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    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      @jgb said:

      @unknownuser said:

      Joel,

      Can you post the model or a typical case, because I am not clear on the issue you face

      Fredo

      Fredo

      I did! I appended it to my post, but so far no reply.

      i can skin that thing with zero problems.
      i think you might be using the wrong tool.. i think you're trying to use curviloft's Skinning when you should be using regular Loft (the first of the 3 icons in the toolbar)

      just select the two rings then click on the Loft icon.

      dotdotdot

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      • H Offline
        hygicell
        last edited by

        @tig said:

        Frank

        Sounds like you haven't got all of the files installed in the right places ?
        Please reread the installation instructions.
        Also see this thread for help on extracting zipped files and keeping their subfolder structure with Plugins etc http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35746
        Also if you have inadvertently put files directly into Plugins that ought to be within a subfolder, then please remove them as they might cause unexpected results as they will then auto-load at startup rather than when the main tool wants them to...

        I have reinstalled everything as per the instructions
        then ran duplicate cleaner 2.0 to find any .rb leftovers from the previous installation directly into plugins folder and erased them

        the problem remains

        should I be looking for other files than with the .rb extension and erase these duplicates too?

        Frank

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
          Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

          If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
          Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
          It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
          With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

          Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

          TIG

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          • H Offline
            hygicell
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
            Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

            If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
            Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
            It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
            With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

            Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

            I have installed Sketchup 8 pro on an external disk so I can easily take it with me
            my other plugins work fine

            ? Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed ?
            would it not be the other way round?
            I removed the equivalents in the plugins folder and left the ones in the subfolders

            H;\programmas\google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\
            2DTools\
            AutoCenterPoint\
            clf_simple_loft\
            ctsMaker\
            CURVILOFT_Dir_11\
            DEFPARAM_Dir\
            Dom_brevenchatij\
            DoorTools\
            DWGExport\
            Examples\
            FREDOSCALE_Dir_21\
            FREESCALE_Dir_10\
            GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10\
            HOVERSELECT_Dir_11\
            JPP_Dir\
            JPP_Dir_15\
            Layer Manager\
            layers\
            ldd\
            LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\
            Ocean\
            Projection\
            RDE_Dir\
            ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23\
            ruby\
            skin\
            SoapSkinBubble\
            TIGtools\
            TOS_Dir_18\
            TT_Lib2\
            Utilities\
            WindowTools\
            0.skb
            1.skb
            2.skb
            2D#.rb
            3.skb
            AddVertex+.rb
            Align User Guide.pdf
            align_2D.rb
            align_tool.rb
            AllowDWGImportInSketchUp7.msi
            arc_centerpoint.rb
            auto_centerpoint.rb
            Big_32.png
            BzRoundEdge.rb
            cadspan.rbs
            calc.rb
            CenterPoint.rb
            Chamfer_Along_Path.rb
            clf_color_by_slope.rb
            clf_simple_loft_loader.rb
            closeopens.rb
            closeopens_icon.png
            Cloud Quick Tutorial.pdf
            Cloud V6.pdf
            cloud_v6.rb
            co_tool.html
            co_toola.rb
            ComponentReporter+.rb
            config-thumb.jpg
            ConstructFaceNormal.rb
            curve_maker.rb
            curvestitcher.rb
            deBabelizer.rb
            delauney2.rb
            demeter-main.rbs
            DoorTool.txt
            DoorTools.rb
            DWGExport.rbs
            engineeringtoolbox.rb
            examp_les.rb
            example.dat
            examples.rb
            extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
            f2f.rb
            f2f_cursor.gif
            faceFlattener019.rb
            file.php
            FilletTool.rb
            fixSolid.rb
            flightpathtool.rb
            GetCentroid.rb
            GetDimensions.rb
            hide_faces_edges.rb
            hideall.htm
            hidetool.rb
            jf_follow_this.rb
            jf_spheretool.rb
            jointpushpull.rb
            kml_mesh_exporter.rb
            ky_Delete_Interior_Faces.rb
            ky_Group_PushPull_2DFaces.rb
            Layer Manager v6.pdf
            layer_manager_extension_v5.rb
            layer_manager_extension_v6.rb
            Layer_manager_install.jpg
            layer_manager_v5.txt
            layerbymaterial.rb
            layers.rb
            layers_materials.rb
            layers_show_hide_all.rb
            ldd.rbs
            LibFredo6.rb
            LibTraductor.def
            LibTraductor.rb
            Lines2Components.rb
            load_sketchapps.rb
            lsystem.rb
            makefaces(2).rb
            makefaces.rb
            makeNamedGroup.rb
            manifold.rb
            massmaterialimporter.rb
            Mirror_31.rb
            move_to_origin.rb
            move_to_origin_and_center.rb
            moveit.rb
            new.txt
            nudge.rb
            numbered_grid.rb
            ocean_extension.rb
            Organizer.rb
            organizerEdit.log
            pageLayers.rb
            Paint_back_faces v2.0.rb
            parking.rb
            pathcopy.rb
            perp_line_plane.rb
            PipeAlongPath.rb
            plugins_help.rb
            plugins_help_TIG.rb
            pnts2mesh.rb
            points_cloud_triangulation.rb
            ProgressBar.rb.htm
            Projection Documentation.pdf
            Projection.pdf
            projection_extension.rb
            PurgeAll.rb
            push_pull_vector.rb
            PutOnLayer_bmw.rb
            PutOnLayer_ForPublicRelease.rb
            rci.png
            read_me.txt
            reglue.rb
            rename_comp_inst.rb
            repaint_face.rb
            repair_broken_lines.rb
            Roof.rb
            roofplanfollower.rb
            rot90.rb
            rps_texturewrite.rb
            scene_rename.rb
            sceneExporter.rb
            screw_21.rb
            script_loader.rb
            SectionCutFace.rb
            simplify.rb
            SimplifyContours.rb
            skin.rb
            Small_16.png
            SmustardOrganizerExcludeFolders.txt
            SoapSkinBubbleTools.rb
            Srub.rb
            stair_maker062.rb
            stitcher.rb
            stock_maker.rb
            stray_lines.rb
            sublend.rb
            taper_maker.rb
            Terrain Reshaper User guide.pdf
            terrain_reshaper.rb
            TextTag14.rb
            tf.rb
            toolbar.rb
            trim_extend.rb
            tt_cleanup.rb
            tt_solid_inspector.rb
            unfoldtool.png
            unfoldtool.rb
            unhide_all.htm
            unhide_all.rb
            utilities.rb
            utilities_10.rb
            vector.flat_angle.rb
            viewMemory.rb
            VolumeCalculator21.rb
            weld.rb
            Win32API.so
            WindowTools.rb
            ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
            zone.rb
            zoom_selection.rb
            Zorro.rb
            
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            • jeff hammondJ Offline
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              @hygicell said:

              my other plugins work fine

              WindowTools.rb
              ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
              zone.rb

              according to that list, all your other plugins aren't working fine..

              you're missing the ZLoader files that come with many of fredo's plugins.. the only one you have is tools on surface but i suspect your round corner, curviloft, and fredoscale aren't working either (amongst others?)

              screen 2011-06-25 at 10.54.52 AM.jpg

              dotdotdot

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                First:
                Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in the Plugins folder are to be removed... from the Plugins folder...
                What you did is correct.

                Second:
                You do seem to have several Zloader .rb files missing from that Plugins folder - like Zloader_Curviloft.rb - this might be the root cause of your problem - do you perhaps have them in another folder that might also be on your $LOAD_PATH ?
                And then they can't load other files are the paths gets tangled up...
                Did you get the $LOAD_PATH in the Ruby Console ?
                Mine says ["C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins", "C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Tools"] yours should also include the H: path ?

                ..\Plugins\LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb; line#225; txt = "T6 = Traductor::T6Mod.new(#{hmod}, '#{path}', '#{rootname}') "
                line#226; hmod.module_eval txt

                This is the code that sets the constant T6 to have a certain value and typing in the Ruby Console
                Curviloft::T6
                should show this, which is a Traductor::T6Mod object used to translate between languages; it is complex looking list of code, elements, hashes etc...

                It seems that ..\Plugins\LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb is not being run properly...
                Does the file exist ?
                If so are it's properties set so 'you' can see it and read it etc...?
                Trying typing load LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb + <enter> into the Ruby Console and see if it returns true and if CurviLoft then works... it'll only be a temporary fix but at least we then step on one pace...

                If you type this in the Ruby Console +<enter> what is returned ?
                Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
                I get
                C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins
                You must include the H: path to your Plugins... otherwise Fredo's LibFredo6.rb will fail at lines#26/27
                require 'LibTraductor.rb' if Sketchup.find_support_file( 'LibTraductor.rb', "Plugins" )#Compatibility require 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb' if Sketchup.find_support_file( 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb', "Plugins" )#Compatibility
                Otherwise when it doesn't find these files they are not loaded and so the T6 constant never gets defined...
                You could rewrite those two lines using a plain-test editor like Notepad[++].exe - as
                require 'LibTraductor.rb' if File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'LibTraductor.rb'))#Compatibility require 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb' if File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), TOS_Dir_13, LibTraductor_20.rb)#Compatibility
                I think the second one is not important as the first one gets loaded anyway...
                Now it will always load the files found relative to it even on some obscure drive, rather than the default C:...

                TIG

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                • H Offline
                  hygicell
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  @hygicell said:

                  my other plugins work fine

                  WindowTools.rb
                  ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
                  zone.rb

                  according to that list, all your other plugins aren't working fine..

                  you're missing the ZLoader files that come with many of fredo's plugins.. the only one you have is tools on surface but i suspect your round corner, curviloft, and fredoscale aren't working either (amongst others?)

                  [attachment=0:ia8g6goq]<!-- ia0 -->screen 2011-06-25 at 10.54.52 AM.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:ia8g6goq]

                  I had those and the Fredo plugins did't work then
                  as a test I removed them as I thought they were redundant
                  I will have to reinstall
                  have you seen any files I have to remove?
                  Frank

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Do you have another folder Sketchup with some stuff in it, say on the C:drive for example...
                    Is Curviloft somehow trying to load even when its Zloader is removed ??

                    Have you read through my last diatribe... ❓

                    TIG

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                    • jgbJ Offline
                      jgb
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      i can skin that thing with zero problems.
                      i think you might be using the wrong tool.. i think you're trying to use curviloft's Skinning when you should be using regular Loft (the first of the 3 icons in the toolbar)

                      just select the two rings then click on the Loft icon.

                      And Right you are! 😳

                      I guess I was so used to skinning my constructs I just forgot about the other 2 functions.

                      Thanks. 👍


                      jgb

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
                        last edited by

                        NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1b - 27 Jun 11

                        This is a small upgrade to handle the problem of mean curves between contours.
                        Previous versions were only able to generate the junction curves. This one adds the intermediate curves. And you get the mesh by selecting both options.

                        Thanks to Jeff Hammond for the suggestion to use Curviloft for generate mean curves between contours
                        See also discussion at this post on the question of mean curves.

                        See main post for download

                        Fredo

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1b - 27 Jun 11

                          This is a small upgrade to handle the problem of mean curves between contours.

                          Thanks Fredo. 👍 👍 👍

                          It seems to be such an important release however that it travelled faster than light and arrived the previous day... 😆

                          (You are in the same time zone as me if I am not mistaken)


                          cl.jpg

                          Gai...

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Thomthom also lost [gained?] a day earlier today!
                            Perhaps there's a time-warp out and about 😒

                            TIG

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              Yeh see?! It's just you lot still stuck behind in yesterday! Keep with the time!

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Maybe Earth's axis are moving during the night! ☀

                                Frenchy Pilou
                                Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                My Little site :)

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                                • jgbJ Offline
                                  jgb
                                  last edited by

                                  There is a simple explanation for the time warp. Fredo, whom I believe resides in France, simply sent the update Eastward to us and when it crossed the Pacific Date line, voila, it is tomorrow. 🤣

                                  Besides, Curviloft can save you far more than a day's work, so the time warp is justified. 😍


                                  jgb

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    And of course in Norway they only have two days Summer and Winter...

                                    TIG

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      The climate is changing it to one intermediate state...

                                      Thomas Thomassen — 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

                                        Norway is turning into the UK ???
                                        We don't have a Climate/Seasons, we just have Weather...

                                        TIG

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Yea - we have a whole year worth of seasons in 30 minutes. Pretty much how I remember England to be like when I lived there. Just a bit colder and a tad more snow.

                                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • jgbJ Offline
                                            jgb
                                            last edited by

                                            In Canada, except for the left coast, we get winter then a coupla nice days.
                                            Badum boom 😆

                                            In Toronto, if you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours.
                                            Badum boom 😆

                                            Not kidding. 6 weeks ago the furnace was on, then 2 days later the air con was on for 4 days, then a week and a half of torrential rain and thunderstorms. Then the furnace was back on for 2 days, then it became almost nice out.

                                            Garfield says it best.....


                                            jgb

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