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  • A Offline
    amis
    last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 14:49

    Thanks to author for great plugin! But I encountered the situation when I tried to make a pipe it caused my SU 2013 hang. I suppose the reason of that some problem with my edges or connections, even though TT's Edge tools inspections were done. Can anyone say what was wrong with edges? Sorry for my English


    Pipework.skp

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    • T Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 15:31

      There are 8 edges connected in that SKP.
      Selecting them all and running PipeAlongPath I get no issues.
      The pipe forms perfectly and quickly.
      I can also draw a circle centered on the vertical line's end and then successfully use FollowMe on the selected path.
      Can you do that ?
      Do you perhaps have another plugin loading that has an Observer ill-advisedly messing with group creation etc ?
      Have you installed something new recently ??
      Try disabling most of the plugins, except PipeAlongPath, then retry and see what happens.
      It it no longer fails you know that one of the disabled plugins is messing you up... πŸ˜•

      TIG

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      • A Offline
        amis
        last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 16:37

        @tig said:

        There are 8 edges connected in that SKP.
        Selecting them all and running PipeAlongPath I get no issues.
        The pipe forms perfectly and quickly.

        Thanks you for quick response

        @tig said:

        I can also draw a circle centered on the vertical line's end and then successfully use FollowMe on the selected path. Can you do that ?

        Yes, I performed that and everything's well

        @tig said:

        Do you perhaps have another plugin loading that has an Observer ill-advisedly messing with group creation etc?

        Never heard about such things. I always try to load not too many plugins

        @tig said:

        Have you installed something new recently ??

        Just updated some of plugins.

        @tig said:

        Try disabling most of the plugins, except PipeAlongPath, then retry and see what happens. It it no longer fails you know that one of the disabled plugins is messing you up... πŸ˜•

        That's not the shortest way actually) Anyway thanks a lot. I will try.

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        • T Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 16:44

          You can probably reduce the list of possible culprits by looking at the recent updates or those with do complicated processes - they are more likely to have observers etc...
          Can you post a simple list of your installed plugins ?

          TIG

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          • A Offline
            amis
            last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 17:39

            @tig said:

            Can you post a simple list of your installed plugins ?

            2DTools
            Fredo6_Curvizard
            Fredo6_FredoScale
            Fredo6_FredoTools
            Fredo6_JointPushPull
            FrontFace
            Layer Manager
            sketchup-stl
            tt_cleanup
            tt_edgetools
            TT_Lib2
            tt_selection_toys
            tt_solid_inspector
            CenterPointAll.rb
            dropGC.rb
            ExtrudeAlongPath.rb
            ExtrudeTools.rb
            extrude_lines2.rb
            HoleInTheWall.rb
            ithil_facefinder.rb
            ithil_reverseface.rb
            LibTraductor.rb
            makefaces.rb
            mesh_additions.rb
            Mirror.rb
            move_to_origin.rb
            ocean_extension.rb
            PipeAlongPath.rb
            PurgeAll.rb
            pushpull_tool.rb
            recurve.rb
            s4u_makeface.rb
            SectionCutFace.rb
            SimplifyContours.rb
            sketchup-stl.rb
            SketchyFFD.rb
            SliceModeler.rb
            TIG-Split_to_plane.rb
            tt_cleanup.rb
            tt_edgetools.rb
            TT_Lib2.rb
            tt_selection_toys.rb
            tt_solid_inspector.rb
            Zorro2.rb
            There are no quite new plugins here. Every of them I used for long time.

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            • T Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 17:59

              Ignoring those I am 99% sure are OK... πŸ˜•

              Try disabling these and re-test:

              FrontFace
              dropGC.rb
              HoleInTheWall.rb
              ithil_facefinder.rb
              ithil_reverseface.rb
              recurve.rb
              s4u_makeface.rb
              SliceModeler.rb

              You also have some 'old' ones that I think might not belong in there - there might be newer su_ versions available ?
              ... e.g.

              ocean_extension.rb
              SimplifyContours.rb

              TIG

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              • A Offline
                amis
                last edited by 17 Apr 2015, 18:33

                You're right. Many of plugins in my set are a bit old.
                OK. I deleted those you've mentioned, relaunch my SU, select the whole chain (of edges), run PipeAlongPath and stil got SU hang. Looks like my Plugins folder needs total revision...

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                • A Offline
                  amis
                  last edited by 19 Apr 2015, 04:59

                  I've tried another way. I redrew the same chain (of edges) near existing one and had no problem with making pipe. But still got the hang with existing chain.
                  Finally after revision, deleting some of and reinstall/updating all of existing plugins I have no problem. Unfortunally I missed at which step it happened. Thanks TIG


                  Pipework.skp

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                  • J Offline
                    johnwmcc
                    last edited by 29 May 2015, 21:58

                    I find this plugin very useful to draw scaffolding poles when designing amateur theatre sets using scaffolding as part of the structure. I've reset (in the code) the default sizes, and options, to suit my use.

                    I'd also very much like to have the plugin create a component, rather than a group, and to orient the component axis along the direction of the first line segment in the path. Would that be difficult?

                    I don't think my own SU Ruby skills are quite up to this, though I may well have a go - I might to able to code for component creation, but have no idea how to set the component axes in Ruby.

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                    • T Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by 30 May 2015, 13:20

                      You can do it several ways.
                      Without recasting this as a Sketchup Tool etc I think your best bet is to make the group as it is.
                      Then later you can turn that into a component instance...
                      At that stage the origin of the group, and now the component definition ,is at the bounds.min of the container.
                      To relocate the axes you need to do theses steps...
                      Get the vector from the point you want the axes to be back to the container's origin.
                      Then transform all of the definition's entities by that vector.
                      Then move the instance by the inverse transformation, so it doesn't visibly move BUT its origin is now at the desired point.
                      I assume you'd probably want that to be the center of the start of the extrusion @new_pts[0] aka pt1 ?
                      You always want the axes to align in the red along the pipe ?
                      Insert something like this order around line#490 [untested]...

                      ###...
                      ###
                      inst=group.to_component
                      defn=inst.definition
                      defn.name="some_name_you_like"
                      ents=defn.entities
                      vec.reverse!
                      xaxis=inst.transformation.xaxis
                      vert=vec.cross(xaxis)
                      trans=Geom;;Transformation.new()
                      unless vert.length==0
                      	ang=vec.angle_between(xaxis)
                      	unless ang==0
                      		trans=Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt1, vert, ang)
                      		ents.transform_entities(trans, ents.to_a)
                      		inst.transform!(trans.inverse)
                      	end
                      end
                      vector=pt1.vector_to(ORIGIN)
                      unless vector.length==0
                      	trans=Geom;;Transformation.translation(vector)
                      	ents.transform_entities(trans, ents.to_a)
                      	trans=Geom;;Transformation.translation(vector.reverse.transform(inst.transformation))
                      	inst.transform!(trans)
                      end
                      defn.invalidate_bounds
                      ###
                      	model.commit_operation
                      

                      ??? It IS convoluted ???

                      TIG

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                      • EdsonE Offline
                        Edson
                        last edited by 10 Jun 2015, 17:42

                        hi TIG,

                        I am having repeated crashes while using PipeAlongPath to create a handrail. the model is small and should not be a problem. I wonder if there is a conflict with some other extension. list of extensions attached.

                        any ideas?

                        Screenshot 2015-06-10 14.46.06.png
                        Screenshot 2015-06-10 14.45.56.png


                        escada-emergencia_Leste.skp

                        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                        • T Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by 10 Jun 2015, 18:21

                          With your SKP I get the Bugsplat! as well.
                          So something is odd in your path...
                          I can make it work with an exploded path and 8s extrusion...escada-emergencia_Leste.PNG The issue is caused by the tiny geometry you try to make by having very segmented 'sweeps' between the long rails.
                          If you make 90 degree junctions it works at 24s OK...escada-emergencia_Leste_90.PNGIf you want radiused 'sweeps' make them at least the diameter of the tube...escada-emergencia_Leste_26mmRad.PNGHere the swept radius is 26mm, the tube is 25mm radius [5cm diam] - so that works... πŸ˜›
                          This is a 'full-sweep' between the two main rails.escada-emergencia_Leste+FullSweep.PNG πŸ€“
                          Make a swept arc that's tangential from the mid-point of the two rails.
                          Copy that and rotate it to match the other slope...
                          Then weld the path and the rails sweep seamlessly around a curve as I suspect you'd prefer...

                          TIG

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                          • EdsonE Offline
                            Edson
                            last edited by 10 Jun 2015, 19:18

                            I built the path with Fredo6's BezierSpline extension (Polyline Arc Corners tool). the odd thing is that it works with Profile Builder.

                            regards.

                            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                            • oldskoolflashO Offline
                              oldskoolflash
                              last edited by 4 Mar 2016, 12:12

                              Thanks for this, how do I activate the toolbar set for this?

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                              • T Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 4 Mar 2016, 12:49

                                @oldskoolflash said:

                                Thanks for this, how do I activate the toolbar set for this?
                                You can't !
                                It doesn't have a toolbar - there is just a menu entry.

                                TIG

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                                • R Offline
                                  Roky
                                  last edited by 30 Mar 2016, 06:53

                                  Easy to Use, Well done. worked in Sketchup 2016

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                                  • mariochaM Offline
                                    mariocha
                                    last edited by 26 May 2016, 20:38

                                    Here is a "LangHandlered" version of it.
                                    Had to modify some strings.
                                    French included.
                                    Only thing not completely translated is the last check, for slight skew. I could not reproduce the error case.


                                    PipeAlongPath.rbz

                                    %(#008000)[Mario C.
                                    Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                                    • Y Offline
                                      yingishere
                                      last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 23:53

                                      Thanks

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                                      • TampaPowersT Offline
                                        TampaPowers
                                        last edited by 24 Feb 2018, 20:49

                                        Just installed in 2018, causes a crash.

                                        Sketchup Community Discord

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                                        • T Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by 24 Feb 2018, 21:05

                                          @tampapowers said:

                                          Just installed in 2018, causes a crash.
                                          I just tried using it in v2018... and it worked just fine.
                                          What settings are you using ?
                                          What's the preselected path like ?
                                          A simple example SKP might help...

                                          TIG

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