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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
      last edited by

      Hi Didier,

      I have tried the tool in Sketchup 8. The Unit support appears and I can choose my unit but then nothing happens. I've attached the stl files which I downloaded from Internet.

      Charly


      knot.zip


      brain-gear.zip

      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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      • Didier BurD Offline
        Didier Bur
        last edited by

        Hi Charly,
        Your files are binary STL files. The script cannot read such files, but only ASCII STL format.
        You can convert binary STL's to ASCII with Meshlab (free) for instance.
        Regards,

        DB

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        • charly2008C Offline
          charly2008
          last edited by

          Hi Didier,

          Thank you for the explanation. I learned something more to it.

          Charly

          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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          • D Offline
            davidheim1
            last edited by

            Didier,
            I just downloaded the STL Export/Import plug-in on my Mac, but I can't make it work. It asks me for the name of a file to export, but won't ever let me export anything. What am I missing? Can you provide a brief explanation of how to make the export function work?
            Many thanks,
            David Heim

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            • mariochaM Offline
              mariocha
              last edited by

              @davidheim1 said:

              Didier,
              It asks me for the name of a file to export to, but won't ever let me export anything.
              David Heim

              Same here. It happens with the one loaded from SketchUcation store.
              But the one on CRAI Ruby depot, loaded the old way, manually, works.

              %(#008000)[Mario C.
              Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                I recommend that anyone importing or exporting STL files in SketchUp use the open source plugin that SketchUp released: http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

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

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                • F Offline
                  frankleng
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  I recommend that anyone importing or exporting STL files in SketchUp use the open source plugin that SketchUp released: http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

                  very fast and good.thanks /

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                    ntxdave
                    last edited by

                    I have used the AUTOINSTALL 3 times now to add this plugin in SU 2014 and it does not show up anywhere that I can find. The installation process says it was installed successfully but I can not find it anywhere.

                    Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem using the plugin with 2014?

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @ntxdave said:

                      I have used the AUTOINSTALL 3 times now to add this plugin in SU 2014 and it does not show up anywhere that I can find. The installation process says it was installed successfully but I can not find it anywhere.

                      Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem using the plugin with 2014?
                      This Plugin was started 9 years ago, and in this form it is 6 years old.
                      I unpacked it, did some very simple editing, and it worked in v2014 just fine.
                      BUT Didier as the author must make these changes and republish...
                      I suspect he won't want to support this any further... because Trimble now have their own newer [better?] STL Import/Export plugin - it is available free from the EWH...
                      Why not try that ?
                      http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

                      TIG

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                      • ntxdaveN Offline
                        ntxdave
                        last edited by

                        @tig said:

                        @ntxdave said:

                        I have used the AUTOINSTALL 3 times now to add this plugin in SU 2014 and it does not show up anywhere that I can find. The installation process says it was installed successfully but I can not find it anywhere.

                        Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem using the plugin with 2014?
                        This Plugin was started 9 years ago, and in this form it is 6 years old.
                        I unpacked it, did some very simple editing, and it worked in v2014 just fine.
                        BUT Didier as the author must make these changes and republish...
                        I suspect he won't want to support this any further... because Trimble now have their own newer [better?] STL Import/Export plugin - it is available free from the EWH...
                        Why not try that ?
                        http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

                        Yes, when I saw that the other one was not showing up, I did go install this one. The whole 3D thing is new to me 😄

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                        • B Offline
                          BeePee
                          last edited by

                          I downloaded and see su2stl in my Loaded Plugins list, but it's not in the Loaded Extensions list.

                          How do I open and use this plugin? I can't see any toolbar button and it's not in any drop-down menu.

                          Thanks, BeePee

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                          • mariochaM Offline
                            mariocha
                            last edited by

                            Should be under the Files menu : Export stl. Right under Import

                            %(#008000)[Mario C.
                            Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                            • B Offline
                              BeePee
                              last edited by

                              I want to Imprt STL files with the specific plugin. Export is not a problem. I can Import with the standard plugin but it's not working, as explained. How do I access Import STL with this plugin su2stl.rb?

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                              • mariochaM Offline
                                mariocha
                                last edited by

                                Ahg ! sorry, bad reading. 😳
                                The answer is in the description of the plugin.
                                With this plugin, you’ll find STL as a supported format within SketchUp’s Import command. STL files will be imported to SketchUp as a group. 😉

                                %(#008000)[Mario C.
                                Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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