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  • F Offline
    FkY
    last edited by 25 Jul 2008, 12:31

    Hello all, it's my first message here...

    Thanks to Fredo6 for this awesome plugin, it's very useful.

    I've just seen a little bug in the arc display. When you move an arc created with this plugin, the center point (displayed by a cross) doesn't move.

    It would be nice to have the tangent constraint when you create an arc after an other or a line to have a continuity.

    FkY_

    PS : sorry for my "garbage english", I do my best but...

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      fredo6
      last edited by 25 Jul 2008, 14:35

      @fky said:

      I've just seen a little bug in the arc display. When you move an arc created with this plugin, the center point (displayed by a cross) doesn't move.

      Not really a bug actually. the script just create a construction point for the arc center for convenience (as it should maybe in native Sketchup!). But the construction point is not really part of the arc and does not keep any connection with it afterward.

      @fky said:

      It would be nice to have the tangent constraint when you create an arc after an other or a line to have a continuity.

      Yes, that would be nice. On a Surface, it is however a little bit tricky, though probably feasible.

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        CadFather
        last edited by 25 Jul 2008, 14:48

        @unknownuser said:

        CadFather,

        For easier access to your set of icons and cursors, I edited the first message of this thread and attached the archive file.
        http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p76625

        Fred

        oh..i'm honoured to have my name next to it! πŸ˜„

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          zhuangsuph
          last edited by 5 Aug 2008, 05:26

          Thank youThank youThank you

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            theolwakachangchang
            last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 10:07

            for some reason i cannot get the toolbar to show up???

            i only get this:


            toolbarerror.jpg


            toolbarerror2.jpg

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              CadFather
              last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 15:29

              make sure you have al the files in 'plugins'

              ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
              and the folder TOS_Dir_13 which contains the scripts and the toolbar icons

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                Frederik
                last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 19:54

                Isn't this because the script needs to be activated from the Extensions..?? πŸ˜•

                From the menu-bar click Window > Preferences, which will open the System Preferences window...
                Select Extensions and make sure the Tools on Surface is ticked... πŸ˜‰

                Now you shold be able to see the toolbar - that is if you've extracted the zip-file to the correct folder... πŸ˜‰

                Cheers
                Kim Frederik

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                  CadFather
                  last edited by 12 Aug 2008, 21:21

                  oh yes indeed that is the first thing πŸ˜›

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                    theolwakachangchang
                    last edited by 13 Aug 2008, 03:38

                    I believe I have all the necessary files. I have the ZLoader__OnSurface.rb and then in the TOS_Dir_13 folder I have 73 *.png files, 9 *.rb files, 1 *.def file and 2 manuals.... I have activated the script from extensions. I get all the options from the Tools on Surface section in the Tools pulldown, its just a pain not having a toolbar

                    Pretty sure I have installed and followed all the instructions correctly?

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                      fredo6
                      last edited by 13 Aug 2008, 08:12

                      By chance, can you check in the menu View>Toolbar if you have a toolbar named "Surface Operations" and if it is checked.

                      Fredo

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                        theolwakachangchang
                        last edited by 13 Aug 2008, 08:32

                        Yep, I have that checked.. that little 'dash thing' that shows up (as shown earlier in the image with the arrow) is what shows up when I have 'Surface Operations' checked

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                          CadFather
                          last edited by 13 Aug 2008, 14:16

                          in these cases i move all the plugins to another folder and keep only the troubling one.

                          give it a try if you still have a problem, redownload the plugin and re-try. if still no good you can try re-installing SU - wouldn't kow what else..

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                            theolwakachangchang
                            last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 04:41

                            πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

                            hmmmm turns out I found the problem... For some reason I had extracted the files into the tools directory instead of the plugins directory

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                              CadFather
                              last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 08:57

                              πŸ˜’ πŸ˜‰

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                                renyiandhan
                                last edited by 1 Sept 2008, 10:13

                                Amazing!!! Thanks!!!

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                                  agrazdi
                                  last edited by 1 Sept 2008, 12:32

                                  Fredo

                                  Any news about the double line you mentioned for V1.4 ?

                                  Thanks
                                  agrazdi

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                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by 1 Sept 2008, 18:50

                                    This will come, but not before end of Sep (actually, it should do more than double, and on any contour). I did not spend a lot of time recently on Rubys, but should try to resume soon, with some work on Web dialogs as well.
                                    I also solved the question of generating faces when drawing lines on surfaces.

                                    Fredo

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                                      BorgMan
                                      last edited by 2 Sept 2008, 15:23

                                      Well that's strange, I'm using the tool right now to offset from a shape on a curved face. However, for some reason it thinks that the object is part of the face too, and thus is offsetting over that face. That's (obviously) not what I want...


                                      que.JPG

                                      More varied than the Borg, more powerful than the living dead, and better shots than Imperial Stormtroopers.

                                      You've gotta love Slivers.

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                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by 3 Sept 2008, 18:47

                                        Not sure I understand the problem.
                                        Just in case, there is an option 'Isolate surface when extending' which is mapped on F7 and also available in the contextual menu. This allows ignoring the surrounding surface when you offset.

                                        Fredo

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                                          BorgMan
                                          last edited by 3 Sept 2008, 20:14

                                          Thanks Fredo; I'll try that next.

                                          I'm getting this error too. Is there anything I forgot to extract?

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Error Loading File LibOnSurface.rb
                                          uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::TOS_DIRError Loading File LoaderOnSurface.rb
                                          No such file to load -- /LibTraductor_20.rbError Loading File ShapeOnSurface.rb
                                          uninitialized constant SUToolsOnSurface::CODE_Rectangle

                                          [EDIT] Hmmm... didn't work. The problem is that in the last screenshot, you can see a blue line that comes through the object (default color). That's the face I want to offset. When I do so, it thinks that that object is the same as the cilinder on which I am trying to offset. This results in a few lines on the cilinder (the grey area), but then all of a sudden the lines makes a strange turn, goes over the object (the default color thing), and when it touches the grey area again, it goes back to the beginning. I want that blue lined face to extrude, not anything else 😐

                                          More varied than the Borg, more powerful than the living dead, and better shots than Imperial Stormtroopers.

                                          You've gotta love Slivers.

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