New plugin found at ferrari architecture

[pilou]

you must go menu View/toolbars: enable Ferarrisketch !
for have that!

Some other parts of the plug are on the "folder" Ferrarisketch inside Plugins' folder
And Ferraricolors' folder inside folder Material
See the read me text given when you unzip the file

[charly2008]

Hi David,

that was a good find. Thank you shared it with us.
That tool is not bad and easy to use and further a good addition to the other plugins.

Charly

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[pilou]

Ferrari is more versatile than Soap

[Khai]

unstable ain't it?

it's crashed SU7 twice now.. no bugsplat but a full on "not responding"

[pep75]

Thank you Grim!!!!!

[david_h]

I'm confused on installation. Could one of you guys break it down for me? I have the Ferrari Sketch toolbar checked on the list, but it doesnt show up on the screen and I can't find it in either the plugins or tools menues. I must have the file tree set up wrong.

Thx,

D

[pilou]

no special problem
On the Plugins folder
an rb file launcher
a folder with again some files

[david_h]

okay .. .I guess i'm dumb. I admit that. I tought that is what I had and it's not working. here's my tree

Plugins>> Ferrarisketch.rb
Ferrarisketch (folder)
Buttons Folder
Ferrarisketch.rbs
Ferrarisketchmenues
yes? no?

Thanks for the help.

D

[shura]

Yes.
But have a FerrariColors folder with lots of Skm inside next to it, what is that good for?

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[pilou]

@unknownuser said:

1. First verify that Google SketchUp is installed on the computer. If not, go to “http://sketchup.google.com”.

2. Once this archive is extrated:

• copy the file “FerrariSketch.rb” and the folder “FerrariSketch” in the directory “C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins” *;
• copy the folder “FerrariColors” in the directory “C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Materials” *.

3. Launch Google SketchUp and open the FerrariSketch tool box by selecting the option “FerrariSketch” in the menu “View -> Tollbars”.
   Other information are available in the program website using the tool box button “Help (?)”.

• These pathnames depend on the Google SketchUp version (7 or superior) and/or the operating system (XP/Vista/7).
  You must have administrative rights on these folders.

[david_h]

thank you . ..

Could you take that a little slower please?

[derei]

Can anyone post a step-by-step tutorial about how to use this plugin? I tried to use it, but failed. The help button send me to their website's homepage.

What I did:

1. selected 4 edges loop (no face inside)
2. the menu has opened and I input a Inflating Force of 5
   here I get an error in RubyConsole:

Error; #<FloatDomainError; NaN>
(eval);286;in `ceil'
(eval);286;in `create_cartesian_mesh'
(eval);250;in `create_mesh'
(eval);887;in `ferrariSketch_menu_select'
C;/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/FerrariSketch/FerrariSketchmenus.rb;11

3. selected the edges again and pressed Calculate
   here I get another error:

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `length' for nil;NilClass>
(eval);649;in `simulate'
(eval);1016;in `ferrariSketch_menu_run'
C;/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/FerrariSketch/FerrariSketchmenus.rb;23
(eval);286;in `call'
(eval);286

4. NOTHING CREATED

What I do wrong ?

[grim]

some pdf tutorials attached

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FeSk demo arch[1].pdf

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FeSk demo conoid[1].pdf

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FeSk demo conoids[1].pdf

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FeSk demo hypar[1].pdf

[majid]

seems interesting, but no way to download the plugin.
if it is free, so any way to put a direct link here please?

[Rich O Brien]

Try this version...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=286168#p286168

Grim uploaded it here but I'm not sure if this is the latest?

[majid]

it seems something is wrong with the attached file...

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opps it was my fault, once again I unzipped it and now it works

[Rich O Brien]

Extracted you get 2 folders, FerrariSketch and FerrariColors

The plugin is in the FerrariSketch Folder. I didn't install it as I've no use for it but what problem do you have?

[derei]

PROBLEM SOLVED !! I had a set.rb file in Plugins folder, which is needed for a SVG export plugin. That messed up something in SketchUp. I renamed it and everything went fine.
Sorry for putting you on fire.

[Alan Fraser]

I only just came across this one. Not on this thread, I might add...I just checked to see if it had been mentioned before, as it's not on the index.
It's quite a useful script. It's designed as a tensile fabric plugin, but can also be used as a soapskin bubble if you increase the inflation pressure.

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[pilou]

Sure and it has better results in many cases!