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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

                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                  (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                  M30

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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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                                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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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
                                          last edited by

                                          @driven said:

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

                                          Already had weld installed. Just did not use it. When I welded the lines, it worked perfect. Even tried a freehand line and it worked fine as well.
                                          πŸ‘

                                          Thanks..........I should have thought of that 😳

                                          Might be something that should be explored for a future release though. Just out of curiosity, I also have the free version of Profile Builder and it worked fine on the original lines though without using the Weld tool.

                                          Just a thought..........

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                                          • josephkim626J Offline
                                            josephkim626
                                            last edited by

                                            @sdmitch said:

                                            @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
                                            > 
                                            

                                            Thank you so much, this helped for me at least this time.
                                            I had to remove "grp.explode" line as I wanted them to be a grouped members.
                                            who is the creator of this plugin? I know it has been tossed around couple times.
                                            (I will still need an option to use "mm" units, follow welded edges as solid)

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