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    • kenK Offline
      ken
      last edited by

      TIG, Dave

      Here are screen shots of me trying to use feet. Note, the model units are in feet.

      So what am I doing wrong?

      Thanks in advance for your help.

      Ken


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      Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Are you manipulating WorkPlanes made in an earlier version, or perhaps using a SKP that had the earlier WorkPlanes used previously ?
        These used a 'float' number, which was taken as 'meters' or 'feet' depending on your Model Units...

        After several requests, the latest version allows you to input the sizes in ANY units format, unfortunately these are now 'Lengths' not 'Floats'...

        I can trap for that... πŸ˜’
        I should have trapped for that !!! 😳

        Watch this space... πŸ˜›

        Meanwhile running this line of code in the Ruby Console after opening your older SKP will wipe the now incompatible stored WorkPlane details:
        Sketchup.active_model.attribute_dictionaries.delete("WorkPlane")

        I'll try and fix it tomorrow... πŸ˜•

        TIG

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        • kenK Offline
          ken
          last edited by

          TIG

          Thanks, that did it.

          However, even that one line of code made me look like an idiot. So I pasted the line of code into the Ruby Console, "thinking hard, now don't mess this up", didn't press the enter key. Darn, why didn't that work. Well, I went to paste the line again, but to do that I had to hit the enter key, darn that's why it didn't work. I guess thinking while doing something that is almost automatic, gave rise to the term, "over thinking the problem".

          Thanks TIG

          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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            othmanalazzam
            last edited by

            wonderful, thanks, I suggest attaching this video into the original post so we can understand the plugin, I had have to search the youtube to understand it.

            anyways, thanks

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Version v2.7 is now available in the PluginStore.
              http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=WorkPlane

              It fixes the glitch when you tried to use the new version in an older SKP that had previously setup WorkPlanes in the old format - old floats v. new lengths.
              Now of you use such a SKP it's assumed that the previous float settings were lengths - so you may need to reset for new WorkPlanes if you were using meters... [right-click in open space or using the 'Adjust' context-menu option...]

              TIG

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              • kenK Offline
                ken
                last edited by

                TIG

                Good morning.

                Well got up and installed v2.7 from the store, over my other installed Workplane. This install behaved just like the last install. The dimensions did not change from inches to feet as I changed the units in Sketchup.

                So if this install was to clean out all the previous left over remnants, it didn't seem to accomplish this task.

                I went into the plugin directory, removed all Workplane info, rb files, and directory. Re-installed v2.7 from the store. Plugin works correctly now.

                Just letting you know.

                Ken

                Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                  engineer10122
                  last edited by

                  Is work plane.rb supported in 2014 SU Pro?
                  It doesn't seem to install the plugin.
                  err what am I doing wrong.
                  Thanks.
                  sg

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Works fine in v8 up to v2014 πŸ˜•
                    I just reinstalled it in v2014 to be sure, and it worked fine. πŸ˜„

                    When loaded [and enabled if you are using the SCF Plugins Manager]...
                    It has a submenu named "WorkPlane Tools" under "Tools" menu.
                    I trust you have looked there and not under the "Plugins" menu***
                    If you select a WorkPlane object, then there are a number of tools enabled in the Context-menu - these differ depending on what you have selected.
                    There is a Toolbar named "WorkPlane Tools" too...

                    ***Have you actually read the usage instructions ??

                    If there's still a problem... do you have the latest version of v2014 - an update came out a few days ago...
                    Also are there any accented characters or single-quotes in your Windows User name ?
                    These have been reported as issues for many plugins' loading...

                    TIG

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                    • Bob JamesB Offline
                      Bob James
                      last edited by

                      When I apply the normals tool the normal set is rotated. The primary axes are in the standard directions.
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                        bdealva
                        last edited by

                        Does Workplane work in SU 2015?

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          @bdealva said:

                          Does Workplane work in SU 2015?

                          Yes. Do you have any reason to think it wouldn't?

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                          • H Offline
                            huajiet
                            last edited by

                            I seem to have some trouble installing Work Plane on SU2014.

                            I get this error message:

                            "SketchUp was unable to install the Extension you have chosen for some unknown reason.
                            Consult your Extension's documentation for additional help."

                            What might be wrong?

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Should work.
                              Have you downloaded the latest RBZ from the PluginStore ?

                              TIG

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                              • B Offline
                                brooklyndesigner
                                last edited by

                                This is really great. Worked like a charm for me the first time. I was working in "top" "parallel" view on a floor plan (even though the model is 3D). Instead of having to orbit and go into perspective to make changesI was able to draw right onto the floor plane. Then when I tried it again when drawing a line it didn't lock to the work plane. It drew all over. I'm using Sketchup 2016 on a Mac. Any ideas?

                                Thank you.

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                                • SiPieFaceS Offline
                                  SiPieFace
                                  last edited by

                                  I know this is an old thread but I've been trying to use Work Plane to be more efficient and accurate with my projects. It's a great plugin but I'm having a real issue changing the size of the Work Plane. Right-click into space just doesn't work for me, I get nothing at all. When I start Work Plane it merely allows me to select the 3 points and double-click to accept. I'm using SU2018 so wondered if this might be the issue?

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Sadly the right-click in empty-space to change settings no longer works.

                                    However, if you make a Workplane using the default values, then immediately Select it; its context-submenu then includes lots of extra options - use its 'Adjust' to change the size WH and grid XY...

                                    TIG

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                                    • SiPieFaceS Offline
                                      SiPieFace
                                      last edited by

                                      Ahh, that explains it. Thanks for the nod, I'll use that. This is such a useful plugin, is there any chance it'll get updated?

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