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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
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      it's a pleasure πŸ˜„
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      Frenchy Pilou
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        xrok1
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        even tried tig's example file from the second page of this post so i don't think its the files. maybe i'm missing some other file that's needed. like progress bar or something although i know its not that.


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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          Hi Rocky,

          Works perfect for me? Here's a snapshot of my plugin folder if you wanna see how it compares to yours?

          Click to expand

          Maybe something will standout?

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            xrok1
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            mines bigger πŸ˜† thanks for the post. i don't see anything unusual.


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            β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

            http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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              xrok1
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              hmmm! i just tried it on an old install of su6 and su7 worked fine in both. must be another plugin in my current su install screwing with it! any ideas tig?

              β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

              http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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                There shouldn't be any clashes - everything should be 'self-contained'...
                I have every plugin known to man, and then some more, so if anyone were to get a clash it'd be me πŸ˜•
                Have you tried Model Info > Statistics > Fix Problems...
                Or try selecting the rail/profile curve and the using edit > cut and paste-in-place - this sometimes reforms the curve if there's glitch in the model's database - do all four in turn.
                Another possible fix is to explode and immediately re-weld the curves in turn, and another fix is to group the curve, edit > copy, erase the original group, then paste-in-place and explode the replacement group back into its curve.
                Sometimes curves vertices get muddled and the algorithms in the scripts fail to order them no matter how hard they try, etc...
                Perhaps post the problem skp and let us all have ago too ?
                πŸ˜•

                TIG

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                  xrok1
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                  i could post the file but this is how simple it is. draw three arcs, pick profile rail rail same profile again, then i get all the message boxes but no result!


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                  β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                  http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                  • pilouP Offline
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                    have you try with a previus version of the plug?
                    I have not yet the last version (no color of curves picked) 😳
                    and that works fine β˜€


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                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                      xrok1
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      have you try with a previus version of the plug?
                      I have not yet the last version (no color of curves picked) 😳
                      and that works fine β˜€

                      yes its never worked for me 😞 and like i said it does work with other installs of SU i have in oldProgramFiles folder left over from when i upgraded to win7.

                      β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
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                        As a matter of interest, did you try it in XP compatability mode? Doubt it'll make any difference as it runs on my Win7 perfectly ok!

                        But worth a shot to see if its Windows related?

                        I had similar issue with 'Screw' ruby and Pilou's 'Fragmentation' plugin. Constant Bugsplat anytime i ran them. Ended up backing up 'Plugins' folder and reinstalling SU7.1. Worked fine after that? Don't know why and don't care.

                        Really strange that it lets you complete the whole process but doesn't give any resulting geometry.

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                          xrok1
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                          can't see it being a windows issue because
                          @unknownuser said:

                          it does work with other installs of SU i have in oldProgramFiles folder left over from when i upgraded to win7.
                          but i tried the compatibility thing anyway... no luck!

                          β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                          http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                            xrok1
                            last edited by

                            grasping at straws here but i wonder if its not debabilizer? are there any other plugs that use this so i could check if they work?

                            β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                            http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
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                              The deBabelizer script is used by some other tools BUT I can't see how that'd mess up...

                              Do I understand correctly ? It doesn't make a mesh even when using the sample skp ?
                              Weird...
                              Have you tried downloading the whole zip file again and overwriting everything in Plugins and ../TIGtools etc ?

                              Can you publish a sample problem skp too ?
                              πŸ˜• πŸ˜•

                              TIG

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                                Ultimatez 32
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                                Hi TIG,

                                I have the same problem with rocky, I'm still using the old version, haven't updated yet. It works though when the first v2 came out, but then never work for me. Here's an video showing it: http://www.screencast.com/users/ultimatezod/folders/Jing/media/12a5229d-30a5-4b24-9b91-7a4220682320

                                ultimatez

                                Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                                  Ultimatez 32
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                                  Hi TIG,

                                  Here's what the ruby console says if I click one of the message boxes 'Yes'
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                                  ultimatez

                                  Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
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                                    This is an even deeper mystery... the error reports that 'Line 871' refers to something that was previously deleted - That line is actually a commented out line [###] within a 'model.start_operation' test for the 'erase_coplanar_edges' sub-section ??? Have you edited the file ? There was a glitch with original curve deletion in some tools etc, but that was fixed a while ago in a re-release of all of the tools.
                                    Here's the latest EEbyRails ruby file - extrudeEdgesByRails.rb - replace the one in Plugins [temporarily] and see what happens...
                                    Can I suggest that you get the full current zipped set here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                                    and reinstall everything, overwriting all existing files/sub-folders when prompted...
                                    Can you publish the skp that has the problem, or is it a pandemic !
                                    πŸ˜•

                                    TIG

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                                      Ultimatez 32
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi TIG,

                                      It still doesn't work when I downloaded the entire zip file again, here's the ruby code message when I click yes on the first message box and also the skp file attached.

                                      ruby_console_message.png
                                      eebr_bug.skp

                                      ultimatez

                                      Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                                      • kenK Offline
                                        ken
                                        last edited by

                                        TIG

                                        I see this person has Vista. I know that I had a problem with Vista also. For some reason, there is another directory that will store plugins, and so as you install other newer updates, they go into this other directory, Program Data, and so the plugin in Sketchup's plugin directory does not get updated.

                                        Note, sorry I can't be more clear, I just know that I found some of my missing plugin in this other directory, Program Data and not in the Program file directory.

                                        Ken

                                        Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                                          Ultimatez 32
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Ken,

                                          I checked my program data and it does not include a sketchup plugin directory.

                                          ultimatez

                                          Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Good point.
                                            Seems it's an 'install' rather than a tool problem...
                                            There's nothing wrong with the SKP - as the attached image shows it EEbyRails meshed in a second!
                                            With Vista you have to do stuff as an Administrator and if you try to write files to a folder within a folder in Programs Files it often appears to do it but puts it into a side 'Compatibility' files folder set up. It's a pain - it does it without telling you !
                                            I suspect that you have some out of date files that aren't getting updated although it looks like they are...
                                            You can change the access rights to the Plugins folder as an Admin under Properties - then it might work OK
                                            To force it extract the zip files into a folder on your Desktop.
                                            Open the .../Sketchup 7/Plugins/ folder.
                                            Then open the folder you just made on your Desktop.
                                            Select everything in that folder including the sub-folder[s] and drag and drop the lot into Plugins.
                                            You might be asked if you want to do it as an administrator [say Yes], you will be asked if you want to merge folders and overwrite files say Yes to everything, ticking the box to do NNN similar...
                                            NOW you should have a 'pure' installation.
                                            Try opening SUp again and using EEbyRails again...
                                            πŸ˜• πŸ˜’ ❗Capture.PNG

                                            TIG

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