[Plugin] Material Tools

[Quang Le]

Very good, material tools are a great tool and helps me alot...
Thank so much Thomthom...!

[Quang Le]

I encountered problems when installing [Plugin] Material Tools (2.6.0). with the following error message:
"material tools requires a newer version, 2.7.0, of TT_lib"
I also use TT_Lib2-2.9.0, but still error...I doubt Google SketchUp 8 version is too old ...

Can you help me?

Thank so much.

[tt_su]

Did you have an old version of TT_Lib2 installed?
Do you have files that have gotten stuck in the VirtualStore?

[Quang Le]

Thank Thomthom...! I understand that...
I have removed old TT_lib and instal new TT_lib2 of you.
I have now used material tools and thank you so much.

[rami_lpm]

Hi.
I had this error while running 'instance material to faces'
With and without geometry selected.

Error; #<NameError; undefined local variable or method `selection' for TT;;Plugins;;MaterialTools;Module>
C;/Users/ramiro velazco/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_material_tools/core.rb;149;in `instance_materials_to_faces'
C;/Users/ramiro velazco/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_material_tools/core.rb;40;in `block in <module;MaterialTools>'
-e;1;in `call'

I solved it(I think?) by adding

selection = model.selection 

in core.rb right after line 148

Thanks for a wonderful tool.

[thomthom]

I just noticed this post. I've filed an issue: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/material-tools/issue/1/error-while-running-instance-material-to

Thanks for the report!

[dem]

Hi. Some features not works(
Transparent Material to Backside quetly do nothing, but with Instance Material to Faces console dsy:

@unknownuser said:

Error: #<NameError: undefined local variable or method selection' for TT::Plugins::MaterialTools:Module> C:/Users/dem/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_material_tools/core.rb:149:in instance_materials_to_faces'
C:/Users/dem/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_material_tools/core.rb:40:in block in <module:MaterialTools>' -e:1:in call'

Tested in SU2013 & SU2014

[thomthom]

Yes, this is the same issue as rami reported: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=17587%26amp;view=unread#p537988

[josephkim626]

Thanks Thomas!

I love the plug in, and very often use it.

I had some suggestion on improving this plugin:

All the listed functions such as "remove from all faces and edges" and "all textures" would be nice to be applied to SELECTION rather than in the entire model.

Thanks!

[ddsstudio]

I installed the plugin and everything seems to work great, except the "List Textures in Console" function. It opens the console but there is no list.

What am I missing?

Thanks for a awesome plugin!

[thomthom]

What version of SU?
You might want to open the console before invoking that function if you are on an older SU version.

[Mr Lukestar]

Hi sorry I'm a beginner at this.
I have downloaded and add the Material Tool, it in showing in extension manage (sketch 2017 pro). It is installed.
But I cannot find it anywhere in the menu tabs - so how to use???
Any i missing something?

Luke

[josephkim626]

It does not have a toolbar icon, if that is what you mean.
It will show up in the menu however.

Look under:
Extensions > Material Tools.

[hank]

Thanks for a great plugin thomthom. As is mentioned on Extension Warehouse, "List Textures in Console" generates a blank console window. Is this just a SU2018 thing or are other folks experiencing that issue?

[hank]

OK, figured out what is up with "List Textures in Console" I think...

I changed puts to print in the following def from Plugins/tt_material_tools/core.rb and it works in SU2018 (sorry ThomThom - I'm probably not supposed to be messing around in there!?). So general question... is puts no longer valid in 2018?

def self.list_textures
    Sketchup.send_action('showRubyPanel;')
    # Collect textures and sort by size
    mats = Sketchup.active_model.materials.select { |m|
      !m.texture.nil?
    }
    mats.sort! { |a,b|
      size_a = a.texture.image_width * a.texture.image_height
      size_b = b.texture.image_width * b.texture.image_height
      size_b <=> size_a
    }
    # Print textures
    print "=== TEXTURE MATERIALS BY SIZE ==="
    buffer = ''
    mats.each { |m|
      next if m.texture.nil?
      t = m.texture
      size = t.image_width * t.image_height
      file = File.basename( t.filename )
      path = File.dirname( t.filename )
      #puts "#{m.display_name} - #{t.image_width}x#{t.image_height} - #{t.filename}"
      buffer << "#{m.display_name}\n"
      buffer << "  Size; #{t.image_width}x#{t.image_height} pixels\n"
      buffer << "  Size; #{self.readable_file_size(size*3, 2)} estimated uncompressed RGB\n"
      buffer << "  Size; #{self.readable_file_size(size*4, 2)} estimated uncompressed RGBA\n"
      if File.exist?( t.filename )
        disksize = File.size( t.filename )
        buffer << "  Size; #{self.readable_file_size(disksize, 2)} on disk\n"
      end
      buffer << "  File; #{file}\n"
      buffer << "  Path; #{path}\n"
    }
    print buffer
    print "---"
  end

[stefankaplan]

This is a great extension! - and the only one I've found that lists in model textures and their file sizes, which is key when trying to reduce size of the SketchUp model.

Only problem is: It only work on my Mac. When running "List textures in console", an empty console appears (in SketchUp 2022 and 2023)

I've tried to disable all other extensions but no luck, the console still doesn't list any textures on my Windows computer.

Any advice?

---

[Dave R]

@stefankaplan said:

... the console still doesn't list any textures on my Windows computer.

Any advice?

This is what I get in the console when I run this feature. This is in SketchUp 2023.

Did you install SketchUp correctly? That requires right clicking on the downloaded installer file and selecting Run as administrator from the context menu. If you didn't or don't remember, close SketchUp, find the installer in your Downloads folder, right click on it, choose Run as administrtor and then Repair.

BTW, did you have the Ruby Console opened before you ran the extension?