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    [Plugin] Geodesic Dome Creator 0.2.0

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    • s_k_e_t_c_h_yS Offline
      s_k_e_t_c_h_y
      last edited by

      Just finished an update and thought I'd share

      https://sites.google.com/site/sugeodesic/home

      New Features

      • Spherical Hubs

      • Cylindrical Struts Point option for Hub Centers (Platonic solid vertices)

      • Improved Menu System

      • Material Selector for faces, struts and hubs (requires SKMTools)

      Fixes

      • Tetrahedron fix (Issue 😎

      • Duplicate Hub/Struts (Issue 1)

      • Resulted in approximately 6.5% speed improvement of generation time

      • Fraction option now works (Issue 9)

      Improvements

      • Sphere hubs are now components (still need to do cylindrical hubs)

      I tested it on older versions of SketchUp, but I'm still curious to see how the new menu system works for people that use older setups.

      Full Sphere.png

      Glass Dome 2.png

      Wood 5F 5_8 Dome.png

      Regards, Sketchy...

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Nice if you share it on the PluginStore too....

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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        • GubermenschG Offline
          Gubermensch
          last edited by

          Thanks again. The vertices display alone makes this plugin awesome. I was pulling my hair out a few months ago trying to model what you've enabled in a plugin.

          I'm sure you know, but the 'strut' radius option doesn't work. It'd be nice to see the settings previously input within the menu upon returning, not sure if this is doable.

          Just starting some test renders now of my geodesic's interior!

          http://i.imgur.com/cc1UiRe.jpg

          http://i.imgur.com/eKaknTd.jpg

          http://i.imgur.com/8UDYhTD.jpg

          http://i.imgur.com/q08ZsGt.jpg

          http://www.jacobgubler.com/

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          • K Offline
            kelisiqing
            last edited by

            It semms like a great tool

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            • D Offline
              davidtsang348
              last edited by

              Thx for sharing & it is quite crucial for me!

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              • J Offline
                Jehornilla
                last edited by

                Help. Pressing generate doesn't do anything. I tried using sketchup 2013 pro, 2014 pro, and 2015 pro. Still doesn't work. Please help. Thank you.

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                • J Offline
                  Jehornilla
                  last edited by

                  Pressing generate doesn't do anything. I tried using sketchup 2013 pro, 2014, and 2015 pro, no luck. Please help. 😞 Much appreciated.

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    The plugin's home page https://sites.google.com/site/sugeodesic/download
                    says it's been tested for v2015 compatibility.
                    Have you installed the latest version ?

                    I did [in v2015] and tested it...
                    It has a number of issues.
                    It must be installed in the default Plugins folder - it uses Sketchup.find_support_file... inappropriately and prevents a custom install...
                    It also requires [my] SKMtools to be installed, if you are adding materials to the geometry...
                    But it doesn't work even if it is there !
                    With the Ruby Console open it says it's doing things but makes nothing !
                    Stops at ' platonic handler... about to send' ??

                    On looking into the coding...
                    It has unbelievably convoluted Ruby and HTML/JS callbacks, and although I neither have the time or will to debug it properly I can see it has some errors in the call_ruby("create_geodesic", 1); calls in the JS etc.

                    I have managed to hack the code to force it to 'draw' something, but this is silly...
                    Many pieces are made 'inside-out', some are not made and the Materials are all 'black' and corrupted/un-editable [screenshot is with all 3 materials deleted!]... 😒

                    Can I suggest you pester the author directly through his web-site...
                    It ought to work a lot easier than it does right now...
                    It has a lot of potential...
                    😕


                    Capture.PNG

                    TIG

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                    • J Offline
                      Jehornilla
                      last edited by

                      It doesn't even work at all. Press generate, nothing happens. It's a bit frustrating. I'll try contacting the author. Thank you for the reply.

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        Look at this guy TaffGoch 😉

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

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                        • C Offline
                          christ0s
                          last edited by

                          I just run the plugin in SU 2014 and works good

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                            dacsol
                            last edited by

                            where can i download? its not available 😞 i also tried with wayback mashine but didnt work 😞 can you send it to my email?

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              @dacsol said:

                              where can i download?

                              The author hasn't logged into Sketchucation since 2016. I expect they haven't updated their plugin to work with newer versions of SketchUp. You'd probably be time and effort ahead to use an alternative.

                              Speaking of versions, what version of SketchUp are you using. You put 2018 Free/Make in your forum profile but there is no such version.

                              Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              • Gus RG Offline
                                Gus R
                                last edited by

                                You can still get it from the Wayback Machine (archive) at this link.

                                Whether or not he still wants it shared is unknown to me. I just tested it on SU 2022 Pro and it works.

                                www.instagram.com/gusrobatto/

                                www.facebook.com/gusrobatto

                                www.flickr.com/photos/gusrobatto

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                                • Gus RG Offline
                                  Gus R
                                  last edited by

                                  Getting it to make faces for the glass may prove difficult. You can try it if you're using an older version of Sketchup since the SKM plugin is 13 years old. Didn't work for me. You can get that here: click on Téléchargement.

                                  www.instagram.com/gusrobatto/

                                  www.facebook.com/gusrobatto

                                  www.flickr.com/photos/gusrobatto

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