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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Hi Wolf,

      kt_tools##.rb (for different mathematical shapes) and drawhelix##.rb (for spirals) are ruby scripts used as plugins in SU.
      You can download them here.

      Gai...

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        bbwolf
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        Hey Gaieus

        I really hate to sound like a total noob but when I try to download the stuff I get a website with ALL the code. What am I ´sposed to do with that?
        I tried to put in a text file but my mac flatly refuses to change the suffix to rb.

        wth? Any ideas? Would be great. Clock is ticking for me and that sucks.

        Thanks everybody

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Don't worry about sounding like a noob - after all we are in the Newbie Forum (and we all had to start somewhere).

          Anyway, I'm not a Mac user so I'm not sure everything will work the same way;

          If you click on the script and it returns the code, you can select all and copy > Paste it into a simple text editor (not a word processor!) then save it under the Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6/SketchUp/Plugins folder with the exact name it has on the site.

          You can (on PC) also just right click on the link and save it to the same place but with rb extension.

          Gai...

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            For the easy spirals, download the drawhelix.rb as well (it also has several versions).

            Gai...

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              bbwolf
              last edited by

              okay I managed to get k_tools_50.rb to run in my SU

              just read yer answers - found it before 😎 <

              Now, how do I get the spiral done, please? If I´d known math I wouldn´t
              have become a designer in the first place.

              See attached pic for what this stupid muppet sees and tell what to do, please


              Bild 2.png

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              • B Offline
                bbwolf
                last edited by

                whelp

                I´ll do that right now. Keep ya posted on the process.

                Thanks so much

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                • B Offline
                  bbwolf
                  last edited by

                  😍

                  It works! Saved by Gaieus! Thangk yew. Thangk yew verry mudch. 😎

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    No, these are just the first steps in discovering the wonderful and exciting world of pluins! 😉

                    Gai...

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                      bbwolf
                      last edited by

                      you are 100% totally right. I just discoverd that one solution just leads one to the next problem/challenge. Should I continue my quest for help and knowledge in this thread or open up a new one?

                      Here´s the "handdrawn" sketch of what I want to/have to create today.

                      I now got the spiral thing down, but how to get the thing to extrude the
                      way I want it?


                      081105_AFA_04.jpg

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        OK, before we proceed, download skin22.zip as well and unzip its content to the same folder.


                        Edit: I will split this part of the topic off the original one.

                        Gai...

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                          bbwolf
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                          I´ll go looking for the .zip

                          I allready started a new thread.

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                            bbwolf
                            last edited by

                            Okay. I got the skin22.zip and put it in the plugin folder.

                            Now what? 🤓

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