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    • mitcorbM Offline
      mitcorb
      last edited by

      Look at the bottom of the first page of 2D tools thread. At the bottom, see the Attachments box. The plugin is in a zip folder. Right click, save file as.. and place it in your favorite destination folder on your computer. Then unzip it to your Sketchup Plugins Folder.

      I don't know why you inserted that link to a Reply panel. At the bottom left of the Reading Window is a Reply button.

      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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      • H Offline
        Howard leslie
        last edited by

        TIG,
        I've noticed that the 2d toolset will occasionally crash SU under the following circumstances.......
        See attached skp.
        Using your 2d Toolset, I'd like to be able to put 2 Fillets on some adjoining linework (3 adjacent lines)
        The linework is not all on one plane. (2 horizontal lines, 1 vertical)
        .......
        first fillet - no problem.
        second fillet (on adjoining lines but different plane)- will crash SU
        ........
        Solution - move reqd lines off to one side and fillet, then put lines back in place.
        I sometimes use this toolset when working on 3d models (even though it was originally designed for 2d work) - its very useful
        ........
        If you have time and could look into this it would be most appreciated.
        .......
        Regards
        Howard L'


        Fillet_Crash.skp

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Howard

          I can't get it to crash at all !
          It fillets the two nodes in turn without an error [@r=1000mm].
          Also the order that they are picked has no effect either ?
          I'm very puzzled...
          What's you SUp version and OS ?
          😕
          Can anyone else manage to get this to fail ?
          If so, how exactly ??
          Testers please... 😒

          TIG

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          • M Offline
            Michaelv
            last edited by

            No problem here, Mac OS and version 5.1(Mac) of tools.
            Tried all combinations of sequences

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              I don't think it's TIG's plugin. The first time I opened the file I got a crash before I'd even tried to do anything with any tool. No idea why it crashed. I opened the file a second time and put in fillets with a 1000mm radius on the original set of lines with no trouble.

              Etaoin Shrdlu

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              • H Offline
                Howard leslie
                last edited by

                TIG,
                Thanks very much for your reply
                .........
                To answer your question:

                SU Pro 8.0.11752
                Windows Vista c/w Svc Pack 2
                (32 bit PC)

                Latest version of 2D Tools
                Text notes inside the #2d.rb file gives the version as

                v5.0 20100927

                ..........
                Really wierd how nobody else can reproduce this bug splat / behaviour
                Possible clash with another Ruby script ???
                .......
                Howard L'

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Howard, you may have hit the nail on the head. You might try to find out by removing other plugins temporarily and trying the fillets.

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    As the title-bar says "v5.2" you could also try upgrading to the latest version...
                    @unknownuser said:

                    v5.1 20111201 Newly reported glitch fixed with 2dLine, so that now pressing the keyboard '0' when typing in a number on a PC it doesn't mistake for TAB >> Z-height!
                    v5.2 20120228 2dFillet segment range adjusted to >=2 <=999.
                    ??? I don't think any of these changes are important BUT you never know 😕

                    TIG

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                    • H Offline
                      Howard leslie
                      last edited by

                      TIG,
                      The version of 2D Tools that I have installed is from 2D_Tools52.zip.
                      When I got the bug splats I made sure I had the latest version before reporting any possible bugs.
                      ...........
                      The text I quoted above was from the notes inside the #2d.rb file.
                      I shouldn't have quoted this - its a bit misleading - as I see now that there are many *.rb files inside the zip file that you may have updated on the last release - not just the one.
                      ............
                      If its tricky to track the bug down / reproduce the fault - don't worry about it as I can work round it.
                      However, if I notice anything else, or any other possible leads I'll report it.
                      .............
                      Brilliant plugin by the way
                      ..............
                      Thanks once again

                      Howard L'

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Did you try removing the other plugins in the Plugins folder and running just 2D Tools? It doesn't appear to be a bug in the 2D Tools set. If it was, there'd be a large number of complaints and that doesn't seem to be the case.

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                        • ninomaydaN Offline
                          ninomayda
                          last edited by

                          Superb Tool. A "must" to all SKPrs. Attached please find Xcel sheet to assist calculating text size dependant on final presentation (Layout) drawing scales.


                          Text Height Scale Factor

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                          • M Offline
                            Milo
                            last edited by

                            Fantastic tools thank you very much !!!

                            FaceBook

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                            • HelmiH Offline
                              Helmi
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for that great tool.

                              Still one question left: I can't seem to decode NNs/NNx/Rad with the 2D polygon and NNs or Rad with the circle. No matter what i enter there it doesn't seem to affect anything. I tried to rise the segments of the circle but can't seem to get it and couldn't find any docs for that?

                              Any help would be highly appreciated.

                              Thanks!

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @helmi said:

                                Thanks for that great tool.

                                Still one question left: I can't seem to decode NNs/NNx/Rad with the 2D polygon and NNs or Rad with the circle. No matter what i enter there it doesn't seem to affect anything. I tried to rise the segments of the circle but can't seem to get it and couldn't find any docs for that?

                                Any help would be highly appreciated.

                                Thanks!
                                Please look at the installed toolset there's a help menu/toolbar item... this opens the file inside the ../Plugins/2Dtools/ folder called '2DtoolsHelp.htm'...
                                There's detailed explanations about using each tool.
                                If you want to change the number of sides in a Polygon or Circle [in 2Dtools OR the native-tools] typing 99s changes to 99 segments..., typing in a number e.g. 99 sets the radius to that in 'current units' - you could also type 99mm to set it to that, even if the current units weren't 'mm'...
                                With 2d Polygons the extra option of typing 99x sets the 'width' across edges rather than across vertices...

                                TIG

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                                • HelmiH Offline
                                  Helmi
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks, TIG. Didn't notice that help menu item. Great work, thanks a lot!

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                                  • B Offline
                                    Ben Ritter
                                    last edited by

                                    TIG,

                                    I'm having some bug splat issues while using the fillet tool. I did a clean reinstall of SU8 Pro and slowly started adding in plugins. Well I add your 2D Tools and can only create one fillet to say, a rectangular surface. Once I try filleting a second corner of the rectangle, it bumps me out of SU. Any suggestions?

                                    Thanks. Ben

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Works OK for me - very similar setup.
                                      There might be a clash with another tool making ill-advised changes to base-classes.
                                      Many tools, like fillet, need to make a group etc and manipulate it, so 3rd party tools mess with the Sketchup::Group class and break legit operations...
                                      Possible culprits are SketchyPhysics, DrivingDimensions, Matchbox, SolarPosition, possibly earlier versions of Podium etc... do you have any of these, or other esoteric files loading ?
                                      If so, if you disable them does the crash still happen...
                                      If you have installed one of the older compilation 'toolbar' sets these too can add old Sketchup.rb, extensions.rb files etc into Plugins, when the equivalent new system files are automatically installed by Sketchup in the correct location in the Tools folder ! This can also have subtle effects that mess up unexpectedly... remove those and leave the proper ones in Tools...

                                      Assuming it's still failing...
                                      If you run fillet with the Ruby Console open before doing any filleting do you get any messages; is a 'Bugsplat crash' or a 'hang' etc ?

                                      Are your fillets very large or very small ?
                                      Can you post an example SKP that fails for you, with instructs on the two edges to pick, the radius to use etc... It should work effortlessly.

                                      TIG

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                                      • B Offline
                                        Ben Ritter
                                        last edited by

                                        TIG,

                                        I don't have any of the plugins you mention except for the latest Podium version.

                                        The sample skp file is attached along with the plugins I have installed.

                                        The ruby console did not display anything prior to the crash.

                                        Thanks.


                                        test.skp


                                        plugins.png

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          It works fine for me. 😕
                                          Have you tried disabling Podium and retrying ?
                                          I don't have these two either:
                                          Raylectron
                                          and
                                          Omnigrid
                                          [you seem to have TWO versions loading - surely you only need the one ?]
                                          If you disable those what happens ?

                                          TIG

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                                          • B Offline
                                            Ben Ritter
                                            last edited by

                                            TIG, thanks for your reply, and assistance. I uninstalled Podium, Raylectron and Omnigrid, and the fillet worked great. I then re-installed Podium and SU crashed. It's just strange that it is happening now when I've had both on my machine before and never had a problem.

                                            Ben

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