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    • V Offline
      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!

      πŸ˜„

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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.

        • Brett
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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 β€” 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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              voljanko
              last edited by

              @venividivici said:

              I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
              but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

              Maybe you have ungroupped items mixed with grouped one.
              To detect this you need a SuSolid plugin (free for only solid inspections).
              David

              SuSolid.com - solid check - solid repair- solid intersection check - weight plugin

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              • S Offline
                Snowy
                last edited by

                Thanks a lot! Great plugin

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                  Anton_S
                  last edited by

                  Useful, plus efficient plug. πŸ‘

                  I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid?

                  • at least two faces per edge?
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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @anton_s said:

                    Useful, plus efficient plug. πŸ‘

                    I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid?

                    • at least two faces per edge?

                    All edges should have exactly 2 faces. Anything else and it's not a solid. No need to check for anything else.

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

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                    • TIGT Online
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too...
                      Normally, to be seen as a 'solid' a group/component should contain only edges/faces and ALL edges must have two faces [no more, no fewer]. Note that there could also be 'Guides' inside a 'solid', because they won't interact with its geometry...

                      TIG

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                        Anton_S
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        All edges should have exactly 2 faces. Anything else and it's not a solid. No need to check for anything else.

                        Wow, I was close! πŸ˜„

                        @tig said:

                        Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too... Guides...

                        Thanks, good advice! πŸ‘ I guess that makes-up a complete defenition of a solid. πŸ˜„

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                          MYguel
                          last edited by

                          Hi,
                          I have the following problem after installing solid inspector. When I start SketchUp I get the error dialog box:

                          Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb
                          uninitialized constant TT;;GUI;;ToolWindow
                          

                          Does anyone encountered the same error previously? I use SketchUp 8 (the free version) from wine under linux, I do not think it could be related, but it is the only thing that is special considering my case.

                          • sincerely,

                          Myguel

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            Did you also install TT_Lib2 as specified in the original post?

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                              MYguel
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?

                              • sincerely,
                                MYguel
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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @myguel said:

                                Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?

                                • sincerely,
                                  MYguel

                                Can you post screenshot of the file and where they are located?

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

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                                  MYguel
                                  last edited by

                                  All the files are in the .wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins
                                  Here are the output of the command that list the content of the folders:

                                  $$>ls -1
                                  config-thumb.jpg
                                  Examples
                                  examples.rb
                                  hideall.rb
                                  __MACOSX
                                  Ocean
                                  ocean_extension.rb
                                  samples_library
                                  samples_library_ext.rb
                                  TT_Lib2
                                  tt_solid_inspector.rb
                                  Utilities
                                  utilities.rb
                                  VolumeCalculator21.rb
                                  
                                  $$> cd TT_Lib2
                                  $$> ls -1
                                  config-thumb.jpg
                                  Examples
                                  examples.rb
                                  hideall.rb
                                  __MACOSX
                                  Ocean
                                  ocean_extension.rb
                                  samples_library
                                  samples_library_ext.rb
                                  TT_Lib2
                                  tt_solid_inspector.rb
                                  Utilities
                                  utilities.rb
                                  VolumeCalculator21.rb
                                  manu@rebus;Plugins$ cd TT_Lib2/
                                  manu@rebus;TT_Lib2$ ls -1
                                  arc.rb
                                  attributes.rb
                                  babelfish.rb
                                  bezier.rb
                                  binary.rb
                                  bounds.rb
                                  CHANGELOG.txt
                                  color.rb
                                  core.rb
                                  cursor.rb
                                  cursors
                                  debug.rb
                                  definition.rb
                                  dimension.rb
                                  edges.rb
                                  entities.rb
                                  faces.rb
                                  geom3d.rb
                                  gizmo_manipulator.rb
                                  gui.rb
                                  image.rb
                                  inputbox.rb
                                  instance.rb
                                  integrity_list.dat
                                  javascript.rb
                                  json.rb
                                  libraries
                                  locale.rb
                                  materials.rb
                                  modal_wrapper.rb
                                  model.rb
                                  point3d_ex.rb
                                  point3d.rb
                                  progressbar.rb
                                  ray.rb
                                  README.txt
                                  selection.rb
                                  settings.rb
                                  simpletask.rb
                                  sketchup.rb
                                  system.rb
                                  toolbarwindow.rb
                                  toolwindow.rb
                                  uv_plane.rb
                                  uvq.rb
                                  version.rb
                                  webdialog
                                  webdialog_patch.rb
                                  win32.rb
                                  window.rb
                                  
                                  
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                                    MYguel
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,
                                    I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly.
                                    I will ask for some help in the wine community.

                                    Thanks for your answers so far.

                                    • sincerely,

                                    Myguel

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @myguel said:

                                      Hi,
                                      I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly.
                                      I will ask for some help in the wine community.

                                      Thanks for your answers so far.

                                      • sincerely,

                                      Myguel

                                      Let me know what you find out.

                                      Maybe it could be encoding difference? I wonder if I recall someone on the forum mention something about line ending characters being an issue.

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

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                                        Soctrep
                                        last edited by

                                        I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Could be that you installed it incorrectly... not sure.
                                          You might find it easier and more reliable to use this utility to install plugins:
                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42315

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

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                                          • TIGT Online
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @soctrep said:

                                            I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?
                                            Read and understand this http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/ and then this http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=426513#p426513
                                            We could debate what files went into which folders... but if you follow this it will give you good results.
                                            Also some tools are Extensions and need activating from the Preferences menu the first time you install them, and/or they have special submenus from which you can run them etc... Read the tool's usage notes to clarify this aspect...

                                            TIG

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