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    [Plugin] Shape Bender Beta

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    • P Offline
      Patternvisions
      last edited by

      One of the most impressive plugins I've ever seen! I've needed something like this for years!

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        pimpuppy
        last edited by

        Hello,

        I came here like i always do ... when i have a problem.

        And now it is with the "bending"

        Please take a look at the attached image. i tried to bend a simple shape but the plug-in get's stuck as it is shown. Maybe someone that understands the ruby console text can help me to fix the problem.
        I have to mention that i used very well the plugin in the past, but for some reason on the 2 computers that i am working on it gives the same error. On both i have the same plugins installed. maybe it is fighting with some other plugin ....

        Sorry if this is already answered and i am asking again.

        Thanks in advance,
        Marius.


        shape bender problem.jpg

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Try uninstalling other plugins? There have been known conflicts in the past with other plugins who reassign things they should not be touching. Just move all other plugin files out of the plugins folder and leave the shapebender loader and the shapebender folder in there and try it again. See if it helps.

          Chris

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            As Chris says, something is preventing ShapeBender from correctly getting various values from the selected items.
            Because it works for most users it suggests you have installed some plugin that messes with the base class/methods and thereby breaks legit tools.
            Try disabling some of the other scripts [move them out of the Plugins folder temporarily] and add then half-at-a-time until something breaks... that way you can quickly zoom in to the 'culprit[s]'........

            TIG

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              mlajessica
              last edited by

              Hi, just wondering if this plugin can be used on SketchUp Pro8(Mac version)? It seems like that SK pro 8 requires a plugin with an extension rbz instead of rb. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.

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              • massimoM Offline
                massimo Moderator
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                It seems like that SK pro 8 requires a plugin with an extension rbz instead of rb

                Where do you read that? rbz is just a compressed format. Unzip the folder you downloaded in the very first post and put the content in the plugins folder and it will work fine.

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  @mlajessica said:

                  Hi, just wondering if this plugin can be used on SketchUp Pro8(Mac version)? It seems like that SK pro 8 requires a plugin with an extension rbz instead of rb. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.

                  SketchUp plugins are distributed in various flavours, have a look here on a how to of the lot: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/

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

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                    mlajessica
                    last edited by

                    Thanks everyone. I think I installed it and I can see it under my plugin menu. However when I try to use the tool by following Chris' tutorial, it doesn't work. After I selected the component I created I try to click the curve line/straight line, but there is no line can be selected. Anyone has same issue? Or it just because I haven't install the plugin properly?

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Upload the SKP in your post so we can see what you have set up.

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Also read some of the other posts....
                        Common reasons for failure:
                        Not installing everything properly.
                        Not downloading and installing the additional 'progressbar.rb' file.
                        Not preselecting an appropriate group/component-instance.
                        Having very tiny objects/dimensions etc.
                        Having the line drawn so it is not parallel to the x-axis [red].
                        Having that line touch other geometry.
                        Having the curved path touch other geometry.
                        The line and the curve must not connect to any other geometry OR even each other...

                        TIG

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                          pbacot
                          last edited by

                          Thanks for helping guys. Perseverance furthers as the good book says, and you (TIG and Dave especially) show real perseverance with the age-old users' problems of plugin installation and startup. Maybe the new SCF loader will take some of that fun away...

                          MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @pbacot said:

                            ...Maybe the new SCF loader will take some of that fun away...
                            Let's hope against hope... 😄

                            TIG

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                              cholme
                              last edited by

                              This looks awesome... but I don't know if I have something set wrong. I was trying to bend some text to an arc and it took about 3 minutes just to see the preview. I looked at the sample video and it looked like it went pretty quick, am I missing something?

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                Maybe your text has more polygons. Hard to tell without sample model or screenshots.

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

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                                  alio
                                  last edited by

                                  Im a rookie...how do I install this plug in? Is it a rbz. file? Is that how I go about it?

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Please read this...
                                    http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/37-beginner/108-installing-sketchup-plugins
                                    Can I recommend that first you learn to use the SCF Search functions - you'll be amazed what you might then learn...

                                    TIG

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                                      alio
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for the information.

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                                        panda_ska8er
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you very much!

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                                          JLspeeddragon
                                          last edited by

                                          Great Plugin! I cant get enuf of how easy and fun it is.. Dont forget to DL the weld and Progress plugin if you are trying this for the first time

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                                            Vic12
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi -
                                            I've downloaded and installed both shape bender and progressbar.rb

                                            I can see shape bender checked in my extensions folder - so it should be active
                                            I can also see progressbar.rb in my plugins folder - although can't find it anywhere on screen - but assume it is there (is there a way to check that?)

                                            but I cannot find shape bender (or Chris Fullmer's tools) anywhere in my toolbar

                                            any suggestions on how to activate/use?

                                            thanks

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