[Plugin][$] RoundCorner - v3.4a - 31 Mar 24

npa4863 · 13 May 2012, 22:15

once rounded and saved (with out having the original still) is there any way to un round it?

TIG · 14 May 2012, 11:12

once rounded and saved (with out having the original still) is there any way to un-round it?
It will undo backwards [Edit>Undo...], but if you have done other work since the rounding that is undone too, and if it were 'old' enough the undo is lost as you can only step back a limited number of times.
Obviously closing the file and reopening it loses the undo list completely and 'freezes' the changes.
When you are rounding edges I suggest you work on grouped geometry, or an instance of a component, by editing it and working inside its context.
Before rounding keep copies of these 'containers' - perhaps on an 'off' layer - also remember to use 'make unique' on the instance so there's still an un-rounded one available too.
Now when you round you have un-rounded versions available should you decide it was a mistake.
If you have rounded edges and it's otherwise unrecoverable then you need to remake the sharp corners...
View>Hidden-Geometry>ON, Erase the edges of a rounded corner back to the two original faces; either use inferencing [e.g. if the edges are axial] or use some Guidelines parallel to edges and so on to recreate the needed edge junctions. You can now redraw new edges to form the missing faces forming a sharp edge, or try to Move the vertices of remaining edges so that they snap to corners etc and close up gaps to make a sharp corner; finally erase any unneeded edges splitting the faces where the old rounding boundaries were...

RHD · 14 May 2012, 18:26

I'm on a Mac 10.6.8 and I can't install this plugin.

I've looked above to see what's happening with other people but can't see what I'm doing wrong. I have Fredoscale, that works. I clicked "yes" when the installation wanted to overwrite something.

I'm downloading the Zip file, copying it to the folder in macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 9/Plugins and unzipping it there as per the instructions.
I've done the same with LibFredo6 and that doesn't seem to work either as far as I can tell.

When extracted from the zip file using Safari the spaces in the file names were replaced with 20% etc - see image - which probably messes things up so I tried again using Firefox to download and reinstalled so now the file names look right but even after restarting SketchUp the Plugin is not there. Can anyone help. Thanks.

TIG · 14 May 2012, 18:42

@rhd said:

I'm on a Mac 10.6.8 and I can't install this plugin.

I've looked above to see what's happening with other people but can't see what I'm doing wrong. I have Fredoscale, that works. I clicked "yes" when the installation wanted to overwrite something.

I'm downloading the Zip file, copying it to the folder in macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 9/Plugins and unzipping it there as per the instructions.
I've done the same with LibFredo6 and that doesn't seem to work either as far as I can tell.

When extracted from the zip file the folders come out with weird names. Is this correct?
I'm uploading an image
No, it's completely wrong !
Your download/unzipping software is in someway messed up...
It's leaving the files with html character encoding - like 20% = <space>
This is plain weird.
Are there settings you can adjust ?
Perhaps some MAC user can come up with an idea on settings - I'm on PC...

Dave R · 14 May 2012, 18:45

@rhd said:

I'm downloading the Zip file, copying it to the folder in macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 9/Plugins and unzipping it there as per the instructions.
I've done the same with LibFredo6 and that doesn't seem to work either as far as I can tell.

Well, that might be your problem. SketchUp 9 doesn't exist, yet.

It's hard to tell from your little screen shot because it doesn't tell us much. The folder names do need to be straightened out. Did you look at the first post for the foot print of the files? Make them look like that.

RHD · 14 May 2012, 18:55

Yes, I figured that out and used Firefox which doesn't do the HTML thing on spaces.

Now the files come out with dates on. I found Fredos instructions (see attached image) and renamed the folders accordingly as the names were differently written on mine but that just gave me an error on opening SketchUp about it now being able to load the plugins, at which point I gave up and trashed them. There is some problem on Mac with unzipping these particular files and I don't know why. I unzip stuff all the time without the file names getting messed up like this.

thomthom · 14 May 2012, 19:35

@RHD: Try this installation utility and see if that makes the process easier: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=42315

Toucan · 17 May 2012, 18:57

Installs on MAC (10.6.8) as RoundCorner%202; LibFredo6 v4 comes in as LibFredo%204. I assume the %20 is a "space" but removal does nothing. Where am I going wrong?

Dave R · 17 May 2012, 19:34

Go back and look at the first post. It shows you what the file footprint should be. It sounds to me as if you haven't extracted the contents of the downloaded ZIP files correctly.

Toucan · 17 May 2012, 22:19

Regarding problem with installation: SOLVED! Safari was unzipping the files automatically and including a %20 (SPACE) in the filename; I was also "dragging" the downloaded directories into the Plugin directory on my MAC. Solved the issue by use of Firefox which downloaded the files as intact .zip files. But, I had to move the unzipped directories (which wound up below the Plugin directory) into the Plugin directory itself, as shown in the Windows image on the first post. Now the real fun can commence. Thanx.

alvin_clk · 20 May 2012, 10:21

THANKS

Kurochi · 2 Jun 2012, 20:48

pretty cool.

blaze3d · 29 Jun 2012, 15:11

I can't get the round corner to work no matter what I try. The other stuff like Fredo taper and scale work great. But all this does for me is literally explode (not the ungroup kind)every thing I apply it on. Its installed properly. Sketchup pro 8 here. Any thoughts would be appreciated thanks.

Dave R · 30 Jun 2012, 10:48

Your description doesn't give us much to go on. Could you post an SKP file with before and after examples showing us what you mean by "explode"? Maybe you could tell us what settings you're using for rounding? Give us something useful so we can help you.

shauko · 10 Jul 2012, 07:13

Thank you so much, so useful !!

technogod · 14 Jul 2012, 08:01

top of the line .thanks alot.

mmurdock · 17 Jul 2012, 20:53

I am running windows 7 and using the latest version of sketchup pro. My plugins are all working well, but when I log off as an administrator to my personal user name, the round corner plugin stops working while all the other Fredo6 plugins work fine. I click the icon and nothing happens. Any ideas?

Dave R · 19 Jul 2012, 10:09

Megan, do you have administrator privileges under your own log in to add files to the Plugins folder? Did you install the other plugins while logged in under your user name and Round Corner while logged in as Administrator? What happens if, while logged in as you, you reinstall Round corner?

resall · 28 Jul 2012, 01:29

Hi,
I'm trying to install the round corner plugin but it just wont work.
I've installed LibFredo6 4.6 in the plugins folder, then Round Corner 2.3
I even tried unistalling everything (including sketchup and all of its folders) and installing again, and nothing...
Then I tried deleting the date that came on the name of the folders available for download at the begining of this post and again, nothing...
I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and Sketchup 8 (free version).
Can someone please help me.
Thanx

TIG · 28 Jul 2012, 09:01

You haven't actually installed them.

The two subfolders [called 'LibFredo...' and 'RoundCorner...'] that you show are what the extraction of the zipped archive produces - the package - if you will.

Inside those folders are the files and subfolders containing other files that auto-load and make the tool available to you when you restart Sketchup.

So these need to be in the 'plugins' folder - not left inside the package that they came in.

So move these two folders onto your Desktop... then move their contents back into the 'plugins' folder.
Ensure that all files in the subfolders stay inside those subfolders, when they are moved - it is another frequent error - to move the items out of subfolders - which will surely break everything - because the .rb 'loaders' files expect to find these files in the subfolders, which are supplied with the tool, and also sometimes extra 'support' files in additional 'libraries' - like in the case of this tool !