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    • S Offline
      Scottish
      last edited by

      Great ruby! but problems with install? doing this the standard way but comes up with

      Error Loading File clf_shape_bender_loader.rb
      no such file to load -- progressbar.rb

      ????

      any help out there??

      Scottih

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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by

        yup, it requires an additional script called progressbar. There is a link to it on the first page, where you downloaded shape bender. Here's the link again:

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          Scottish
          last edited by

          @chris fullmer said:

          yup, it requires an additional script called progressbar. There is a link to it on the first page, where you downloaded shape bender. Here's the link again:

          favicon

          (www.smustard.com)

          Thanks Chris, im a dummy sometimes...should have payed more Attention!, great work!

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          • GarethG Offline
            Gareth
            last edited by

            i have been using Shape Bender for over a year now and I love it..

            ....i can't remember ever thanking you, so, if i haven't, here it is >>>> Thanks mate...!! πŸ‘

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              Rince
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              After many tries I give up. I get to the green preview part, click enter and... nothing happens. Any ideas ? Someone had this problem before ?

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              • R Offline
                Rince
                last edited by

                Apparently I am very tired. Everything works perfectly. The bended shape was created about 50 meters up and out of sigh. Thanks Chris, amazing plugin, my new friend in work.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @rince said:

                  After many tries I give up. I get to the green preview part, click enter and... nothing happens. Any ideas ? Someone had this problem before ?
                  Don't give up without a fight !
                  Clear thousands of users can't be wrong, and you be right... YOU must be doing something wrong... [or at least something is conflicting and tripping you up...]
                  Run it with the Ruby Console open... are there any error messages as you use it?
                  Does the 'green preview' look like what you want / expect ?
                  What exactly happens / is left when you press <enter> ? Is it really 'nothing' ?
                  Is the object you are trying to bend very tiny or very small ?
                  Extremely tiny facets can't be made by SketchUp / OpenGL.
                  If you scale the object up x100 does it then work?
                  You can always scale down afterwards...
                  πŸ˜•

                  TIG

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                    PSP
                    last edited by

                    Hi, I have downloaded the Shape Bender plug in but an unable to install it by moving it into the plug in folder or through preferences than extensions. When I drop it into the plug in folder and re-start Sketchup i get an error message and when trying to add through preferences the "rb" file is not able to be selected.

                    I have done some googling, is this because Sketchup 8 needs a "rbz" file??? I think this is the case.

                    If so what is the way around this.

                    many thanks in advance.

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @psp said:

                      Hi, I have downloaded the Shape Bender plug in but an unable to install it by moving it into the plug in folder or through preferences than extensions. When I drop it into the plug in folder and re-start Sketchup i get an error message and when trying to add through preferences the "rb" file is not able to be selected.

                      I have done some googling, is this because Sketchup 8 needs a "rbz" file??? I think this is the case.

                      If so what is the way around this.

                      many thanks in advance.
                      You are misconstruing things.
                      Version 8 CAN automate the installation of tools that are packaged as RBZ archives.
                      BUT this in no way precludes you from manually installing RB/RBS or any files or subfolders of files that have been properly extracted from a ZIP archive [an RBZ is simply a ZIP file with its filetype suffix changed!] Thomthom has made a v8 'Simple Plugins Installer' that automates the installation of all such file/archive types - get it from the Resources > Plugins Index. It'll stop you over thinking things.

                      This tool here comes packaged as a ZIP archive - so thomthom's tool can auto-install its contents for you. Alternatively you can rename it with a '.RBZ' suffix and the Preferences > Extensions button will then let you find it and install it that way... I still recommend thomthom's solution as it applies to all types with little effort/though on your part...

                      If you gave us the error message you got it means we don't need telepathy πŸ˜‰
                      I suspect that you have not installed the additional 'progressbar.rb' from Smustard.com that is clearly explained and linked on this tool's download page...

                      Once you have somehow successfully placed ALL of the required file[s]/related subfolder of support files, into the Plugins folder, then on a restart there should be an additional Preferences > Extensions item for the tool - so firstly this needs activating.
                      When this is activated its new View > Toolbars toolbar can be activated - thus allowing you to use the tool - provided of course that you have selected a suitable group/component-instance, a line that's parallel to the red-axis and a curve to bend around [the last two should be separate geometry, not touching any other geometry in the model...]

                      If you are still having issues check that you have FULL access-rights to the Plugins folder - simply being an Admin might still not give you enough access-rights - e.g. to add files or subfolders of files to the Plugins folder...

                      Also note that the required 'plugins' folder is the one in the HD Lib path and NOT the similar one in the Users Lib path...

                      TIG

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                      • L Offline
                        leadalchemist
                        last edited by

                        hi there
                        this has been a PAIN to install...the final thing that worked was CREATING a folder plugins on the apple directory...it wasnt there before, then it showed up...
                        I hope that when 9 comes out they raise the price and put these plugin in the program

                        wish i had the time to learn Form Z which I own, luckily i have work to do

                        be well all

                        alan

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Well, it's unfortunate that you didn't look at the thread on installing plugins first. You'd have found that the Plugins directory already exists so you don't need to create one. SketchUp comes with some files already included in the Plugins folder. πŸ˜’

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
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                            @leadalchemist said:

                            the final thing that worked was CREATING a folder plugins on the apple directory...

                            That doesn't sound correct... πŸ˜• Here's a guide: 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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                              thegoodguy
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for this waaaaay clever and useful script Chris.

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                                alexxur
                                last edited by

                                Christian: este es uno de los mejores plugins que eh visto por aquΓ­. Es gratificante ver hasta donde puede llegar el ingenio humano. Felicidades y gracias..

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                                  ningsiman
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                                  I'm doing a natural trail in su and I hope this can help! Thank you so much!

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                                    Flowrellik
                                    last edited by

                                    By far the best plugin I've seen. This reminds me very well of the Days at highschool when I practiced AutoCAD. Thank you very much.

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
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                                      Thanks everyone. Its nice to hear from people when it works, and not just from people who can't figure out how to install it. πŸ˜„

                                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                      All my Plugins I've written

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                                        Leon1217
                                        last edited by

                                        This is really amazing! Thank you a lot! β˜€

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                                          alexxur
                                          last edited by

                                          Upss ... I forgot to download "progressbar.rb" as they say in the beginning. perhaps this requirement should be highlighted or larger font.

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
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                                            It's bold and highlighted with the word 'Requires' in larger, red, bold text.

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