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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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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          I've tried using a resulting helix as a path for follow me.
                                          I get an error box indicating "This does not appear to be a valid path."
                                          I've tried exploding the curve and using Weld on it. That didn't change anything. Same error.

                                          Any suggestions, or maybe it's just not intended for this application?

                                          Jay

                                          Jay, I can't say I've seen that with helices I drawn with version 1.3 but I have seen the message on occasion. In most cases, Follow Me runs anyway. Can you get it to go even with the message?

                                          Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                          • V Offline
                                            Valerio_Queiroz
                                            last edited by

                                            Plugin muito útil e fácil de usar. Bom trabalho! 😉

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