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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      You want to erase stray edges and merge coplanar faces?
      Just set the settings in the dialog window. Then after ward you can just use the "Clean with Last Settings" if you quickly want to repeat that cleaning operation.

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        That's and odd error message. It refers to tt_guide_tools.rb...

        @rspierenburg said:

        I've removed both the plugin and the TT_lib2 folder and re-installed both

        Did you download the new version of TT_Lib2 before reinstalling TT_Lib2?

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • R Offline
          rspierenburg
          last edited by

          Yes, I re-downloaded the latest revision of TT_Lib2 (2.5.3) and Cleanup (3.1.3). Should I try to remove and re-install the TT_Guide tools as well?

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            You could try... I'm not really sure why you get this error message.

            What OS do you use? Windows?
            Administrator or User account? UAC on/off?

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • R Offline
              rspierenburg
              last edited by

              Using Windows Vista Home Premium with administrator access yes. I think it might be a conflict with another plugin perhaps. I'll check it out and let you know what I find out.

              Rob

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                rspierenburg
                last edited by

                I loved the first iteration of this plugin. I've tried to install the new version and receive this error on startup:

                Error Loading File tt_cleanup.rb
                undefined method is_windows?' for TT::System:Module Error Loading File tt_guide_tools.rb undefined method is_windows?' for TT::System:Module

                I've removed both the plugin and the TT_lib2 folder and re-installed both but no change. Any ideas? I'm really looking forward to getting this plugin to work, you do great work, keep it up.

                Thanks in advance,
                Rob

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                  rspierenburg
                  last edited by

                  Found out what the problem is...or rather..solution. I guessing the problem has to do with administrative rights somehow. Because if I set the Sketchup 8 Desktop shortcut to 'Run with administrative rights' then there is no error. Not sure what in the system.rb requires administration rights other than what I have but it works for now I guess.

                  Rob

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @rspierenburg said:

                    Found out what the problem is...or rather..solution. I guessing the problem has to do with administrative rights somehow. Because if I set the Sketchup 8 Desktop shortcut to 'Run with administrative rights' then there is no error. Not sure what in the system.rb requires administration rights other than what I have but it works for now I guess.

                    Rob

                    There shouldn't be anything. But - Vista and Win7 got something called compatibility mode where Windows place folders in a hidden location elsewhere on the system - though this is not visible to the user. It could be that this caused an older version to be loaded.
                    When you're in the Plugins folder, do you see a Compatibility Files button in Explorer?

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      rspierenburg
                      last edited by

                      Actually I do. So what exactly does this other folder do? Does it store older versions of the files that are in it? I've never noticed it before. But now that I see it I noticed there are other plugins that I couldn't find before.

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                        rspierenburg
                        last edited by

                        Yup, that did the trick. I just deleted the TT_Lib2 folder from the 'Compatibility' folder and everything starts up as it should. Thanks for the tip, and the wonderful plugins.

                        Rob

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @rspierenburg said:

                          Actually I do. So what exactly does this other folder do? Does it store older versions of the files that are in it? I've never noticed it before. But now that I see it I noticed there are other plugins that I couldn't find before.

                          I'm not very familiar with it - but I've heard some reports on it.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            It tries to stop you updating files/folders in 'Program Files' so the versions in 'Compatibility Files' version is likely to be newer and the older version left unchanged. It depends how you copy/move over the files... Give yourself wide-ranging access-rights to Sketchup folder and subfolders/files - the Compatibility Files won't bug-you 😒

                            TIG

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                            • bagateloB Offline
                              bagatelo
                              last edited by

                              I think this is good option to insert in this plugin:

                              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=35180

                              While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                              • bagateloB Offline
                                bagatelo
                                last edited by

                                Do not worry. I've done that.

                                Your version 3 of the cleanup is not working properly, when I select to delete duplicate faces.

                                Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

                                favicon

                                (sketchup.google.com)

                                I modified your previous version of the plugin cleanup and working properly. It's a pity that this did not erase non solid surfaces within groups. But this is not so bad.


                                before erros.jpg


                                errosfaces.jpg


                                tt_limpa.rb

                                While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @bagatelo said:

                                  Your version 3 of the cleanup is not working properly, when I select to delete duplicate faces.

                                  The Erase Duplicate Faces feature is a bit unstable. It's hard to properly figure out when a face is overlapping another. Though on the model you provided that feature would do no good anyway, since that pillow is a solid.
                                  Erase Duplicate Faces is intended to address faces where you see Z-fighting.

                                  I tested your model, with just Erase Duplicate Faces and no faces disappeared.
                                  It happens with Merge Coplanar Faces. (Ignore Normals and Ignore UVs)
                                  I'm pretty sure it's because the mesh has some very small faces. Some edges are less than a millimeter. SketchUp doesn't deal with small geometry like that very well.
                                  If you scale the geometry up a few times (the definition, not the instance) you'll see that no faces disappear.

                                  @bagatelo said:

                                  I modified your previous version of the plugin cleanup and working properly.

                                  The faces didn't disappear? That might be, as the old version had a tendency to not clean up as much as it should. It's a very buggy version which in this case just happen to cover up a weakness in SketchUp.

                                  I strongly recommend not using the older versions of CleanUp as version 3.1 has fixed a great number of bugs and issues which in other cases can cause you to loose geometry. The only thing you need to take care of is ensuring that your mesh doesn't have very small faces because SketchUp begins to acts odd then. Scale up small geometry before cleanup and you'll be fine.

                                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  • bagateloB Offline
                                    bagatelo
                                    last edited by

                                    Did you see/test your "tt_limpa.rb" ?


                                    tt_limpa.rb

                                    While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      I looked at it briefly. Added your request to the list of things to look at for future version. But it won't happen immediately. Got some other projects I need to attend. ( Also, I've been ill for a week - still am - so I've got quite a bit of catching up to do when my head stops throbbing.)

                                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                      • bagateloB Offline
                                        bagatelo
                                        last edited by

                                        Wow, what a pity. I am sorry you are sick. Health to you!

                                        While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                        • bagateloB Offline
                                          bagatelo
                                          last edited by

                                          I think this can be useful: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35291

                                          @bagatelo said:

                                          I would like to share here a technique to export models from 3dsmax Autodesk to google sketchup using 3ds files.

                                          Please download the file: DetachElements.mcr in this site:
                                          http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/detach-elements

                                          Then insert this file in the folder:
                                          C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2010\Scripts\Startup

                                          I import the model to be exported into the Sketchup into the 3dsmax, I press on the keyboard Alt+NumPad2 and after this Alt+NumPad3. What do these shortcuts?

                                          Alt + NumPad2 Separates groups in all elements of the model, using the script mentioned above.
                                          Alt + NumPad3 Makes 'Reset Xform'.

                                          After that it's only export to Google Sketchup, that objects do not come all messed up.

                                          Surely you want to use the plugin CleanUP done by thomthom.

                                          Thanks..

                                          While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                          • C Offline
                                            cadmunkey
                                            last edited by

                                            Great ruby, just halved the size of my current model. Cheers!

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