[Plugin] VisTools

ishboo · 23 Jul 2011, 04:12

@pptoppto said:

thanks!

@3dita said:

AWESOME utility!!! working just like a 3ds max fundamental tool!!

Must have, congrats

You're both welcome! Glad you like it!

Dan Rathbun · 24 Aug 2011, 01:01

@dan rathbun said:

Language translators, and proofreaders needed.

I did the German (de) ..., and they need proofing.

Good news... Aerilius has volunteered to proof / edit the 'de' German files.

UPDATE: Aerilius finshed proofing / editing the German 'de' files... great job!

Dan Rathbun · 24 Aug 2011, 21:20

Thanks go to Tomot, for knocking out a first edition of the basic Polish 'pl' hash file !!

UPDATE: We will need a proofreader, who's first language is polish.

Dan Rathbun · 25 Aug 2011, 02:14

@ishboo said:

@jim said:

Just a note - Toolbar image sizes are 24x24 px for the large size and 16x16 px for the small size. SketchUp does a poor job of resizing your 32x32 icons on the toolbar which is why they don't look as nice as they should. Tool cursors are expected 32x32.

You're right Jim, I'll have to get around to changing them for the next release.

This action item is complete: Here's the corrected images, for those of you who want to use them right away with ver 1.0

Unzip into your "Plugins/SU_Utils" directory (folder) [you can rename the current "images" folder to "images_bak" first if you desire.]

Unzip into your "Plugins/SU_Utils" directory (folder)

Dan Rathbun · 25 Aug 2011, 02:22

Version 2.x is coming .....

Language translators, and proofreaders needed.

I did the German (de) and Spanish (es) files, and they need proofing. (It's been 35 years since I took Spanish in high school, and I only 'dabble' in German when doing genealogy research.)

The files need to be Unix line endings (EOL) and UTF-8 encoded. They are named "basic_utf8_XX.hash" and "debug_utf8_XX.hash", where XX is replaced by the lowercase language code. (ie: 'en', 'es', 'pl', 'fr', etc...)

The plugin will "auto" find these files, or the user can choose a specific lang from those that are present. (In 'en' mode, the hash files are not actually loaded... as the Ruby code knows what the English strings are.)

<----<<<< PM me if you'd like to do a certain Language translation, or proofread/correct the 'de' or 'es' files.

If a debug hash file is not available for a certain language (but the UI strings in a basic hash file are present,) then the UI will be in that local language, and console output will be in English (if the user has turned it ON.)
So... the priority is on the 'basic' hash files, in order to show the UI elements in the local language.

replaceable parameters
%s will be replaced by a number, like: 34
'%s' will be replaced by an entity flag, like: '#<Sketchup::Face:0x624452c>'

The helper file for pasting into Google Translate.. or whatever
NOTE! The above file, and the hash file in the next post, will be used with ver 2.x,... they do NOT work with ver 1.0 (if that's why y'all are downloading, but not volunteering to translate.)
Translator links: Google Translate : MicroSoft Translator

thomthom · 25 Aug 2011, 06:29

You can try the translaters I used: http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex_tools/translations

Dan Rathbun · 25 Aug 2011, 17:24

Thanks go out to Defisto for proofing and editing the Spanish 'es' files !!!

Dan Rathbun · 25 Aug 2011, 17:27

OK.. here's the basic hash template file:

The 'XX' in the name needs to be replaced with a 2 char. language code.
Within the file, change the "XX" hash values to the local translation.

Please use parenthesis ( ) as I have, and punctuation periods, or '...' where I have, in the translations.
Also repeat the use of capitalized words, as they are in the English keys.

The %s params can be moved in the translated strings, to where they are more appropriate for the particular language.

basic_utf8_XX.hash.txt

Here is the template file for the debug strings.

The technical terms should match those in the localized editions of Sketchup.

debug_utf8_XX.hash.txt

Dan Rathbun · 25 Aug 2011, 17:35

Added the "debug" string template file in the post above...
see: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36465&p=350210#p350210

ishboo · 25 Aug 2011, 17:49

Great to see all this activity!

pilou · 25 Aug 2011, 19:55

I am on the road for the French language!

Gaieus · 25 Aug 2011, 20:29

I can do some Hungarian - need to install the plugin and see what it exactly does so that I understand why the expressions are what they are.

ishboo · 25 Aug 2011, 20:33

@unknownuser said:

I am on the road for the French language!

Excellent!

pilou · 25 Aug 2011, 20:42

@unknownuser said:

limit=%s

I have translated the word "limit" by "limite" in French : must or not ? (I suppose yes

Not yet tested
you must rename them ...utf8_fr.hash.txt I suppose?

basic_utf8_XX.hash.txt

debug_utf8_XX.hash.txt

Dan Rathbun · 26 Aug 2011, 00:27

Looks good... Thank you.

But... we need the Plugin Description in Francais, Si vous plaît:

"Adds some useful tools within SketchUp, like Hide / Show entities and layers, Freeze / Unfreeze for components, and Show / Unfreeze all."

Combination of Google & Microsoft Translators:

%(#8000BF)["Ajoute quelques outils utiles dans SketchUp, comme Cacher / Montrer des entités et des calques, Gel / Dégel pour des composants, et de Montrer / Dégeler tous."]

Sound OK ??

pilou · 26 Aug 2011, 01:18

Quasi perfect
"Ajoute quelques outils utiles dans SketchUp, comme Cacher / Montrer des entités et des calques, Geler / Dégeler pour des composants, et Montrer / Dégeler tous."

Dan Rathbun · 26 Aug 2011, 03:14

OK.. thanks Pilou ... got and updated the file.

FEI (For Everyone's Information): I finally quit "fiddling" and sent Dana the "FreezeTools" ver 2.0.0 package, so he can have a first look. He'll likely put the package up on Github, until we are satisfied, that there are no major issues. Then he or I, will put the package on the EXTENDSketchup site.

Known "to do":

Reformat and expand the Help html file.
Tweak the "All" commands so they are correctly walking the nested groups / components, and performing their tasks the way they should.
Make sure if possible we do not have strange behavour during Undo and Redo operations.

Dan Rathbun · 26 Aug 2011, 19:07

Note: Dana will be away till late next week (Thursday or so,) and will not be able to begin reviewing the new version til then.
Your patience is appreciated.

ishboo · 26 Aug 2011, 20:54

Actually, I'll be back around the 5th of September

bimboombang · 15 May 2012, 21:27

THE ISOLATE LAYER DOESN'T WORK. i'M RUNNING SKETCHUP 8 PRO.

Here's the ruby console errors.

C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:241
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:45:in `call'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:45

Is there a fix or version 2.0 for skecthup 8 pro?

Thanks.