[Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

Nathryc · 11 Mar 2009, 01:30

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Fredo!!!! (insert Happy Dance Here!)
At last I can do what I've been trying to do since I first found SketchUp (modeling planets for exterior sci-fi scenes)

This plug-in is MADE of 100% AWESOME!

Nathryc

Roger · 15 Apr 2009, 04:54

You are the Gustave Eiffel and Pierre Bezier of SketchUp. Merci Beaucoup from the USA!

What will you do to top this achievement?

Kus · 15 Apr 2009, 15:52

Hi there I would like to make some drawings on a sphere. I downloaded the plugin but when I start up SU this comes up

no such file to load -- /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/BZ_Dir_12/bezierspline_main.rbError Loading File bezierspline.rb
no such file to load -- /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/BZ_Dir_12/bezierspline_main.rb

I downloaded the plugin into /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins; and I didn't change the name of the folder, but it is named: ToolsOnSurface_131-1

what should I do??[/quote]

fredo6 · 16 Apr 2009, 10:07

@kus said:

Hi there I would like to make some drawings on a sphere. I downloaded the plugin but when I start up SU this comes up.

I downloaded the plugin into /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins; and I didn't change the name of the folder, but it is named: ToolsOnSurface_131-1

what should I do??

Kus,

Seems you had a problem with the unzip operation.
For Tools on Surface you must have only 2 elements in the Sketchup Plugins folder:

a small file: ZLoader_OnSurface.rb
a folder: TOS_Dir_13, with other rb files in it (and some subfolders).

I suggest you check your files and redo the Unzip, with a Select All and then Extract, to make sure your preserve the folder hierarchy when unzipping.

Fredo

Steelyjoe_n · 8 May 2009, 13:31

Hey, I've followed the quickcards installment guide but upon opening Sketchup it isn't running Tools On Surface, I'm not given any loading error or anything, it simply doesn't run, any help?

Steelyjoe_n · 8 May 2009, 13:35

@steelyjoe_n said:

Hey, I've followed the quickcards installment guide but upon opening Sketchup it isn't running Tools On Surface, I'm not given any loading error or anything, it simply doesn't run, any help?

Nevermind
I forgot to check it in preferences, thank you for the program anyway )

niarfe · 13 May 2009, 01:54

Fredo!!! I'm becoming your biggest fan!!!
thanks a lot!

monkeybss · 15 May 2009, 13:07

Hi,
I seem to have a problem too. I can see the toolbar but the offset doesn't work (Su7,7.0.102470), the line-on surface does, but nothing else seems to work.
I'm not familiar with ruby, but it feels like some setting might be wrong (like a variable in Autocad).

Later..
Just being stupid, I forgot to load in "preferences". Works like a charm!

Arthaxx · 31 May 2009, 16:11

Thanks

hitman47127 · 5 Jun 2009, 18:30

thanksssssssssss a lot,

Efrado · 13 Jul 2009, 00:24

Hi FREDO ,Thanks a lot for this Magnificent gift. Following the PDF I was traying to reproduce the "section pie" but I could not .How did you do? Thanks "

fredo6 · 13 Jul 2009, 06:42

@efrado said:

Hi FREDO ,Thanks a lot for this Magnificent gift. Following the PDF I was traying to reproduce the "section pie" but I could not .How did you do? Thanks "

Use the 'Ring' capability of the TOS shapes. In the VCB, you type an length, posititive or negative' followed by 'x', and you get the shape contour with the specificed offset. This is explained in the doc, in the Shapes section (page 9).
Hope this answers your question.

Efrado · 13 Jul 2009, 12:52

As always your Kindness is OUT OF DOUBT ----PRICELESS-----Thank You

mrljfr1 · 18 Jul 2009, 11:50

Thanks,what a great work!

lorca · 30 Aug 2009, 16:29

Am I doing something wrong? I place CadFather icons in the TOS v13 folder but I still get Fredo icons. I don't mind really but I wonder what is happening.

fredo6 · 30 Aug 2009, 16:37

@lorca said:

Am I doing something wrong? I place CadFather icons in the TOS v13 folder but I still get Fredo icons. I don't mind really but I wonder what is happening.

The folder is named TOS_Dir_13. I guess this is what you mean.
I also assume that:

you unzipped correctly the CadFather icons into the folder (can you check the right files are there)
you restarted Sketchup
if you use both SU6 and SU7, you did not mix up the file copy.

Otherwise, this looks strange. You can always delete all the png files in the folder and replace them by CadFather's files.

Fredo

lorca · 30 Aug 2009, 16:54

@unknownuser said:

@lorca said:

Am I doing something wrong? I place CadFather icons in the TOS v13 folder but I still get Fredo icons. I don't mind really but I wonder what is happening.

The folder is named TOS_Dir_13. I guess this is what you mean.
I also assume that:

you unzipped correctly the CadFather icons into the folder (can you check the right files are there)

you restarted Sketchup

if you use both SU6 and SU7, you did not mix up the file copy.

Otherwise, this looks strange. You can always delete all the png files in the folder and replace them by CadFather's files.

Fredo

I extracted the Cadfather icons into the TOS_Dir_13. I deleted your icons to be sure I restarted sketchup but I still get your icons.

fredo6 · 30 Aug 2009, 17:16

@lorca said:

I extracted the Cadfather icons into the TOS_Dir_13. I deleted your icons to be sure I restarted sketchup but I still get your icons.

Maybe you still run TOS 1.2.
Can you check the file ZLoader__onSurface.rbto verify that it contains the correct reference to TOS_Dir_13 (alternately, reinstall the plugin, making sure you overwrite all files, including ZLoader__onSurface.rb).
Fredo

lorca · 30 Aug 2009, 19:01

@unknownuser said:

Maybe you still run TOS 1.2.
Can you check the file ZLoader__onSurface.rbto verify that it contains the correct reference to TOS_Dir_13 (alternately, reinstall the plugin, making sure you overwrite all files, including ZLoader__onSurface.rb).
Fredo

I remember that a week ago I installed Offset On Surface version 1.0. Then I installed TOS version 1.1(That one has the toolbar that I want to get rid of) I eliminated both plugins before installing v1.3 except for LibTraductor.rb. Btw, the new icons overwrote yours but there was still some old icons of yours leftover.

lorca · 31 Aug 2009, 03:58

Fredo, I noticed something else. I have SU v7 and I have this other plugin with a SU example. This example file is of SU v6.4 and to my surprise I can see CadFather icons there! But not in my SU v7.

UPDATE

Fredo, I uninstalled all the plugins that I downloaded to see if there was a conflict. I reinstalled your plugin first with CadFather icons and voila it worked!! So, it seems that there was a conflict with another plugin. I will go ahead and reinstall one by one the rest of the plugins too see which one is the culprit. I'll let you know.

UPDATE #2

Fredo, the second plugin I reinstalled was your FredoScale 2.0g and now I get a warning message in SU:

undefined method []' for nil:NilClassError Loading File ZLoader__OnSurface.rb undefined method []' for nil:NilClass