[Plugin] Edge Tools

[thomthom]

Overview
Collection of some small edge tools I needed for my work.

Access
Tools > Edge Tools
View > Toolbars > Edge Tools

EdgeToolsToolbar.png

Features

 Divide Face (v1.1.0) 


 Close Gaps (v2.0.0) 


Co-linear Edges
Select any sets of connected edges. (Other entities and edges that form loops are ignored.) For each set, the points between the first and last point will be made co-linear to the first and last point. You can also choose to restrict the adjustments of the points to a given direction.

EdgeTools.png

Curve Simplification
"Curve" does here not mean a Curve entity. You don't have to weld anything together. It's just a series of connected edges selected. You can select multiple curves to run this command on. Good for after importing CAD plans of contours.



Algorithm used is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer-Douglas-Peucker_algorithm

Douglas_Peucker.png

When you are prompted for an epsilon value it refers to the distance b in the above illustration. It's max distance any point is allowed to deviate from the simplified polyline.

The curves must not connect to anything else and not fork. The resulting simplified curve is created as a Curve entity.

Note: The plugin does not check for forking curves. If you see unexpected behaviour - check that your selected curves doesn't fork.

Requirements

• SketchUp 7 or newer - ( Other versions untested )
• TT_Lib2 (v2.5.4)

Download

 Footprint 

<Sketchup>/Plugins/
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tt_edgetools.rb
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TT_EdgeTools
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Images
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close_gaps.rb
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core.rb
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divider.rb
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make_colinear.rb
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simplify.rb

[thomthom]

Small bug-fix.

[Gaieus]

This looks very useful, thanks Thom. I remember cases when I had to move vertices one by one manually to end up with something this plugin is capable of.

[wind-borne]

Thanks, this will be extremely useful in my work and outside of work

[Khai]

so just so I'm sure, this aligns vertices to one straight line?

if so this is a great import clean up tool...

[thomthom]

so just so I'm sure, this aligns vertices to one straight line?

yes.

[Khai]

oh you just made my day...
I'm getting a lot of faces divided on import bringing my work over from trueSpace - in tS, they are quads and there's no issue.. but in SU, they are tri'd.. the vertices are ever so slightly out of alignment.. tS does not care... SU does... this should then fix those faces

[pilou]

cool tools sets!

[EarthMover]

Thanks Thomthom. Very useful. Max has something similar to straighten edges in the edit poly modifier called Make Planar. Adding the Make Colinear also is a nice touch.

[a4chitect]

perfect tool - thanks!!!

[simon le bon]

Hi Thomas,

You are incredibly productive and innovative.
One more time, this one promise to be strongly useful (I'm reminding the number of times this tools was missing to me)..

my thanks and my respect,

simon.

[thomthom]

Hi Thomas,

You are incredibly productive and innovative.
One more time, this one promise to be strongly useful (I'm reminding the number of times this tools was missing to me)..

my thanks and my respect,

simon.

Thanks for your kind words.

(I'm reminding the number of times this tools was missing to me)

Co-linear Edges, or Curve Simplification?

[Panga]

Thanks for this new tool !! I'm sure i'll find cases in which it'll be usefull.

[simon le bon]

Co-linear

[Pixero]

Wow, I've totally missed this. Great plugin.

[mknorr]

I am sure this is a stupid question but where does one get this plugin? None of the links here take me anywhere.

[thomthom]

I am sure this is a stupid question but where does one get this plugin? None of the links here take me anywhere.

At the end of the first post in the thread. Look for the cookie.

[mknorr]

See, it was a stupid question

Thank you Sir

[thomthom]

Update v1.1.0

New:

• Divide Face (See video in main post.)

[pilou]

That is very good!

[autarchos]

ThomThom - the divide face plugin is amazing. i'm redrawing thousands of parcels from the 1960s in a city and this has really just made tedious work about 10 times faster. you're a god!

[thomthom]

Glad you liked it. It came about because I realised I was repeatedly drawing guidelines offset from and edge, draw an edge, erase guideline. Wanted to merge this into one operation. I often do this while working on façades.

[pilou]

Very practical for have your own grid!
Here with Protrude by Jim Foltz and Random Painter by Chris Fullmer

edgetools.jpg

@ Thomthom : have you in your Selection Toys or other plugs something that select only oriented faces external? (with any orientation ("White faces")

for this object for example

external.skp

[thomthom]

hm... no...

this one is a thinker...

[gavvy]

oh no .....
what a XX tool

[gavvy]

Tomtom ,can i have your msn-account-name??

[pilou]

hm... no...
this one is a thinker...

Because after this will easy to have a uniform object well oriented!

[thomthom]

hm... no...
this one is a thinker...

Because after this will easy to have a uniform object well oriented!

If the purpose is to orient all faces, then right click a face and choose Orient Faces.

[pilou]

No, it's not so simple
Try with the object linked above!
You must select by hand all different aeras and make different Reverse before Orient
Easy with this object but for a more complex, it's a mess!

[thomthom]

Ah, yea, I see now that there are a couple of problem areas. The problem here is knowing programmatically what is "outside".