by fredo6 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:27 pm
IMPORTANT: from v4.0 on, FredoTools ONLY maintained for SU2017 and above. If you run a legacy version of Sketchup (up to SU2016), you can find the frozen legacy versions of LibFredo6 and my plugins here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information on FredoTools is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of FredoTools. This is also where you can download the RBZ file. Requirements: - LibFredo v10.4b or above
- SU2017 and above
If you land on this page and are unfamiliar with how to install Sketchup Extensions such as LibFredo6 or how to register on Sketchucation, please watch this video or refer to the Plugin page of LibFredo6.  FredoTools groups a number of my standalone plugins, some already published, some new. By delivering them as a single package, it reduces the footprint on Sketchup: - A single folder in the Plugins directory (Fredo6_FredoTools)
- A single menu entry (by default in Tools > FredoTools)
- A single contextual menu
- A single toolbar, with control of the icons displayed
- A Quick Launcher
- Also, only a small part of the plugins is loaded at Sketchup startup (only the menus). The rest of the code is loaded the first time you launch the plugin
FredoTools - Toolbar - v3.8.png Plugins currently included in FredoTools are: FredoTools Quick Launcher.png There is a good overview of most tools in a tutorial designed by Tutorials Up.
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by Rich O Brien » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:02 am
Thanks Fredo ThruPaint is very useful. 
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by fredo6 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:13 am
Rich O'Brien wrote:ThruPaint is very useful. 
Oooops!! ThruPaint is not ready yet. It was in the release by mistake. Fredo
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by ken » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:21 am
Fredo
Is there anyway to prevent the loading in the contextual menu? I try to keep as much as I can away from the contextual menu.
Thanks in advance
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by Rich O Brien » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:23 am
I won't use it 
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by driven » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:41 am
the pin is a great idea...
all seems to work on mac... from additional folders on and off...
john PS. I had to manually remove .._DIR_42, it wouldn't 'purge' from the additional folder, should it?
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by fredo6 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:44 am
driven wrote:PS. I had to manually remove .._DIR_42, it wouldn't 'purge' from the additional folder, should it?
Normally you don't need to remove it. It should work even if present, as 43 > 42. Did you see it in the Purge Obsolete Files... dialog box? Fredo
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by driven » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:53 am
I saw it there, and tried both 'delete all' and then individuals 'delete' when it was the only one left.
the standalone rubies all purged fine. john
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by fredo6 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:24 am
Ken wrote:Is there anyway to prevent the loading in the contextual menu? I try to keep as much as I can away from the contextual menu.
Sorry for that. I usually do it for the other plugins. So, try version 1.0b and go to the Default Parameters dialog box. FredoTools Config Icons and Context Menus.png Fredo
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by MALAISE » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:01 am
Nice Fredo,  ........  So we have more space for drawing. Pierre
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by pilou » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:38 am
Un petit cadeau de Noël  A little Chrismas gift 
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by erikB » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:59 am
Very handy fredo !!! thanks ( and happy holidays !) erikB
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by Panga » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:37 am
Thanks a lot Fredo, nice addition. 
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by RichardCherry » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:40 pm
Thanks for the nice Christmas present  Wonderful set of tools 
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no curviloft? 
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by boilingsnow » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:46 am
Can you tell why I can't load the plugin? I have already installed the latest version of LibFredo6.
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by fredo6 » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:12 am
boilingsnow wrote:Can you tell why I can't load the plugin? I have already installed the latest version of LibFredo6.
Can you check the footprint of the files. In the Plugins directory, you should have the Folder FREDOTOOLS_Dir_10 with all the files in it. It looks like you have the rb files directly in the Plugins directory, not in this folder. Fredo
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by boilingsnow » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:02 pm
Fredo6 wrote:boilingsnow wrote:Can you tell why I can't load the plugin? I have already installed the latest version of LibFredo6.
Can you check the footprint of the files. In the Plugins directory, you should have the Folder FREDOTOOLS_Dir_10 with all the files in it. It looks like you have the rb files directly in the Plugins directory, not in this folder. Fredo
Thanks for your explanation. It works!
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by halroach » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:10 am
Hi Fredo,
very nice plugin! I've been thinking of a similar plugin, which you could incorporate into this one:
1. For planning and adjusting areas of a house (to suit program requirements) - it would be nice to have the option to save a selection of faces, and see how the areas update as you change them in sketchup. You have the "areas report" window on ALL THE TIME. You select the faces and components you want once - which gives you the areas. After that you can continue editing the model and the numbers change as you drag lines and change areas - kind of like a set of "entity infos" open all the time for a specific set of pre selected faces. If it cannot be updated "live" you could have an update button (with a keyboard shortcut of course) that would update the info in the box + the different tags.
see attached mockup image (numbers are just gibberish for illustration)
2. you could have selection sets in pre selected colors for interiors, exteriors etc... kind of like the areas by material, but rather by custom selection.
3. you could have sub-totals for faces that were marked together.
4. selecting a face or faces in the list will mark them in the model
5. I noticed that if I use the standard tool for marking the area of a face in a scaled component, it will show the same area for the component in each of it's differently scaled instances (which makes sense). By what I've noticed, your plugin knows how to over come that, right?
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by fredo6 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:32 pm
Halroach wrote:1. For planning and adjusting areas of a house (to suit program requirements) - it would be nice to have the option to save a selection of faces, and see how the areas update as you change them in sketchup. You have the "areas report" window on ALL THE TIME. You select the faces and components you want once - which gives you the areas. After that you can continue editing the model and the numbers change as you drag lines and change areas - kind of like a set of "entity infos" open all the time for a specific set of pre selected faces. If it cannot be updated "live" you could have an update button (with a keyboard shortcut of course) that would update the info in the box + the different tags.
This is possible, but this requires a slightly different design, especially because you need this information to be persistent across Sketchup sessions. I may give it a try whenever I have time, either as an extension of the plugin or as a new plugin. Halroach wrote:5. I noticed that if I use the standard tool for marking the area of a face in a scaled component, it will show the same area for the component in each of it's differently scaled instances (which makes sense). By what I've noticed, your plugin knows how to over come that, right?
Yes, the plugin counts the real areas within each component, taking into account the scaling factor and shear factor. Fredo
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by halroach » Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:06 pm
Fredo6 wrote:This is possible, but this requires a slightly different design, especially because you need this information to be persistent across Sketchup sessions. I may give it a try whenever I have time, either as an extension of the plugin or as a new plugin.Fredo
That would be really cool Fredo! I'd be glad to contribute with the conceptual design whenever you get around to it. I may have some further ideas as to how this tool could be useful, more effective and easy to use.
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by fredo6 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:43 pm
Halroach wrote:That would be really cool Fredo! I'd be glad to contribute with the conceptual design whenever you get around to it. I may have some further ideas as to how this tool could be useful, more effective and easy to use.
Your comments are welcome. I am not really user of the tool, and it's good to hear from users who have practice and requirement about areas in Sketchup. Fredo
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by DesignerPro » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:25 am
Tried the new curveloft tool set. This is all the errors it generates when I open SketchUp. Now WHAT? Error Loading File bootstrap_Curviloft.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File CurviloftAlgo.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File CurviloftCurveMover.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File CurviloftPalette.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File CurviloftTool.rb uninitialized constant Curviloft::T6Error Loading File FredoTools.rb uninitialized constant FredoTools::T6Error Loading File FredoTools__ConstructFaceNormal.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__CountFacesBySides.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__CurviShear.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__MarkVertices.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__RemoveLonelyVertices.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__ReportLabelArea.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File FredoTools__RevertCurve.rb undefined method `register_plug' for FredoTools:ModuleError Loading File __loader.rb undefined method `effective_load' for nil:NilClass
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by fredo6 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:56 pm
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This seems to be a problem of installation, probably coming from an erroneous unzip operation. The right footprint is indicated in the first post: - file LibFredo6.rb - Folder LIBFREDO6_Dir_43 - Folder FREDOTOOLS_Dir_10
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by niks » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:39 pm
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by hebeijianke » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:49 am
thanks fredo chinese language
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by guanjin » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:15 am
What a powerful tool, too practical, easy language conversion, love you Fredo6 
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by JClements » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:37 pm
"Show Box Lines" setting for Area Labeler.
What does this mean?
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by fredo6 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:18 pm
JClements wrote:"Show Box Lines" setting for Area Labeler.
What does this mean?
When you mouse over or select components, it shows the box of each subcomponents (instead of just showing the faces). Fredo
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