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    • cottyC Offline
      cotty
      last edited by

      @tig said:

      but try renaming skindigo.rb to skindigo.rb! and restarting SketchUp; see if TOS appears then... Sometimes uncommon scripts have unexpected results on 3rd party tools...

      I don't think that Skindigo by Whaat have to do with this, I use both without any problems ...

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @cotty said:

        ...I don't think that Skindigo by Whaat have to do with this, I use both without any problems ...
        I agree that it's probably completely innocent, it was a last ditch attempt to see if there was some unexpected clash...

        TIG

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        • G Offline
          galinette
          last edited by

          Damned...
          Could it be incompatibility with the newer version of LibFredo (4.6)?
          By the way, I just upgraded Sketchup to 8.0.15158

          Etienne

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            No known issues with the latest Lib - indeed it fixed an issue...

            Let's backtrack...
            TOS is an Extension.
            Have you treble checked that it is not listed under Preferences > Extensions
            called 'Tools On Surface'.
            If it is then activate it by 'ticking' it.
            Once it's activated then you might also have to activate its toolbar from the View > Toolbars menu - called 'Tools On Surface'


            Capture.PNG

            TIG

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            • G Offline
              galinette
              last edited by

              Nothing like Tools on Surface in extensions. I just noticed that roundcorners is not listed as well.

              I used RoundCorners by the past with sketchup 7, with no issues. Recently, I reinstalled to Sketchup 8, added LibFredo, JoinPushPull, RoundCorners and Tools on Surface. Only JoinPushPull is listed and works.

              And of course I looked in the toolbars menu! I use plugins from quite a while, but this time it is a mess...

              I will try on another computer with a fresh sketchup install just in case.

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              • G Offline
                galinette
                last edited by

                Well, I deleted all plugins, re-downloaded all, everything works...

                Sorry for the mess

                Etienne

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Weird! 😲
                  But at least it's fixed.
                  Although we don't know how exactly... 😕

                  TIG

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Perhaps the problem has to do with the order of events? I've assisted several users who have Win7 and had problems getting plugins to work. They tried installing the plugin prior to setting the admin privileges for the Plugins folder correctly. Removing the .rb file from the folder and installing it anew allowed it to work.

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                    • sicksickisckS Offline
                      sicksickisck
                      last edited by

                      great plugin 😍 but I need more shapes maybe shape editor [in commercial version ]

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @sicksickisck said:

                        great plugin 😍 but I need more shapes maybe shape editor [in commercial version ]

                        Drape or intersect?

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

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          No. Intersect isn't difficult and it is a fundamental thing to know how to use in SketchUp.

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                          • sicksickisckS Offline
                            sicksickisck
                            last edited by

                            Intersect 😎 [difficult ?].

                            edit : ...or both... I like how "tools on surface" works 😉

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                            • M Offline
                              metagamer
                              last edited by

                              I've been playing around with this tool for a day, and I really like its potential. But I'm having a really hard time getting the shapes I draw to turn into surfaces to use with the Joint Push Pull tool. For example, I extrude a simple cylinder (using built-in tools), and then draw a rect, a circle and a hexagon on the side using ToS. Sometimes it creates a face that I can use with JPP, sometimes it doesn't, and I can't figure out why. Any clues?

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                JPP.png

                                It works for me. How large is the cylinder?

                                JPP2.png

                                Or are you getting a result something like this?

                                In this case the left edge of the rectangle falls on one of the natural softened edges of the cylinder. You can see that edge if you turn on Hidden Geometry under the View menu. You'll have to unsoften that edge to separate the rectangle from the rest of the surface. You can do that with the native Line tool or the Line tool in ToS and just connect the ends of the adjacent edges of the rectangle. Or you can display Hidden Geometry, select that edge and unsoften it.

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                                • jgbJ Offline
                                  jgb
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                                  @dave r said:

                                  You'll have to unsoften that edge to separate the rectangle from the rest of the surface. You can do that with the native Line tool or the Line tool in ToS and just connect the ends of the adjacent edges of the rectangle. Or you can display Hidden Geometry, select that edge and unsoften it.

                                  Faster; easier ..... Shift+Ctrl Erase (tool) Just click on the soft "missing" line segment.


                                  jgb

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                                    dakenyon27
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    I can't seem to get this fantastic plugin working on sketchup 2013. Can anyone help?

                                    David.

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      Sure. But we need some useful information. What do you mean you can't get it working? What happens when you start SketchUp? Do you get an error message related to the plugin?

                                      Did you install the required LibFredo6 files as spelled out in the first post in the thread? How did you install the files? Do you have Administrative privileges for the Plugins folder?

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @dakenyon27 said:

                                        I can't seem to get this fantastic plugin working on sketchup 2013. Can anyone help?

                                        Can you please describe the problem?
                                        Installation problems? Operation problems? Errors?

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

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                                          martosurf
                                          last edited by

                                          FRedo thanks a lot for all good plugins
                                          You a great thanks a lot

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                                          • A Offline
                                            alek_mc
                                            last edited by

                                            hi... I have a problem with this plugin... I installed the sketchup pro 2013 and when I started the program, one message said that the plugin can't been uploaded... what can I do?

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