LSS Toolbar 2.0

Link to download lss_toolbar_2_0_beta.zip

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Some more samples of 'LSS Toolbar' usage

Here is a link to one hour long playlist of YouTube videos related to 'LSS Toolbar': http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

'Follow Edges' Tool

Check out new video:
Looks awesome, isn't it?
Ok, I know, I promissed to start testing and documenting stage of 'LSS Toolbar 2.0' thing (instead of broadcasting new awesome demo videos). So why I broke my own promise?
They say there is a fine line between hobby and mental illness, that's why, I guess...

Link to download current stage: lss_toolbar_2_0_pre_alpha_11.zip

Properties Dialog

Properties dialog of 'LSS Toolbar' becomes more and more user-friendly.

It displays now:

• readable names of  properties (instead of internal attributes' names)
• distance values in currently active model units
• color-picker vidget for color properties
• name of 'parent' LSS Toolbar entity as a caption of properties list

Looks like the first 'mile-stone' is reached. Happily the 'mile-stone' version number is 10.

Link to download current stage: lss_toolbar_pre_alpha_10.zip

Now I'm happy to announce, that large-scale testing is started.

Stick Group Tool

The last one tool of 'LSS Toolbar' is ready!
Here you can take a look at its previous implementation (it was called mshstick.rb at earlier times).
Current version is way more attractive (I would even say 'sexy'). It's faster and more intuitive.
Feel free to take a look:
Now, I'm going to disapear for a while... I'll start documenting and testing (it'll take some time, I guess).

'Control Points' Tool Revival

Does anyone here beleive in reincarnation?

Beleive it or not, here is another one marvelous reincarnation: ctrlpnts.rb reborn as 'Control Points' tool of 'LSS Toolbar'. Modernized version is way more intuitive and feature reach than its predecessor. And what is more important it utilizes the same user interaction 'logic' as other 'LSS Toolbar' members.

Geometrically Interpolated Curve Reincarnation

Congratulations to us all! Two most ancient scripts (pnts2mesh.rb and crvsmth.rb) were successfully or you may even say 'smoothly' adapted into new 'LSS Toolbar' infrastructure. The most significant side effect (positive one) of Geometrically Interpolated Curve script adaptation is that it caused creation of interaction pattern, which is also suitable for 3D surface interactive drawing as it turned out.
No more words, just demo video:

Um, few more words...
The second important thing is that all geometry stuff related to 'LSS Toolbar' tends to behave in a more interconnected manner (changes of one 'LSS Toolbar Object' cause instant refresh of other linked object(s) and that causes significantly more smooth user experience in turn, you can trust me as I'm an active user too, sometimes even hyperactive).

Inverted Sierpinski Carpet in Sketchup

The interesting thing about Sierpinski Carpet is that its area technically equals 0...
Does it mean, that cumulative area of its holes equals the area of whole carpet within its boundaries or what?...
And it is actually not the only mystical mind-bending property of this purely theoretical shape. The other thing (I bet you will enjoy it too) is that, as crazy as it sounds, the Sierpinski Carpet is supposed to have a fractional dimension of 1.89. Yes it doesn't occupy two dimensions. Or one... It manages to exist in fractional dimensions.
Anyway here is a little tutorial, which shows how to draw 3, 4, 5 iterations of 'inverted' Sierpinski Carpet in Sketchup. The term 'inverted' means that its holes are processed instead of its 'non-hole' part.
Enjoy...