[Plugin] Roof.rb

TIG · 31 Mar 2011, 09:54

Here's v3.2 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156

I've fixed the reversed face glitches in Hipped roof's fascias if the 'selected-face' was itself reversed.

The listed materials' now use their 'display_name' rather than their 'name'.

The offset_eaves code has been completely rewritten to correct the inexplicable irregularities in the soffit sizes produced in v3.1 - it was eventually easier to redo the code rather than try to find the underlying cause - now fixed anyway.

It also has a zip file of Help docs...

Please update.

Rich O Brien · 31 Mar 2011, 10:12

Lots of inexplicables lately?

Somethings afoot....there's conflict somewhere. Has to be?

TIG · 31 Mar 2011, 11:01

TBD has found the menu clash issue - both my old version of Roof and Artisan use an encrypted format that is decrypted as it loads using a Ruby method called 'eval'. Both of our scripts had menu set ups inside the encrypted code and use FILE to get the path to the script, so it knows where other files are 'relative to itself' [don't worry about it, it's just a special system 'variable']. When you use eval on something containing FILE the value gets returned, BUT eval doesn't refresh after it's done it the once. Therefore the first script to run and decrypt it's FILE path with eval freezes its value at that and any scripts loading later with be buggered as the value is wrong. You could see this because if Artisan loaded before Roof then Roof broke and if Roof loaded before Artisan then Artisan broke. Having Roof load [later] from Tools rather than Plugins seemed to fix it as presumably eval runs for each collection of scripts in each $LOAD_PATH entry [another system 'variable' [array] that sets the search paths to auto-load scripts]... It has been know for sometime that including FILE inside 'compiled' [.rbs] files would lead to problems, but not that using eval on encrypted [actually they are 'packed'] .rb scripts using FILE would mess with other scripts... So if you are using FILE you can't compile or encrypt/pack/eval it later

On this recent issue of the uneven soffit sizes [fixed by v3.2] I am a loss to understand why it failed in v3.1 but worked in v3.0 - if anything encrypting it might have broken something - not the other way round!
It was clearly an issue with the 'offset' method used on the selected face for Hips etc...
RickW wrote the 'face.offset(dist)' method a long time ago. Rather than use that I reworked a version of it and made 'face.offset_eaves(dist)' to separate my code off from his. Looking through the two versions I couldn't see any significant differences - except his worked and mine didn't [at least when we got to v3.1!]. At first I thought that perhaps someone else had a clashing method using the same name BUT when I edited the code to use another clearly unique name [with random number on its end and the lot] it still didn't work! So I simply rewrote the whole thing so that it offsets the corners in a quite different way... Seemed to work

Now for the rub! v3.2 doesn't work faultessly either !!
I'm working on a fix as I type this... Aaaargh!

TIG · 31 Mar 2011, 11:55

Here's v3.3 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156

Apologies to the ~14 of you who already updated to v3.2 !
Please update to v3.3 asap...
It was quickly found to have some other issues with vector normalizing and soffit distortions, that I now suspect caused the v3.1 issues on the soffit sizes too... Fix one thing break another two!

I believe that this version is all corrected - I hope that it now sets everything back on an even keel...

hebeijianke · 3 Apr 2011, 01:18

It is not work for me
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method to_f' for ["30"]:Array> F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:235:in dialog_hip'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:278:in hip' F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3984 F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:235:in call'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:235
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method to_f' for ["60"]:Array> F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:899:in dialog_man'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:966:in mansard' F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3985 F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:235:in call'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:235
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method to_f' for ["30"]:Array> F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:1615:in dialog_gable'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:2262:in gable' F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3802:in onLButtonDown'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:899
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method to_f' for ["30"]:Array> F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3331:in dialog_pyramid'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3381:in pyramid' F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:3927:in onLButtonDown'
F:/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Roof.rb:1615

TIG · 3 Apr 2011, 16:04

Here's v3.4 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156
It fixes this reported glitch - it was only noticeable if you didn't have certain other scripts loading that also made a method that Roof used to recreate until the last update removed it by accident I did have that other script loading so I didn't spot it, and I rarely use A:B roof pitches anyway...
It's now fixed and the A:B pitch works properly again [as it used to prior to me messing it up in the previous update]

TIG · 12 Jun 2011, 16:27

Here's v3.5 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156
A glitch with rare soffit/fascia combos fixed with @fstype="Vertical+Horizontal",
also issue with some distorted faces addressed so eaves are always 'out', Roof-Slope now reports to 3 d.p.
There were previously ~3000 downloads of v3.0... so a lot of you might need to update, as only ~350 of you updated to v3.4

JGA · 14 Jun 2011, 11:56

Thanks for the update, the original has been a solid tool, looking forward to trying the new version.

wingkingcc · 24 Jul 2011, 08:36

I can't use it in pro 8..why……

Gaieus · 24 Jul 2011, 09:28

I have 8 pro and the plugin works perfectly. There must be something else...

TIG · 24 Jul 2011, 09:44

wingkingcc

Your 'error report' is pretty useless

I what way 'can't you use it' ?

Do you have the latest version [v3.5] ?

Are there menu items that don't work?
Do they appear to work but fails?
Is the result not what was expected?

Have Window > Ruby Console open and post any errors that appear there...

It works fine on all platforms and recent versions of Sketchup...
There are no known clashes with other scripts after recent version changes [and a most unusual 'clash' between the new tool 'Artisan' and the older roof 'Roof' was quickly noticed - caused by them both being 'packed' - recent versions of Roof are not 'packed' to avoid this... as if one loaded the other didn't!]

lostinsight · 8 Sept 2011, 10:29

thank you so much for this sir.

TIG · 18 Sept 2011, 11:24

Here's v3.6 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156
Errors minimized. Speed greatly improved. Roof-Slope reported in Angle, 1:B and A:12.

TIG · 26 Sept 2011, 16:32

Here's v3.7 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156
A longstanding error/glitch with the 'Gable by Width' option has been fixed [thanks to Mariocha's report by PM!]

sotojeroan · 18 Jan 2012, 07:25

keep share...
nice,,,

azera2 · 19 Jan 2012, 18:04

Hipped roof doesn´t work form me. Some bug? I got a error message.

Dave R · 19 Jan 2012, 18:46

@azera2 said:

Hipped roof doesn´t work form me. Some bug? I got a error message.

Probably not a bug since it works for others.

What was the error message?

TIG · 19 Jan 2012, 22:31

@azera2 said:

Hipped roof doesn´t work form me. Some bug? I got a error message.

What error ?
I'm not psychic...
There is a known limitation, it's explained in the Usage Guide and several error messages.
It's possible to devise a shape - 'crooked star' etc - than can never have a hipped roof of equal pitches - it's a physical impossibility!
Also sometimes the edges of a face get messed up in their order when returned as a 'face loop' [especially after lots of editing] - then it can fail to make a roof that would otherwise have worked - again there are tips on fixing this - e.g. by re-creating the face, or copying it off as a group, exploding it etc, so Sketchup reorders the edges properly and moving it back into place...

azera2 · 20 Jan 2012, 15:08

Hi TIG!
The shape is a simple rectangle (5m x 10m). I´ve been tried some other shapes too, but still don´t work. The lines are all in the same plane, and parallel to the axes.

TKS

TIG · 20 Jan 2012, 22:44

Your selected face is at z=0... AND it's facing downwards [top face is looking down] !
It's a limitation that a lone face at z=0 will fail...
So try moving it up from z=0 [even 1mm will do!] ... [AND you can also try Reversing it using the context-menu].
It should then work OK...