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    • SektaS Offline
      Sekta
      last edited by

      I can see some real potential with this plug-in. I have had a play with the pipe tool which is good but needs to go to the next level. I am thinking of a combination of this and the profile builder plug-in, now what an awesome combo that would be πŸ‘ πŸ‘ The beauty of profile builder is the ability to compile your own library of profiles. Here in New Zealand, I tend to use alot of oval ducts in my office fitouts, especially where they are exposed, so it would be great to have the ability to build my own profiles and junctions. Just my 2 cents worth πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„

      Stan

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      • S Offline
        SHK
        last edited by

        thank you for all the positive feedback πŸ˜„

        We work hard on the release of 3skeng conceptual. It will have a lot more features and possibilities then 3skeng pipe free including some of the whishes above.

        We will consider your whishes and ideas and try to implement as much as possible in the comming release.

        Sebastian

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        • Jean LemireJ Offline
          Jean Lemire
          last edited by

          Hi Sebastian, hi folks.

          I tried to give you feeback at the address: feedback@3skeng.com
          that you give on your web site but it does'nt seem to work. So far I got 2 "mail delayed" messages.

          Keep up the good work you have what looks to be a very promising software.

          Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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          • R Offline
            redinhawaii
            last edited by

            Very interesting plugin,
            but it seems I cannot download a Mac version?
            Let me know if I am doing something wrong or keep me posted as to when it will be available.
            aloha
            red

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              FAbulous Pipeline maker πŸ‘ β˜€

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • Jean LemireJ Offline
                Jean Lemire
                last edited by

                Hi Red, hi folks.

                If you go to their web site, namely at the download page at:

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                favicon

                (www.3skeng.com)

                you will see that the Mac version is coming soon.

                Just ideas.

                Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                • D Offline
                  Daniel S
                  last edited by

                  I just install this one, but is not working here:

                  Error: #<FloatDomainError: Infinity>
                  (eval):213:in round' (eval):213:in roundToSystemUnits'
                  (eval):1546:in getDiameter' (eval):2340:in onMouseMove'
                  Error: #<FloatDomainError: Infinity>
                  (eval):213:in round' (eval):213:in roundToSystemUnits'
                  (eval):1546:in getDiameter' (eval):2340:in onMouseMove'
                  (eval):213

                  Any idea?

                  Daniel S

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                  • S Offline
                    SHK
                    last edited by

                    Daniel,

                    please make sure, your length snapping under "Model info>units" is using a value bigger then 00000.

                    http://www.3skeng.com/support/Error FloatDomainError Infinity.png

                    This should solve your problem.

                    Regards, Sebastian

                    P.S. we could fix a problem at the mail server. All email addresses ending with @3skeng.com are now up and running.

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                    • C Offline
                      craigbic
                      last edited by

                      Awesome plugin! Very intuitive interface. I can't wait for the conceptual version. Keep up the good work! 😍

                      Checkout the Sketchup Graphics Blog at http://sketchupgraphics.com

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                      • urgenU Offline
                        urgen
                        last edited by

                        ....Many thanks to SHK (Sebastian Kummer?) and talent of Josef Leibinger!...Very useful!... PIPESOAPSKINBUBLE? πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜„

                        --pupil forever...------

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          In the video we can see a modification in "Real time" ,
                          a move of a grey pipe with automatic transformation
                          That is possible because it's built with library components or it's possible with any pipes built with the plug?


                          screen.jpg

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                          • S Offline
                            SHK
                            last edited by

                            Thank you for your answers, suggestions and positive feedback. Yes, Josef Leibinger is part of our software team and he is dong a great Job.

                            We have very interesting functions (flex, editing...) on our roadmap. We are working hard to convert our prototypes into products "ready to publish".

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                            • BurkhardB Offline
                              Burkhard
                              last edited by

                              A short hint. If you have open the tutor and switch to the selection tool, the tutor appears everytime you try to orbit around with the mouse wheel.

                              Greetings to Josef...

                              Burkhard

                              [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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                              • MALAISEM Offline
                                MALAISE
                                last edited by

                                This plugin really simplifies pipes drawings. I agree J.LEMIRE about improvements which could be implemented.
                                Gut gemacht Leute, erste Klasse Arbeit.

                                MALAISE πŸ‘

                                La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagΓ©e

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                                • S Offline
                                  SHK
                                  last edited by

                                  Today we published the MAC version. We are very interested, how many of you are working with a MAC...

                                  Best regards

                                  Sebastian

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                                  • R Offline
                                    RoboDoc
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello,

                                    I installed the Mac plugin and it is working well. Great system. I had a problem, though. When I first installed the plugin, I was happily making 2" round pipe as desired. After a bit, it changed to hexagonal profile pipe and I can't seem to get things back to round. There didn't seem to be any solution in the tutorial. How do you choose between the profile of the various pipes?

                                    R

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                                    • Jean LemireJ Offline
                                      Jean Lemire
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi folks.

                                      After installing the Mac plugin, SU 7 stop working. SU starts then exit immediately.

                                      I had to uninstall all and then reinstall all.

                                      I am using OS 10.4.11 (Tiger).

                                      Is this pluggin only for OS 10.5 (Leopard) ?

                                      I have to wait before trying a new install of this plugin.

                                      Just ideas.

                                      Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        A couple more suggestions:

                                        1- Choose to put group on a specific, predesignated layer, but keep extruded contents on Layer0.

                                        2- Choice of the number segments for circles and arcs.
                                        I believe it currently defaults to 60 segments; this is impractical for any models with more than few pipes as it will surely creat files in the megabytes.

                                        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                        • JClementsJ Offline
                                          JClements
                                          last edited by

                                          Very nice UI!!! I see Josef Leibinger authored the Ruby. Kudos to him as well.

                                          Suggestions:
                                          1- Allow input of a radiuseither through typing in a value followed by an "R" or input of math such as "1.235/2".

                                          2- Option to simultaneously draw centerlines on a user defined layer.

                                          3- Elbows and reducer. Reconstitute separate arc segments into true circle.

                                          4- T's. If the diameter of both pipes are equal then the diameter endcap of the branching pipe shows through the pipe it is centered on due to "Z-fighting" in SU. An option to hide the edge of the this diameter or to put in it on a hidden layer would remedy this.

                                          5- eccentric reducers.

                                          6- Option to use pre-selected centerlines? I'm guessing this could be useful if using client supplied CAD drawing; not sure how it would be implement though πŸ˜„. Perhaps when edge intersections are detected (like a T) it would query the user to pick a pipe, T, or elbow.

                                          5- I agree with Jean Lemire about naming the groups.

                                          John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                          • B Offline
                                            bhealy27
                                            last edited by

                                            I can't find the files this Plugin installed on my Mac. Either they are in some strange location or I don't know what the name of the files are. How do I uninstall these if I don't want it cluttering up my system?

                                            I've looked in Library>Application Support>Google Sketchup 7>Sketchup>Plugins in both the Macintosh HD and User Directories without luck.

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