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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      Yes you must enter an "Integer" number 😄
      So cut your volume at the end of the process 😉

      Make 3 turns and cut at the middle 😉

      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 😎
        And always amazing as just 2 signs can change something! ☀

        We are few things in the univers, all is inside decimals 💚

        By Francesco de Comité 👍
        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 😎

          I load the new DrawHelix14
          nothing is drawing 😮 (same result with your changment) 😮
          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 😆 (and may be also the last 😎 )
            And then Oh! the problems begin 🤣

            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 😎

            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 😎

                I load the new DrawHelix14
                nothing is drawing 😮 (same result with your changment) 😮
                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 😒

                TIG

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Cool to see that is the same problem 💚

                  PS It's the same for the New Double Line!
                  Don't work inside the V6 😮
                  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 ☀
                    but now it's your modification 5.0 who don't works in the Draw Helix 14 ! (V6) 💚
                    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! 😎
                              Bravo! 👍
                              And sorry for the inconvenience 😉

                              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! 😎
                                Bravo! 👍

                                (it is better if I don't touch even one line of code 😆 )

                                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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                                    • mitcorbM Offline
                                      mitcorb
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks Jim for your quick reply.
                                      That is what I thought. As many plugins as I have downloaded and given others the same advice as yours, you'd think I would know better.
                                      I think I am divesting myself of good sense daily.

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

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                                      • J Offline
                                        Jim
                                        last edited by

                                        @mitcorb said:

                                        I think I am divesting myself of good sense daily.

                                        I understand, believe me. 😆

                                        Hi

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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          Well, Jim:
                                          I don't know why but I keep getting the HTML file, even on this work computer. Same browser, though--Firefox. I will keep trying.

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

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            @mitcorb said:

                                            Well, Jim:
                                            I don't know why but I keep getting the HTML file, even on this work computer. Same browser, though--Firefox. I will keep trying.

                                            I tried downloading the rb file today and got this in the file.

                                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
                                            <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
                                            <head>
                                            <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1" />
                                            
                                            <title xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">Download Attachment</title>
                                            <style xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">
                                                      html, body {
                                                        padding; 0;
                                                        margin; 0;
                                                      }
                                                      body {
                                                        font-family; Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
                                                        font-size; 12px;
                                                        background-color; #fff;
                                                        background-image; none;
                                                        direction; ltr;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-clear;after {
                                                        content; ".";
                                                        display; block;
                                                        height; 0;
                                                        clear; both;
                                                        visibility; hidden;
                                                      }
                                                      #sites-header {
                                                        background-color; #fff;
                                                        border-bottom; 1px solid #b0bdcc;
                                                        height; 1%;
                                                        padding; 5px 5px 0 0;
                                                        margin-bottom; 10px;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-account {
                                                        float; right;
                                                        font-size; 12px;
                                                        padding; 4px 8px 5px;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-account a {
                                                        color; #4e7dbf; /* onebarLinkColor */
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-content-wrapper {
                                                        min-height; 150px;
                                                        margin; 0 5px;
                                                        _height; 150px !important;
                                                        padding; 5px;
                                                      }
                                                      h2 {
                                                        margin; 5px 0 10px;
                                                        font-size; 22px;
                                                      }
                                                      p {
                                                        margin-top; 0px;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-subfooter {
                                                        font-size; 11px;
                                                        padding; 5px 0 5px;
                                                        text-align; center;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-subfooter p {
                                                        margin; 0;
                                                        padding; 5px;
                                                      }
                                                      .sites-subfooter p span {
                                                        font-size; 10px;
                                                      }
                                                      #sites-logo {
                                                        margin-bottom; 15px;
                                                      }
                                                    </style>
                                            </head>
                                            <body xmlns="http://www.google.com/ns/jotspot">
                                            <div id="sites-status" class="sites-status" style="display;none;">
                                            <div id="sites-notice" class="sites-notice"> </div>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="sites-content-wrapper">
                                            <img xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="http://www.gstatic.com/sites/p/544341/system/app/images/logo/logo.gif" id="sites-logo" alt="Google Sites Logo" />
                                            <h2>Download Attachment</h2>
                                            <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
                                                    Click <a href="/site/jimfoltz/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/drawhelix/drawhelix14.rb?attredirects=0">here</a> to download your attachment.
                                                    </p>
                                            </div>
                                            </body>
                                            </html>
                                            
                                            

                                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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