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    [Plugin] Boolean--OSCoolean (Dec 2013) for SU 8 up free ver

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    • J Offline
      joergber
      last edited by

      Hi Gilles,

      thanks for the quick reply ...

      But I don't get it ...

      'copy them outside with paste in place' seems quite paradox to me ...

      Could you pls. explain again?
      (slowly) 😕

      Many thanks!!!!

      Jörg

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      • gillesG Offline
        gilles
        last edited by

        What I understood it that you have a group inside another and you want them to substract.
        So making them components allow you to make copies and place those copies(instances) in a context they can interfere with each other.
        Paste in place make you sure their respective positions are good.
        Procede the boolean operation, then delete them the instances have been modified.

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

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        • gillesG Offline
          gilles
          last edited by

          Forget what I said before about components, this plugin only works with groups

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

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          • J Offline
            joergber
            last edited by

            Hi,

            thank you anyway!

            I tried adding an 'object' to the inner group that is not encapsulated ...
            So I have some kind of selector.

            But this doesn't work either 😞

            Any other suggestions?

            Thanks!
            Jörg

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            • gillesG Offline
              gilles
              last edited by

              But if your two groups are nested at the same level doesnt' it work?

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

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              • gillesG Offline
                gilles
                last edited by

                I made some tries and it seems that subtract fail and sometimes crash with two copies of the same group.

                could your share the model at least the two groups in their context?

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

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                • J Offline
                  joergber
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  attached is my testenvironment ...

                  Have fun!

                  Jörg


                  testenvironment for boolean substraction of encapsulated group

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                  • gillesG Offline
                    gilles
                    last edited by

                    I think I got you!

                    There is no possible intersection between those two groups: the little one is floating inside the big one, no face intersecting.
                    Just select them, explode and group you get a solid group.


                    Untitled.skp

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

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                    • gillesG Offline
                      gilles
                      last edited by

                      Also, I don't know if it's important for 3D print (if want to print) but i should reverse the faces of the "hole".

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

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                      • J Offline
                        joergber
                        last edited by

                        Hi Gilles,

                        thank you!

                        That was too easy (as so often 😉 )

                        Best regards,
                        Jörg

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                        • gillesG Offline
                          gilles
                          last edited by

                          You're welcome.

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

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                          • dukejazzD Offline
                            dukejazz
                            last edited by

                            Hey joergber

                            I have some insight
                            with the help of section plain
                            the [Plugin] Boolean--OSCoolean (Oct 2010) for SU 8 free ver will works

                            pic_0163.jpg
                            box- inside.skp

                            @unknownuser said:

                            by joergber » Yesterday, 6:26 am
                            Hi,
                            I would like to know if it is possible to substract an capsulated group from the surrounding one ...

                            Yes
                            The smart author gives you both outcome combine and minus as shown above
                            most of the time you need a inersection to minus a object with another object
                            but in your special case use section plain so you can make a groups of box- inside object
                            pic_0164.jpg
                            and a manual way to do that?
                            is just delete the the inside group object
                            wait a min you say it the the inter combine you want
                            well manual way uses outliner to put inter object inside outer object group (then explode inter)

                            @unknownuser said:

                            by gilles » Today, 2:22 pm

                            Also, I don't know if it's important for 3D print (if want to print) but i should reverse the faces of the "hole".

                            oh yes reverse
                            "Many thanks in advance!"
                            your welcome
                            Dukejazzz

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                            • JBJDesignsJ Offline
                              JBJDesigns
                              last edited by

                              Hi!

                              I know this has been out for awhile, but I used it the other day and it's awesome!!! Thank you Oscar!!!

                              Jo 😄

                              ...you send them to school, you give them books, and they eat the pages...

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                              • B Offline
                                Brettb2953
                                last edited by

                                Will this plugin work for Sketchup Make (v13)

                                When I run it I see this error in the ruby console with a simple two cube grouped system.

                                Error: #<TypeError: wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::Entity or Array of Sketchup::Entity)>
                                (eval):127:in add' (eval):127:in set_current_point'
                                (eval):73:in `onLButtonUp'
                                (eval):127

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  Should work just the same as Pro pr SU8 - there is no change in the API between the versions. Got sample model?

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

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                                  • A Offline
                                    ArtPen
                                    last edited by

                                    same error 😳

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                                    • D Offline
                                      dkolok
                                      last edited by

                                      I have the same problem. It worked great in 8 but gives that error message in Sketchup Make. A made a cube turned it into a group, made a second cube turned it into a group. the cubes overlap by about 50% then I select the two groups. A window pops up and says "OSCOOLEAN needs UPDATE: OSCoolean is a beta version(Sep 2010) for Google Sketchup Version 8!
                                      then you click on OK and get nothing.

                                      The ruby Console gives these two errors:
                                      Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method best_picked' for nil:NilClass> (eval):98:in set_current_point'
                                      (eval):73:in onLButtonUp' (eval):98 Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method best_picked' for nil:NilClass>
                                      (eval):98:in `set_current_point'

                                      BTW I've tried this on both my MAC and Windows 7 machine. doesn't work on either.

                                      I've included the file
                                      Thanks


                                      Test.skp

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                                      • T Offline
                                        troypiggo
                                        last edited by

                                        I'm having the same error also. I'm trying to trim a group with a group full of components, but get the same error with just simple cube groups.

                                        This is not my signature. I type it at the end of every message for quality control.

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                                        • D Offline
                                          dkolok
                                          last edited by

                                          Any thoughts? Has anyone gotten this to work in Sketchup make?

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                                          • S Offline
                                            smartroad
                                            last edited by

                                            @dkolok said:

                                            I have the same problem. It worked great in 8 but gives that error message in Sketchup Make. A made a cube turned it into a group, made a second cube turned it into a group. the cubes overlap by about 50% then I select the two groups. A window pops up and says "OSCOOLEAN needs UPDATE: OSCoolean is a beta version(Sep 2010) for Google Sketchup Version 8!
                                            then you click on OK and get nothing.

                                            Same error here 😞

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