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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      I think the answer is in your question. Circles with 500 sides? Whatever for? Surely you don't need that many.

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        nickdk
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        @dave r said:

        I think the answer is in your question. Circles with 500 sides? Whatever for? Surely you don't need that many.

        Hehe πŸ˜„ yeah 500 sides might be a lot, the reason for the many sides is that I just recently found out how to make smooth circles in SU and I didn't really think to much about the amount of sides I entered when model ling, I assumed that it would take a lot of sides to get a really smooth result? I need to import the SU model in 3Ds max when it's done and I wanted all circular shapes to be perfect. It might be overkill though, it is making my life hard with this complex geometry that's for sure! πŸ˜•
        thank you for the insight!

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          It's surely overkill and you've kind of shot yourself in the foot, metaphorically speaking. You can get smooth curves with far fewer sides and increase performance.

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            nickdk
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            how many sides do you think I'll need? I have attached WIP to give an idea of the shapes involved and the detailing πŸ˜„

            I did a test with 100 sides and the polygons were visible so I guess it does require quite a lot :S


            top073.jpg

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              I don't know. It's kind of dark so it's hard to see.

              Does this look like it is smooth enough?


              http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6318648290_530026a3b2_z.jpg

              That's 50 segments going around the long way.

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                nickdk
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                yes it looks perfect:) My problem is that the circular shapes I'm using in my design are differently scaled - some of them are 20meters in diameter so the 'jagged' faces are much more visible.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  That ring is drawn at a bit over 5 meters in diameter but I doubt it would look any different at 20m or 200m.

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                    ayik37
                    last edited by

                    thanks sir,that plugin working very well in my sketchup πŸ‘

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                      petroulac
                      last edited by

                      Thanks!!!

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                        ilaliberte
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                        Hello! I've downloaded this pluggin several times and just did again with this version, and it just won't work: I don't get the context menu option at all!

                        My friends at uni are using it on the same version of SketchUp Pro (7.1.6859) without a problem... Here are some screenshots to try to explain. The context menu screenshot is from when I clicked on the section cut plane - there isn' anything missing from that menu, I only cut the screenshot a bit too close.

                        Does it make a difference that I am still on the trial version of V-Ray?

                        many thanks.
                        Best wishes
                        Isabelle


                        Screen Shot 2012-03-28 at 12.31.27.png


                        Screen Shot 2012-03-28 at 11.57.39.png

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Looks like you've got your plugins in the incorrect folder. Plugins for SketchUp should be in Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins.

                          If I had to guess, I'd say Zorro 2 doesn't work either.

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                            ilaliberte
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                            Thank you so much for this, it works now! How embarrassing - but it's good that it was this easy to solve. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

                            (And yes, of course Zorro wasn't working either!)

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                              chalky
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                              I'm sorry but am I the only one having problems..?
                              seems like everytime I run the plugin SU freezes, tried on various projects and simple cube..same thing
                              SU8 Pro Lion 10.7.3 latest version of plugin, any suggestions?

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @chalky said:

                                I'm sorry but am I the only one having problems..?
                                seems like everytime I run the plugin SU freezes, tried on various projects and simple cube..same thing
                                SU8 Pro Lion 10.7.3 latest version of plugin, any suggestions?

                                I know of no issues causing 'freezing'...
                                Open the Ruby Console.
                                Run the tool.
                                Any error messages in the Console or otherwise ?
                                Report back...
                                πŸ˜•

                                TIG

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                                  chalky
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                                  Tried what you said but no messages in ruby console reported. ❓ ❓

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
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                                    I see you are on v7 with Lion.
                                    I know there were some fixes with v8M2 to address problems with Lion, perhaps that's the issue πŸ˜•
                                    So... any Lion users out there [with v7/v8] who are getting error free use from this tool ??

                                    I'm also now wondering if you have one of the problem scripts loading that can affect core class/methods ill-advisedly - these include SketchyPhysics, DrivingDimensions, MatchBox and some 'Solar' tool I cant bring to mind... Although some of these are PC only I think... This tool should workaround potential pitfalls made in its legitimate code by these files, but there might still be a trip-up somewhere. If you have any of these other scripts try to disable them and restart [move the .rb/.rbs files out of the Plugins folder temporarily].
                                    Does this do anything better ?

                                    TIG

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                                      chalky
                                      last edited by

                                      Sorry wrong info in profile i'm running v8
                                      double checked if had those plugs and I don't

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Do you have the latest v8 = v8M2 ?
                                        This specifically addressed some issues with Lion...

                                        TIG

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                                          chalky
                                          last edited by

                                          problem solved πŸ˜„

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
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                                            @chalky said:

                                            problem solved πŸ˜„
                                            How? WE would like to know πŸ˜•

                                            TIG

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