Plugin interfering with DWG import (solved)
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I don't have any issues with it [PC], though I rarely use it.
It does add a method to the Vector classVector.flat_angleto give the vector's angle as if it were 'flat' on the group.
There must be something using its own new method of the same name but with different returned results ?
You could try opening the files and changingflat_angletoflat_angleFOOwith find/replace[all] - also rename the .rb file with +FOO to match.
Then when pathcopy.rb requires/calls the code it won't have the same name, and should therefore not clash...
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@tig said:
I don't have any issues with it, though I rarely use it.
It does add a method to the Vector classVector.flat_angleto give the vector's angle as if it were 'flat' on the group.
There must be something using its own new method of the same name but with different returned results ?
You could try opening the files and changingflat_angletoflat_angleFOOwith find/replace[all] - also rename the .rb file with +FOO to match.
Then when pathcopy.rb requires/calls the code it won't have the same name, and should therefore not clash...
[do it on copies in case you mess up]it is not working. could you have a look at the two modified files? thanks.
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I've not had problems with .dwg import on my PC, but I will investigate this on Mac.
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@rickw said:
I've not had problems with .dwg import on my PC, but I will investigate this on Mac.
rick,
thanks for chiming in. I hope you can find out what is happening. pathcopy is very useful.
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Hey Edson,
Does it fail with all DWGs, or just one in particular?
I installed Rick's script on SU8 Pro on my mac. Same OS version as you, and the DWG import worked for me. Could you share the file?
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@tig said:
Edson
This has every version FOO'd...
bad news. it does not work either. sketchup crashes every time.
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@unknownuser said:
Hey Edson,
Does it fail with all DWGs, or just one in particular?
I installed Rick's script on SU8 Pro on my mac. Same OS version as you, and the DWG import worked for me. Could you share the file?
scott,
yes, I have basically been using one file for my tests but it fails with all dwgs. I can surely share the file.
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Hrm. Edson, I grabbed that file and I'm not seeing a crash. I'm on SU 8.0.11751.
Even in there is something corrupted about your specific SketchUp install, it's very strange that a plugin would change the behavior. I guess we'll wait and see if Rick can recreate... either way it'll be another clue.
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@edson said:
@tig said:
Edson
This has every version FOO'd...
bad news. it does not work either. sketchup crashes every time.
Strange all we have done is separate the Vector class/method into one that's unlikely to have a name clash...
So to recap...
If you have those two .rb files loading then DWG fails.
If you remove the files DWG works OK ?
That's plain weird...
Can you double check both edited files are in the Plugins folder...
You don't have Fredo's tool loading to add an extra networked Plugins folder ???
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scott,
my SU version is 8.0.13608.TIG,
it is enough to remove vector.flat_angle.rb for SU to import the dwg without problems. I only removed the other to get rid of error messages asking for the other.you have only posted the edited pathcopy.rb file, not vector.flat_angle.rb.
what fredo tool do you mean precisely?
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Fredo's AdditonalPluginsFolder [or similar name...]
I'd disable both of RickW's files, as one needs the other etc...
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@tig said:
Fredo's AdditonalPluginsFolder [or similar name...]
I'd disable both of RickW's files, as one needs the other etc...
no, I do not have that plugin by fredo6 installed.
I have disabled both plugins. I am almost sure there are other plugins that help copy objects along a path.
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Actually every one of my Macs in the office (3 in total) has the same problem of being unable to import dwg files in SU Pro. This has been the case for every version of SU8 pro that I have used, and in the office it makes no difference whether we are on Lion or Snow Leopard.
The import seems to work fine, the geometry seems to be imported, and the summary dialog pops up with the imported entities, but then SU crashes.
Works fine on my MacBook Pro at home with the same version of SU Pro 8.0.11751 though. This probably has more plugins than any of the other machines.
Pathcopy is not the culprit for me because it's on my home machine which works, and on my office machine, which doesn't.
Works fine on the PC under all situations.
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@bigstick said:
Actually every one of my Macs in the office (3 in total) has the same problem of being unable to import dwg files in SU Pro. This has been the case for every version of SU8 pro that I have used, and in the office it makes no difference whether we are on Lion or Snow Leopard.
The import seems to work fine, the geometry seems to be imported, and the summary dialog pops up with the imported entities, but then SU crashes.
Works fine on my MacBook Pro at home with the same version of SU Pro 8.0.11751 though. This probably has more plugins than any of the other machines.
Pathcopy is not the culprit for me because it's on my home machine which works, and on my office machine, which doesn't.
Works fine on the PC under all situations.
my only guess is that in my case vector.flat_angle.rb conflicts with some other plugin. finding it is something much beyond my knowledge.
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Does SU crash if vector.flat_angle.rb is the only .rb in the Plugins folder?
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@rickw said:
Does SU crash if vector.flat_angle.rb is the only .rb in the Plugins folder?
no. it looks as if it conflicts with some other plugin.
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It seems to me that the only way a plugin could crash SU when using the native dwg import is by using observers. Can anyone think of any other way?
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