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    • C Offline
      Convta98
      last edited by

      When I load Sketchup 8 i get an error message telling me that I need parametric.rb. Where can I get that file?

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @convta98 said:

        When I load Sketchup 8 i get an error message telling me that I need parametric.rb. Where can I get that file?
        IF you follow the advice in the main tool's download page... you'd know it's at http://www.Smustard.com - 'progressbar.rb'.
        http://www.smustard.com/script/ProgressBar
        ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
        I think 'parametric.rb' isn't needed by this specific tool - but that's readily available from the main Sketchup plugins page... http://sketchup.google.com/intl/zh-CN/download/rubyscripts.html
        Perhaps you have also installed some other tools that need that ?

        TIG

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          As far as I can tell, Shape Bender doesn't need parametric.rb but you should probably have it anyway because other plugins do use it. Get it here.

          Etaoin Shrdlu

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          • J Offline
            Jspro
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            Yes, is there anyone out there that can help me with the plugin Shape Bender by Chris Fullmer ? I believe I loaded it correctly but maybe not I'm getting an load error message , when I go into sketchup. When I downloaded the file I unziped it, I copied the file and pasted it into the plugins folder, restarted windows and when it came back on and i started sketchup with this Load Error ( Error Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb no such file to load -- progressbar.rb ) . Can anyone help me? I tried this twice w/no luck I would like to get this to work. Thank you john

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              @jspro said:

              I believe I loaded it correctly but maybe not I'm getting an load error message , when I go into sketchup. When I downloaded the file I unziped it, I copied the file and pasted it into the plugins folder, restarted windows and when it came back on and i started sketchup with this Load Error ( Error Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb no such file to load -- progressbar.rb ) .

              You also need to install progressbar.rb for here: http://www.smustard.com/script/ProgressBar

              (The installation instructions clearly say this)

              Gai...

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              • S Offline
                sherwood11
                last edited by

                Well, I found a remedy .. kind of.

                I commented out all the lines updating the progress bar with a comment character, #
                . . . . #pb.update(i) . . .there are 7 of them.

                Unfortunately, I had to do that with clf_color_by_slope, clf_color_by_z and clf_greeble_2

                My system doesn't seem to like the progress bar. Even after downloading a fresh copy from smustard
                yesterday.

                If I find out why (it's a mystery), I'll post it.

                Again, it's a great Plug-in. ... hope this helps anyone w/ the same problem.

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Hasn't that nil error been repeated a few times along in this thread? Might be worth adding a note in the first post about it. No one is going to find it dug into n-number of pages.

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

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                  • S Offline
                    sherwood11
                    last edited by

                    I agree it's not the best .... just a trouble shooting remedy.

                    I'll try your approach.

                    TIG has suggested a few things also ... (my post on one of the other plug-ins)

                    Appreciate your input.

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                    • S Offline
                      sherwood11
                      last edited by

                      Plugin looks great . . . but, i'm getting this feedback :
                      it seems to lock-up at 7% or 20%

                      shape_bender_01.png

                      any suggestions ?

                      I posted a temporary trouble shooting remedy, just after this post.
                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=18210&start=1020#p422479
                      (is that what you mean ?, TT)

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                        darksoft
                        last edited by

                        Grate one ! THNX

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                        • B Offline
                          BenBo
                          last edited by

                          Hi all,

                          Using the plugin with dynamic component it crashes.
                          Has anyone successfully bent a DC?

                          Otherwise, it works fine.

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Since the Component [DC] is copied to make the bent version it may well conflict with a DC as there is generally only one instance of each variant.
                            You can copy the DC off to one side and explode it down to its raw geometry and then make a group of that, and then bend that group - it will have lost all of it's DC-ness, so those issues should be avoided...
                            It's a good idea to do complex operations, like bending, on an object located in a relatively empty SKP, and recombine things into a combo-model afterwards - so exploding the DC in these circumstances seems quite possible.
                            You can't expect a DC to retain its DC-ness/properties after bending it, as all of its axes etc will be messed up, even if it were to make it through the processing... ๐Ÿ˜’

                            TIG

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                              gullfo
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                              grab TIG's "undc" script and run that before doing the bend.

                              Glenn

                              http://www.runnel.com

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @gullfo said:

                                grab TIG's "undc" script and run that before doing the bend.

                                I'd forgotten I made that ๐Ÿ˜’
                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=382224#p382224

                                TIG

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                                  tonkolan
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                                  it was awesome plugin tools
                                  thanks for sharing

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                                  • gullfoG Offline
                                    gullfo
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    I'd forgotten I made that ๐Ÿ˜’
                                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=382224#p382224

                                    it's one of my most important tools now โ˜€ - i can use a huge number of DC in my models then "un-DC" them and ship the model out without worrying that my DC will be distributed...

                                    Glenn

                                    http://www.runnel.com

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      It's not even a 'tool'... just a 'code snippet'...
                                      Glad it was useful ๐Ÿ˜„

                                      TIG

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                                        maladzien
                                        last edited by

                                        Hey everyone? How do I run this script? I have no idea how to get this "tool" to show up in Sketchup to use it ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @maladzien said:

                                          Hey everyone? How do I run this script? I have no idea how to get this "tool" to show up in Sketchup to use it ๐Ÿ˜ž

                                          See if this article helps you: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/

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

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                                            Geveltje
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello all,

                                            First I want to say that my english writing is not very good, so sorry for the mistakes.
                                            I have a little help from google ๐Ÿ‘

                                            I am very excited about the plugin, I just can not get it working properly.

                                            I select my component.
                                            Select the straight line
                                            Select the curve line
                                            I see that both lines a start and an end appears
                                            but that's all, nothing further happened. I can use the up and down arrow keys to change the start and end.
                                            Also when I press enter then nothing happens.

                                            the straight line is equal to the red axis, the curved line i tried on all axes.
                                            I really do not know what I'm doing wrong

                                            I hope I have explained clearly
                                            Thanks for the response

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