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    • keea1111K Offline
      keea1111
      last edited by

      HI,

      I am trying to install lines2tubes and/or pipe along path for Sketch up 2014, and not able to get it in my plugin's menu. Could someone help me figure this out. much thanks, Keea

      KEEA

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        How are you trying to install it ?

        My PipeAlongPath is v2014 compatible and will install OK from the PluginsStore dialog's AutoInstall or when downloaded and installed from the equivalent rbz from the PluginStore pages...

        The v2014 compatibility of Lines2Tubes has been discussed in this and other threads.
        There might be a 'compatible version' if you do a little searching...
        A simple tweak might even fix it... pending the author getting his proverbial out of his proverbial πŸ˜’
        See earlier posts in this thread πŸ˜’

        TIG

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        • F Offline
          finhario
          last edited by

          @ckho1985 said:

          @tig said:

          Didier needs to rework his rb file for v2014 compatibility and republish it...

          BUT you can do it temporarily for your own use, even though his script is 'packed'.
          Open the file lines2tubes.rb in Notepad, and go to the end:
          Change
          ...}.unpack("m")**.to_s**
          to read
          ...}.unpack("m")**[0]**
          Save the changes.
          Restart SketchUp.

          The script will then load and work in v2014 !

          This simple fix can be applied to any of Didier's 'packed' scripts that aren't working in v2014.

          These edited scripts will also load and work in earlier SketchUp versions too... πŸ€“

          Working in Mac… not sure what to do 😞

          i do all the steps but still it's not working 😞 please help

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            @Mario

            What have you done exactly ?

            The attached version should work on MAC or PC...
            I have tested it on both platforms, and it works fine for me !

            Compare it to your own effort ??

            Remember that the menu item is under Tools NOT Plugins !
            πŸ˜•


            lines2tubes.rb

            TIG

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            • RefkaR Offline
              Refka
              last edited by

              @tig said:

              What have you done exactly ?

              The attached version should work on MAC or PC...
              I have tested it on both platforms, and it works fine for me !

              Compare it to your own effort ??

              Remember that the menu item is under Tools NOT Plugins !
              πŸ˜•

              Thanks a lot TIG very useful.. 😍

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                Where is this tool hiding?, it's not in plugins, not on right click and not in tools.

                lines2tubes.jpg

                http://www.solos-art.com

                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                • sdmitchS Offline
                  sdmitch
                  last edited by

                  It should be on the Tools menu as "Convert arcs,circles,curves,lines to cylinders".

                  Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                  http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    @sdmitch said:

                    It should be on the Tools menu as "Convert arcs,circles,curves,lines to cylinders".

                    That's how it is in SU 2013, but not 2014, strange it's in plugin folder and all but not showing up.

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Pete, which file did you download? I downloaded Didier's and it didn't work for me but when I downloaded and installed TIG's version and restarted SketchUp, it did. I converted TIG's version to .rbz (which I am attaching) to make it quick to install. I still had to close and restart SU to get it to show in the Tools menu.


                      lines2tubes2.rbz

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        @dave r said:

                        Pete, which file did you download? I downloaded Didier's and it didn't work for me but when I downloaded and installed TIG's version and restarted SketchUp, it did. I converted TIG's version to .rbz (which I am attaching) to make it quick to install. I still had to close and restart SU to get it to show in the Tools menu.

                        That worked, thanks Dave.

                        I have a few plugins just like this that did not install in SU 2014, I now have a trick.

                        http://www.solos-art.com

                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                        • S Offline
                          shawnyeh
                          last edited by

                          hello,
                          I got the same situation that can't find lines2tube in tool menu bar in MAC sketchup2014 .
                          Is there anyone can help me out ?

                          Thanks.


                          θž’εΉ•εΏ«η…§ 2014-08-12 上午11.19.48.png

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                          • S Offline
                            shawnyeh
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Dave, it works!!

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                            • H Offline
                              helik
                              last edited by

                              Thank you very much Dave!

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                              • C Offline
                                chris87
                                last edited by

                                Great plugin !
                                Thank you !

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Please get the latest v2014/2015 compatible version from the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=lines2tubes

                                  TIG

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                                  • C Offline
                                    chauhuyphan
                                    last edited by

                                    Great plugin! Thanks you !

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                                    • josephkim626J Offline
                                      josephkim626
                                      last edited by

                                      As I am often giving precision 4 to give a rectangular look, im just wondering if there would be a way to rotate the profile 45 degrees. Effectively, having a rectangular tubes.

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                                      • sdmitchS Offline
                                        sdmitch
                                        last edited by

                                        @josephkim626 said:

                                        As I am often giving precision 4 to give a rectangular look, im just wondering if there would be a way to rotate the profile 45 degrees. Effectively, having a rectangular tubes.

                                        Yes, but this particular plugin is scrambled so only the creator can make that change.

                                        In the mean time, maybe this will help. You can copy and paste into the Ruby Console to try it out.

                                        mod = Sketchup.active_model
                                        ent = mod.active_entities
                                        sel = mod.selection
                                        unless sel.empty?
                                          vars=UI.inputbox(["Number of Sides;"," Length of a Side;","Angle of Rotation;"],[4,1,45],"Tube Specifications")
                                          if vars
                                            n,l,d=vars
                                            a=180/n
                                            r=l/Math.sin(a.degrees)/2
                                            edgs=sel.grep(Sketchup;;Edge)
                                            edgs.each{|e|
                                              p,v=e.line
                                              grp=ent.add_group;ge=grp.entities
                                              tube=ge.add_ngon(p,v,r,n)
                                              face=ge.add_face(tube)
                                              ent.transform_entities(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(p,v,d.degrees),face)
                                              face.followme e
                                              grp.explode
                                            }
                                          end
                                        else
                                          UI.messagebox "Select Edges"
                                        end
                                        
                                        

                                        Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

                                        http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
                                          last edited by

                                          While I like the plugin and seem some valuable uses, I am having a problem with it.

                                          Here is a screen capture of the problem I am having:
                                          Capture - Pipes 2 Lines problem.png

                                          I tried to be very careful when connecting the three segments (made sure the arch that connected the two straight lines was tangent) but I have many occasions where I will need to draw some pipes with multiple curves.

                                          I will assume I am doing something wrong. I have also attached the skp file (I moved the resulting tube so that the original line can be seen).


                                          Lines2Pipes.skp

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                                          • D Offline
                                            driven
                                            last edited by

                                            @nxtdave,
                                            download tig_weld and weld your 3 lines first...
                                            john

                                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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