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    • G Offline
      grim
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      tig

      is it posible to get these 2d tools working in the layout portion of sketchup?

      they would be a great help when preparing documentation drawings

      regards

      grim

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @grim said:

        tig
        is it posible to get these 2d tools working in the layout portion of sketchup?
        they would be a great help when preparing documentation drawings
        regards
        grim

        Sorry, but SUp's .rb isn't transferable to LO - there are lots of useful tools inside LO though ??

        TIG

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        • kenK Offline
          ken
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          TIG

          On the 2D Text tool would it be possible to limit the color selection to just 8 colors. Right now the end of the list is off screen's bottom and this makes it impossible to select yellow or any other color that is be at the bottom.

          Again thanks for the plugin.

          Ken

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

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
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            @unknownuser said:

            TIG

            On the 2D Text tool would it be possible to limit the color selection to just 8 colors. Right now the end of the list is off screen's bottom and this makes it impossible to select yellow or any other color that is be at the bottom.

            Again thanks for the plugin.

            Ken

            You CANselect off any list that goes off the screen...
            Select that list option...
            Type the first letter of the color you want - say W for 'White'
            The list jumps to 'Wheat' - because it's the first item starting with W...
            Now use the down-arrow key to scroll through the list until you have 'White' selected
            If you wanted 'Violet' use the up-arrow key to scroll up to that etc...
            In your example pressing 'Y' would jump to 'Yellow' directly as that is the first item it finds...
            The clunky 'inputbox' methods are not great but you can work through them...
            A web-dialog based interface with proper-scrolling is on the to-do-list... πŸ˜’

            TIG

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            • kenK Offline
              ken
              last edited by

              TIG

              Thanks. That works for me. I was unaware of this feature.

              Again, thanks for your plugins.

              Onto another note, will you be at 3D Basecamp?

              Ken

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

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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                @unknownuser said:

                TIG
                Thanks. That works for me. I was unaware of this feature.
                Again, thanks for your plugins.
                Onto another note, will you be at 3D Basecamp?
                Ken

                Unfortunately, it's a no.
                Google arranged 3D Basecamp a verybad time...
                I have a sick relative coming to live with us around then... AND I have to get things ready [like finish the new ground-floor bedroom/bathroom etc]... AND also it's aloooong way... AND it's a lot of money for a few days' junket AND... it starts on my wife's birthday AND it ends on our wedding-anniversary πŸ˜•
                So all in all a resounding 'no' - though I would have loved to have gone πŸ˜’

                TIG

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                • utilerU Offline
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  @tig said:

                  @unknownuser said:

                  TIG
                  Thanks. That works for me. I was unaware of this feature.
                  Again, thanks for your plugins.
                  Onto another note, will you be at 3D Basecamp?
                  Ken

                  Unfortunately, it's a no.
                  Google arranged 3D Basecamp a verybad time...
                  I have a sick relative coming to live with us around then... AND I have to get things ready [like finish the new ground-floor bedroom/bathroom etc]... AND also it's aloooong way... AND it's a lot of money for a few days' junket AND... it starts on my wife's birthday AND it ends on our wedding-anniversary πŸ˜•
                  So all in all a resounding 'no' - though I would have loved to have gone πŸ˜’

                  Excuses, excuses, TIG.... πŸ˜‰

                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  • G Offline
                    gcp310
                    last edited by

                    does this plugin only work for SU porfessional, or will it work with the free version.

                    i cant get it to load up.

                    Thanks

                    Glenn

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                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      It works on SU Free. Have you extracted the zipped folder into your plugins directory? Making sure to keep the folder/file structure intact.

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

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        Glenn, it works with both pro and free versions of SU. Perhaps you could be a little more specific about what you've done and what's happening.

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Also it's not to be found in the Plugins Menu... See Menu > Draw > 2D Tools > sub-menu items... AND you will need to activate the 2D Tools toolbar from Views > Toolbar > 2D Tools to see that too...
                          Please read the instructions in the Help file...

                          TIG

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                          • G Offline
                            gcp310
                            last edited by

                            i feel like such an idiot, yes, they have been there all along.
                            sorry, i had been so engrossed in trying to get them to appear in the plugins section.

                            thanks for the info

                            Glenn

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                            • W Offline
                              wyatt
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                              TIG,
                              The 2D tools don't seem to work in v8. I get the following error (3 pages actually - just copying one as they are all similar).

                              Error Loading File 2D#.rb
                              C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/2DlineTool.rb:33: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting kEND
                              Sketchup::set_status_text ("Length"), SB_VCB_LABEL

                              I don't have an urgent need for this plug-in right now but I thought you'd like to know that it may need to be updated.
                              Thanks!
                              Wyatt

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Wyatt, I don't want to speak for TIG but I'm not having any problem with the 2D Tools on either my Mac or my PC. In fact I just used it a few minutes ago on my PC here at work. Could it be an install problem?

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
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                                  His error indicate a syntax error.

                                  Sketchup::set_status_text ("Length"), SB_VCB_LABEL instead which Ruby 1.8.6 throws an error at now that it's stricter than previous version.

                                  Possible he has used different tools than you?

                                  @Wyatt: exactly when you do get these errors? What tools/operations are you doing?

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

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    I don't know, Thomas. I've gone through all of the 2D tools just now and didn't get any errors.

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                                    • W Offline
                                      wyatt
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok, figured it out. The 2D tools that don't work for me are these:
                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=21445

                                      v4.6 works fine. Are the plugins on the other thread an earlier build?

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
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                                        As Thomthom says v8 is more unforgiving of having only part of the arguments parenthesized - I will check my code and reissue to suit... B U T . . .
                                        However, there is no occurrence of the text Sketchup::set_status_text ("Length"), SB_VCB_LABEL ANYWHERE in the current 2DlineTool.rb - it's always the correctly syntaxed Sketchup::set_status_text((db"Length"),SB_VCB_LABEL) ??? πŸ˜•
                                        So I am a bit mystified - do you have the correct version downloaded from the main page zip file...

                                        TIG

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          o_O

                                          Peculiar. Though, I did find the syntax alien to be TIG's...

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

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @thomthom said:

                                            o_O
                                            Peculiar. Though, I did find the syntax alien to be TIG's...

                                            It was 'wrong' in some older versions.... BUT not in the more recent ones - and they coincidentally suits v8 too............

                                            TIG

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