2014 Make edit material MAC

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 19:16

check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

%x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)

mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

post your result, and we can go on from there...

john

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 19:35

There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

 path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
%x(open -R "#{path}")

not sure what happens with photoshop...

john

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 19:42

on a mac copy paste this into 'Rudy Console'

path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
UI.openpanel(path, path)

and keystroke enter/return

john

UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU...

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 19:43

@dave r said:

the folder that is being created is a temporary one but I wonder if the problem, Walt, is that one of the container folders needs Read and Write permission granted.

@Dave && @walt

that folder is ok, but you can confirm with

 path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
#UI.openpanel(path, path)
File.writable?(path)

@Walt, have you re-added an editor to 'Preferences' , mine is failing with 'Graphics Convertor' and 'Preview', but works with 'Image Tricks'

john

UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU

Hendrik_G · 23 Jan 2015, 21:31

@driven said:

check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

%x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)

mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

post your result, and we can go on from there...

john

SU agrees. I have Preview assigned in Preferences and this was returned in Ruby Console:
%x(defaults read com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
"Image Editor" = "/Applications/Preview.app"

Hendrik_G · 23 Jan 2015, 21:40

@driven said:

There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

 path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
> %x(open -R "#{path}")
>

not sure what happens with photoshop...

john

This allowed me to navigate to the folder, however there no images in there for me to open (see attached screenshot).

Hendrik_G · 23 Jan 2015, 21:44

@mwm5053 said:

Ok works now must have been a permission thing like Dave said but thanks Dave and John

@MWM - what did you do exactly that fixed your issue? I think I have the same issue that you were experiencing.

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 21:52

something you could try...

your screenshot shows a 'doc thumbnail.png' in the temp folder...

double click it and see if 'Preview' asks for permission...

john

slbaumgartner · 23 Jan 2015, 23:17

I noticed that SketchUp reports ENV["TMPDIR"] as starting with /var. That path is actually a link to /private/var. I wonder if you have a permissions tangle involving that link? Try ls -l /var in a Terminal and see what permissions it has. I get

lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Nov 26 16:26 /var -> private/var

Steve

driven · 23 Jan 2015, 23:35

considering that SU is having no issues writing other stuff to that folder, and that is the fail point in this case, the permissions issue may be with the actual 'material' path...

what is the path to the material your trying to edit?

do any from your User material folder work?

or SU Materials folder?

I remember having to change permissions on downloaded materials in the past as they have a 'downloaded flag' on them...

thinking out load..
john

rombout · 11 Mar 2016, 02:03

Im seeing this problem on a model in su2015. Ive added permission, a second admin "read&write", didnt help. I also set "everybody" as a test to "read&write", also didnt help.

Are there any options left? Ive used this item before with issues.

using osx 10.11.2

rombout · 11 Mar 2016, 02:12

My work around for now is using UV tool on a simple plane and export this as OBJ. The tex file will be set aside of the OBJ... Voila! Eat this SU!

id did add this URL as file name, some windows path of the original builder. Perhaps this causes issues. I think those forward and backward slash at the beginning cause problems on mac

"C/\Users\Adam\Documents\Adam Models\SpringLeafBoxwood01.png"