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    • E Offline
      esther_febriana
      last edited by

      hi,
      i want to install, but cant open the .rb file.
      please help me how to install it

      THannksssS

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        fightingfishcustoms
        last edited by

        it's not working for me, i did the steps but i got stuck in step 2(where you select the straight line), the cursor does not change and i can't click on anything? what am i doing wrong? thanks

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          @esther_febriana said:

          hi,
          i want to install, but cant open the .rb file.
          please help me how to install it

          THannksssS

          You don't need to open the .rb file. You need to extrct the ZIP file to the plugins directory. See the sticky post in the Plugins forum on installing zipped plugins.

          Etaoin Shrdlu

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            @fightingfishcustoms said:

            it's not working for me, i did the steps but i got stuck in step 2(where you select the straight line), the cursor does not change and i can't click on anything? what am i doing wrong? thanks

            It could be pretty much anything. You don't give us enough info to help you. Post the SKP file so we can see what you are trying to do.

            Etaoin Shrdlu

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              @maker said:

              I have troubles with bolt modeling tutorial.
              See the screen shot below:

              http://www.bizler.org/archive/ShapeBender.jpg

              http://www.bizler.org/archive/ShapeBender1.jpg

              1. Distribution occurs with error
              2. It does not create all the required surfaces.

              Do you hit Enter/Return after you get to the second screen shot? Post the SKP so we can see what's going on.

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @esther_febriana said:

                hi,
                i want to install, but cant open the .rb file.
                please help me how to install it
                THannksssS
                You don't 'open' a .rb file you put it into the Plugins folder, restart Sketchup and follow the instruction on how to use it. It's an Extension so it needs activating from Preferences, it's toolbar then needs activating from View > Toolbars; then pick a group or component and follow the instructions about picking a premade line and curve - good luck 😄

                TIG

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Maker - if the bent form will involve facets that are very small it will fail - scale up, bend, then scale down...

                  TIG

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    I agree with everything TIG and Dave said.

                    @Maker - sounds like you just need to scale everything up by 100 times. SU does not like small faces

                    @Fightingfish - That is generally an installation error. Just extract it to you plugins folder and it will install it with the right folder structure.

                    @Esther - Yup, like they said. You should read up on how to install a SketchUp plugin. Its a matter of putting the files and folders into the plugins folder. Then SketchUp will load the plugin the next time you open SketchUp.

                    Good luck folks. Was there a tutorial posted somewhere that included shapebender? 3 people in a day or 2 seems like a lot.

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                      deprezzar
                      last edited by

                      thanks!!!

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                      • L Offline
                        LannorMov
                        last edited by

                        Gracias Cris, le voy a sacar el jugo a este plug.

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                          LannorMov
                          last edited by

                          @chris fullmer said:

                          woohoo, we're getting somewhere.

                          You didn't install it right.

                          Chris, Te cuento que a mi también me ha dado problemas con la selección de la línea, pero lo que hago es explotar el grupo o componente y le vuelvo a dar "crear grupo o componente" y luego me funciona muy bien.
                          Chris, I tell you that I too have been problems with the selection of the line, but what I do is to exploit the group or component and it keeps coming back "create group or component" and then I work very well.(excuse my English)

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                            stillhouse
                            last edited by

                            Struggling to get shapebender to work on Sketch-up 8 for windows 7.
                            I have downloaded both shape bender and progressbar and have put them in my sketchup plugins folder.
                            I draw a line on the red axis
                            I extrude a bar next to it and make it a group
                            I make a curved line a little ways away
                            I select the bar and go under plugins and select shape bender. It asks me to select the line on the red axis but I can't select it.
                            Any help would be great. I love this plugin and I have used it in the past on my old mac, and would love to get this going on my new pc.
                            Cheers,
                            BW

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              This sounds like an installation error. You should have clf_shape_bender_loader.rb in the plugins folder, and then clf_shape_bender.rb and all the shapebender icons should live in a subfolder called clf_shape_bender.

                              If that doesn't help, open the Ruby Console (in the windows menu). Then try to run shape bender and see what errors it gives.

                              Let me know how it goes,

                              Chris

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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                                tsunamile
                                last edited by

                                Hi Chris Fullmer.
                                I did same everything you said..., but i can use this plugin; when i run sketchup... a load error appear!
                                I use sketchup 8, win Xp sp2 32bit.
                                Help me fix it..
                                Thank's.


                                Load-errors.jpg

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                                • GaieusG Offline
                                  Gaieus
                                  last edited by

                                  The instructions also say that you need this additional plugin as well:
                                  http://www.smustard.com/script/ProgressBar

                                  Gai...

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                                    tsunamile
                                    last edited by

                                    Thank's Gaieus...

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                                      driven
                                      last edited by

                                      hi,

                                      First time I've needed to use this since V8 M2 and I'm getting this

                                      Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or methodclf_shape_bender' for main:Object>
                                      /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/clf_shape_bender.rb:995`

                                      which is Toolbar related, I'm seeing it, but get the error on clicking.

                                      I haven't changed anything to do with it since it last worked, other then M2...

                                      osx 10.5.8

                                      john
                                      EDIT: fixed it by changing to this Sketchup.active_model.select_tool Clf_shape_bender.new

                                      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
                                        last edited by

                                        Weird, I swear this plugin has a mind of its own.

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                        All my Plugins I've written

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @chris fullmer said:

                                          Weird, I swear this plugin has a mind of its own.

                                          👍

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                                            k_drive
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks for the Shape Bender and the posts about the Progress Bar.
                                            I got the load error message; but, once I read and followed the instructions for the Progress Bar Plug-in, the Shape Bender worked.

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