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    • P Offline
      Pierreden
      last edited by

      @lobster said:

      Hi Tig,

      Thanks for the clarification. My path is correct. I have the Sketchupivy folder and the .rb file in the plug ins folder.

      Regards

      Sam

      I have little experience with mac, but try to replace the tool.rb in the "SketchupIvy" folder with the attached one. Might work πŸ˜•


      tool.rb

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Copy/paste this into your Ruby Console Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
        It will give you the correct location for Plugins on your MAC.
        Both the si.rb and tool's folder should be in this folder...

        TIG

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          Pierreden
          last edited by

          @thomthom said:

          @alan fraser said:

          Some great improvements there...and pretty easy to customise (I doubled the float length). One issue I have on my system is that when the progress meter hits 100% I still can't see the red latent growth path. It's only visible from certain very specific angles, so I have to keep constantly orbiting to a new position to see where it's up to. I have the latest graphic drivers. It's no biggee, but I thought I'd mention it.

          That's probably because the tool doesn't implement the Tool.get_extent method: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/tool.html#getExtents

          @Pierreden: Beware that adding methods into the base classes risk running into conflicts with other plugins. It's the same as adding methods to the root namespace - everything is shared. Method names such as .to_v, .to_p, .all_faces could potentially be used by other plugins authors.
          Even though it looks nicer to extend the base classes there always is a risk of clashes. I always advice people to void it just to be on the safe side.

          Yeah. Im aware of this but do this mostly because my experiments and tests never leave my computer/Sketchup. Will do something about this soon.

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            It is an interesting plugin. Thank you. Like Alan, I don't see the red latent growth path. Most of the time orbiting doesn't help. Also, even with branching probability set to .99 I don't get any branches. If I have units set to Fractional as I normally do I get the following in the console.

            %(#FF0000)[nil
            Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43:in onLButtonDown'
            C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43]

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
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              To ensure that all of the model is included in the current drawn view within the Tool's class you have this method

              def getExtents
                  bbox=Sketchup.active_model.bounds
                  bbox.add(@ip.position)if @ip and @ip.valid?
                  return bbox
              end
              

              assuming that @ip is your input point etc

              TIG

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @dave r said:

                It is an interesting plugin. Thank you. Like Alan, I don't see the red latent growth path. Most of the time orbiting doesn't help. Also, even with branching probability set to .99 I don't get any branches. If I have units set to Fractional as I normally do I get the following in the console.

                %(#FF0000)[nil
                Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method []' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43:in onLButtonDown'
                C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:43]

                Line #43 in tool.rb should read something like this, so that the raytest can fail and not break things when there is no intersect...
                @iv = Si::Ivy.new(intersect[0], intersect[1].last.normal) **if intersect and intersect[1]**
                It should NOT be the result of 'units' settings - it's just an untrapped occurrence in the code when the raytest returns 'nil'.

                TIG

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Well, you know how much I know about Ruby. Still, if I change the units to Decimal>Millimeters, the plugin works. If I change it to Fractional, it doesn't.

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @dave r said:

                    Well, you know how much I know about Ruby. Still, if I change the units to Decimal>Millimeters, the plugin works. If I change it to Fractional, it doesn't.

                    BUT the error you published isn't caused by the units change ?
                    Do you get any other errors...
                    The way it's coded is quite convoluted but I see no issues with fractional sizes as these are [probably?] returned as lengths anyway ?

                    TIG

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                    • OxerO Offline
                      Oxer
                      last edited by

                      Hi,
                      I work on Mac and i have probed to add the tool.rb to my Plugins Folder, when run the plugin this is the message in Ruby Console:

                      Message Ruby Console

                      "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                      [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @Oxer: plugins should not go in your User folder. They should be under the root folder.
                        See this page for description: http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/loading.html

                        /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp [n]/SketchUp/plugins

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” 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

                          Oxer - the tool.rb file is to go into the Ivy subfolder, NOT into Plugins directly!

                          TIG

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            TIG, I shut down SketchUp and restarted it. It doesn't give any errors this time running in Fractional so I don't know why changing units affected the results. I didn't get any other error messages before. It still doesn't create branching and the red lines don't show up. Perhaps the author will refine the plugin further and I'll give it a try then. I've got too much other stuff to do for the moment.

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              Pierreden
                              last edited by

                              @Dave: Uploaded a new version in the Top post. Try that one πŸ‘

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                              • L Offline
                                Lobster
                                last edited by

                                Hi,

                                Replaced the tool as suggested,

                                Ruby Window output on activating plug in is

                                Error: #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)>
                                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87:in activate' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87:in select_tool'
                                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:87

                                When clicking to grow it is this

                                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15:in add' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15:in getExtents'
                                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:71:in refresh' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:71:in onLButtonDown'
                                /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchupIvy/tool.rb:15

                                Regards

                                Sam

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  @pierreden said:

                                  @Dave: Uploaded a new version in the Top post. Try that one πŸ‘

                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/node.rb:50: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                                  C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SketchupIvy/node.rb:85: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
                                  (20.7643", 4.678738", 0")
                                  #Sketchup::Face:0x8a963e0
                                  Faces: 1
                                  10 / Branches: 1 / Live Branches: 1 / 0.016

                                  Nor red lines or branching either. 😞

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                                  • OxerO Offline
                                    Oxer
                                    last edited by

                                    Thomthom, i have changed the plugin to the root /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp [n/SketchUp/plugins] (generally i haven't problems with the plugins if i put them in the other root) and i replaced the tool.rb in the Ivy subfolder, but the plugin don't works, this is the new message in the Ruby Console:

                                    Captura de pantalla 2011-04-27 a las 14.48.04.JPG

                                    "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                    [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                                      Pierreden
                                      last edited by

                                      Sorry Guys! The file i updated 10 minutes ago was actually a downdate πŸ˜’ Sorry for the inconvenience. The new one should work.

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                                        robert111
                                        last edited by

                                        andre51
                                        how to make leaves with this plugin plzzzzzzzzzzz

                                        i like you ivy very nice

                                        can you make tutu for your ivy setting plz


                                        ivy.jpg

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                                          Pierreden
                                          last edited by

                                          @robert111 said:

                                          andre51
                                          how to make leaves with this plugin plzzzzzzzzzzz

                                          i like you ivy very nice

                                          can you make tutu for your ivy setting plz

                                          Thats from the original standalone plugin foud here

                                          Leaves will soon be available in this plugin too, but isnt at the moment πŸ˜‰

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                                          • OxerO Offline
                                            Oxer
                                            last edited by

                                            I have installed the last revision SketchupIvy_v.0.1.5 but the problem persists on Mac OSX

                                            Captura de pantalla 2011-04-27 a las 15.10.10.JPG

                                            "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                                            [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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