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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

                                  %

                                  (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                  G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                  M30

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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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                                      • BoxB Offline
                                        Box
                                        last edited by

                                        Did you try (right click and save as) as it says next to the download link.

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                                        • B Offline
                                          bupaje
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes with Firefox if I saved as 'Firefox RB" or choose "ALL Files" and saved as rb it it generated what looked like HTML errors and I changed the extension and looked at the contents and indeed it was an xhtml page.

                                          With Chrome it kept generating "No file" errors with right-click save as but as I said the https:// link did work - the original was an http:// link.

                                          Not sure if it is something peculiar to my setup but that's what happens.

                                          Correction: If I click on the link rather than 'Save As" and go to the page I can then download the file correctly. So maybe the problem I am having is with this site. I use OpenDNS at home and work and also have some AV and NoScript plugin. Perhaps one of them is to blame?

                                          Burt
                                          Stormvisions

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                                          • S Offline
                                            swpuagui
                                            last edited by

                                            I like it!

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