Soapskin problem in SU8......

nicp289 · 20 Jun 2011, 09:59

I'm in need of a little help.....I've been using SU for a few years (since SU6, now on and had Soapskin for a long while. For a few reasons I had to uninstall and reinstall SU but now Soapskinbubble doesnt work at all, I've deleted it out of my file index, uninstalled SU 3 times then downloaded Soapskin each time but I have the same problem. Every time I create an object, select it to form a skin, Soapskin asks me for the Net division I want, thats fine, it creates it, but then when I input the ratio SU tells me I must select a group that has been created with soapkin?? clearly its still selected (see capture). After this I have a real problem with SU8 actually responding to commands and have to close the program and reopen it just to end up with the same problem.....arrrrrgh.....this is such a good tool and I really need to use it!!

Dave R · 20 Jun 2011, 10:13

I assume you've got the current version of the plugin or you'd have an expiration notice. I haven't had any problems running SSB on SU8. In fact I tried it just now to make sure. It works as it is supposed to. Do you get any messages in the Ruby Console?

nicp289 · 20 Jun 2011, 10:29

Hi Dave,

Yeah, the msg is above.....dont ask me what it means tho!! hahaha

Dave R · 20 Jun 2011, 10:53

I think it would be wise to go to the SSB sight and contact the author. Copy and paste that text from the console in your e-mail to him.

nicp289 · 20 Jun 2011, 10:58

Thats a great idea, shuda thought of that myself...!!

Cheers

jeff hammond · 20 Jun 2011, 12:58

@nicp289 said:

Every time I create an object, select it to form a skin, Soapskin asks me for the Net division I want, thats fine, it creates it, but then when I input the ratio SU tells me I must select a group that has been created with soapkin?? clearly its still selected (see capture).

i think you might be using the plugin wrong.. your screenshot shows the net division part of it but you still haven't executed the skinning.. from the point of your screenshot, you have to push <return> again and let the skin form.. then, with the soapskin group selected (as in, it will show a normal SU groups bounding box and not just blue highlights as shown in your screenshot), click on the X/Y icon to adjust the ratio.. or click on the bub icon to adjust the pressure.

Dave R · 20 Jun 2011, 13:05

Good catch, Jeff. That's what I get for answering questions before my first cup of coffee.

jeff hammond · 20 Jun 2011, 13:06

@dave r said:

Good catch, Jeff. That's what I get for answering questions before my first cup of coffee.

lol..
i'm 2 1/2 cups into the day already

Dave R · 20 Jun 2011, 13:16

It was a little after 5 am when I answered. Coffee was still brewing.

nicp289 · 21 Jun 2011, 08:39

Hey Pilou,

I have never come across this plugin....which is odd as I use the Ferrari Pre-contraint fabrics and I have been using the SSB for the conceptual designs for clients.

I've just downloaded it and its much better than SSB for what I want it to do.

Thanks.

pilou · 21 Jun 2011, 08:46

Try Ferrari it's more friendly and better result and free!

evik · 2 Aug 2011, 09:55

That really sounds like a weird problem that you seem to have of not being able to work Soapskinbubble after reinstalling SU – never heard of this!! The problem seems to have been solved finally but I would like to try Ferrai which has been so highly spoken of – seems worth a try!!