I know they have never been part of the free version. What would be in it for Trimble you ask? Not much, I realize that, aside from my appreciation as I stated before. The reason I made my request is that I have no intention to buy the Pro version, just for the solid tools. Yes, Pro is an appealling package but just not for me.
I am no more than an enthusiast amateur user, so Style Builder and Lay Out are more or less useless to me. I am only interested in the drawing features of SketchUp itself.
And the Solid Tools definetely are some powerfull tools that could really safe some of my precious time while I am using SketchUp. As I said, I have no intention whatsoever to pay a great deal of money just to unlock the solid tools. I have already tried the free third party plug-ins that are supposed to act like the solid tools, but they just don’t seem to work. I would not hold my breath waiting for the solid tools to be given out free. As your experience with the available plugins shows, it is quite difficult to get this kind of tool to work within SketchUp and the developers surely spent a lot of effort on them (and despite this there are still some glitches from time to time).
Even Google, who started the idea of a free version with the goal of populating Google Earth with lots of free buildings, didn’t give the solid tools away for free. You should be grateful for getting as much of SketchUp for free as you do!
Fwiw, SolidTools don’t do anything that can’t be done in suMake via intersecting&deleting solidTools simply automates the process and allows you to work faster in a boolean workflow. So, it’s not like you’re lacking capabilities by lacking solidTools you just go slower (unlike, say,.dwg import whose capability is absent from make and any workarounds you may find will be dependent on 3rd parties) so with solid tools, you gotta look at it more this way: either pay with your money to speed things up -or- pay with your time to keep your money. I agree with Tomatenketchup, I there is no harm in asking and hopping. And he is right about solid tools there are most likely more useful to the maker movement rather then pro’s. I use lay outs all the time for work but that’s in chief architect. I think it would be good idea for sketch up would sell the tools separately I would pay, maybe some thing like $30-$50.
They do save a lot of time. Another work around I found to work well was exporting ever thing to STL and using MS 3d Builder to do my subtracting.
And it works well also 3d builder givers you more basic shapes some ting I find my self importing anyway. Also jeff what’s suMake?
Sounds like you mean that we do it manually and not that’s its a plugin. Just checking.
Menu: Tools Eneroth Solid Tools. Union: Add one solid group or component to another.
Subtract: Subtract one solid group or component from another. Trim: Trim away one solid group or component from another. If the tools are activated with two or more solids selected, the plugin guesses the biggest one is the primary (the one to keep but modify) and the smaller are the secondary ones, deciding how the primary one is modified. If tool is activated with no selection you'll be asked to click each solid, first the primary one and then any number of secondary ones used to alter it. The primary solid will keep its layer, material, attributes and even ruby variables pointing at it unlike how native solid tools work. Layers and attributes of entities inside both of the solids will also be kept. If the primary solid is a component it will unlike the native solid tools keep being a component and all instances of it will be altered at once, just as components are supposed to behave.
If you want to alter only this one instance, first right click it and make it unique as you normally would. These tools, unlike the native solid tools, completely ignores nested groups and components. Easily cut away a part or add something to a building even if it has windows or other details drawn to it, as long as the primitives (faces and edges) inside it form as solid. Any tool in the plugin be activated and used to check if a group or component is regarded a solid by the plugin, simply by hovering it and see if it gets highlighted. April 2017 this extension was made open source,. Change Log 1.0.0 (2014-11-13) First Release 1.0.1 (2014-11-21) Limited use to Sketchup Pro (due to EW terms and conditions). 1.0.2 (2016-07-25) Fixed bug in intersecting volumes.
2.0.0 Made open source. Added intersect tool. Fixed toolbar icons not being checked when tool is active. Additional clicks keeps modifying what is already being modified (use Esc to select new solid to modify).
Allow more than two selected solids to be operated on on tool activation. For plain rectangular boxes, this tool works well and the ordering instructions are much more intuitive than the regular solid tools. But with circle shapes on SketchUp 2016 it doesn't seem to work right. Here's a model with the two groups that I'm starting with: When I try to subtract it asks me to pick the group to subtract from, and I pick the big outer rectangle. Then it asks me to pick the group to subtract. I click the small inner circular thing, but the prompt text doesn't change and it doesn't appear visually to have done anything. Clicking 'escape' key, I see it has edited the model but not at all what is expected from prior tests with plain boxes.
This is the result: Here is the expected result that the normal solid tools give: Also, is there a better place to ask for support like this?. to post reviews. Love that it doesn't rename the element that has been cut. Nice simple sequence: 1) nothing selected. 2) click Eneroth Trim (set to shift-T on my machine) 3) click the original item to be trimmed (per the instruction) 4) click the other item to be trimmed away ( per instruction). Gives me a nicely trimmed item.
And if I have two items near each other, I can just cycle through - clicking the original and the 'cutting' item. But I can't get it to work on nested items. If I make a box, then make it a group. Make a second box. Group the two boxes. Overlap the grouped boxes with my cutting box. Now when I trigger Eneroth Trim, it just asks me to cycle back and forth between selecting the original, and selecting the 'other.'
No trimming occurs. What am I missing? SU 2016 Pro, Mac OS 10.11.5 Any help would be valued. And thanks for making this in the first place!. to post reviews.
Update in Nov 29,2011: Bug fix:I forgot erase line about 'TSTcommon.langconv'. Update in Dec 02,2011: Improved.work on Sketchup ver7( perhaps ver6).And create smooth subtracted faces from face include curve. Update in Dec 03,2011: Bugfix and small Improved.correct the hole shifted.
Update in Dec 14,2011: Create hole from compoennt that has cut openning option. Hole on unoccluded faces group(Tentative) Update in Dec 16,2011:Bugfix:It happened when select solid by component. Update in Jan 03,2012:Add new function,Punching multiple holes. Modified Topics:Jan 05,2012.Title Did not correct. Update in jan n09,2012.
Bug fix.The hole from polygon mades smoothed side faces. It's improved. I found from dave's post,and irwanwr's message.Thanks. This zip file includes 'createholeonsolid.rb' and 'iconopenninglg.png'. Copy these files to 'plugins' folder.
I created this tool for using with Building structure tool. But I think easy to use so It became independent tool.
Hole On Solid v1.6.2update 2012-01-03. New fucntion video here. Please watch this video 'how to use hole on solid tool' Where download My Building Smart Modeling tool for sketchup Hole on Solid Tool Building structure tool Solid quantify WHD Parametric Component Coming soon.
Utiler wrote:Hi tak2hata, well done!!!! A good solution to an age old issue among SU'ers. A few questions: 1. Does the 'profile' need to be a group?
Does the tool require a face or edges to create the hole in the resulting group? The reason why I ask is it would be good to extend this tool for edges to cut holes in groups walls. Say a window component is inserted; a nested group of edges could create the void in the wall and leave the window geometry. Not sure if this is possible. Your second question is the direction of the this plugin's future. 1st question is No. It need only face for hole.
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I just tried to extract with Winzip eval version and got this in error output: Extracting file: C: Program Files (x86) Google Google Sketchup 7 Plugins HoleOnSolidToolv101.zip Extracting to 'C: Program Files (x86) Google Google Sketchup 7 Plugins ' Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no Unable to process 'HoleOnSolidToolv101 '. Severe Error: Not permitted or able to create an output directory. RichardCherry wrote:So this plugin only works with the 'Pro' version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it. How did you come to that conclusion? Looking through the thread it appears that other users of the free version of SketchUp have been using the plugin. The free version of SU doesn't have the Solid Tools but it still identifies solid groups and components.
I tried the plugin with groups and components and it would not pick the solid feature. So I assumed it only worked with the pro solids. As a followup on my previous comment, I did manage to extract and copy drag from the Winzip UI into the plugins folder the two files.rb and icon. When I tested in Sketchup 7, selection would not progress beyond the prompt for the first object/ group which was simply a cubic form made into a group and a circle oriented appropriately. Previously, in XP, I could right click on the zip file already in place in the plugins folder, 'extract to here' and see the files deployed appropriately.
Any thoughts on what I have managed to miss in the provided info? Mitcorb wrote:As a followup on my previous comment, I did manage to extract and copy drag from the Winzip UI into the plugins folder the two files.rb and icon. When I tested in Sketchup 7, selection would not progress beyond the prompt for the first object/ group which was simply a cubic form made into a group and a circle oriented appropriately.
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Previously, in XP, I could right click on the zip file already in place in the plugins folder, 'extract to here' and see the files deployed appropriately. Any thoughts on what I have managed to miss in the provided info? This plugin use property of volume. Sketchup supports solid in later version of 8. As matter of fact,I think this script may work,when it judges the Group(Component) is solid.
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I must create the method of that judgment for that purpose. I inquire later. Hi,tak2hata: Here is the Ruby Console error message: Error: # C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google Sketchup 7/Plugins/createholeonsolid.rb:298:in `onLButtonDown' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google Sketchup 7/Plugins/createholeonsolid.rb:298 I see your demo suggests that only available in Sketchup version 8 by the fact that the default component in the demo is Susan.
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Yet your user profile says you use Vista and Sketchup V7. Perhaps in your first post, mention that this is for V8 only?