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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @jim said:

      Hmm, how do we handle this type of issue in a way that is easy to search for and find?

      The 'classic' is group.definition so it's easily found and then fixed with my 'trap code'...
      Otherwise I use Baregrep to search for text like class Sketchup:: etc in all my .rb and .rb.txt files in Plugins and/or subfolders to see if there are new or modified built-in class methods etc.
      Other greps could be for class Geom::, class Array:: etc depending on the possible type of error...
      Unfortunately compiled .rbs are impossible to grep - you can only 'find them' by the half/half/half method of moving Plugins out of the Plugins folder... They can then be disabled but not 'fixed'... 😒

      TIG

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        Jim
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        Sorry, I meant how to make it easy to find on the forum...

        Hi

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
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          @driven said:

          hi TIG,
          I stopped using VW but, from memory it also has a clash with progressbar.rb this won't help that will it?
          john
          No it wouldn't...
          The vwProgressBar.rb file in the 'Virtualwind' subfolder redefines the ProgressBar class that might be otherwise been loaded earlier from the original progressbar.rb script.
          The versions of all of the 'Virtualwind' files in the attached zip now make/use a new class vwProgressBar so it's separated from the original ProgressBar class !
          This zip has all of the fixes in it !Virtualwind.zip

          TIG

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            @jim said:

            Sorry, I meant how to make it easy to find on the forum...

            We can't find them without downloading, testing, grepping etc...

            TIG

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            • U Offline
              unclex
              last edited by

              Get it!
              U r So Nice~~~~~~~
              ThanX
              ThanX
              THanX

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                unclex
                last edited by

                @unclex said:

                Get it!
                U r So Nice~~~~~~~
                ThanX
                ThanX
                THanX

                2nd Botton @ the virtualwind toolbar , can't work , means it can't not export vws files.

                VirtualWind is a software for flow calculating such as wind, modeling by using SU ,then export to VW.

                Even have no VW soft, the plugins for SU can working for export.

                so....
                need help.....

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                  driven
                  last edited by

                  unclex,
                  you should probably search the VirtualWind thread, as people who downloaded and it might still get notified if you ask there.

                  I only ever used the plugin and I know VW development was stopped.

                  good luck

                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                    unclex
                    last edited by

                    @driven said:

                    unclex,
                    you should probably search the VirtualWind thread, as people who downloaded and it might still get notified if you ask there.

                    I only ever used the plugin and I know VW development was stopped.

                    good luck

                    Yes, VW has been Shut Down.
                    But Somebody said, it could be purchased by a big company.

                    and VW is a good flow software.....

                    Thanx for help, Sorry for help

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                    • bobpineoB Offline
                      bobpineo
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                      Hello Chris,
                      Bob Pineo here, architect from Charlottesville, Va. We met at 3d basecamp in Bolder.
                      How are you?
                      any new plugins lately? Love your work.
                      I'm dabbling with the idea of learning how to write ruby scripts.
                      Can you recommend a book I might start with?
                      thanks
                      BP

                      Bob Pineo, Design Develop LLC http://www.designdevelop.org.

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
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                        Hey Bob, good to see you on the forum here. How are you doing? Nothing new really at the moment. I've got a few that I've started on and never really completed, but they are nothing that asmazing really.

                        Most people recommend a book called "the pickaxe", I think because it has a pickaxe on the cover:

                        http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby

                        But it is actually called "Programming Ruby (2nd edition): The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide" and you can get it online for free:

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                        (www.ruby-doc.org)

                        But the online version does make references to page numbers which are lost in the online version. But the online version is searchable, making it inredibly valuable.

                        Also, my favorite tutorial for learning ruby is by Chris Pine. The tutorial chapters are on the left of the webpage, chapters 0 - 11:
                        http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

                        That one was really nice for a quick intro into ruby. Then beyond that, I've put together a few different tutorials on beginning interfacing SketchUp through ruby - which to me was more confusing that it needed to be. Its really pretty simple once you get the hang of it. I'll have to see if I can find links to my tutorials. They wre posted on this website at one point, but I think they've gone offline 😞

                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                        All my Plugins I've written

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                          suraj1991
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                          it dont seem to work on my computer i have scetchup pro 8 ?

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Hi Suraj,

                            Are you sure you are doing everything well? Are you bending starting from the red axis? Also, have you installed progressbar.rb (I think it is needed).

                            Gai...

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @suraj1991 said:

                              it dont seem to work on my computer i have scetchup pro 8 ?

                              If after checking Gaieus's advice...
                              What is the problem [if any] ?
                              Does it load without errors.
                              Is there a menu item?
                              Are there any error-messages when you use it?
                              If you try to use it with the Ruby Console open do you get error-messages shown in there ?

                              If you give us some more information to help us we can help you help yourself...

                              TIG

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                              • charly2008C Offline
                                charly2008
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                                Hi All,

                                So far the plugin has worked without problems. I like it very much. Today I wanted to try something and the result was as shown in the photos. I do not know what's wrong. The problem is the same in both SKP 7 and 8.

                                The problem has solved itself after a restart Sketchup

                                Charly


                                2011-06-28_190732.jpg


                                2011-06-28_190748.jpg


                                Untitled5.skp

                                He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                  Chris Fullmer
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                                  Hi Charly, you've got the start and ends mixed up. The arrow keys will toggle which end of the shape and path are supposed to be where. I would line them up so that starts are on the "left" (if you are looking straight down on the drawing, with the red axis going out to the right). So try pressing the up and down and left and right arrow keys until you get both "starts" to be to the left and the "ends" to be to the right. Then hit enter.

                                  Chris

                                  Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                  All my Plugins I've written

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                                    d12dozr
                                    last edited by

                                    It also looks like there is weird smoothing in Charly's original bar that may be messing it up.

                                    This plugin is sooo useful, I really wish you had time to develop it further, Chris...I'd even pay for a completed version...whaddya think? 🤓

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

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      +1

                                      This thing is killer

                                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                                      • charly2008C Offline
                                        charly2008
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Chris, Marcus, Rich,

                                        thanks for your quick response. In my experience the reverse of start - end has only the effect that the bended part is within or outside of the curve.

                                        Charly


                                        2011-06-29_002752.jpg


                                        2011-06-29_002852.jpg


                                        2011-06-29_003249.jpg

                                        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                        • charly2008C Offline
                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi All,

                                          the error shown above occurs sporadically and over again. If I download the same file again the same error appears. After a restart SketchUp, and with a new model, the faulty behavior is gone. I've uploaded the file. Maybe one of you can open the file again and check whether the error also appears. Thanks in advance.

                                          Charly


                                          2011-06-29_215620.jpg


                                          ShapeBender.skp


                                          2011-06-29_222540.jpg

                                          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
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                                            I was getting the same results you show in your first image. How did you get it to work?

                                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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