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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      Oops, I forgot to include LibTraductor.rb in the package, which indeed will be missing if you never installed previous verssions of ToolOnSurface or JointPushPull or BezierSpline

      I have updated the ZIP archive in the main post of this thread
      http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10242&p=66968#p66968

      Thanks, apx, for advising on this problem

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      • A Offline
        a4chitect
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        thanks santa fredo!!!

        your scripts are state of the art! but please take an occasional rest so as not to get fed up and quit 😄

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        • H Offline
          human
          last edited by

          AWESOME!!!!
          😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 FREDO6 YOU ROCK!!!

          Circle and polygon...AWESOME!
          contour editor...GREAT IDEA!!!
          Really amazing!
          THANKS!!!

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          • B Offline
            Ben Ritter
            last edited by

            Fredo6,

            As with all of you who pour so much of your time into these scripts, a big thank you for efforts and kindness to share.

            Look forward to working with this script.

            Ben

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            • B Offline
              breezmisha
              last edited by

              this is real cool!!! 😍

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                archimun
                last edited by

                THANKS A LOT

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                • ely862meE Offline
                  ely862me
                  last edited by

                  Fredo,i was thinking if u have time to add an Arc on Surface tool that will really be awesome(all what u did is already awesome) !?

                  Thx!

                  Elisei

                  Elisei (sketchupper)


                  Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                  Come and See EliseiDesign

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                  • R Offline
                    remus
                    last edited by

                    1. just type the number of sides followed by an 's', so itd look like this: 5 s

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    • JClementsJ Offline
                      JClements
                      last edited by

                      Fredo:

                      I can not draw on any surface using v1.2. They do seem to work on "white space" (no other geometry under the cursor).

                      I deleted all v1.2 files and reloaded v1.1 and v1.1 it works just fine. Your other scripts/tools also seem to work okay.

                      In looking over the documentation, I see you allow grouping and construction point creation...BRAVO (I wish SU had this built in for all their tools).

                      Perplexed.

                      Also:
                      1- the Line tool has a "generate as curves" option. What is that supposed to do, create a continuous/welded (non-segmented) polyline? I didn't see a definition of this in the PDF file.

                      2- How are the number of sides for the Polygon or Circle tool modified?

                      P.S. Have you noticed how some of Jim's toolbar icons work; if you double-click on them, an options menus appear where you can change parameters. The might be something to consider for your toolbar icons.

                      Regards, John

                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @jclements said:

                        I can not draw on any surface using v1.2. They do seem to work on "white space" (no other geometry under the cursor).

                        Bizarre! Are you sure you do not draw over a Group? This would not work then, as it the tools on surface implies you draw over the active model opened.

                        @jclements said:

                        1- the Line tool has a "generate as curves" option. What is that supposed to do, create a continuous/welded (non-segmented) polyline? I didn't see a definition of this in the PDF file.

                        The generate curve option is just for convenience, as it makes segments easier to manipulate. But, as you know, Sketchup would break the curves at some intersection of edges or faces. So, the Contour Editor does not use the Curve properties and instead reconstruct the topology of the contour based on looking for connecting edges, regardless how they were generated. This is why you can have in the same contours lines and polygons, or repair a polygon with lines on surface.

                        @jclements said:

                        2- How are the number of sides for the Polygon or Circle tool modified?

                        As Remus said, just type a number followed by an 's' (as in the native Sketchup Polygon / Circle tools by the way). You can enter the radius / diameter and the number of segments in the same command, separated by semi-column. This is described in the doc.

                        @jclements said:

                        P.S. Have you noticed how some of Jim's toolbar icons work; if you double-click on them, an options menus appear where you can change parameters. The might be something to consider for your toolbar icons.

                        I am not sure, but I think this feature has dependencies on Windows. If I have time, I will try to address this general problem of options and values, most probably via a contextual Web Dialog box with the right click (so that you don't have to go across the all view to change things). Simply, I have found no way to use the right click without showing either the default contextual menu, or my own contextual menu when the right click happens to be on a selectable element.

                        Thanks to advise on your problem of drawing.

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                        • JClementsJ Offline
                          JClements
                          last edited by

                          No, I am not drawing on a group. And when I am drawing on white space and right-click, some of the context menu items, such as "Done", do not work.

                          Also, I just now noticed that the Extra Parameters (or Tab key) of the BZ_Toolbar doesn't work. Would this indicate something in your shared scripts that has changed via v1.1 and v1.2 that is the problem?

                          Perhaps another script (I use a lot of them) is causing a conflict? Is there something that I can look for via the Ruby Console or could you add something to the Tools on Surface scripts that would report an error?

                          John

                          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            John

                            Could you turn on the Ruby Console and check if anything is shown.
                            That could help. Thanks

                            Fredo

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                              pacha
                              last edited by

                              Hi all,
                              I'm new to this usefull forum. This plugin seems to be very great, I'll download it and see.

                              Thanks for your efforts

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                              • JClementsJ Offline
                                JClements
                                last edited by

                                Hi again, Fredo:

                                Well, I tried the operating some of the tools with the Ruby Console open. I'm not sure what it reported will be of any help to you.

                                As I mentioned before, the tools seem to work while drawing on white space (not on existing geometry). When doing so the Console reports nothing.

                                When moving the mouse over geometry, the Ruby Console scrolls a series of information, extremely fast. If I read the display correctly, each tool repeats as series of 3 or 4 lines of code until the mouse is stopped. For example:

                                1- Line Tool
                                LineonSurface:139:in
                                LineonSurface:518:in
                                LineonSurface:899: . . . . . when the mouse is stopped, NOTE, there is NO "in" following the "899:"

                                2- Circle on Surface
                                LibonSurface:152:in
                                LibonSurface:635:in
                                LibonSurface:899:. . . . . when the mouse is paused, NOTE, there is NO "in" following the "899:"

                                LibonSurface:418:in . . . when resuming to move the mouse
                                LibonSurface:398:in
                                LibonSurface:635:in
                                LibonSurface:899:. . . . . when the mouse is paused, NOTE, there is NO "in" following the "899:"

                                John

                                John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6
                                  last edited by

                                  John,

                                  Could you give me more on the error (for instance on LineOnsurface), so that I can try to find out what's wrong with your set up.

                                  What bothers me however is that LineOnSurface has only 568 lines and you seem to get an error somewhere at line 899 !!!

                                  Thanks

                                  Fredo

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                                  • ___olo_ Offline
                                    ___olo
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks Fedro. it's very cool.

                                    Xin chào nhau giữa con đường
                                    Mùa xuân phía trước, miên trường phía sau

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                                    • JClementsJ Offline
                                      JClements
                                      last edited by

                                      Fredo:

                                      I apologize for not responding sooner to your request. I just got back from the SU bootcamp.

                                      I showed what was happening to Todd B. He indicated that it is probably a bug and that I need to show you a larger display of the Ruby Console when it is running and that it might give you a better indication of what is going on. So stay tuned.

                                      If all else fails, I could try removing other scripts one by one and then test ... but I've got a lot installed so it would take a while to do that.

                                      The only thing on my pc that has changed on my PC (I am running XP on my PC) within the last couple of weeks that I know of is that my IT people pushed an upgrade for IE6 to IE7. I can't see how that would cause this problem, however .. particulary since your first version on the line worked when reinstalled.

                                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        Polygon on Surgace Tool:

                                        -Polygon on Surface.gif

                                        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                        • JClementsJ Offline
                                          JClements
                                          last edited by

                                          Fredo: Here is some console outputs:

                                          Ruby Console, Line Tool:
                                          - Line on Surface Tool.gif

                                          Ruby Console, Circle Tool:
                                          -Circle on surface tool.gif

                                          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            It looks like you still have in your plugin folder an old file which has not been updated at the new version level 1.2 (apparently it loads an outdated definition of a structure called OFS_Node). This can possibly be OffsetOnSurface.rb (from version 1.0) or LibOnSurface.rb (from version 1.1). I don't think this is related to other scripts.

                                            So, just re-install version 1.2, making sure that you replace and overwrite all files "xxxxonsurface" (including theose you may have renamed).

                                            Fredo

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