[Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset
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Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.2 20121221Hey Tig,
I am getting the same thing Jeff has. But since Jeff actually knows what he is doing, he can do the ruby troubleshooting. Will stay tuned to see what you fellas figure out. It works great on my windows machine at home. Thanks Tig Update Jeff says his works. It does not work on my mac. with nothing preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() > TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() false with one edge preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() > TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() false with one face preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() > TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() true with lots of things [including some edges] preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() > TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() true with one edge preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.dialog() TIG.Smart_offset: PreSelect Face[s] ! with one face preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.dialog() Offset [+/-ve=out/ My drop down "Tools" Menu works with a face preselected. The toolbar does not. Nothing works with just edges selected. If you need me to check anything else, and I do not get right back to ya, I am not ignoring you I am just here there and everywhere today. Last edited by ccbiggs on Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:05 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.2 20121221here are these results.. (since you took the time to write them.. i better take the time to report
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with nothing preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() false with one edge preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() false with one face preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() true with lots of things [including some edges] preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.suitable?() true (drew two squares and selected all) with one edge preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.dialog() warning- PreSelect Face[s] ! ruby - nil with one face preselected TIG::Smart_offsetter.dialog() (works as expected) dotdotdot
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.2 20121221uh.. not sure what the deal is but..
upon entering all of that stuff in the console, the toolbar is now working ![]() [edit] but then.. i quit sketchup then relaunched and the toolbar is greyed out again regardless of selection.. the menu item is working though dotdotdot
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.2 20121221voodoo. definitely voodoo at work here.
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.2 20121221
ha.. that darn voodoo! ![]() some more info: so here's what the deal with the toolbar is.. (in this example, i have 3 squares with faces drawn) •cmmdA (select all) •toolbar remains greyed out (menu item is live) •do something else (rotate, pan, etc) •toolbar becomes active •deselect all •toolbar remains active (menu item greys out) •do something else (switch tool, orbit, etc) •toolbar greys out so it appears, on mac, that something has to happen other than simply selecting in order to jump start the toolbar into updating it's state dotdotdot
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221Here's v1.3 viewtopic.php?p=446462#p446462
Removed 'suitable?' method, to suit MACs, more error traps etc. Try this and report back... ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221It works the same for me. With a face selected the drop down tools menu item will work but the single icon toolbar will not.
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221Which is weird... because they BOTH use 'cmd' and share the same enabled/grayed code... To check that the toolbar WILL work somehow... can you please edit the file 'TIG-Smart_offset.rb' on your MAC with a plain text editor [BBedit???] and find the three lines starting at #117 reading:
Now the tool's command should always be 'enabled' in the menu & the toolbar button, if you try to use it without a Face in the Selection you'll get an error messagebox... Let me know how this goes... Incidentally, BEFORE [& after] you make the changes... do you get the tool's context-menu item IF there's a Face in the Selection ? TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221
that does the trick.. the toolbar is always active now and i'll just receive an error if i try to run the tool without an appropriate selection.. [context menu works also.. but it worked prior to disabling the above lines] dotdotdot
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221OK !
The current tool [v1.3] works just fine for PCs... but it baulks on a MAC with some of the enable/grayed code for the toolbar button - which is weird... ![]() The editing of the three lines of code in the script to disable them with a leading #... as indicated in the preceding posts... will fix it for MAC users... I'll see if I can get a version working properly for PC and MAC without this cludge ! ![]() In the meantime, please report any issues... Merry Xmas ![]() Apocalypse averted! ![]() Phew! ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221Thank you for this one really "smart" dear TIG +++
We were used to the quirks of the native offset tool as a fatality. It is a surprise to realize that it was not the case ![]() ![]() ![]() Merry Christmas to you too ![]() Simon Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.3 20121221
I posted this on the first page and it will work on both? set validation doesn't seem to work on macs on Toolbars
john learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Here's v1.4 viewtopic.php?p=446462#p446462
It now only applies toolbar enabled/grayed [validation] on PCs; on a MAC the toolbar button is always enabled, but when you attempt to use it without a suitable preselection there's an error-messagebox... This now means PC and MAC users should have a quite similar usage ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Last edited by pilou on Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Thanks for this advanced tool !
![]() But I have a two requests : First, (crossing post with Pilou ![]() The second is a bonus setting to create a round offset like this : I don't know if it's "easy" to make this kind of function, perhaps crossing your offset tool and your Chamfer tool from 2D Tools. Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222DareDevil/Pilou
I had been following your discussions about this in the French forum... I know what you are asking for, but it is very complicated to come up with an algorithm to remove the 'hole' - it's easy for us to 'see' what's to go and what's to stay, but in code it is very complicated to ensure that the unwanted parts are removed. If anyone has any ideas [even seemingly silly ones?] I am open to suggestions... On the 'rounded corner' matter... This effectively a 'multi-fillet' tool. The main issue I see in you'd need to select just the edges to fillet and not a face, otherwise in the case you illustrated the already curved part would potentially get 'multi-filleted'... That's x6 clicks to select the ones needed with a new tool - or x2 to select face & its-edges, then x2+Ctrl+Shift to remove the face and the unwanted arc [or +x1 click to make a fence, e.g. for an 'arc' made from exploded edges...] - say x4 or x5... OR using the existing 2dFillet tool x2 per vertex = x10 clicks. But are your few extra clicks worth my lost brain-cells needed to contrive this wonder ? TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222For the multi fillet
Surely not but don't forget the pleasure to find the solution! ![]()
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222WOW!!! This is really helpful! Great! Thank you very much!!!
![]() And Merry Christmas to you too! ![]() Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222"Smart TIG" offsets indeed!
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222
that pleasure would be nothing compared to the pleasure experienced by figuring this one out ![]() dotdotdot
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222TIG, marry Xmas and thank you for this great present.
P.S. Could you take a look at attached? P.P.S. a. It'd be neat if this tool was mode-less (I mean replicating the native SU behavior) b. a number of offset option??? Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Thank you TIG and Merry Christmas!
This one is a difficult task.
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Thank you, Santa TIG. Milk and cookies will await you Xmas morning.
![]() Any chance of having: 1- a "Weld Offset" option button in the dialog or 2- have the offset automatically welded if its source-edges were made from the circle, arch, polygon tools or previously "welded" edges? Regards, John John
Illustrator Beaverton, Oregon
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Thanks TIG! I don't think I could have asked for a better Christmas/World not ending present!
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222Thanks for this great plugin.
Would it be very difficult to have it work as an interactive tool also using the measurement toolbar instead of the pop up window so it can replace the native tool all together? Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.5 20121224Here's v1.5 viewtopic.php?p=446462#p446462
There's some code improvements and fewer fails etc. Some of the requested changes like 'holes', welded-outlines and VCB input will have to wait... Merry Xmas... ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.4 20121222
Pixero, Then you can use Offset on Surface which shows interactively the offset profile and allow to type the offset distance in the VCB. Still many glitches with convoluted contours however. Fredo
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.5 20121224@blajnov
Looking at ways of minimizing this, and offsetting curves as curves... Watch this space... TIG
Re: [Plugin] TIG-Smart_offset v1.6 20121225Here's v1.6 viewtopic.php?p=446462#p446462
Curves/Arcs are now offset as curves in the offset-outline... Speed improved. Glitches avoided. A Very Extra-Merry Xmas to you all... ![]() TIG
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