[Plugin] Shell

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 11:58

Overview
Result of a work in progress test for another plugin I'm working on. It adds thickness to the surface inside selected groups and components.

Where is differs from Joint Push Pull is that it works on selected groups and components only. A group is added inside the group/component which will contain the shell. It generally seem to work faster than JPP, but it's tested far less and might very well break.

Usage

Select groups and/or components.
Activate Shell from the Tools menu.
Enter a thickness in the VCB or pick a distance in the model.
Double-click to commit. (You can also use Return to commit as long as the thickness has not changed.)

BitBucket
The project is available on BitBucket so if anyone wants to add improvements they can join the project and submit their changes.
https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/shell/wiki/Home

Access
Tools > Shell

Requirements

SketchUp 8 or newer - ( Other versions untested )
TT_Lib2 (v2.5.4)

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tt_shell.rb

Rich O Brien · 9 Aug 2011, 12:01

Nom nom nom

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 12:07

Rich, I think that a 1.6MB cookie image is warrant for a ban...

Rich O Brien · 9 Aug 2011, 12:11

OK, I'll ban you later

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 12:14

I expect a cookie in 1:1 scale to that photo in my mail

EarthMover · 9 Aug 2011, 13:13

Looks interesting. Thanks Thom!

utiler · 9 Aug 2011, 13:29

You're da bomb, Thom!!!!

Have been feeling for your countrymen of late, mate....

driven · 9 Aug 2011, 14:15

hi Thomas,

would it be ok to change the menu name to 'tt_shell' as it needs to be unique to use a mac system shortcut key and Jim's simple shell uses 'shell' in the SU menu already...

it also turned off all my other toolbars [except 'booleen helper' and SU ones] when I first loaded/ran it.

never had that happen before...

I'll do some testing tonight.

john

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 14:20

@driven said:

would it be ok to change the menu name to 'tt_shell' as it needs to be unique to use a mac system shortcut key and Jim's simple shell uses 'shell' in the SU menu already...

You can edit line 40 to change the menu name.

@driven said:

it also turned off all my other toolbars [except 'booleen helper' and SU ones] when I first loaded/ran it.

There is nothing in the plugin's code that modifies other toolbars. It doesn't even add one itself.

Did it cause any errors when you loaded the first time?

driven · 9 Aug 2011, 19:05

yes,
it failed on one particular group and generated error messages, so I'd make something less something less complex, but I noticed all my toolbars had gone.

I turned the same ones back on restarted SU, used tt_shell again and they were fine...

I get non planar faces errors on things that JPP works on.

I'll have a proper look later

john

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 19:32

Can you give me a sample model?

driven · 9 Aug 2011, 20:40

hi thomas,

here's something similar that fails tt_skin, but works for JPP.

the lavender one is jpp'd.

Also, the disappearing toolbars are from TIG's new DAE exporter, which uses

Sketchup.send_action('terminate:')

which 'disappears' the toolbars and was the last thing that I had used before I installed this.

john
tt_skin_test.skp

thomthom · 9 Aug 2011, 20:47

Cheers for the model!

Stinkie · 9 Aug 2011, 21:37

@unknownuser said:

OK, I'll ban you later

Thanks, Thomas!

nomeradona · 25 Aug 2011, 17:11

this is the one im waiting for. I requested for this before but many keep on pointing joint push pull. thanks thomas..

jorge2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 01:54

Hi thom, This plugin generates a small error, you can fix that

Error: #<ArgumentError: Points are not planar>
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:370:in add_face' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:370:in shell'
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:362:in each' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:362:in shell'
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:321:in offset_mesh' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:319:in each'
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:319:in offset_mesh' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:173:in onReturn'
C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:420

jeff hammond · 8 Nov 2011, 02:05

wow
i missed this one..
gonna test it a little later tonight.

thanks thom

thomthom · 8 Nov 2011, 07:12

@jorge2011 said:

Hi thom, This plugin generates a small error, you can fix that

Ah, yea. There are bugs in this plugin. Hence the Alpha status of the version number. Though I've not had any time to work on it recently.

robert111 · 10 Nov 2011, 12:36

mr thomthom
when i make group for this form , i and i use shell plugin , i have this stroange message

thomthom · 10 Nov 2011, 13:08

That error message is not something I've put into Shell. I have no idea where it's coming from. Exactly what is the steps you do to produce that? (Can you also share the model along with the steps?)