@thomthom said: "Thingymajiggy" Would that work better in Norwegian? Seriously, Ruby is good because "plugin" and "Google SketchUp plugin" are synonyms here, but not out in the big world outside this forum.

@al hart said: We wound up using base64 encoding. Great minds... Ruby had issues until I switched from chars 32-95 to 48-111.

I've used my SelectionMemory script to do the opposite - select edges outside the space I was in. Specifically, I would group a profile shape, select and "memorize" the edges to be used for FollowMe, then go inside the profile's group and "recall" the edges, then start the FollowMe tool and click on the profile face. It prevents the extruded shape from reacting to the edges of the path - very handy in some cases.

@artofseeing said: got it1 it was my error writing "15,4" instead of "15.4" into the value German decimal points 1,2 == 1.2 !!!

wow. how you guys write these rubies is beyond me completely. am always in awe of your skills! thanks for replies

@thomthom said: Seen Fredo's thread on Mac Webdialogs? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13394 Thanks, yes. That was in the first link. The second link was what I did about it.

okay- SU was hanging for some other reason; removing date.rb from the Tools folder has made the dialog box go away. who knows what else will be affected, but at least all is well right now. Thanks for the input.

Yep! Thanks Massimo, that was lightning fast feedback! cheers Andre

Here is a brief explanation on how it is done. I separated it as 3 different jpeg exports. Shading, shadow, and sketchy edges. All you have to do is save a scene so your camera stays locked. Then start exporting jpegs with different styles. Shading = Shaded style edges off (White material). Shadows = Hidden line edges on (white edges). Edges = Any Sketchy edge style you prefer. In photoshop run some filters on the shading and shadow passes. I used alien skin snap art which isn't free but you can use a combination of native photoshop filters with similar results. Then set those 2 layers to multiply and adjust the opacity to your liking. I attached an example of the process. Pardon the crappy model I used as an example. [image: sketchyshadowresponse.jpg] If you have any questions please feel free to pm me.

Organizer 1.4 is now available. To update to Organizer 1.4, you have three possible options: Use the download link you previously received when you purchased your license. If you don't have it, then Use the "MySmustard" button on the free Smustard Toolbar. Register using the email address provided when you purchased your license. If you don't have that account, or if you just don't want to install the Smustard Toolbar (which also gives you access to relevant upgrade offers), then Email me and I'll hunt down your information. If too many need/choose this option, my response may be delayed, and I may need to come up with an alternative method.

Excellent. There's already a script out there that does this, but it does not work very well for me. Specifically, it often selects a vertex behind the one I want, and then gives an incorrect angle. It would be much better if you could restrict it to act only in a given plane, like the native protractor tool. The existing script by Didier Bur is called dim_angle.rb, and can be found here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_arc_page.htm

@tig said: or Matt666's PointTool.rb - here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=95648#p95648 thank you, TIG, this is the one!

There is a plugin ,driving dimensions ,maybe its a start towards what you are looking for. http://drivingdimensions.com/SketchUp/faq.php Bep

@tig said: Try this... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=183609#p183609 Thanks a billion!

PS see also: This topic. This clip cg

@xrok1 said: Maybe if you change the name you'll get more response. hmmm... what about Outganizer Yes thanks I'm open to all suggestions. Perhaps a name that captures the idea of nesting sets of scenes and components as shown in this "Reform" part of the machine? Don't think Outganiser does that really. [image: L1s8_Previewreformversion2.png]

The behaviour with open components apparently pre-dates the SU ruby API. Tyler provided that bit of info.

@jim said: Cross-platform? Possibly. I guess it can happen when scripts are loading that there is no active_model yet ... Note in this post Finally, there is a difference in the way that the Mac boots up SketchUp that you should be cautious about: there is no Sketchup.active_model when the Ruby scripts are first loaded. So if your script is making changes to the active_model at load time, it will not work on the Mac. The answer? Ensure code that references the active model is part of a UI event handler, responding to the user selecting a tool or a menu item. You can also use an AppObserver to get a callback whenever a new model is opened, at which point it's safe to talk to the active_model.

@rickw said: Only to the extent that if the original author didn't make it Organizer I have been working at making my plugins compatible. Although Organizer is not a free script, I want to support my users who do use it. Particulary for single-file scripts, it's as easy as: ($submenu || UI.menu('Plugins')).add_item("Menu Text") { command } And yes it does work if the script is scrambled.

@fabiorossi said: anyone knows a plugin through which you can increase the polygons of a curved surface, for example if I have the lateral surface of a cylinder obtained by extruding a circle with a bit number of segments How do I increase that number of segments without having to shared by a circle with multiple numbers of segments? thanks!! hey brother , i just joined the forum recently , so i am sry ur reply is a year late but anyway if u havent got it yet u can increase the segments on any arc or polygon by just giving it a right click and clicking on entity info , a small window will open in which u will find segment written in it , just increase the segments as u want . as i said just thought of giving it a try even if its too late