Split tool sketchup plugin install#

Note that all objects from the Engineering ToolboxДЄre inserted as individual groups. right! - left! - back! - bottom! Make ComponentДЄ component of the selected object.

Split tool sketchup plugin install#

Install the extensionДЄs described in the right column - restart Sketchup and open this tool from theД¬hange color! - of the selected object(s) - may be slow for some more complicated objects The engineeringtoolbox exension is opened from within SketchUp. NOTE!! - the 'insert!' and the Tools features only works when Stair with the right height and the right number of steps as a reference for the push/pull toolД¬ustomize the stair and the steps - modify step noses, details. Use the push/pull tool to 'lift' the areas representing the steps to their exact levels. Repeat - change the control points until you find the 'natural path' you believe is the best for the stairД®xtend the small lines between the segments until they touch the walls of the staircase Measure the coordinates of the control lines and add them to the inputs above - use the 'Get control points.' feature above, or from the dialog box, or use the 'Tools > Text' feature in Sketchup - as used in the example above.ДЄdjust the interval parameter if required (lower value - in general higher accuracy) These segments can be used for the further construction of the stair.Дraw the control lines for the Bezier curve This tool inserts a Bezier curve in what you define as the 'natural path' - and split the curve in aprox. The 'natural path' differ with persons and for persons over time - but a good aproximation to the 'natural path' is the Bezier curve. In addition - for a step to be walkable - the steps rise and run should be more or less constant in the 'natural path' of the stair.

Note that there are limits to the steps rise and run for a stair to be walkable. Example - Construction of a L-shaped stair