thomthom / quadface-tools

Suite of tools for manipulating quad faces in SketchUp.
https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/quadface-tools
MIT License
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Planar Quad Maker Tool #122

Open BrennanSteele opened 4 years ago

BrennanSteele commented 4 years ago

Hello, this tool could be an enhancement to the existing quadface tool, but would also be great as a stand-alone tool also with an assigned shortcut key similar to using the (L) key to draw a Line. The workflow would be very similar to the blender tool workflow gif below.

Workflow: Activate the tool, select the connecting vertex between two line segments, move your mouse to the desired position you want to create a new planar quad's corner opposite the vertex previously selected, and click. A new planar quad is created and the process can be quickly repeated to form clean planar quad rings around and over messy scaffold geometry.

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Recently, I've been creating animal and other organic forms to be plasma cut from steel and welded together, and using mostly planar quads works great, but it can be time-consuming to create the clean geometry from scratch. This is my first time using github, so I apologize if I'm not doing something correctly.

Thanks so much for taking a look,

-Brennan Steele https://www.behance.net/gallery/93014007/Lady-Gaga-Claw-AT-T-Super-Bowl-Activation-2020