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    [Plugin] Solid Inspector

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      eraeya
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      Just wanted to say: this plugin is the biggest thing to happen since hotdogs. Hurray for workflow!

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        KJGC
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        Very, VERY impressive application! Thom you've made my work so much easier, and for that I am truly grateful. This "Error GPS" is remarkable, thank you so much for the amount of time and effort you've put into this plugin, in order of making everyone elses life T-H-A-T M-U-C-H easier. Merci mon amis !

        Sincerely,

        Kyle James

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          😄

          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            Gaieus
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            Now thatwas a proper "thank you". 😉

            Gai...

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              ik2012
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              Hi, kind of a sketchup newbie here. I am using this plugin to check my model for water tightness, but I am having trouble understanding the output. Would anyone mind looking at these screen shots and giving me some tips? Thanks!


              bottle base top.skp


              solid inspector output.JPG

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                Gaieus
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                In order to build a solid object, there cannot be inner faces (amopng other conditions). You have some - and that's still not the only reason as deleting the face in the screenshot below still does not fix it.

                InnerFaces.png
                (Note that I have reversed some faces and smoothed the group generally...)


                As it turns out, it was all inner faces. Did not take too long to fix: when you have some time, send ThomThom a cookie.


                bottle base top.skp

                Gai...

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                • voljankoV Offline
                  voljanko
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                  There are also some ungrouped lines that can prevent your model to be solid.That means that they are outside the group or inside the group with the solid subgroup.In your case they are outside the group.See picture.


                  analyse.JPG

                  SuSolid.com - solid check - solid repair- solid intersection check - weight plugin

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                    ik2012
                    last edited by

                    Thanks so much Gaieus and voljanko! Also a big thanks to thomthom for the awesome plugin!

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                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Hi jean-françois and welcome!

                      The file is a simple ruby plugin (a text file) that you have to copy into this folder:
                      C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins

                      Also, there is a plugin library you will need (linked from the first post, above the attached plugin). It is a zipped library of several files. Unzip the archive onto your desktop, go into the folder that is created there and copy everything as you see there into the same plugin directory as above.

                      Restart SU and find the plugin under the Tools menu.

                      Gai...

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                        thomthom
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                        @jean-françois said:

                        Hi,
                        I would like to install the solid inspector plugin on my computer.
                        Can you explain me how to do it?
                        Thanks in advance

                        I've written a tutorial on how to install plugins: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/
                        Even includes link to an installer utility that will make it easier to install them.

                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          jean-françois
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                          Subject: [Plugin] Solid Inspector (1.1.0) — 30 June 2011

                          @jean-françois said:

                          Hi,
                          I would like to install the solid inspector plugin on my computer.
                          Can you explain me how to do it?
                          Thanks in advance

                          Hi Guys, thanks for your answers. I am still facing some problems.
                          I copied and unzip the file TT_lib2 into the folder "c/...sketchup8/plugins"
                          I also copied the file TT_solid_inspector.rb in the same folder.
                          I closed and restared SU but I get a window with "load error messages" everytime I open SU.
                          Moreover, when I click on the tools Bar, I see "solid tools (pro only)->" but I can't click on it.
                          I do not use SU pro, is it the reason of the problem?

                          Thanks in advance

                          Jean-François

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                            archzag
                            last edited by

                            Geniale!

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                              Rich5
                              last edited by

                              How do you get out of solid inspector? Prob a very dumb question but it seems once on I can't get out and back to SU.

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                                Dave R
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                                Have you tried picking another tool?

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @rich5 said:

                                  How do you get out of solid inspector? Prob a very dumb question but it seems once on I can't get out and back to SU.

                                  Just activate another tool, like Select (Spacebar).

                                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    d12dozr
                                    last edited by

                                    Just curious, why are some errors highlighted red, and some yellow? I haven't been able to figure out a pattern.

                                    3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                    http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                      thomthom
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                                      @d12dozr said:

                                      Just curious, why are some errors highlighted red, and some yellow? I haven't been able to figure out a pattern.

                                      Red is the currently selected error. I think you can press a key (Return maybe=) to make it zoom in. You can also Tab around between errors.

                                      There is lots of room for improvement - but not enough time... 😞

                                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        d12dozr
                                        last edited by

                                        @thomthom said:

                                        Red is the currently selected error. I think you can press a key (Return maybe=) to make it zoom in. You can also Tab around between errors.

                                        Oh cool, I knew about the Tab key, but I never knew about the colors.

                                        Its an excellent tool - thanks again!

                                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                          thegreek87
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                                          Wish I knew about this plugin sooner, gonna save me a lot of time. Thank you very much 😄

                                          http://www.nicholasvaisey.co.uk/.

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                                            DesertRaven
                                            last edited by

                                            Hey TomTom, this is an awesome tool!!! thank you so much for sharing this.

                                            A note to the Sketchup Programmers, weather they will read this or not, just have to say it:

                                            Did it never occur to you that something like this should of been in the solid tool kit to begin with?!!

                                            Do you guys ever test what you program? Put a little bit more muscle in to it, please for crying out loud!

                                            Also try and make us some tools that don't leave fractions of tiny lines behind like that buggy follow me tool, fix it already!

                                            Thanks. I just donated $50 to ThomThom. Keep the good work going!

                                            simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

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