[Plugin] Cloud.rb for SU6

SAnderka · 10 Feb 2010, 17:53

Take a look at this post and download the revised script and you should be good to go. The link to the script is in the post at the top of the thread.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=15807&p=209535&hilit=cloud#p209535

JP

Awesome, thanks!

There is one interesting thing: The plugin won't work on my PC if i copy the examples.dat on my desktop. If I copy it anywhere else, it works just fine, but locating it on the desktop just reproduces the "nothing happens" error it reported above...

EDIT: Some further testing revealed that the plugin can't handle umlauts in directory names (my user account contains a German umlaut). I created test directories with and without umlauts and this error seems quite reproducible.

bigfatfool · 19 Jun 2010, 18:28

Hi Guys,

I have tried everything writen here and I still suffer the problems of many others... nothing happens when I try to import point?!

I am using windows 7 x86, sketchup 7 latest version... please help cos my head now hurts...

Cheers,

Nic

thomthom · 19 Jun 2010, 19:54

Open the Ruby Console before you try to import and post back any error.

thomthom · 19 Jun 2010, 19:56

@sanderka said:

EDIT: Some further testing revealed that the plugin can't handle umlauts in directory names (my user account contains a German umlaut). I created test directories with and without umlauts and this error seems quite reproducible.

This is a limitation of the Ruby version that SketchUp ships with. On PC, SketchUp Ruby can not handle any files or folders with non-ASCII characters. The only workaround is for the user to ensure the file and path contains only ASCII characters.

Didier Bur · 19 Jun 2010, 20:52

Hi,
I'm just about to release a new version with some improvements, but thomthom is right: avoid local characters in pathes.
Regards,

johnpa · 14 Sept 2010, 19:01

I have gotten cloud to work for me in the past. I even wrote a tutorial to use to teach landscape architecture students how to create a surface from data they gather in the field. But alas it doesn't want to work for me now.

I have downloaded Didier's latest version (Cloud67) and installed it. The first menu sees the file and then I click on the origin to create the surface. Nothing happens after that. The Ruby console reports the following error:

Error: #<TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Float>
(eval):1587:in *' (eval):1587:in draw_geometry'
(eval):1584:in each' (eval):1584:in draw_geometry'
(eval):1465:in `onLButtonUp'
(eval):1584

Any help would be really appreciated.

JP

Didier Bur · 14 Sept 2010, 19:38

Hi John,
Cloud67 isn't the latest version, here you can try with 71:
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=678
Tell me if it works.
Regards,

johnpa · 14 Sept 2010, 22:18

Didier,

Thanks, you have come through for me again. Cloud71 works like a champ.

I just read through the revised documentation. Nice job. I appreciate how much time it takes to write something like that.

Regards,

JP

foudegrat · 4 Apr 2011, 19:38

Hello
I'm french so excuse my poor english
I just instal the last version of Cloud ( cloud_v8b.rbs) with SU8
when I try with the example file, it works perfectly but when i try with a personnal file, it doesn't work at all
my file is a carrect scv file with ";" for separation, but after the choose of the ile in the windows, nothing appends.
9 don't understand the reasons of this bug
can you help me?

tahnks a lot

Didier Bur · 5 Apr 2011, 07:56

Hi,
@foydegrat: envoies-moi le fichier, c'est plus simple, sinon je ne vois pas comment débugger...

foudegrat · 5 Apr 2011, 17:24

Voila le fichier
en français c'est beaucoup mieux.
Merci de ton aide Didier!

foudegrat · 5 Apr 2011, 17:26

Voila le fichier (second essai avec un csv ca passe pas)
en français c'est beaucoup mieux.
Merci de ton aide Didier!

MNT_25M.txt

Didier Bur · 6 Apr 2011, 14:20

Hi foudegrat,
Here is the triangulated MNT (in centimeters) done with cloud_v8.
CSV file is OK, no problem when importing. Don't know why it bugged on your side
I suggest you should use the latest version of cloud: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=777 if you have SU8 or http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=678 if you have SU7.

Regards,

Mnt_25m.zip

foudegrat · 6 Apr 2011, 20:41

Thanks a lot
I have the good plugin, I install it 3 days ago..
Mystery