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    • A Offline
      August
      last edited by

      Here's a similar drawing for a horizontal (red-green plane) Target Curve.


      shape bender horizontal.jpg

      β€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
      [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by

        @huckrorick said:

        I can't seem to get the ruby to work.

        Do you by chance have component spray installed? That plugin seems to be breaking progressbar. If you have it installed, remove it and then restart SU and then try to run shape bender again.

        Chris

        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
        All my Plugins I've written

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
          last edited by

          Maybe but I have both and no problem πŸ˜‰

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

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            huckrorick
            last edited by

            Yes, clf_shape_bender.rb is in the clf_shape_bender folder.d

            @dave r said:

            Well, it isn't a problem with your SKP file. I was able to run the plugin with no problem.

            Out of curiosity, is clf_shape_bender.rb is the the clf_shape_bender folder?

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            • H Offline
              huckrorick
              last edited by

              Yes, I have component spray installed. I removed it and shape bender worked fine.

              Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

              Also, I'm wondering if having lots of plugins installed slows sketchup? (I have quite a few and some I use infrequently).

              Huck

              @chris fullmer said:

              @huckrorick said:

              I can't seem to get the ruby to work.

              Do you by chance have component spray installed? That plugin seems to be breaking progressbar. If you have it installed, remove it and then restart SU and then try to run shape bender again.

              Chris

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @huckrorick said:

                Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

                Download the updated version of Component Spray.

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Chris - why not make your script detect the offending version of Component Spray? Get the file size for instance and use that to determine if the installed Component Spray (if any) is the conflicting version and prompt the user to update it.

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    hchiava2
                    last edited by

                    Can't seem to get shape bender to work.
                    I select group, then Fullmer - tools - sb.
                    When I try to select the horizontal line - nothing happens.

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      I think that the current posted version of component spray might still be bugged. I tested it a month or two ago and the bug had reverted somehow 😞 I should test it again.

                      @Thom - that is a very wise idea. The componnent spray thing is the #1 headahce with this script. Maybe I'll find some time tonight to update it. I might just make iut not use progressbar if the user has any version of component spray installed.

                      @hchiava2 Perhaps make sure that your world axis has not been changed. Shape bender only recognizes the original model exis. Try right clicking on one of the axis lines and if the option to "reset" is available, then select that and it should reset your axis to the original world axis. Then try lining everything up on the red axis again.

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                      All my Plugins I've written

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        @huckrorick said:

                        ...Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?...

                        I simply rename the rb extension to rbb (but anything will do just do not use rbs) and it does not load. When I occasionally need it, rename it again. I do this with all my rarely used plugins even just because they clutter my Plugins menu list.

                        Gai...

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @chris fullmer said:

                          @Thom - that is a very wise idea. The componnent spray thing is the #1 headahce with this script. Maybe I'll find some time tonight to update it. I might just make iut not use progressbar if the user has any version of component spray installed.

                          Yes - you could revert to just simple % in the statusbar.

                          So - are you saying the latest still has this problem?

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Is progressbar bundled with Component Spray?
                            How is it distributed?

                            Your plugin use it? But it works unless a faulty version of CompSpray is installed? Installed after your plugin - or does that not matter?

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              What happened is that Didier put the progressbar code into his script and added some new functions to it. But he did not protect his new version from overwriting any versions that a user might have installed (not correctly wrapped in its own new class I think). So if you component spray installed, it interferes with progressbar and ANY script that runs progressbar will fail.

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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                              • A Offline
                                August
                                last edited by

                                @huckrorick said:

                                ... Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

                                Also, I'm wondering if having lots of plugins installed slows sketchup? (I have quite a few and some I use infrequently). ...

                                Chris has set up Shape Bender to use the Window > Preferences > Extensions checkbox list. I presume that Component Spray does not.

                                If you have ever done any programming at all, of any kind, it's not too hard to follow how the Extensions are set up. It's a little obscure because there's an extra layer in all the Google Extensions to set the language file. But you "could" set up Component Spray to have the same kind of checkbox setup. Changing the file name is definitely easier.

                                FWIW,
                                August

                                β€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
                                [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                                • H Offline
                                  huckrorick
                                  last edited by

                                  Where would I find the updated version?
                                  And, looking at the other posts, is it worth doing now? (I'm happy to give it a try, but couldn't find how to download the latest version).

                                  Huck

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  @huckrorick said:

                                  Since I like to use component spray occassionally, is there a solution to using both?

                                  Download the updated version of Component Spray.

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                                    habisys
                                    last edited by

                                    Its Really an amazing tool...!!
                                    Can you please let us know the procedure of uploading this in Sketchup..!!Since there is no exe file. We have tried to copy and paste in plugin folder but it says..unable to load.

                                    Please help

                                    Thanks
                                    Ash

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      You must unzipp (uncompress) it before put it in the Plugins folder!
                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29

                                      In general Right click on the file / Extract to a name of folder

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

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        Seems latest version of component Spray is here πŸ˜‰

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

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                                        • K Offline
                                          keithver
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi
                                          Shape bender looks like the answer to a prayer. I've downloaded a "file.php". perhaps I'm being stupid. What do I do now
                                          Keith

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                                          • pilouP Offline
                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            That is verious because when you unzip the file of the first post "clf_shape_bender_v055.zip" you must obtain one folder and one file rb πŸ˜‰
                                            Past all in the Plugins folder ❗
                                            curious.jpg

                                            PS Don't forgott the progress bar.rb file from Smustard if you have not yet! : direct link

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

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