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    [Plugin] Perpendicular Face Tools (UPDATED 26-03-09)

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Hi Ben, sounds like it is not getting put in the correct place somehow. There should be a single file called clf_perpendicular_face_tools_loader.rb in the main plugins folder. And a folder called clf_perpendicular_face_tools that has all the other files it in (clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb, circle_xx.png(2), square_xx.png(2), and star_xx.png(2)). So make sure everything is in the right spot and let me know if that helps. If not, we'll keep trying,

      Chris

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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      • B Offline
        Ben Ritter
        last edited by

        Chris,

        My folders are configured just as you say and no-go. I even deleted all the files and reinstalled the zip file.

        I'm puzzled too, because on another computer it works just fine. ❓

        I appreciate your help and love your script (on the other computer 😉 )

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          OK, one last thing to try before we dive into deep troublshoot mode.

          This is one of the few scripts that I wrote where I toyed around with the idea of disabling it by default. So just go try to enable it in the preferences menu - Window > Prefences > Extensions and make sure it is turned on. If that does not do it, then I'll PM you a new tweaked script that will output errors for me to look at.

          Chris

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          • B Offline
            Ben Ritter
            last edited by

            Chris, well there it is.

            Thank you. I forgot to check the preferences all the while thinking there we one place like that to check. I'll have to remember that for future problems.

            Ben

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              taurus195
              last edited by

              Amazing plug-in! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. It really is a time saver, thank you.

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              • S Offline
                snowflake
                last edited by

                Hi Chris, I've had some trouble with your tool.
                Using a millimeter template i was not able to get under 25,4mm radius for the circle tool
                for your information, here is the code from the console.
                Error: #<TypeError: reference to deleted Entity> (eval):895:inget_attribute'
                (eval):895:in onActivePathChanged' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396 Error: #<ArgumentError: Not enough edges - at least 3 required> C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in add_face'
                C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in make_face' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:306:in onUserText'
                (eval):895
                Error: #<ArgumentError: Not enough edges - at least 3 required>
                C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in add_face' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396:in make_face'
                C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:306:in onUserText' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/clf_perpendicular_face_tools/clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb:396
                Not sure what it means, but when i draw a circle (even bellow 25mm) on the ground plane and then use the star tool there is no problem. It works.

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by

                  hmm, interesting. I'll set up to a mm template and try it to se if I get the same error.

                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                  • charly2008C Offline
                    charly2008
                    last edited by

                    Dear Chris,

                    I used your tool extensively in the beta test of fredos Curviloft. It's a great combination. but at times appears a little error. Some objects are rotated to 180 degrees. At two or three objects, this is not a problem to turn the objects by hand.

                    Charly


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                    He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      Hi Charly, I never did quite get some of that stuff worked out. When I wrote this I knew very little about vectors/ But, I was aware of the possibility of it adding unwanted rotation to faces. So I built in the ability to rotate a face immediatly after placing it by using the up arrow key.

                      So if a face is rotated wrong, hit the up arrow key to rotate it 90 degrees. Hope that helps,

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                      • charly2008C Offline
                        charly2008
                        last edited by

                        Thanks Chris for your quick response. Your tip is a good help.

                        Charly

                        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                        • D Offline
                          DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                          last edited by

                          hi chris
                          long use this tool and I would like to ask you some suggestions.

                          square perperdicular:
                          if I enter a single value (for ejemmplo 20) = draws a square of 20 (as it works now)
                          but if I enter two values (eg 20,30) draws a rectangle of 20x30
                          circle perperdicular:
                          add opcion of oval
                          if I enter two values (eg 20,30) draws a oval of 20x30
                          custom face:
                          add opción for scale
                          if I enter /2 draws face , half the size of the original face
                          if I enter *2 draws face , twice the size of the face of origin

                          is it possible?

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                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by

                            That would be possible to add. I"m not sure how to handle the fact that different places use . and , differntly in numbers. Is there a way to determine what the decimal delimeter is for a user's location or something?

                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                              DIEGO-RODRIGUEZ
                              last edited by

                              using the (,) between numbers. is a performance equal to that of native sketchup.
                              just for that reason I put as an example (30,20 in visor vcv) for a 30cmx20cm rectangle

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                              • EdsonE Offline
                                Edson
                                last edited by

                                chris,

                                there seems to be some incompatibility with SU8 as the toolbar does not appear and I cannot find PFT in your folder in the plugins menu, even though all the files are in the plugins folder.

                                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  Edson, I have these tools on my Mac with SU8 Pro and they work fine. Have you ticked the box for Perpendicular Face tools in Preferences>Extensions?

                                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                  • EdsonE Offline
                                    Edson
                                    last edited by

                                    @dave r said:

                                    Edson, I have these tools on my Mac with SU8 Pro and they work fine. Have you ticked the box for Perpendicular Face tools in Preferences>Extensions?

                                    nope. I looked for it in View>Tool Palettes and it was not there. but doing what you suggested did the trick. thanks for reminding me of that. 😳

                                    edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                                    http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      It's easy to forget having to tick the boxes. More so these days because you don't have to do it for every toolbar and for those you do, it's only done once until you install the next version of SU. Glad that fixed it.

                                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Glad you got it fixed Edson - Thanks Dave!

                                        Chris

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

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                                        • demD Offline
                                          dem
                                          last edited by

                                          Sketchup crushing very often, when use Ctrl+Z after this tools 😢

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmm, that is not good. I'll look into it. Thanks for the notice, I'll let you know if I find anything,

                                            Chris

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

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