@JGA
Should work on all older versions...

@tig said:

Scaling up to avoid faceting and other small visible geometry issues is a well known workaround.
The guys who developed Flowify devised and use this method to model classical columns in the minutest detail - they are miles high in the SKP !

Because you are incorporating complex 3d geometry into the form then the suggested 3d-gives-true-circles in a CAD file export etc is of no use - it's only useful if the geometry is 'flat' - e.g. for 2d CNC cutting...

Sorry to beat this dead horse but I am still trying to establish a go forward plan.

1: Is there another CAD program that could smooth Sketchup 3-D shapes for use with a CNC?

2: I have not used any other CAD programs so if Sketchup can not provide what I want what are some easily learned CAD programs that will provide a smooth complex 3-D surface?

Thank you for your reply's.

Here's v12.0...
https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_LayerWatcher
It reworked for compatibility with the latest SketchUp v2020, where 'Layer[s]' >> 'Tag[s]' and 'Layer0' >> 'Untagged'.
The Extension is also renamed 'TIG-TagWatcher' in v2020, although the RB code/operation etc is otherwise unchanged.
It is also signed for compatibility with all currently supported SketchUp versions...

This is a great idea! Thanks for making it reality!

It would be nice if the tool supports showing just one unit, that is different than the current units and also if it could support custom units (e.g. cm/2) with custom annotations (so if something measures 10cm, I can make the dimensions show "5cm" using the tool). This is good to allow scaling while retaining dimensions of the pre-scaled geometry

TIG,
Thank you for your prompt attention providing an update to Component Descriptor. Very much appreciated.

Zaz1

Hi TIG -

Thanks for a very useful plugin (along with it's companion).

I have a request for a plugin that would build on these two, in order to automatically replace Layers From with Layers To in a SU file. My thought is that the easiest way would be with a simple two column csv file that gives the equivalences: 'From' in col A and 'To' in col B.

I would use it to harmonize layer names across models, so that imported components would always land on the right layers, without having to manually delete and merge the newly imported layer(s).

Not sure how difficult it would be, but would be a great help.

Thanks,

Doug

The guide-lines/points need to be selected.
So you need to edit the 'container' - group or component.
Then you can save the proxy inside the container itself.
To save a proxy outside of the container could lead to all sorts of confusion.
If you moved the component in the model its disconnected cpoints would not move with it...

Maybe you can use also Zorro2 + Explode view ? 😉

when i need quick - i use the HouseBuilder plugin, when i need construction plan level details i either use my own dynamic components and/or the Medeek plugins. the HouseBuilder plugin (extension) is working in SU 2023 Pro just fine.

@sumaster said:

Hello sir,

Its working thank you.
But when i select group or component plugin only apply group and component.
But can you do Set Layer all objects and faces included into the group or component.

Thanks,
Edges and Faces [aka 'Raw' Geometry] should almost always be on Layer0.
That is why it's excluded from any Selection processed by this Plugin...
If you really must do this [often a recipe for disaster later down the line!] then simply edit the container Group/Component and Edit > Select All...
Then use Entity Info to reset the Layer to one off the drop-down list...

thank very much for the plugin it save a lot of time! great job!

It seems to report the changes the same in both versions ?
So can you check the materials actually get made in the 'failing' model.
Also can you check in it, what material should be associated with an object on a layer - and what Entity Info says it has...
What are your View / Style settings ?
Are there differences between these in the two SketchUp versions ?

Can you post an example SKP that I can test...

You didn't seem to run it with the Ruby Console open ?
Any error messages ?

Version v1.4 has just be released.
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ZipUp
It has improved comparisons for possible versions etc when using ZipUp.skpver= [which is only available in >=v2014] and better error reporting of incorrect input - e.g. when used in <v2014, or with an unsupported version, like 2 or 2012...

Thank you!
I've started a folder to house all of the potentially useful (to me) components I create for each project so I have them available for future use. I know I could have been doing this by hand all along, but now I have no excuse because you've made it so easy.
Thank you again 👍

Awesome, thanks so much TIG.

This plugin is perfect for reducing surface area of a model for 3D printing in ceramic.

With i.materialise 3D printing service, ceramic is charged by surface area so this plugin will be useful to anyone 3D printing in ceramic and looking to reduce costs.

Thanks again, this is above and beyond what I expected.