[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set

clauderains · 26 May 2013, 15:32

Looks like exactly what I need. Thanks! However, I am stuck (for the moment) in OS 10.5.8, and SketchUp v8, so I need an .rb plugin. Might you still have that laying around?

Dave R · 26 May 2013, 16:39

Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions. If you don't have Install Extension there, you have an old version of SU8. Install the newest version of SU8 and you'll be able to install the RBZ file.

Download and install the Plugin Store and you can auto install.

guaucorreo · 27 May 2013, 17:19

hi, i can´t install your wonderfull plugin in sketchup 2013
i Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions and nothing happens.then i close the programm
when i reopen the sketchup appears this message
"Error al cargar archivo ExtrudeTools.rb (i have the spanish version)
"uninitialized constant ExtrudeTools::SketchupExtension".

someone has an answer?
thank in advance

TIG · 27 May 2013, 18:04

Weird?
SketchupExtension is a built-in module/class of SketchUp itself...
It works fine for me and many other users...
Do you have any other Extensions loaded ?
They will ALL use the same 'method'...

You have failed to supply your OS, version etc in your User-Profile...
Please help us to help you...

Can you get the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' toolset and try yo Auto-Install the toolset from its dialog...

Have you run a 'Repair' on v2013 - it seems to be corrupted in some way ?

rv1974 · 28 May 2013, 07:38

TIG, could you take a look at attached please? I've got 100% bugsplat at 'extrude edges by face'. What is the reason? Those 2 convergence points, SU2013, ...?
Thank you in advance.
P.S. Is there some nice way (via Extrude tools) to make a dome lattice with parallel (from Lobachvsky point of view) diagonals?

llll.skp

TIG · 28 May 2013, 08:01

EEbyFace will sometimes splat with multiple selected lines if they are connected with shared vertices - it tries to extrude the face continuously without success !
It doesn't take individual 'curves', just any lines that have shared vertices...
A simple 'fix' is to do the extrusion in steps - so choose only a single curve/face and extrude.
That works for me.
I know it's several steps, but it beats the Bugsplat !
And gets the job done.
With Lattices... Diagonal direction...
Make a triangulated mesh.
Switch Hidden Geometry ON.
Use the Sandbox tools to flip some of the diagonals so their direction is all as desired.
Use the separate LatticeMaker tool of the mesh ?
OR manually Erase the unwanted edges to leave just the diagonals etc...

rv1974 · 28 May 2013, 08:39

OK thank you. Yet another question(request?):
is there an option (or, could you add the option)to revert profile curves in EEbyFaces?
Sorry if it was discussed earlier.

guaucorreo · 28 May 2013, 09:13

tig, thanks for your answer,
finally i can load your plugin by the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store'

TIG · 28 May 2013, 09:58

@rv1974 said:

OK thank you. Yet another question(request?):
is there an option (or, could you add the option) to revert profile curves in EEbyFaces?
Sorry if it was discussed earlier.
You can try and force the start vertex for the two faces by adding a line from a vertex to start the counting. Also reverse a face so its loop is the opposite cw/ccw...
Fredo's CurviLoft does this kind of operation better, although you still need to force its hand sometimes...
I stopped further adjustments to this particular tool's code when Fredo's superior tool became available
Many of my EEby.. tools have their uses, but several are superseded somewhat by CurviLoft...

clauderains · 28 May 2013, 19:01

Thanks for the prompt reply. So there is a version of SU8 that will run on 10.5.8 and allow the use of the .rbz extensions? I haven't been able to find one so far.

@dave r said:

Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions. If you don't have Install Extension there, you have an old version of SU8. Install the newest version of SU8 and you'll be able to install the RBZ file.

Download and install the Plugin Store and you can auto install.

Dave R · 28 May 2013, 23:57

I didn't say that SU8 will run on 10.5.8. You said that's what you're running and your profile shows that. I didn't go back to the SketchUp site to check if it will run on 10.5.8. I just took you at your word that's what you're running.

With the second or third maintenance release of SU8 they added the Install Extension button under Preferences>Extensions which makes installing .RBZ files dead easy. .RBZ files are mainly just ZIP files with the file extension changed.

What version of SketchUp are you really running?

At the moment it doesn't look like SketchUp 8 is available for download and I am not able to see the system requirements for it. You may very well be at a point where you'll have to go to a new OS to be able to run SketchUp at all.

TIG · 29 May 2013, 08:06

If a tool only comes in RBZ format [and its notes say it's suitable for <v8] it can easily be installed manually in earlier versions.
First step - add .ZIP to the end of its file-name.
Now open it just like any other ZIP file and extract its contents into a temporary-folder.
Then move the entire contents of that temporary-folder into your Plugins folder [on a MAC with <v2013 it ought to be the HD.../plugins folder [firstly ensuring that you have FULL Read/Write permissions to that folder...] UNLESS of course you have expressly setup your own User.../plugins folder AND then that's always on the $LOAD_PATH list].
Remember that you must ensure that the files and subfolders of files 'tree' remains intact when you extract and then move.
That is, the extracted/moved files and files-inside-their-subfolders MUST remain in the same relative relationships when they are in the Plugins folder, as they had inside the RBZ/ZIP file.

troypiggo · 30 May 2013, 10:18

Hi there. I've upgraded to SU 2013 and installed ExtrudeTools. Every time I start up SU I get the following error:

thomthom · 30 May 2013, 10:23

TIG, you've forgotten to include require 'extensions.rb'.

TIG · 30 May 2013, 10:35

feck!
On to it...

TIG · 30 May 2013, 10:51

Here's v2.1
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
It's available now... from the SCF PluginStore page as an RBZ archie... or via the AutoInstall feature of the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' dialog, from with SketchUp itself...
It corrects the silly typo I made regarding 'extensions.rb' that was masked if an earlier loading plugin already required it...

troypiggo · 30 May 2013, 11:11

Awesome. That fixed it. Thanks. The version number of the script is reporting 2.0, but that doesn't affect the performance.

TIG · 30 May 2013, 11:16

Forgot to fix the version number
Wait a few minutes and re-get it...
I won't be updating the listings version !

TIG · 30 May 2013, 11:25

Version on the SCF 'PluginStore' page AND in the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' dialog, will now correctly show v2.1 in Extension details, when reinstalled / restart... !

ken · 30 May 2013, 12:07

TIG

A quick question, I installed the new Extrude Tools from inside Sketchup by the store. I saw some activity at the bottom of my screen, but nothing else.

So the question is, how does one determine that the installation from inside Sketchup has been completed correctly?

Could there be a version number in the plugin or extension manager that indicated the version of the plugin that is installed. Seems there is more room in the extension manager for the additional txt.

Again, thanks to all your help and work.

Ken