[Plugin] 2D Tools v4.6

[TIG]

This is v4 of my 2D Tools set... Read the 'htm' guide for details...

Edit: v2.1 20090920 2D Line Style Tool updated - The 'name' of edited styled-line groups now correct - this makes selection of styled-lines in the Outliner for bulk context-menu editing much easier. Remember to keep the Outliner window rolled-up during the editing as it slows things down considerably or even bugsplat otherwise...
v2.2 20090920 LineStyle/Text Color Lists now 'made unique'.
v2.3 20090921 Layer set_visibilty bug fixed. Each edited Styled-Line put on same layer as original. The one too many Styled-Lines in looped polyline now fixed. CadFather's alternative toolbar icon set also included - replace Icons folder with this if desired...
v2.4 20090921 LineStyle failure with no scenes/pages fixed. Z-plane inferencing improved. Rectangle drawing clipping fixed up to 1km. Help in MHT for PC is now also in PDF for Mac users, and also as DOC too.
v2.5 20090921 Clipping fixed for ALL tools with Tool.getExtents [thanks to NewOne's ideas...]
v2.6 20090923 Line inferencing and tooltips improved. Circle VCB messages improved or corrected. Hatching error/glitch fixed. Text error with SUp<7 fixed.
v2.7 20090923 New 2D Polygon Tool added. Similar to 2D Circle BUT can specify number of sides NNs, length of a Side NNNx OR Radius NNN... 2D Circle tool alignment to second-picked point corrected. Help files updated. New tool's Icons added - also CADfather's alternative set updated temporarily until he adds his own...
v2.8 20090924 Rotation of ghost-ngon/circle matches final one.
v2.9 20090925 Line mid-point inference glitch fixed.
v3.0 20091002 General re-write to improve robustness, 'Help' in htm format for all, 'Adjust Tool' added...
v3.1 20091002 Glitch if you cancelled the initial dialog in 'Hatching' fixed.
v3.2 20091008 Changes to all tools: All file-paths made 'relative' rather that absolute. Z-plane value now displayed on VCB prompt of all 2D Tools' using it. Z-plane Tool can now be set absolute, or relative to existing value. Line Tool VCB value glitch fixed and double-click to end improved. Z-plane changeable during Line Tool by pressing <Tab> key. Arc Tool VCB/inferencing improved. LineStyle Tool now also works with drag-selection and also in 3D: Styled-Line now placed 'inside' the perimeter of single or not co-normal face [with normal nearest to camera view-line]. Make Face and Hatching Tool more precise in affecting extg faces not on Z-plane. Adjust Tool's trimming of Circles/Poygons/Arcs improved. [Note: Arc Extension not available (yet)] - see 'Help' htm for full details of all changes...
v3.3 20091008 Typo in 'tidyup' folder path fixed...
v3.4 20091010 Adjust Tool now allows 'Lone Arc Extension' as well as Trim etc. NOTE: This Lone Arc Extend Mode is in its first beta release and might be prone to error – please save before using and feedback any details that will improve its development...
v3.5 20091014 Hatching Tool made v6/XP friendly. Adjust to Arcs changed to individual Segments. 2D Text now has a Snap setting for Z-plane or All-Faces.
v3.6 20091014 2D Text toolbar icon updated with 'T' !

v4.0 20091122 'Debabelizer' added to all tools to ease locale language translation of text/dialogs/prompts/menus etc.
ES and FR versions of lingvo [translation] files supplied in zip.
ES version of 2D Tools-Help htm etc supplied in zip.
2D Tools-Help expanded to cover recent changes and also to explain how to customize Help-htm and lingvo files to your locale; 2D Tools-Help now opens a locale suffixed version if it exists.
2D Line-Style now offers user defined 'Custom Styles' by defining dots+spaces patterns; glitches whilst working inside groups fixed.
2D Text miscellaneous glitches fixed.
2D Face-Maker and 2D Hatching glitches whilst working inside groups fixed.
v4.1 20091124 Minor corrections to Help.htm images etc.
v4.2 20091125 Minor changes to a few strings [in Adjust/LineStyle/Tidyup and lingvo files] that weren't translating.
v4.3 20091126 LineStyle Dialog now has Inch OR mm Widths depending on Model's Units. The Help htm files updated to suit.
v4.4 20100202 LineStyle - rare glitch, some dot patterns with 'spare' dot trapped. Glitch in edit [inch/mm] fixed.
v4.5 20100215 Lingvo files tidied and rare db def glitch fixed.
v4.6 20100220 FR lingvo updated by Didier Bur. Glitch in Toolbar/Menu db deBabelizing fixed.

2Dtools_4.6.zip

temporary fix for MAC Help install this file in ../Plugins/2Dtools/ folder...

2D#loader.rb

[thomthom]

[remus]

the disappointment of the forgotten attachment strikes a crushing blow.

[CadFather]

[EarthMover]

Awesome update TIG! Thanks! You've brought line weight and styles to SU!!!!! Setting the Z plane and toggling to construction lines were things I asked for initially....thanks for implementing them!!!

[thomthom]

Does the Z-Plane set the elevation the lines are drawn on, or is it also possible to define a plane that's different than the standard axis?

[TIG]

Only on a flat Z-plane - these are 2D Tools...
Although some like Fillet work in '3D' too...

[thomthom]

2D, yes - just wondered if you could specify the 2D work-plane arbitrary - not just top-down from the world axis.

[TIG]

Already updated with some minor fixes ! viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

[CadFather]

Thanks TIG, some alternative icons if needed..

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[CadFather]

Hi TIG, how difficult would a double click to fillet all the corners be? (or something similar)

also: is text tag now redundant?

[dedmin]

Couldn't get the 2d line style tool to work?

[Halroach]

Couldn't get the 2d line style tool to work?

can't get the line styles to work either. Would it have to do with the styles?

[rv1974]

Fillet tool is a nice addition. Thank you TIG!
P.S.I have 2 sets of the same icons on one tollbar. How to solve it?

[TIG]

Hi TIG, how difficult would a double click to fillet all the corners be? (or something similar)

also: is text tag now redundant?

TextTag works similarly but sticks onto on 3D Faces and has a few more options like 'face_camera'...
The fillet tool works by picking two edges so your idea might be difficult ?