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    • xiombargX Offline
      xiombarg
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      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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      • voljankoV Offline
        voljanko
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        @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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          Snowy
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          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
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                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
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                      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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                                      • K Offline
                                        karel1962
                                        last edited by

                                        Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???

                                        .rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??

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                                        • TIGT Online
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @karel1962 said:

                                          Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???

                                          .rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??
                                          You are somewhat cryptic in your error reporting...
                                          I suspect that you are not installing the files properly.
                                          Read the tool's download page again.
                                          If you have v8 pro then the Preferences > Extensions > Installer tool will easily extract what's needed from the rbz archive and put it in the correct locations for you.
                                          Note that this is an Extension and might require that it is one-time activated from 'Extensions', you might also need to restart SketchUp to get everything to auto-load the first time...
                                          ALSO the tool needs a TT support Lib folder.
                                          This is clearly explained on that page, there is a link to its download page...
                                          Follow the instructions for the installation of that Lib too...
                                          You'll probably have to restart SketchUp after the install to get everything working...

                                          On a MAC the correct 'plugins' folder is the one at the root HD level NOT the 'users' one - this has been discussed in several threads in great detail...

                                          To make installing tools' files and their support subfolders etc thomthom has also made a free Simple-Plugins-Installer, available via the Plugins Index. Once this is installed you can then easily install files and subfolders from rbz/zip archives and also individual rb/rbs files, without worrying about finding the correct folders etc...

                                          TIG

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @karel1962 said:

                                            Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???

                                            .rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??

                                            What exactly "isn't working"?
                                            Did you install the rb file correctly?
                                            Here's an article on how to install plugins: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/

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

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