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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      @Charly, that is odd. Do what TIG shows there. You might even just try re-downloading and installing it again. Perhaps the file itself got messed up.

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

        Hi Chris, hi TIG,

        I have only just come home. Here's the result:


        Unbenannt.JPG

        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          So it's returning nil because you don't have RickW's Smustard menu added - OK and shouldn't cause aprobelm...
          You do have the clf's tools menu loaded - Good.
          BUT you don't have clf's youtube menu loading... Strange...
          This could be the problem - it loads from clf's component_stringer / camera_recorder / shape_bender / voodoo_importer
          Try checking you have those...

          Chris ❓

          TIG

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            I'm a little bit confused. That are all the Plugins i have in a PDF-File.

            Charly


            DirPrintOK Document 8 Seite(n).pdf

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              So... Chris's tools fall over because one of them hasn't already loaded 'some other menu' when it thinks it has...
              Here's a [possible] simple fix... put it into the correct sub-folder...
              clf_shape_bender.rb
              Chris can sort it 'properly' later... 😒

              TIG

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              • charly2008C Offline
                charly2008
                last edited by

                Many thanks TIG. I tried the Shape Bender plugin in SketchUp 8 there it works fine. and now with your update it works again in Sketchup 7.

                Charly

                He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by

                  Hey TIG, thanks for looking into it. I am without a computer at home for now, so I'm mostly useless. But what was the problem you found? I was able to load shape bender just fine without having any of my other plugins loaded. Did I mess something up in my overly complicated menu system?

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

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Chris
                    Wait till you get a proper link in to check what's up... I think it's the way that some of your scripts check if a Plugin is loaded already... I moved the confirmations in that file so each of them is immediately after its the first-run check and its seems to work OK then...
                    You have over-complicated your menu checking somewhat.... but - hey 😎 -join-the-club 😄
                    It seems to depend on which of your scripts a user has loading... and of course it shouldn't 😒
                    It's probably an easy fix BUT it probably affects several of your scripts 😞

                    TIG

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                    • mariochaM Offline
                      mariocha
                      last edited by

                      Huh ....
                      The shape in the attached file makes Shape Bender crash SU.
                      I tried it several times.
                      (The line I want to use is hard to see, on the red axis)


                      branch-o.skp

                      %(#008000)[Mario C.
                      Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Bug Splat for me, too. Even after I moved the straight line so it lies on the red axis. It works with a simple long, skinny box. Perhaps there's too much geometry in the branch?

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

                        %

                        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                        M30

                        %

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          (mac)
                          works in SU7.. crashes with 8


                          screen 10.jpg

                          dotdotdot

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                          • D Offline
                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

                            Worked fine for me, the only thing I did was move the branch up a few inches so I could see the horizontal line. I didn't get the green preview wires like I usually do though.

                            File is attached.


                            branch-o.skp

                            3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                            • mariochaM Offline
                              mariocha
                              last edited by

                              Great ! Good idea.
                              I will try it in v7.
                              thx a lot.
                              I guess a small update of the plugin will be needed. 😄

                              %(#008000)[Mario C.
                              Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                              • jim smithJ Offline
                                jim smith
                                last edited by

                                I haven't run through all the thread since 8 came on the scene, but it doen't work on my laptop with 8. V7.1, it works just fine. Attached is a screen shot of a simple bend, it seems to start and then stalls at 5%. On my V7.1, it bends in a few seconds. I don't get any error message box on startup or when I start the shape bender.


                                shapebenderproblem.png

                                "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                                from discord find harmony,
                                In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                                Albert Einstein

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
                                  last edited by

                                  Looks like I need to poke aroud in this plugin again to get it v8 compatible. I'll see what I can do.

                                  Chris

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

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                                  • gullfoG Offline
                                    gullfo
                                    last edited by

                                    it's working OK for me on SU8 (on fairly complex shapes), but previously on SU7 i had a similar problem and i cleaned things up and removed a number of older plugins and then everything worked OK. i suggest checking to see if you can identify a plugin which may be problematic.

                                    Glenn

                                    http://www.runnel.com

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                                    • mariochaM Offline
                                      mariocha
                                      last edited by

                                      Hum... I will check.
                                      In fact yes, on other shapes it worked ok in 8.
                                      Won't be easy to find a non-constant problem.

                                      %(#008000)[Mario C.
                                      Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                                      • C Offline
                                        cheriyan
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for this plugins

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                                        • gullfoG Offline
                                          gullfo
                                          last edited by

                                          @jasper.middelberg said:

                                          yet I discovered that bending will stretch the boards...
                                          does anybody know how this can be solved digitally?

                                          i usually pre-calculate the length of the target shape. e.g. if i have a 4' length and need to bend it in a arc, i figure out the length of the arc so the bent object is the correct length.

                                          it might be simpler to use extrude tools to make the outline of the shape and extrude it. or maybe vertex tools could manipulate the grid correctly...

                                          Glenn

                                          http://www.runnel.com

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            @gullfo said:

                                            i usually pre-calculate the length of the target shape. e.g. if i have a 4' length and need to bend it in a arc, i figure out the length of the arc so the bent object is the correct length.

                                            👍 +1 Measure the line you are bending to first, and make you straight line the exact same length. (this is all funcionality I have planned to add to the next version of this tool if I ever get around to making it). Then make your board the exactly same length also. Then there should be no stretching.

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

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