (wardrobes side).
Below there is a recording of the mentioned plugins working.
http://www.screencast.com/t/bfMBFMT0N
Is there a plugin that would select only those groups/components lying on the selected surface of group?
A perfect solution for me would be the possibility to erase, within one operation, all of the components/groups lying on the selected surface except for those being a part of a layer e.g. X.
Robert
How to make films from links from Jing (swf)?
@tig said:
If you have lots to do there is my Plugin available...
'ArcCurve_set_segments'...
That's what I've been looking for.
Thank you!
Robert
@tig said:
I think this is down to tiny geometry again.
SketchUp tolerance is ~1/1000"
3mm is approaching that for the tiny facet sizes and their end points being considered equivalent...
When the fillet tool rounds a corner like that there should be no residual lines anyway!
The faceted arc has a first/last section at such a shallow angle to the side that the point is confused.
If you delete the two edges and redraw them, being sure to snap to the ends of the fillet-arc, then they will be 3mm long and dimension correctly.
See the zoomed view attached...
It is a plugin that changes the quantity (in selected groups of components, curves) segments in arcs and circles?
I could draw the segments set to 6 (R 1 mm arc are ok) and prior to export to DXF* change all the arcs ang circles for example S30.
Robert
Robert
Could you add an option to copy (Ctrl) for plugin ALIGN 3D? Now objects are moved.
Robert
I type radius 10 mm, but have 14,1. (sqrt200 
)
Robert
Now is ok, thank you.
Robert
I don't see DisplayInstanceAxes.
Robert
@didier bur said:
assign it a shortcut
Hi.
But how?
Shortcuts .dat
Extensions .rbz
plugin .rb, but how initiate from SU? Ruby console?
I type:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\cos.rb ^ (eval):60: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting $end C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\cos.rb ^> (eval):60
Robert
If the curves are grouped, the elements move after the export to DXF.
When there are no groups it's ok, but inconvenient, edition in SU is
troublesome.
Can anyone confirm these problems?
Robert
SketchyPhysics must be disabled.
Robert
@tig said:
First what looks like each 'drill mark' in your SKP seems to made from two lines - so they can then have 3 vertices ?
Only because that one vertice's components can't be created. At least 3 vertices and 2 lines.
@tig said:
Does your drilling machine then know the 'vector' of the drilling from some of those and then the start or end of a pair is the point it drills at whilst the second line's vertex gives the depth to drill - how are 'we' to 'know' which vertex is which when it's written into the CSV file ?
Are they vertices always 'drawn' in the same order ?
It might be a lot easier if you have a few standard drill-points to simply use a component instance that has some attributes that we read - when you add the drill-point at a point [used for the drilling] you set a diameter and depth - later when the CSV is compiled we can get the drill-points location and direction from its own transformation in 3D and then read the attributes to get its diameter and depth...
It will be like that. Only a vertice in the middle will be used. If there are less thank 3 vertices a component can't be created.
@tig said:
The nesting of the drill-point then has to be applied to the location/direction to set it into the model's coordinates - unless of course you really want these applying to a particular panel's transformation - I assume the drilling machine is fixed and the panels passed beneath it - so it's little use knowing if the hole's direction is 'left' when actually it's 'down' on the jig ?
So you only wants this starting with 'Drill Mark' AND the side/door reporting in the CSV ?
Yes. Only those which have in the beginning of a name some phrase. For instance Drill, Door, etc.
Or every that beginns with some character, e.g. "*".
So as in the file there are no unnecessary components, like lamp, floor, ceiling, dishwasher etc.
@tig said:
Or put another way anything starting with 'Hinge' is ignored in the CSV report, BUT things within 'Hinges' are reported if they are 'Drill Marks'....
This nesting of drill marks within the Hinge components makes getting the transformations of each drill-point awkward but not impossible... We have to get the transformation of each instance of the Hinge 35, and the transformation of each Hinge within that instance's definition and the transformation of the 'two drill mark...' instances within that instance's definition and finally the transformation of each 'Drill Mark...' instance within each of those instances
I have to think about how to iterate all of this...
Can you write a simple step sheet on how you would hope to use this... For example
I open the SKP
I select the assembled cabinet
I run the reporter
I specify what parts are to be reported [or perhaps ignored?]
A CSV file is written... etc
After thinking it over
Open SKP
run the plugin
only parts beginning with, for example "*" will be reported.
a CSV file is written
@tig said:
The tolerance of the reported CSV numbers should be the same as you have set in your Model Info > Units, so if you work in mm and only report dims etc to the nearest mm then that's what the CSV has in it too. It could be possible to remember you current setting then temporarily rewrite them to say 3 d.p. [1.234] while the CSV is made and reset back again afterwards... using
Sketchup.active_model.options["UnitsOptions"]["LengthPrecision"]
I notice your example SKP has 0.00mm set. So you should get 1.23 in the CSV if the length actually is 1mm it should still format to 1.00 ? If it isn't doing that it can certainly be made to. Read the CSV in Notepad to check - if you open it in Excel it will usually not display trailing zeros or unneeded decimal-points in its cells?
In SU 500,6 but in CSV 500,0 
Thank you for your help and involvement.
Robert
I'm sending .skp file and an example of SCV file.
Drill mark has 3 vertices.
Vertices---line---vertices---line---vertices.
Hinge cylinder and plate aren't needed (many vertices) in SCV file. That is why i would like to be able to choose components. Filter? Precision of vertices' position 0.000. Now they are only integre.
Robert
I'll have few hundred components and sub-components.
That is why it can't be hand made.
And I'm not able to write it myself, because I'd have to learn Ruby.
From those coordinates I'm going to make in Exel a file to drilling machine.
Something like a plugin CutList but with coordinates of the holes on a sheet.
Robert
