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    • JClementsJ Offline
      JClements
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      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
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        John

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

        Fredo

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        • P Offline
          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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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          Totally agree with JClements. (on the last part)

                          http://www.solos-art.com

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                          • JClementsJ Offline
                            JClements
                            last edited by

                            Fredo:

                            Your recommendation posted immediately above this one worked! Thanks for your patience.

                            When I unzipped your download a few weeks ago, I told it to overwrite existing files, which it did; however, just prior to that I had renamed the initial LibTraductor.rb (but forgot to changen its extension).

                            Moral of the story, don't mess with things when you are tired or under pressure 😄

                            Regards, John

                            P.S. There was one hell of a lot of discussion and positive response to your scripts at Base Camp 2008. Even more surprising though was number of "professional" users who were totally unaware of the forum and the work that scripters here have been producing. I hope Google WILL DO MORE to enhance (promote) the "VISIBILITY" of this forum on their sites.

                            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                              johnsenior1973
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                              @jclements said:

                              P.S. There was one hell of a lot of discussion and positive response to your scripts at Base Camp 2008. Even more surprising though was number of "professional" users who were totally unaware of the forum and the work that scripters here have been producing. I hope Google WILL DO MORE to enhance (promote) the "VISIBILITY" of this forum on their sites.

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                              • L Offline
                                lapx
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                                I'll have to tell you guy's as much as you tell people about ruby's or even show them, they still have no idea how important it is to use them; about the value you get when in increasing productivity and enabling better techniques in model building. As with many here though, we look at the forum constantly to check for the latest and the greatest with frequent suprises. If you are going to use sketchup's power it's a must to read and understand how rubies imapct your process.

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                                • E Offline
                                  Emily
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                                  it's amaizing. i am sure it will be as powerful as 3D MAX to model anything.

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                                  • plot-parisP Offline
                                    plot-paris
                                    last edited by

                                    @lapx said:

                                    If you are going to use sketchup's power it's a must to read and understand how rubies imapct your process.

                                    that is true. I spend several hours a day reading the scf forum. otherwise it is impossible to keep up with all the new information (of course it is because of the fun too!)

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                                    • chippwaltersC Offline
                                      chippwalters
                                      last edited by

                                      Wow. Sweet. Thanks so very much! You are very talented ☀

                                      Currently working with Cross-Reality technologies

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                                      • I Offline
                                        Iglesias
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                                        Thank you Fredo, outstanding

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                                          ArkiX
                                          last edited by

                                          How can i say more about your "great job" ?!? 😍 ...maybe (if you help me how) i can help to translate it in italian to diffuse and use more.
                                          I mean... i tried immediately to translate it but, obviously, 😳 I am not a magician about Ruby script and I could not do this: I added and copied everything you have already done for the translation into French by putting | IT | and translating but ... nothing! does not work!
                                          You can, please help me?
                                          Thanks again for everything

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            @arkix said:

                                            How can i say more about your "great job" ?!? 😍 ...maybe (if you help me how) i can help to translate it in italian to diffuse and use more.
                                            I mean... i tried immediately to translate it but, obviously, 😳 I am not a magician about Ruby script and I could not do this: I added and copied everything you have already done for the translation into French by putting | IT | and translating but ... nothing! does not work!
                                            You can, please help me?
                                            Thanks again for everything

                                            ArkiX,

                                            Thanks in advance for the offer. I think it's wise to wait a little bit (at least next version 1.3) to have something more stable. I will then publish a clean text file for contributors to translate in their favorite language, and then integrate it myselffor release.

                                            By the way, the translated language should appear automatically based on your local Windows. If it is in Italian, then the script will use the strings with |IT|. Is it the case with your PC?

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