[Plugin] Double line

[Didier Bur]

Hi all,
Remember good ol' dline.lsp in Autocad ?
Here is a similar plugin to draw these kind of things:

Available options (on TAB press):
-justification
-caps
-draw axis
-draw face
-make group
-width and height
-close

Enjoy !

EDIT 21.09.08: "close" option added, options selection persistent.
EDIT 23.09.08: changed the shortcut for "close" option: "x" instead of "c" which is a default shortcut for "circle".
EDIT 25.09.08: changed the shortcut for "close" option: double-click.
EDIT 26.09.08: changed the "undo": one wall at a time.
EDIT: 10.04.10 file_loaded? bug fixed
EDIT: 11.04.10 file_loaded? call removed

EDIT: TIG
Please download the latest RB [in RBZ format] from the SketchUcation PluginStore

Download

It is now recoded for compatibility with MAC & PC and suitable for v8 to >=v2015.
TAB (up) now opens the dialog on MAC and PC.
Its lines are forced 'flat' - constrained to the first picked point's Z.
If it's grouped it is given a unique name ["DLINE#n"].

[Edson]

fantastic gift, didier! thanks!

[Marian]

All hail the WISE and KIND DIDIER.

[rv1974]

I was missing this tool. Many thanks indeed!
Some minor problems:
1/ Sometimes it refuses to make "walls" after tracing over existing lines.
2/ Sometimes it it makes negative Z height.
3/ Could the last parameters input be remembered?
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Could there be option to get vertical (along world z axis) not perpendicular "wall" to sloped face?...with sloped\terraced
upper cap to keep average height?

[Didier Bur]

Hi,

1/ Sometimes it refuses to make "walls" after tracing over existing lines.
2/ Sometimes it it makes negative Z height.
3/ Could the last parameters input be remembered?

1/I know how to fix this. wait next release
2/This happens when you draw a wall on an existing face. this is normal, the workaround is to ask for making a group in the dialog box, or create a group with the existing face you want to draw on.
3/Yes. For now the tool only remembers prameters if you draw several walls without exiting it.

P.S.: I guess a "close" option to come back to the very first point would be nice ?

[Matt666]

Hi Didier !
Thank you for this another great plugin !!

J'ai juste un petite question : Tu dois connaitre archicad ! L'outil de dessin de mur permet de modifier la justification du pan de mur que l'on va dessiner...

I have a question for you : I suppose you know Archicad... In archicad, we have possibility of changing the justification while you are drawing the 2d wall...

For example :
Wall 1 = Justification "center"
Wall 2 = Justification "Left"
etc..
In just one command !

Is it possible to do that ?

[marcosrodrigues]

Thank you, Didier!

[sepo]

Very useful...looking forward to next update. Thanks Didier.

[arqpadao]

Hi Didier
thanks, this is great.

[free agent]

very handy, thanx!

[Didier Bur]

Some enhancemments added today. See top of post.

[TIG]

Didier

Excellent idea - I was working on something similar, mine was called 'mline' - you beat me to it ! Well done.

I can't get 'C' to work closing the loop - I have a short cut for circle that's 'c' so it dumps into that. Perhaps having something like shift+enter to close might do it ?

.

[pilou]

@ Tig Same problem but ...
Just enter any number then backspace for erase it then write c then Enter
And you can keep your C shortcut

[honoluludesktop]

Are any other script.rb required to be installed in the plugin folder?

[Matt666]

Hi Didier !!
One question : Is it possible to add an "undo" key inside the command ?
Thank you !

[Hazza]

Do you know how easy this tool makes it to create pieces of wood for my models!!!! Hit D, enter 2 of the dimensions, click click, done.

That is awesome, thank you...

[Didier Bur]

Hi,

I can't get 'C' to work closing the loop - I have a short cur for circle that's 'c' so it dumps into that. Perhaps having something like shift+enter to close might do it ?

I noticed that also at the office on a standard install of SU, at home my PC doesn't have the "c" shortcut...
BTW, how to detect the Shift+enter keys pressed ?
I was thinking of a "x" shortcut instead but Shift+enter is more intuitive.

@honolulu: no, no additionnal files required. Maybe a glitch with the pushpull if you are on Mac ?
@Pilou: want always more, hey ? i'll try to do it...

[mike d]

thanks

[daiku]

This is fantastic, Didier. I have one suggestion (for now ): Each time the user hits the enter key to draw the walls so far, commit the operation so the wall sections can be undone one at a time. Thanks again, this is really useful. CB.

[pilou]

@Pilou: want always more, hey ?

With some arcs now?

[Didier Bur]

With some arcs now?

No no no. Ask TIG!
BTW, you can draw walls that include arcs with the "line2wall*.rb" scripts.

[TIG]

Hi,

I can't get 'C' to work closing the loop - I have a short cur for circle that's 'c' so it dumps into that. Perhaps having something like shift+enter to close might do it ?

I noticed that also at the office on a standard install of SU, at home my PC doesn't have the "c" shortcut...
BTW, how to detect the Shift+enter keys pressed ?
I was thinking of a "x" shortcut instead but Shift+enter is more intuitive.

@honolulu: no, no additionnal files required. Maybe a glitch with the pushpull if you are on Mac ?
@Pilou: want always more, hey ? i'll try to do it...

The code is basically "if key1== enter AND key2== shift then..." For example

Code: Select all

def onKeyDown(key,repeat,flags,view)
###...
  @key="shift" if key==CONSTRAIN_MODIFIER_KEY
###... 
end#def

[Didier Bur]

Patch published today. Shortcut for "close" changed to "x" instead of "c".

[pilou]

Damned I have x for X-Ray
So my previous trick will work fine again

Just write any number like 1
then backspace for erase it
then write x
then Enter

It's like Glen Gould but works

[TIG]

Patch published today. Shortcut for "close" changed to "x" instead of "c".

Didier

Using "X" is a good choice: x is usually reserved for copying - e.g. x3 to make copies within other commands and isn't a shortcut... If like Pilou you want to use 'X' as a shortcut for something like X-ray you need to remember to use 3x for copies rather than x3, as the latter will invoke X-ray rather than make copies ! Persoanlly I use Alt+X for X-ray mode...

[pilou]

use 'X' as a shortcut for something like X-ray you need to remember to use 3x for copies rather than x3

cool little trick

[Fletch]

Great work, Didier! Thanks so much for sharing!

a couple little things:
when I choose "show axis"... it does not show... whether or not I have it pop the wall up.

After drawing a wall, I exit the tool, then I want to draw a double line vertically on a face, so I choose to use the tool again... set width to 12", no face, no close. I draw a vertical line from top edge to bottom edge of the wall face. I hit enter for it to draw the double line. I get this.

[Ben Ritter]

Thank you very much Didier.

[lapx]

Thanks D! I'll have to try it out sometime.

[Didier Bur]

Hi,

when I choose "show axis"... it does not show...

Axis is drawn with guide lines (construction lines). Do you have them visible ?
Remember axis will only be visible if justification is "Center".

draw a vertical line from top edge to bottom edge of the wall face. I hit enter for it to draw the double line. I get this.

Oh yes, I noticed that here too. The part of line up the wall is always exactly half the width of the wall
As a matter of fact, this is normal: for the script to work in 3D, I had to compute the geometric plane on which the first two segments are drawn. Thus if you click only one segment, two points aren't enough to define the plane of the base. In this case the script considers that the plane is the red-green plane. And your points have the same projection on the red-green plane. So an error occurs. Hope I'm clear, hem,hem...
But I'll try to fix that if I can.