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    [plugin] realSection v0.6 Béta (Updated 9/8/2014)

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    • HumpmetwiceH Offline
      Humpmetwice
      last edited by

      I can't seem to get it to work right myself with the materials. Do you have to type in the name of the material that you want to use? A demo video would help to enjoy this plugin a whole lot more since I have been needing such a plugin for a while now! Thanks anyway, I guess I will figure it out one day?

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        errror404
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        hello,

        I'm trying to test this great plugin, but I'm having some dificulties:

        1- I created a group (a simple solid object)
        2- Then I created a texture that started with "_"
        3- I assigned the material to the object using "Define realSection material"
        4- I created a section plane
        5- pressed "Make realSection" and gave it a name

        but nothing happens... and no new layers are created?!

        I'm using SketchUp 8 (free) on a windows machine (XP)

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          GWD
          last edited by

          @errror404 said:

          hello,

          I'm trying to test this great plugin, but I'm having some dificulties:

          1- I created a group (a simple solid object)
          2- Then I created a texture that started with "_"
          3- I assigned the material to the object using "Define realSection material"
          4- I created a section plane
          5- pressed "Make realSection" and gave it a name

          but nothing happens... and no new layers are created?!

          I'm using SketchUp 8 (free) on a windows machine (XP)

          Can you send me the model?

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          • G Offline
            GWD
            last edited by

            I made a little movie to show how realSection works:

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            • ladcweiL Offline
              ladcwei
              last edited by

              I really like this plugs,however,it can't work at 7or8,waiting for its rebirth... 🎉

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              • G Offline
                GWD
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                @ladcwei said:

                I really like this plugs,however,it can't work at 7or8,waiting for its rebirth... 🎉

                please give me some feedback why it's not working? It should work a SketchUp 8 english.

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                  errror404
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                  @unknownuser said:

                  @errror404 said:

                  hello,

                  I'm trying to test this great plugin, but I'm having some dificulties:

                  1- I created a group (a simple solid object)
                  2- Then I created a texture that started with "_"
                  3- I assigned the material to the object using "Define realSection material"
                  4- I created a section plane
                  5- pressed "Make realSection" and gave it a name

                  but nothing happens... and no new layers are created?!

                  I'm using SketchUp 8 (free) on a windows machine (XP)

                  Can you send me the model?

                  It was just a box...
                  It didn't work on your example model either (if I tried to make a new section)
                  I would try later at my home computer (SketchUp Pro)

                  Now, after looking at the video I did notice something diferent... when I make a section my model shows up hallow inside (before and after I pressed "Make realSection" )

                  http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2551/sectionf.jpg

                  do I need to change some type of option in sketchup?

                  thanks!

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Any chance you could actually tell us what you are doing in the video. It's difficult to read the menu items and so on due to the compression of the video.

                    I'm trying to follow your PDF instructions. When I choose Make realSection, I can give the section a name but there's no new layer created as stated in the instructions. I think there are enough folks having difficulty getting this to work that there must be a defect that needs to be fixed.

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                      GWD
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                      @dave r said:

                      Any chance you could actually tell us what you are doing in the video. It's difficult to read the menu items and so on due to the compression of the video.

                      what's in the video:

                      make a solid
                      right click at select 'Define realSection material'
                      cancel the define realSection material
                      create a new SU material named '_newmaterial'
                      right click at select 'define realSection material'
                      select the new created material 'newmaterial'
                      define a sectionplane
                      right click selectionplane and select 'Make realSection'

                      realSection is created

                      select solid again and define an other material
                      show sectionplanes
                      select sectionplane
                      right click and select 'Update realSection'

                      realSection is updated

                      edit solid
                      show sectionplanes
                      select sectionplane
                      right click and select 'Update realSection

                      realSection is updated

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                      • G Offline
                        GWD
                        last edited by

                        @dave r said:

                        Any chance you could actually tell us what you are doing in the video. It's difficult to read the menu items and so on due to the compression of the video.

                        I'm trying to follow your PDF instructions. When I choose Make realSection, I can give the section a name but there's no new layer created as stated in the instructions. I think there are enough folks having difficulty getting this to work that there must be a defect that needs to be fixed.

                        If I know what's going wrong then I can fix it. Can you open your ruby console when you are trying to run realSection and give me the errors that show up.

                        regards,

                        Guy

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                          errror404
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                          @unknownuser said:

                          @dave r said:

                          Any chance you could actually tell us what you are doing in the video. It's difficult to read the menu items and so on due to the compression of the video.

                          I'm trying to follow your PDF instructions. When I choose Make realSection, I can give the section a name but there's no new layer created as stated in the instructions. I think there are enough folks having difficulty getting this to work that there must be a defect that needs to be fixed.

                          If I know what's going wrong then I can fix it. Can you open your ruby console when you are trying to run realSection and give me the errors that show up.

                          regards,

                          Guy

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                          Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
                          (eval);614;in `updaterealSection'
                          (eval);774
                          
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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            At Define Material

                            748115
                            748123
                            

                            At Make realSection

                            Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
                            (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
                            (eval);1882
                            (eval);1722;in `call'
                            (eval);1722
                            

                            At Show realSection

                            748115
                            748123
                            

                            At Update realSection

                            748115
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                            Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
                            (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
                            (eval);1894
                            (eval);1722;in `call'
                            (eval);1722
                            

                            FWIW, the Outliner wasn't open to begin with.

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                              GWD
                              last edited by

                              @dave r said:

                              At Define Material

                              748115
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                              At Make realSection

                              Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
                              > (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
                              > (eval);1882
                              > (eval);1722;in `call'
                              > (eval);1722
                              

                              At Show realSection

                              748115
                              > 748123
                              

                              At Update realSection

                              748115
                              > 748123
                              > Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
                              > (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
                              > (eval);1894
                              > (eval);1722;in `call'
                              > (eval);1722
                              

                              FWIW, the Outliner wasn't open to begin with.

                              Thanks I try to fix it asap

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                              • G Offline
                                GWD
                                last edited by

                                There was a small problem with version 0.3. This is now solved in realSection v0.4. I hope you will still enjoy realSection!
                                I tested it on SU7 en SU8 and it should work on both version without a problem.

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                                • J Offline
                                  Jim
                                  last edited by

                                  Is the problem because the plugin relies on Windows-specific libraries (Win32API.so) which are incompatible with Mac OS?

                                  Hi

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                                    GWD
                                    last edited by

                                    @jim said:

                                    Is the problem because the plugin relies on Windows-specific libraries (Win32API.so) which are incompatible with Mac OS?

                                    No plugin check if it's a PC or a MAC. But the problem should be fixed.

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.


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                                        GWD
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                                        @dave r said:

                                        That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.

                                        That the section faces don't align is normal, because i place the faces a little before and a little behind the sectionplane. But because you work in other units the gap is to big. I try to solve the unit problem asap.

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                                          GWD
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                                          @dave r said:

                                          That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.

                                          Problem solved in v0.5
                                          There will always be a very little displacement because it's impossible to put a face on the sectionplane without display problems.

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks. I'll give it a try.

                                            I wonder why it isn't possible for your script to put the face on the section plane in exactly the right spot. TIG's SectionCutFace seems to do it exactly right every time.

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