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    • P Offline
      PeterCharles
      last edited by

      @jim said:

      Hi Peter,

      Sure, it has plenty of life - I just made it a bit more friendly. Hope you don't mind the update.

      You have my blessing to improve it in what ever way you can. ๐Ÿ˜„

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      • simon le bonS Offline
        simon le bon
        last edited by

        Excellent!
        Thank you Jim (and also for your revisited Didier's Double Line ๐Ÿ‘ )

        ๐Ÿ‘ simon

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        • A Offline
          ATYRAUTONY
          last edited by

          Hi nice tool but is it possible to draw a helix that is not a whole number of turns for example 1.5 I have tried and nothing is drawn.

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Yes you must enter an "Integer" number ๐Ÿ˜„
            So cut your volume at the end of the process ๐Ÿ˜‰

            Make 3 turns and cut at the middle ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              Yes you must enter an "Integer" number ๐Ÿ˜„
              So cut your volume at the end of the process ๐Ÿ˜‰

              Make 3 turns and cut at the middle ๐Ÿ˜‰

              It's easily fixed by adjusting the code in the .rb file... on line #23 [edit with Notepad.exe or equivalent plain-text editor - NOT a wrodprocessor]
              change
              values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5, 24]
              into
              values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5.0, 24]
              then save.
              Now you can enter decimal values like 1.5 ...
              The original code froze it as an 'integer' [default=5] and therefore prevented 'partial turn' values being entered... BUT since the rest of the code doesn't rely on it being an 'integer' there's no problems with making it a 'float'...
              I already had that tweaked in the previous version in my installation...

              TIG

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Better and more generalist indeed ๐Ÿ˜Ž
                And always amazing as just 2 signs can change something! โ˜€

                We are few things in the univers, all is inside decimals ๐Ÿ’š

                By Francesco de Comitรฉ ๐Ÿ‘
                pi.jpg

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

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  @ TIG
                  I am in V6
                  Curious
                  I have an old version Draw Helix 13
                  make your 5.0 changment inside : works fine ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                  I load the new DrawHelix14
                  nothing is drawing ๐Ÿ˜ฎ (same result with your changment) ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                  I have this in the Ruby console

                  Error; #<ArgumentError; wrong number of arguments(2 for 1)>
                  C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;68;in `start_operation'
                  C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;68;in `drawhelix'
                  C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78
                  C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78;in `call'
                  

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

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                  • simon le bonS Offline
                    simon le bon
                    last edited by

                    @tig said:

                    It's easily fixed by adjusting the code in the .rb file... on line #23 [edit with Notepad.exe or equivalent plain-text editor - NOT a wrodprocessor]
                    change
                    values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5, 24]
                    into
                    values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5.0, 24]
                    then save.
                    Now you can enter decimal values like 1.5 ...

                    I'm very proud to annouce that this

                    .0 
                    

                    added, is my very first rubby scripting ๐Ÿ˜† (and may be also the last ๐Ÿ˜Ž )
                    And then Oh! the problems begin ๐Ÿคฃ

                    1)With or without this new code, I discover that DrawHelix14 doesn't work with my Su6
                    2)DrawHelix14 works fine with my Su7 but the new code (

                    .0 
                    

                    ) doesn't work! (if a decimal value is entered, no helix is drawn_ if an Integer value is entered: works fine)
                    3)If I come back in Su6 to DawHelix13_fr and add the (

                    .0 
                    

                    )code, this time the helix is drawn.

                    4.5 rotations

                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/DrawHelix001.jpg

                    Ouf! Hard time for new developper ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                    simon

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                    • dereiD Offline
                      derei
                      last edited by

                      can't you filter that ? the script to catch the vcb value and remove the leading zero in incompatible version of SU ?

                      DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        @ TIG
                        I am in V6
                        Curious
                        I have an old version Draw Helix 13
                        make your 5.0 changment inside : works fine ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                        I load the new DrawHelix14
                        nothing is drawing ๐Ÿ˜ฎ (same result with your changment) ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                        I have this in the Ruby console

                        Error; #<ArgumentError; wrong number of arguments(2 for 1)>
                        > C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;68;in `start_operation'
                        > C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;68;in `drawhelix'
                        > C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78
                        > C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78;in `call'
                        

                        Line #65
                        if Sketchup.version_number.to_i < 7
                        changed to
                        if Sketchup.version.to_i < 7
                        will work in SUp v6 too !
                        Simple typo by Jim meant that you always got a version number in the tens of thousands and not a simple 6, 7 or 8 etc so it would always be > 7 and then try to start_operation with an extra argument and break the tool ๐Ÿ˜’

                        TIG

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                        • pilouP Offline
                          pilou
                          last edited by

                          Cool to see that is the same problem ๐Ÿ’š

                          PS It's the same for the New Double Line!
                          Don't work inside the V6 ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                          When press Enter walls are not drawn !

                          same error message in the Ruby console

                          Error; #<ArgumentError; wrong number of arguments(2 for 1)>
                          C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/dline2.rb;157;in `start_operation'
                          C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/dline2.rb;157;in `onReturn'
                          C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/dline2.rb;157
                          

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

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Works now for the Draw Helix 14 in the V6 โ˜€
                            but now it's your modification 5.0 who don't works in the Draw Helix 14 ! (V6) ๐Ÿ’š
                            I have that

                            values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5.0, 24]
                            
                            Error; #<ArgumentError; invalid value for Integer; "5.5">
                            C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;31;in `inputbox'
                            C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;31;in `drawhelix'
                            C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78
                            C;/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb;78;in `call'
                            

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

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              OK looks like float and string clash ?
                              I assume the edited line #23 is clearly values = [300.mm, 300.mm, 100.mm, 5.0, 24] with no string delimter "" or '' around anything...
                              Perhaps your JLF::DrawHelix Registry entry is screwed or locked on the last used 'intger' values?
                              You could delete it...
                              BUT unless you are confident about messing around within a PC's Registry and risking disaster... then I suggest this safer fix...
                              Temporarily disable reading the Registry - go to line #24
                              v = Sketchup.read_default(reg_key, "values")
                              and add a leading # so it doesn't load at all
                              #v = Sketchup.read_default(reg_key, "values")
                              If you get an error also add a temporary line after it
                              v=nil
                              Run the tool once and close SUp, then remove that # etc from the .rb and retry - it should now be using the last entered values you used which are 'float'...

                              Also - in passing I now note that in line #36 there is
                              angle = 2*3.14159/sections
                              it would be better as
                              angle = 360.degrees/sections
                              as the over approximated value of 'pi' could produce minor inaccuracies otherwise...

                              TIG

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                              • J Offline
                                Jim
                                last edited by

                                Thanks. I've made the changes and updated the download. The version works on SketchUp 6, 7, and 8 for me.

                                Hi

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Thinking about the earlier registry entry potentially messing integer and float, to be on the safe side you could add this

                                          unless v.nil?
                                              values = eval(v)
                                              values[0] = values[0].to_l
                                              values[1] = values[1].to_l
                                              values[2] = values[2].to_l
                                              values[3] = values[3].to_f
                                              values[4] = values[4].to_i
                                          end
                                  

                                  so that older values' classes are always correctly set?

                                  TIG

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                                  • J Offline
                                    Jim
                                    last edited by

                                    Had the same thought... thanks.

                                    Hi

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Ok now that works like a charm in V6! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
                                      Bravo! ๐Ÿ‘
                                      And sorry for the inconvenience ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                                      • simon le bonS Offline
                                        simon le bon
                                        last edited by

                                        Ok now that works like a charm in V6! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
                                        Bravo! ๐Ÿ‘

                                        (it is better if I don't touch even one line of code ๐Ÿ˜† )

                                        simon

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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi:
                                          I tried to use DrawHelix14 last night in SU7 and on opening the program I got a load error.
                                          Text file copy of the error message:
                                          Error Loading File drawhelix14.rb
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:1: syntax error
                                          <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:2: syntax error
                                          <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:3: syntax error
                                          <head>
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:5: syntax error
                                          <title xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">Download Attachment</title>
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:6: syntax error
                                          <style xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:19: syntax error
                                          content: ".";
                                          ^
                                          C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/drawhelix14.rb:70: syntax error
                                          <body xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">
                                          ^
                                          I probably did something wrong. I do have version 1.3

                                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                          • J Offline
                                            Jim
                                            last edited by

                                            When you go to download the file, right-click the link and select Save As, or Save Target As.

                                            The file you posted in the error is an html page - probably has the script embedded in it somewhere, but your browser doesn't know what to do with .rb files.

                                            Hi

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