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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      Finally got around to try out this gem. 😄

      But I'm a little puzzled by the search results some times. It appear to include results not matching my search. ❓


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

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        Aerilius
        last edited by

        What package missing?

        At the moment, the search is a bit too tolerant (ie. it gives abbreviations too much weight, like "S… and"). Today evening I'll have a new version ready.

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          @aerilius said:

          What package missing?

          In my case I was a bit quick in getting started and didn't install the command package. 😳 I didn't RTFM. 😒

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

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          • Arty2A Offline
            Arty2
            last edited by

            Great work! I can now peaceflly remove making that exact plugin from my TODO list 😄

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            • N Offline
              notareal
              last edited by

              This has a great potential.

              Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                Aerilius
                last edited by

                I updated the plugin to version 1.0.4:
                • I added Chinese and Spanish translations (thanks to caronte01, 麦兜 and 双鱼)
                • the options should not break anymore with invalid input
                • the webdialog resizing is better on OS X
                • the search gives now significantly better matching results
                • Fredo's tools didn't get into the index, now they are there

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                • L Offline
                  lionk
                  last edited by

                  may be 2 problems?
                  the Apply & Cancel buttons of LaunchUpOptions webdialog have failed.
                  the Search dialog size adjusted to min_width incorrectly sometimes.

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                  • A Offline
                    Aerilius
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for noticing that! The dialog reloaded instead of closing.

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                    • guanjinG Offline
                      guanjin
                      last edited by

                      @aerilius said:

                      Thanks for noticing that! The dialog reloaded instead of closing.

                      1.0.5 version of the search function does not work!

                      I come from China, is to learn

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Same thing. I get no search results. No errors in Console or anything.

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

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                        • guanjinG Offline
                          guanjin
                          last edited by

                          @thomthom said:

                          Same thing. I get no search results. No errors in Console or anything.

                          😒 😒

                          I come from China, is to learn

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                            TBA
                            last edited by

                            Hi Aerillus,

                            I´ve installed the new 1.0.5 update and the plugin won´t work anymore on mac os x 10.8.3 😞

                            The plugin is loaded, but nothing happens with the the search -> no results !!!

                            The preferences button (left button) is now called "option" like the other other option button (right button). ??!!
                            Also the (older called) option window -> after clicking -> is pop up with a empty white sheet as in the versions before.

                            Hope you can fix this soon, or have a older version to download.
                            For now, there is only the 1.0.5 version, which has replaced the older ones in my SU by installing.

                            Best regards,
                            Thomas

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              hm... 1.0.6 worked - but only after I erased the old version and installing cleanly over it.

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

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                Error in validation proc of 'Scale Definition' (94457)
                                undefined method `transformation' for nil;NilClass
                                C;/Users/thm.ARC/Dropbox/SketchUp/Plugins/ThomThom/ScaleGroupDefinition/tt_scale_group_definition.rb;138;in `selected_group_scaled?'
                                C;/Users/thm.ARC/Dropbox/SketchUp/Plugins/ThomThom/ScaleGroupDefinition/tt_scale_group_definition.rb;58
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;419;in `call'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;419;in `find'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;388;in `each'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;388;in `find'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;260;in `look_up'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/LaunchUp.rb;197;in `show_dialog'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Dialog.rb;71;in `call'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Dialog.rb;71;in `initialize'
                                Error in validation proc of 'Scale Definition' (94457)
                                undefined method `transformation' for nil;NilClass
                                C;/Users/thm.ARC/Dropbox/SketchUp/Plugins/ThomThom/ScaleGroupDefinition/tt_scale_group_definition.rb;138;in `selected_group_scaled?'
                                C;/Users/thm.ARC/Dropbox/SketchUp/Plugins/ThomThom/ScaleGroupDefinition/tt_scale_group_definition.rb;58
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;419;in `call'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;419;in `find'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;388;in `each'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;388;in `find'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Index.rb;260;in `look_up'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/LaunchUp.rb;197;in `show_dialog'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Dialog.rb;71;in `call'
                                C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ae_LaunchUp/Dialog.rb;71;in `initialize'
                                

                                When searching I get errors in my console. My "Scale Group Definition" suddenly generates errors. Is the validation procs being called? It's like it's getting nil references.

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

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  It'd be nice if pressing ESC while the search box was open would close it.

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

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    When searching I get errors in my console. My "Scale Group Definition" suddenly generates errors. Is the validation procs being called? It's like it's getting nil references.

                                    Seems to do so. My plugin wasn't expecting that - the validation proc was only used within a context menu - and in SketchUp it'd only be called when some entity was selected and the validation proc made the assumption at least one entity was selected. It was trivial to adjust to it, but there might be more plugins with similar assumptions.

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

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                                      Aerilius
                                      last edited by

                                      Isn't the purpose of validation proc to check for requirements like selection ❓
                                      Errors in other plugins don't (shouldn't) break LaunchUp, but maybe I make such messages only appear if $VERBOSE is true.

                                      @tba said:

                                      The preferences button (left button) is now called "option" like the other other option button (right button). ??!!

                                      No panic, there was a minor issue that has been fixed while you posted.
                                      I don't know what you mean by "options button" (I need clearer info, you can also send me a PM, or write in German 😉 ).
                                      If the dialog appears still empty (which should not be possible to happen aynmore), then it's because the preferences were corrupted, then open the Ruby console and paste AE::LaunchUp.reset

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @aerilius said:

                                        Isn't the purpose of validation proc to check for requirements like selection ❓

                                        Yes, but since the validation proc was only used in a context-menu and in those circumstances there would always be a selection I skipped that check.

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

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                                        • P Offline
                                          Pete
                                          last edited by

                                          This plugin is great! Couple it with this plugin:

                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36467&p=321094&hilit=mylibrary#p321041

                                          and you can have quick access to your favorite / most used components. I am using sketchup for cabinet design and having quick access to my cabinet library is a real time saver!!

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                                          • A Offline
                                            Aerilius
                                            last edited by

                                            I've been tinkering with the idea of making it extendible, ie. including more sources or actions. However for now I want to get the basic functionality right. The index is currently already about 500 functions (depending on how many plugins are installed), so we would better not want to flood it with more results, but we needed an efficient way to narrow down the search.

                                            Wouldn't you find the components also in the components browser? To what extent would it be different or better?

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