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      linco
      last edited by

      Finally -- problem solved! Followed your directions and it still wasn't quite right - then I noticed that my Unarchive was putting everything into one big folder without your TIGtools subfolder. Used a different program to Unzip and now it all works!

      thanks!

      Lin

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        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @linco said:

        Finally -- problem solved! Followed your directions and it still wasn't quite right - then I noticed that my Unarchive was putting everything into one big folder without your TIGtools subfolder. Used a different program to Unzip and now it all works!

        thanks!

        Lin

        Aha! ALWAYS ensure the files stay inside their subfolders when you install ANY Plugin.; clearly there needs to be a .rb or .rbs file to use those BUT also note that some support files [like Fredo's LIBs all stay inside their supplied folder.

        TIG

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          Wildchild
          last edited by

          TIG, I know this might sound silly πŸ˜’ , but what's the difference between curviloft and the extrude tools? For what I know they're pretty similar aren't they? can you (or anyone else) point out some cases where is best to use one insted of the other? thanks

          Eternity is very long, especially towards the end. Woody Allen

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            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Fredo's tools are quite a lot newer than mine.
            Some of the tools are very similar, like EEbyRails and EEbyLoft - BUT there are several in the Extrusion toolset that are NOT - like 'EEby.. Lathe, Vector, Lattice, Face etc...
            I have both toolsets and I use mine more, simply because I am used to it...
            Fredo's do have a prettier UI and there are extra options to dynamically adjust the mesh etc, and they can work better in some circumstances - like with lofting closed-loop profiles, they might make complex messes a little faster too...
            So use what you find works best for you in each instance... πŸ˜„

            TIG

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              wibeon
              last edited by

              Hi,

              The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.

              Can somebody help me ?

              Thanks

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @wibeon said:

                Hi,
                The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.
                Can somebody help me ?
                Thanks
                You should have several .rb files in the ../Plugins/ folder and several extra files in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ subfolder ??
                This is a screen-grab of what the contents of the zip file look like. Capture.PNG The new files/subfolder+files should be replicated exactly as this after you've extracted everything...
                When you restart Sketchup there should be a drop-down submenu early in the 'Plugins' menu [Note that it's NOT in the 'Tools' menu πŸ˜’ - reread the tools' instructions] - this submenu is called 'Extrusion Tools...' and it has nine items each relating to a different tool; to activate the equivalent toolbar you must use View > Toolbars > 'Extrusion Tools'...

                TIG

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                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Here's a new version http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                  It has an additional tool ExtrudeEdgesByVectorToObject... see here for more details of the new tool... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=331059#p331059

                  TIG

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                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
                    last edited by

                    oh nice! that's a great addition.

                    [it also shows hints of a sweet trim tool plugin - sort of like solid booleans without the solids part.. in rhino, it works like: select cutting object(s) then pick the parts of the intersecting geometry you'd like to delete.. in eeVO, it automatically picks the side to delete on the opposite side of the cutting object of where the vector extrusion started.. in this hypothetical trim tool, you would be able to pick which side to delete... i dunno, just ideas in case you get bored one day πŸ˜„)

                    dotdotdot

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                      prismcnd
                      last edited by

                      just wanted to say thank you for your amazing efforts.

                      β€œWhatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -W.Clement Stone (American best selling Author and Founder of Combined Insurance Co (now a part of Aon Corp.), 1902-2002)

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                        costa
                        last edited by

                        you are really great!!! fantastic work, thank you

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                          A new tool ' ExtrudeEdgesByOffset' has been added.
                          Its details are found here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=331303#p331303

                          TIG

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                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

                            Wow, TIG, a tool a day? πŸ˜„ Thank you for these!

                            3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                              The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has been improved considerably:-
                              A new algorithm has been added for the intersecting with objects: now walls extend to soffits with additional apex vertices and so on so it extrudes fully to the faces/edges.
                              'Ghost' extrusions now show intersections as red dots.
                              The original selection is kept, unless the is group exploded.

                              Some ES lingvos updated by Defisto [thanks].

                              TIG

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Here's another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                                The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has additional traps added for rare glitches when a faced edge-selection was used.

                                TIG

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                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Here's yet another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                                  The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had a glitch fixed with 'undo' if you'd reversed faces etc...

                                  TIG

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                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Here's yet another update http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
                                    The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had glitches fixed with 'commit' and extruding faces inside groups to objects outside...

                                    TIG

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                                      Wildchild
                                      last edited by

                                      DUUUDE! Exactly what I was talking about!

                                      Here's a few tests:
                                      et1.jpget2.jpget3.jpget4.jpgThis last one took a little bit to work it out but then it did it just fine

                                      I have a couple more tiny requests to ask, but now i don't have time! πŸ˜†

                                      Eternity is very long, especially towards the end. Woody Allen

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                                        unclex
                                        last edited by

                                        [Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
                                        [Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
                                        Need Help !!!
                                        ThanX

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                                          hebeijianke
                                          last edited by

                                          @tig said:

                                          ....

                                          I translate All the plugins in ExtrudeTools into chinese
                                          This is the translation file


                                          chinesetranslation.zip

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                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @unclex said:

                                            [Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
                                            [Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
                                            Need Help !!!
                                            ThanX

                                            I [and many others] have both toolsets installed without any interconnected problems πŸ˜•
                                            Can you explain the nature of the problem a bit more ?
                                            Are there any error messages [either at startup or when it's run with the Ruby Console open]? if so please post them here, or perhaps more logically in the ShapeBender thread, as that's the broken tool.
                                            Nothing has changed between recent versions of the EEby... tools that I could think might affect ShapeBender in any way. that tool itself has been around for some time...
                                            Please check you have progressbar.rb installed in the Plugins folder [available free from Smustard.com] - this is a frequent cause of tools failing that need it [it's not needed for any of the EEby... tools though!]
                                            πŸ˜•

                                            TIG

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