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    • I Offline
      ik2012
      last edited by

      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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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        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
          last edited by

          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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          • I Offline
            ik2012
            last edited by

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

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            • GaieusG Offline
              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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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @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
                  last edited by

                  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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                  • A Offline
                    archzag
                    last edited by

                    Geniale!

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                    • R Offline
                      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 RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        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
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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @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
                                  last edited by

                                  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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                                  • DesertRavenD Offline
                                    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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                                      VeniVidiVici
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Thomas,

                                      Thank you again for this tool (belive I've said it before) great tool.
                                      I haven't used it in a while, and now I cant seem to get it working.
                                      It seems to load fine but nothing happens?

                                      I've double checked, and it is in the google sketchup 8 plugins folder...

                                      tt_solid_inspector.rb

                                      I also put in the newest TT_Lib2, which is in its own folder in the Plugins directory.

                                      I still cant seem to get anything to work, I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
                                      but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

                                      Any ideas?

                                      Thanks!

                                      😄

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                                        VeniVidiVici
                                        last edited by

                                        Thomas, your tools are awesome...I got it to work, not sure what it was, guess I just needed a reboot?!
                                        This tool has saved me countless hours of work...I will be contributing in the near future...tks again.

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @venividivici said:

                                          I still cant seem to get anything to work, I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
                                          but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

                                          Any ideas?

                                          I don't have an idea as of yet - you need to be more specific to what "doesn't work". No menus? Tool doesn't activate?
                                          You see errors you say, in the Ruby Console? (If so, please post them - they would be extremely useful)

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

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                                            xiombarg
                                            last edited by

                                            It's actually cool to see people making donations to valued plugin programmers. I'm working through a prototyping, but as soon as I make any money, I'm committed to donate accordingly.

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