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    • N Offline
      NewOne
      last edited by

      When exporting STL from SolidWorks, here is an option to put all geometry in same file or to create separate file for each part. Mr. Didier Bur, could this script to be modified in a manner that allows multiple file selection and each geometry to be made group (or component if there are more identical parts) ? Or to specify a folder where stl part files are located?

      Thank you.

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      • Didier BurD Offline
        Didier Bur
        last edited by

        Dropped into the to-do list 😉

        DB

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          bump
          (sorry Dider - no practical reason just testing some moderation stuff)

          Gai...

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          • S Offline
            stefkeB
            last edited by

            Minor improvement:

            On line 54 you call the "openpanel" method when exporting. This should be "savepanel", so the user gets the correct dialog displayed. Still works on Windows but not on OSX, where you need to point to an already existing file.

            Also, the default "." file location could be replaced with ENV['USER'] or ENV['HOME'] or preferably the current file folder, as to make it more convenient. With 'USER' it works much better for me on OSX.

            (I refer to the unscrambled file, obviously, not the compacted one -- maybe the reason why people think it is a binary file)

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            • Didier BurD Offline
              Didier Bur
              last edited by

              Hi,
              @stefkeB: I'm using openpanel when importing, and savepanel when exporting. So I don't understand what you're talking about, propably you have an old version, because the latest one is v1.3. (Nov 2009) and is scrambled in a RBS file (so unreadable).

              DB

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                I've been looking around at the various ruby based importers for SketchUp and I see that no one uses the Importer class. If this class is used the importer can be found in the native import list which would be very nice.
                http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/importer.html

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

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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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