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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      Any chance to have something for have this result when I select the 3 up objects ?
      I can use SketchyPhysics but...

      raytracer.jpg

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      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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        mlefevre
        last edited by

        I'm trying to use this plugin to drop a bunch of solar panels to a surface. Some of the blocks drop fine, but others turn up on end. Any thoughts?

        Thanks

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        • tt_suT Offline
          tt_su
          last edited by

          No idea without test screenshots or preferable a test model.

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            tt_su
            last edited by

            Hard to tell without a model...

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              AcesHigh
              last edited by

              Can someone help me? It´s kinda urgent. Basically, For some reason, the components are NOT dropping until the ground. I verified the axis of the component, verified everything, but it still doesn´t work. It´s also weird, but it doesnt work with the other plugin (Drop At Intersection) too!!

              They drop only a few centimeters. Unless I "drop by bounding box", but then, when dropping by bounding box, the components follow the contour of the terrain (which gets pretty weird for lightpoles)


              perguntadropcomponent.skp

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                AcesHigh
                last edited by

                @tt_su said:

                Hard to tell without a model...

                Sorry, but when I posted and attached the model, I didnt notice it failed to upload the model because it was larger than the 4mb forum attachment limit.

                I edited the first post and attached the model (now, 3mb)

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                • BoxB Offline
                  Box
                  last edited by

                  I used the plugin "Throw to".


                  Throw.JPG


                  Throw toSU8.skp

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                    AcesHigh
                    last edited by

                    Thank you Box. Any slight idea why Raytracer, Drop At Intersection, etc, are not working?

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                    • BoxB Offline
                      Box
                      last edited by

                      Sorry, I don't know the ins and outs of either plugin. Which is why I went for throw to. I can look tomorrow if nobody else does.

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                      • tt_suT Offline
                        tt_su
                        last edited by

                        It appear to be because the ray traced hit the component it tried to drop. Apparently I forgot to make it ignore itself. If I moved the axis to the bottom of the component it worked fine.

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                        • tt_suT Offline
                          tt_su
                          last edited by

                          Filed issue: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/raytracer/issue/1/ignore-the-components-being-dropped

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                            AcesHigh
                            last edited by

                            I see. Thanks ThomThom, for looking at the issue.

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                              mlefevre
                              last edited by

                              @tt_su said:

                              No idea without test screenshots or preferable a test model.

                              I can send you a screenshot, but basically I'm having the same issue as one of the prior post with the car crashes.

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                                tt_su
                                last edited by

                                @mlefevre said:

                                I can send you a screenshot, but basically I'm having the same issue as one of the prior post with the car crashes.

                                SketchUp crashes?
                                What version of SketchUp are you using (full exact version please) and what OS?
                                Got a sample model and step by step description of what you do to reproduce it?

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                                  DCorral
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm new on sketchup and seem to not understand this plugin. I did a toposurface and modeled all the constructions on a big area. Now im trying to drop the components (i'm guessing it's going to be a lot of work but I'm fine with that) and I can't seem to be able to drop them into the terrain... They keep floating.. want to try raytracing but i dont understand that function.

                                  Could you help me? Thanks a lot.

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                                    Panga
                                    last edited by

                                    DCorral,

                                    One thing you have to verify is the position of your axes inside the component. The origin of axes must be at the bottom of the geometry in order that the drop works.

                                    Hope it helps.

                                    Regards.

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      Always cool! 😄

                                      drop.jpg

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

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                                        eph
                                        last edited by

                                        Hey Thomthom,
                                        Spraycan crashes my SU every time I use it.. 😐
                                        I'm on OS X 10.9.5, latest SU 2014.

                                        Really easy to reproduce: open a new SKP (I work in mm or cm), draw a rectangle on the ground plane, select the default component ("Sophie") and spray her on the surface (radius 250 cm). Crashes every time... Of course it also happens in more complicated models.

                                        Could you please check / fix?
                                        Thanks in advance!!

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                                          tt_su
                                          last edited by

                                          Hm..
                                          Did you submit the BugSplats?
                                          If you did, did you enter any info in the description or name that I can use to look it up? If you didn't, can you submit one and add some info I can use to look it up in the database?

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                                            eph
                                            last edited by

                                            @tt_su said:

                                            Hm..
                                            Did you submit the BugSplats?
                                            If you did, did you enter any info in the description or name that I can use to look it up? If you didn't, can you submit one and add some info I can use to look it up in the database?

                                            Hey Thomthom, just did. Mentionned Raytracer in the description, filed under the name "eph".
                                            Thanks for the quick reaction 😄

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