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    • gillesG Offline
      gilles
      last edited by

      Well I have play a little with it on Mac and it is ok, just remove material if you have one applied.
      Note: There was nothing else in the model.

      " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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      • gillesG Offline
        gilles
        last edited by

        @d12dozr said:

        Does it work with Text that has been created with the native 3D Text tool?

        Not for me.

        " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          @d12dozr said:

          Does it work with Text that has been created with the native 3D Text tool?

          No. And there is no way I can make it do so either because the native tool just creates a group with some mesh and there is nothing to extract the original text from.

          @gilles said:

          Well I have play a little with it on Mac and it is ok, just remove material if you have one applied.
          Note: There was nothing else in the model.

          No crash? 😲
          ...if the crash turn out to be only on my machine I'll cry - as I would have spent hours trying to fix it. :s

          Did you apply the material on the outside or inside the text group?

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

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          • gillesG Offline
            gilles
            last edited by

            Inside, then editing material just disappear. Seems to work fine.

            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Apply it to the outside and you should be fine. The geometry is constantly recreated.

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

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
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                You can make a MAC crash by specifying a 3dtext font-name that doesn't exists - on a PC it simply reverts to using the last used font-name.
                So is your MAC crashing issue caused by assembling your list of fonts that is somehow including some that are inaccessible to Sketchup?
                The MAC seems to keep its fonts in various places and perhaps Sketchup doesn't look for fonts from every location?
                Or perhaps it's using 'Xxxx' when it's really named 'Xxxx Bold'?
                It's easy enough to test on a MAC, by running a line of code on the Ruby Console that contains:
                a real-font name ['Helvetica'] >>> 3dtext
                a certainly non-existent font-name ['TT_foobar'] >>> crash
                a suspect font-name [perhaps tested in turn from each finder-found 'font' directory, or with alternative 'naming' like 'Xxxx'/'Xxxx Bold' etc] >>> 3dtext or crash ?
                If you find it's a folder of fonts that's getting listed but actually not being searched by Sketchup, then somehow exclude that folder from the listing process; or if it's 'Xxxx'/'Xxxx Bold' somehow recode to ensure full name is got, not it's 'Generic' name ??

                TIG

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
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                  I got crashes when using a font that existed on the Mac.

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

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Some problems of visibility on V7 XP πŸ˜„
                    (Old Explorer ? )
                    3dtext.jpg

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      Yes. Your Explorer is way too old. I doubt I'll make anything that's compatible with anything older than IE9 from now on. It's just too much work.

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

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        As I have not more modern than IE6 πŸ˜‰
                        This if needing will work on another computer πŸ˜„

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          As I have not more modern than IE6 πŸ˜‰

                          How are you even able to navigate websites with such an old browser?

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

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                          • jolranJ Offline
                            jolran
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Yes. Your Explorer is way too old. I doubt I'll make anything that's compatible with anything older than IE9 from now on. It's just too much work

                            +1

                            lot of work(forIE7). CSS sheet grows large!

                            OT:
                            I'm trying to make IE8 compatible dialog, but when reading this I might jump up one step.
                            You are still sticking to CSS2? I havent dared touching any CSS3 stuff yet,
                            but some are available to IE9 by the looks of it.

                            Plugin looks handy BTW πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              How are you even able to navigate websites with such an old browser?

                              I don't use it for navigate! πŸ˜‰ It's just a spleeping one πŸ˜„

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                I'm using some CSS3 features. Gradients, rounded corners and other things. But generally the more stable CSS3 features. I have a plugin in the works, which will require IE10 - it allows you to install plugins by dragging files into a webdialog window.

                                IE has lost a lot of users - and Microsofts automatic updates are starting to make it's effect as well as they try hard to push users to keep IE up to date. I would only concern myself about anything older than IE9 if I really had a good reason - like if I made a commercial plugin where a significant amount of users has older systems.

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

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  I don't use it for navigate! πŸ˜‰ It's just a spleeping one πŸ˜„

                                  Gotcha. Well, I hope you one day can upgrade. Because there really isn't much I can do with IE6. But XP supports older IE versions than IE6, why not just let it update?
                                  It's 11 years old - time to let it die. Even Microsofts wants it gone: http://www.ie6countdown.com/

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

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                                  • jolranJ Offline
                                    jolran
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the info.
                                    I will have to rethink about my css support then. I think your philosophy is sound.

                                    And yeah! I had IE8 on my computer. And overnight "Badabing!" it became IE9.
                                    Just like that πŸ˜„

                                    Sorry sorry, back to the plugin discussion.

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @thomthom said:

                                      I got crashes when using a font that existed on the Mac.
                                      BUT is the 'font-name' you pass from your tool the exact same name as the MAC reports?
                                      Or is that font perhaps in a fold-folder that Sketchup doesn't look-in, but your script does ?
                                      E.g. some user or xfonts thing ?

                                      TIG

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        why not just let it update?

                                        I am romantic, attached to the old things! πŸ˜„

                                        For 99 % my old one is sufficient! β˜€

                                        I don't see any major advantage to install new things ... except for launch your very elabrated plugins πŸ˜„

                                        For this if needing i can use other modern computers! πŸ˜’

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          Thomas, this is very cool. I'm using it on my MacBook Pro with 10.6.8 with no problems.

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @dave r said:

                                            Thomas, this is very cool. I'm using it on my MacBook Pro with 10.6.8 with no problems.

                                            So my message box warning is just an annoyance then... 😲 πŸ˜•

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

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