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    • C Offline
      cmoreink
      last edited by

      It looks like a great tool, only if it worked for me... so here is the problem: I downloaded, unzipped, installed, it shows in "plugins" and "view""toolbar" and I also have a nice icon. I draw one curve, a second and a third, I click on icon EEbR (I just downloaded v2.1) and the msg. at the bottom displays to click on profile curve, I do, askes to click on 1st rail, I do, askes to click on 2nd rail, I do and finally it askes to click on melding profile (profile curve), I do. Then it ask few questions like do I want reverse 1st rail, do I want reverse faces and etc. . Once it's done IT DOES NOTHING it only shows some crosses on my profile curve. So I read the whole topic and msgs over and oaver again, reinstalled it, I even downloaded TIGs example on page 6 (seems like the same problem as "dicoy88" pg. 6) and it would not work... anyone know why?
      thanks
      Oh, and I have a SU v6

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        Try it with another version of SU!
        Rename your SU folder first for have no overwrite of your curent version!

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

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          @cmoreink said:

          It looks like a great tool, only if it worked for me... so here is the problem: I downloaded, unzipped, installed, it shows in "plugins" and "view""toolbar" and I also have a nice icon. I draw one curve, a second and a third, I click on icon EEbR (I just downloaded v2.1) and the msg. at the bottom displays to click on profile curve, I do, askes to click on 1st rail, I do, askes to click on 2nd rail, I do and finally it askes to click on melding profile (profile curve), I do. Then it ask few questions like do I want reverse 1st rail, do I want reverse faces and etc. . Once it's done IT DOES NOTHING it only shows some crosses on my profile curve. So I read the whole topic and msgs over and oaver again, reinstalled it, I even downloaded TIGs example on page 6 (seems like the same problem as "dicoy88" pg. 6) and it would not work... anyone know why?
          thanks
          Oh, and I have a SU v6

          An update is due out shortly, so this might resolve it...
          I'm still unsure why this is happening to a small handful of users - I can't reproduce it at my end - can you PM me an example problem SKP with the curves etc and perhaps so text added to them to show the order of picking the [1/2/3/4] ?

          TIG

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          • mitcorbM Offline
            mitcorb
            last edited by

            Could this condition be related to another author's plugin that somehow preconditions the session? Or is this just farfetched?

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @mitcorb said:

              Could this condition be related to another author's plugin that somehow preconditions the session? Or is this just farfetched?

              Thanks for the idea, but I don't think it's a clash - EEbyRails has no 'global variables' etc...

              TIG

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                Could it be some plugin modifying one of the base classes..?

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                • C Offline
                  cmoreink
                  last edited by

                  I'll be waiting for a new updated version, till then I'll work on trying to figure out what is the problem.

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                  • L Offline
                    layyhkl
                    last edited by

                    thank

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                    • J Offline
                      Jim
                      last edited by

                      Hi TIG, FYI.

                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;161; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;164; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;172; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;210; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;220; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;230; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;243; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;245; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;626; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;628; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;663; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;669; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;689; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;708; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;710; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;736; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                      

                      Hi

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @jim said:

                        Hi TIG, FYI.

                        extrudeEdgesByRails.rb;161; warning; parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                        > etc
                        

                        Thanks
                        It's already fixed in new versions... out soon
                        x=db"text"
                        becomes
                        x=(db("text"))
                        etc...

                        TIG

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Here's v2.2 with various minor glitch fixes and a new combined Toolbar with other Extrusion Tools...
                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=201286#p201286

                          TIG

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                          • D Offline
                            driven
                            last edited by

                            hi TIG,

                            thanks again,

                            EEbyR and EEbyV don't work out of the plugins menu, but do from toolbar buttons

                            EEbyR's toobar image is blank once EEbyV is loaded, but both work

                            EEbyV looks really useful, but what is 'extrude by sweep' mentioned in the ruby text?

                            john
                            EDIT just combined the the 3 Tig folder's and I have all three working icon/buttons, but still no functionality from plugin folder, so can I just comment them out of there.

                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Same for me 😄
                              All works but only with icone 😉
                              When existing image 😉

                              EEV here is blank 😄
                              eev.png

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

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                If you extract [NOT drag/drop] the contents of this zip you should get three .rb files, which are the script itself, the deBabelizer script and the toolbar maker script. Also there should be a folder [TIGtools] containing the lingvo files and pngs for the buttons and an htm donation link, with a folder of its images too.

                                The three rb files go into Plugins folder and the TIGtools folder goes into Plugins folder too. The script looks for the pngs to form the toolbar icons in there - so apparently you have messed up the folders as it's not finding them...

                                If you extract a zip file any decent zip-application will keep the file/folder structure - you can either extract the contents directly into the Plugins folder where everything will be in the right place OR into a tempoarry folder on your desktop - and then move its contents to the Plugins folder later...

                                Since some of the TIGtools folder's contents and also the other add-on .rb files might already exist answer Yes to overwrite them with these new versions...

                                NOTE: Depending on your 'administrator' rights with Vista etc you might be getting incremented copied of files/folders - please look in Plugins and check - you should have one .rb for each of the EEby... scripts you've insatlled, one #extrusionToolbar.rb script to make the toolbar, one deBabelizer.rb to translate languages and one TIGtools folder which itself will contain several .lingvo [translation] files and .png images for the toolbar buttons, and also the htm donation link file and a folder of that file's images...
                                If you have any duplicate folders combine their contents all into the original one and then erase the empty ones, and also any '..Copy..' .rb files you might find too.
                                If this IS happening then it's probably best to extract zips to a temporary folder on your desktop and then move everything [keeping the same folder structure] into Plugins, overwriting any existing stuff...

                                Hope this helps...

                                TIG

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @driven said:

                                  hi TIG,
                                  what is 'extrude by sweep' mentioned in the ruby text?
                                  john

                                  'ExtrudeEdgesBySweep' was a proto-tool that's now abandoned [I had hoped for results different from EEbyR but the new algorithms produced inconsistent results that were almost identical anyway, so I gave up on it] - all references to it should have been removed - they is now, and will be omitted in any updates... Sorry for the confusion...

                                  TIG

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                                  • D Offline
                                    driven
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    Sorry for the confusion...

                                    no apology needed, most people don't read the rubies, and I just thought it was maybe yet another super-duper 'secret' tool that I'd missed and that it was maybe why I get a blank tool button.like this
                                    However, now knowing that it's not and still not having the ability to use any of the EE tools from the plugin menu, I've been trying a few things to get that functionality back and I can't.

                                    Basically
                                    1: I have a 'spare' Button that does nothing if there is any single EE tool installed (so, I'll get 2,3 or 4 buttons, never one)
                                    2: Plugin Menu function does not work with one or all EE tools installed (they are there) with or without #extrusionToolbar.rb.

                                    I don't think it's a 'Mac' thing, your scripts never give me those sort of issues, and it's not an install issue either, although Mac's do Copy/Paste + Drag/Drop differently to PC's, I know that and have a fairly bullet proof procedure I use all the time.

                                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @driven said:

                                      @tig said:

                                      Sorry for the confusion...

                                      no apology needed, most people don't read the rubies, and I just thought it was maybe yet another super-duper 'secret' tool that I'd missed and that it was maybe why I get a blank tool button.[attachment=0:3504o1ud]<!-- ia0 -->BlankButton.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3504o1ud]
                                      However, now knowing that it's not and still not having the ability to use any of the EE tools from the plugin menu, I've been trying a few things to get that functionality back and I can't.

                                      Basically
                                      1: I have a 'spare' Button that does nothing if there is any single EE tool installed (so, I'll get 2,3 or 4 buttons, never one)
                                      2: Plugin Menu function does not work with one or all EE tools installed (they are there) with or without #extrusionToolbar.rb.

                                      I don't think it's a 'Mac' thing, your scripts never give me those sort of issues, and it's not an install issue either, although Mac's do Copy/Paste + Drag/Drop differently to PC's, I know that and have a fairly bullet proof procedure I use all the time.

                                      When you hover over the blank button what tooltip or VCB message do you get ?
                                      In the Plugins Menu do you have duplicate EEby.. entries ?
                                      I suspect you have two copies of something around somewhere... Are all your plugins in the a same folder ??

                                      TIG

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        How many tools must have now the Extrude Bar tools?

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

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                                        • Bob JamesB Offline
                                          Bob James
                                          last edited by

                                          I get the two icons on the right (EEbR and EEbV), but what are the next two?

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            How many tools must have now the Extrude Bar tools?

                                            You can have 1, 2, 3 or 4 buttons, depending on which Plugins you have downloaded - which can be any of these - EEbyEdges, EEbyLathe, EEbyRails and EEbyVector... [EE=ExtrudeEdges - saves typing... damn I did it anyway 😒 ]
                                            You also need #extrusionToolbar.rb which makes the toolbar when it loads [if any one of these other rb files is in the Plugins folder] - the other rubies then load and make a Plugins>Menu item and a 'Extrusion Tools' Toolbar button for themselves [if it finds the toolbar has been made beforehand] - if a button .png is missing [e.g. perhaps you have put it in the wrong place] you get a blank button but the tooltip and VCB texts should still work etc...

                                            TIG

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