[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

stillhouse

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

Chris Fullmer

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

tsunamile

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.

Gaieus

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

tsunamile

Thank's Gaieus...

driven

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

Chris Fullmer

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

Rich O Brien

@chris fullmer said:

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

k_drive

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.

mitcorb

Hi.
I have not used shape bender in a while, but due to another post on it I was experimenting. Probably somewhere in this thread it is mentioned, but I noticed this: I started with a group as instructed. When I decided to edit this group, only "Edit Component" was available on right click. Probably better that way, but I was not aware of this before.
Thanks Chris for a job well done.

TIG

ShapeBender's result is always a component, even if the original UNbent object starts its life as a group !

Chris Fullmer

Yup, that was "by design" though I'm not sure it is the correct way to do it.

irwanwr

i like it the way it is.
probably because i tend to make components more than groups

TIG

@chris fullmer said:

Yup, that was "by design" though I'm not sure it is the correct way to do it.
It doesn't really matter... If the user wants a group he simply Selects the new Instance, Explodes it and immediately makes a Group of the still Selected Geometry... Sometimes we authors worry too much about how users will use tools - they always find new ways of using [or breaking] them and some always want them to work differently from the way they do - sometimes they have a good idea and I adopt it - sometimes its pants!

Atena

Hi Chris

I've the same problem as other people described. Cannot select line parallel to red axis. In my Ruby console I get Error: #TypeError: No implicit conversion from nil to integer>. Do you know what might be wrong?

TIG

Atena

Is your red-axis line completely separate from all other geometry, and your curve too? They can't 'touch' anything else...

Atena

Hi TIG

Yes it is comletely separate.

TIG

Have you reset your axes ?
Open the Console before starting the tool.
Please post the whole Ruby Console message.
A screenshot would help us too...

Atena

gilles

you should post your model for test.