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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

                                      %

                                      (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                      G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                      M30

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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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                                        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                                        • V Offline
                                          Valerio_Queiroz
                                          last edited by

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

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                                          • B Offline
                                            bupaje
                                            last edited by

                                            I had a couple problems downloading this and I think it is just the *.rb extension in Firefox first - it tries to download it as a Firefox RB file so they appraently use that extension. When I tried Chrome using the forum link http://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/drawhelix/drawhelix14.rb I got a 'no such file found.' When I tried to paste the url I came to a 'Page Not Found' page but it gave me a https link to 'similar files' and this link finally worked https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/drawhelix/drawhelix14.rb

                                            Anyway just what I needed. 😄

                                            Burt
                                            Stormvisions

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