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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      One undo removes the cpoints, another undo undoes the pipe itself.
      This is OK if you have one or two to do, but if you've made lots already made then other tools are more useful to remove the cpoints later...

      TIG

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      • I Offline
        inasia
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        @tig said:

        After years someone (Dirk HERNALSTEEN (Hotmail)) has spotted a glitch - if you picked a forking path initially it wouldn't work again for that session... BUT it only took seconds to fix.

        Here v1.6 (zipped)

        Hi TIG,

        Many thanks for the plug in i have download, and found it useful.

        Thank you for your kind generosity. deeply appreciated,

        Cheers, have a good day

        inasia

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        • C Offline
          cedrickface
          last edited by

          does anyone know how/where to download the plug ins, from extention index, and how to install it to my sketchup

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            Here's where the plugin is located, most plugins are located in the first post of their respective thread.

            To install you'll have to unzip to where ever you want, i'd choose your desktop. Now you'll have a folder containing the necessary files, moves these file(s) to Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins

            If you've SketchUp open you'll have to close and start it again and it will be found in your Plugins Menu

            Not all plugin here are zipped, some are files ending in the .rb extension which can be placed in the directory mentioned above.

            Hope this helps

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            • M Offline
              mozzie
              last edited by

              Thanks. This is one of my all time most used rubies.
              Small note - when I open it in Win 7, this file is dated 12 May 2007.
              This means a "copy older over newer?" message. Or have I done something Win Weird(TM)?

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              • A Offline
                as4m4df
                last edited by

                THANKYOU SO MUCH!

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                • G Offline
                  gunman2
                  last edited by

                  Thank you,it is better than the same tool from Chinese Sketchup website for SU pro version 8.0 1.4346 and no problems fund.

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                  • thum8sT Offline
                    thum8s
                    last edited by

                    Very handy tool, thx a lot, save a lot of my time πŸ˜„

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Here's v1.7 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7547#p7547

                      It's completely rehashed to modern Ruby scripting standards.
                      It also has additional dialog based options to add cpoints at the nodes,
                      put the selected path onto a specified layer and move the path inside the pipe-group.

                      Enjoy...

                      TIG

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                      • R Offline
                        raineysky
                        last edited by

                        πŸ‘ Thank You TIG

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                        • guanjinG Offline
                          guanjin
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          Here's v1.7 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7547#p7547

                          It's completely rehashed to modern Ruby scripting standards.
                          It also has additional dialog based options to add cpoints at the nodes,
                          put the selected path onto a specified layer and move the path inside the pipe-group.

                          Enjoy...

                          ceshi.gif

                          Can not be completed cross the line generated pipe

                          I come from China, is to learn

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Guanjin

                            This is not an error! πŸ˜’
                            Please read the instructions carefully.
                            It makes simple extruded 'pipes' - NOT tubular structures: there are other tools to convert 'lines to cylinders'
                            It extrudes along a single path.
                            If you choose a path with multiple lines that 'fork' then how is it to know where to go? πŸ˜•
                            It simple uses one available path and ignores other unusable edges. 😞
                            If you want to 'pipe' the shape you show then do it in steps - the outer loop, then each 'cross' pipe.
                            You then need to form any T or X junctions manually with Intersect and Erase/Delete to tidy up. 😐

                            TIG

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                            • guanjinG Offline
                              guanjin
                              last edited by

                              @tig said:

                              Guanjin

                              This is not an error! πŸ˜’
                              Please read the instructions carefully.
                              It makes simple extruded 'pipes' - NOT tubular structures: there are other tools to convert 'lines to cylinders'
                              It extrudes along a single path.
                              If you choose a path with multiple lines that 'fork' then how is it to know where to go? πŸ˜•
                              It simple uses one available path and ignores other unusable edges. 😞
                              If you want to 'pipe' the shape you show then do it in steps - the outer loop, then each 'cross' pipe.
                              You then need to form any T or X junctions manually with Intersect and Erase/Delete to tidy up. 😐

                              Thank you, TIG, I understand.
                              If able to complete the cross into a tube like,It would be nice!! 😍

                              I come from China, is to learn

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                              • A Offline
                                Arrowheadman
                                last edited by

                                PipeAlongPath...Very Cool!
                                I may have missed it, but will this work on a Mac?

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @arrowheadman said:

                                  PipeAlongPath...Very Cool!
                                  I may have missed it, but will this work on a Mac?
                                  Yes. Most scripts will work on a MAC as well as a PC - if they don't they almost always say so in their notes...

                                  TIG

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                                    Lana
                                    last edited by

                                    Very...very, thanks. 😍

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                                      geertpeeters
                                      last edited by

                                      I downloaded the script, unzipped it into my sketchup 8 plugins folder, but can't seem to find it in my plugins folder which I activated via the preferences. Is this not compatible with scketchup 8? I need to design a tube welded luggage carrier for a vintage motorcycle, and I'm eager to use the plugin for this.

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @geertpeeters said:

                                        I downloaded the script, unzipped it into my sketchup 8 plugins folder, but can't seem to find it in my plugins folder which I activated via the preferences. Is this not compatible with scketchup 8? I need to design a tube welded luggage carrier for a vintage motorcycle, and I'm eager to use the plugin for this.
                                        It has no issues with v8 - it's a simple tool using basic API calls and works in most available versions, and should continue on with any yet to be born...
                                        I don't understand you - the file is not 'zipped' - so needs no 'unzipping' - , it's a simple .rb file that is put into the Plugins, folder... when Sketchup restarts it's auto-loaded and appears in the Plugins menu: also when you say, '...find it in my plugins folder when I activated it via the preferences...'
                                        You just said that it's in your Plugins folder, you put it there - what path did you use ? The same as you get when you type $LOAD+PATH in the Ruby Console ? Like "C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins" ?
                                        You do not need to activate it in Preferences, like many simple/older tools it appears in the Plugins menu automatically - is this your confusion ?

                                        It can be a false assumption to expect a file to be where the 'explorer window' says it is - especially with Windows, because if you have restricted security permissions to the Plugins folder, it actually resides in a 'VirtualStore' - so it doesn't auto-load as it should ! Is Linux similar ?

                                        Assuming it's a simple thing to get it working for you... a bike-rack is likely to have small diameter tubes with some tight bends, this can cause issues with tools like followme when used manually, so the equivalent inside Ruby can also have issues. There are warning messages. If you get these messages, or the pipe fails, the fix is to scale up the path x10, making due allowance in the diameters too, then extrude the pipe and scale down to the original size x0.1.
                                        If you are 'joining' tubes use 'intersection' - again best during the scaled-up phase...
                                        Very tiny edges and facets [<~0.1mm] fail to be made by Sketchup/OpenGL because of tolerance issues returning two almost identical points as being the same point, and therefore no edge [and related face] gets made... Such tiny edges/facets can exist [e.g. after they are scaled down], but they can't be made.

                                        Let us know how you get on...

                                        TIG

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Here's v1.8 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7547#p7547
                                          A code-typo glitch, that only manifested itself with a half-baked pipe group, when the selected path was a single vertical line drawn in a downward direction, is now sorted...

                                          TIG

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                                            utiler
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                                            Legend....! πŸ‘

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