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    • mvollrathM Offline
      mvollrath
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      You sir are a godsend! Thank you so very much! πŸ˜„

      -Michael Vollrath

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        Poffel
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        @thomthom: With this tool and your fantastic tt_lib2 tools you are my hero! Before, I was almost desperated.

        πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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          amrossi
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          Muito Obrigado!!!!

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            a162042
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            Outstanding tool . It took a little bit to figure out how to install on my MAC. What i found to be the problem was i did not have TT_Lib2 - 2.6.0.zip downloaded in my plugin folder once i loaded it i then loaded the solid inspector and it works great.

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              apassemard
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              Hello All

              I downloaded the Solid Inspector plugin on my Mac and it wasn't loading.. After some looking around I realized that I had put the plugin here:
              /Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app/Contents/Plugins

              Where it should have been put here:
              /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins/

              Now it's working fine.

              Hopefully that help some of the Mac users out there who are having issues..

              Antony

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                JBERGMAN
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                This tool works great if you are trying to fix it yourself... I found this other plugin in the ruby library depot that not only identifies the problems, but corrects them too!

                http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=793

                worked for me first try...

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                  Jim
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                  @jbergman said:

                  This tool works great if you are trying to fix it yourself... I found this other plugin in the ruby library depot that not only identifies the problems, but corrects them too!

                  http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=793

                  worked for me first try...

                  A more recent 'Fix Solid' is available right here on this forum:
                  http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48557
                  EDIT: by TIG
                  And there is the updated similar tool 'SolidSolver' http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=359994#p359994

                  Hi

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                    metageek
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                    @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.

                    Did you get anywhere? I'm getting similar trouble running it in SU8 under Crossover (the commercialized Wine). On startup, I get a dialog titled "Load Errors", saying:

                    Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb
                    uninitialized constant TT::System

                    When I press OK, the entire SU viewport goes black. I did try the (possibly outdated) advice to run dos2unix on the *.rb files of the plugin, but that doesn't help--in fact, it causes SU to report a BugSplat after I press OK on the Load Errors dialog.

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
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                      Did you install TT_Lib2? Linked under Requirements.

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

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                        drawkcab
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                        Many thanks for this. New user breaking in and this worked beautifully. 2" whisker on vertex of 75 ft. tower found instantly - love it.

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                          metageek
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                          @thomthom said:

                          Did you install TT_Lib2? Linked under Requirements.

                          Yup, did that.

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                            thegoodguy
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                            Brilliant! Thank you so much for this excellent plugin πŸ˜„

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                              Obryan
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                              Hi ,

                              I have a mac osx 10.6.8 running Snow Leopard. I have Dropped the downloaded Solid Inspector ruby scripts into HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 8/Plugins

                              When I restart sketchup 8 I get This message:

                              Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb
                              no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

                              Can somebody tell me how to install Solid Inspector into my Mac?

                              Thank you,
                              Sean

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
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                                Go back to the first post and follow the link to the required TT_Lib2 - under the "Requirement" header, right above the Download button.

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

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                                  Ralphxyz
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                                  What is Solid Inspector telling me?

                                  Sorry I am new to SketchUp but really having problems with making Solids.

                                  http://gettheworkdone.net/images/sketchup/SolidTools1.png

                                  What do I do to fix the problems?

                                  What specifically do the colors represent?

                                  Thanks,
                                  Ralph

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
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                                    The red colour is just indicating the current issue - you can cycle through the different issues using tab. The camera should zoom to the problem area.

                                    The highlighed areas either means there is a hole or internal faces. You need to correct these before the object can be considered a solid.

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

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                                      olishea
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                                      Excellent plugin thomthom. Thank you and all the best.

                                      oli

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                                      • jgbJ Offline
                                        jgb
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                                        You can zoom INTO the object and see the problems defined in red or orange. It really does not matter which you tackle first. Put your cursor on one item and deselect the group/comp. Then select again and edit. The cursor is on the problem. 99% all you have to do is delete it.

                                        You can also change to XRAY view (Wireframe will not show problem faces) In XRAY you can move the cursor right onto the problem from outside the object, then edit it.

                                        Sometimes you may have a circle that seems to be well outside the object. SI found a line fragment within the groups bounding box but totally outside the object. Pan and zoom such that the circle is seen against BLANK background, ie open sky or ground. Place the cursor in the circle, then deselect and edit again. Make a sweeping right to left selection to catch the offender and delete.

                                        Note: You cannot edit the object while SI is active. You cannot activate SI while in edit mode.

                                        There is also a companion pluggin, Solid Solver that "fixes" these kinds of errors, BUT, it can also destroy (undoable, almost always) an object that has a lot of problems.

                                        I once had an object that started with about 600 lines and ended up with about 30 when Solver finally got done, so it is a good idea to SAVE before trying to Solve a complex mess.

                                        I also have had objects that were deemed by Solver as "Can NEVER be made solid" fixed with just a few missing lines added.


                                        jgb

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                                          joepotato
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                                          This plugin saved me from countless hours of trial and error in correcting issues with my model. Thank you!!!

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                                            rbedoya
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                                            Hi Thom,

                                            I installed the Solid Inspector into my mac, in the plugins, but when i launch SU i get the following

                                            Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector-1.rb
                                            no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

                                            what might be the problem?

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