[Plugin] Gradientator v1.21

[gring]

thank you for sharing it!

[steve r]

@stuartmitch said:

Thanks Thom Thom, is there anything you don't know about???

I have tried it with adjoining and separate faces and it still doesn't seem to provide a Gradient of colors. Rather, it simply adds color 1 to the first face, color 2 to the second face and so on. Do I need to stipulate the degree of gradient somewhere?

Cheers....Scotty

It seems like the issue you might be having is with the number of faces. This plugin only applies one color to one face at a time, and doesn't sub-divide them. In the picture you've provided, it looks like you've got two different applications of the plugin, but each time it's to only three faces. So, Gradientator sees that you've got three faces selected, and just applies the three colors; no gradient needed. However, with more than three faces, it will begin to gradient to greater degrees. So, trying to replicate your image with more faces:

As you can see, it's still applying those three colors, but the "in-between" faces are getting the gradient colors, or colors that are in-between those main colors. So, the amount of gradientating you'll get is dependent on the number of faces you select at one time. Does that help?

[stuartmitch]

@steve r said:

It seems like the issue you might be having is with the number of faces. This plugin only applies one color to one face at a time, and doesn't sub-divide them. In the picture you've provided, it looks like you've got two different applications of the plugin, but each time it's to only three faces. So, Gradientator sees that you've got three faces selected, and just applies the three colors; no gradient needed. However, with more than three faces, it will begin to gradient to greater degrees. So, trying to replicate your image with more faces:

As you can see, it's still applying those three colors, but the "in-between" faces are getting the gradient colors, or colors that are in-between those main colors. So, the amount of gradientating you'll get is dependent on the number of faces you select at one time. Does that help?

Steve,

many thanks for clarifying that for me. I had missed the point that I needed more than three faces. From the initial illustrations it had looked like only 1 face was having colours gradiented (no such word??) across it.

I've got it now. Just needed to be belted on the head a couple of times!

Cheers...>Scotty

[chuzhuo]

its so cool！

[leefordjudes]

It shows an error on sketchup 2014

Error Loading File gradientator.rb
Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/gradientator.rb:79: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
...ck("get_data") do |@grad_dialog,action_name|

... ^>

how to

[sdmitch]

@leefordjudes said:

It shows an error on sketchup 2014

Error Loading File gradientator.rb
Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/admin/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/gradientator.rb:79: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
...ck("get_data") do |@grad_dialog,action_name|

... ^>

how to

Using Notepad or similar text editor, simply remove the '@' in |@grad_dialog,action_name| in line 79 to this

@grad_dialog.add_action_callback("get_data") do |grad_dialog,action_name|

[Box]

That works, Cheers Sd.

[dtrarch]

Thx a bunch Mitch.
Just plain fun to mess with.
Works too

dtr

[bomastudio]

In SketchUp 2015 I get the following error after the install:

Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/nessuno/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/gradientator.rb:79: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
...ck("get_data") do |@grad_dialog, action_name|

... ^>
C:/Users/nessuno/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/rubytoolbar/rubytoolbar.rb:144:in load' C:/Users/nessuno/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/rubytoolbar/rubytoolbar.rb:144:in rt_load'
C:/Users/nessuno/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/rubytoolbar/rubytoolbar.rb:190:in block in <module:RubyToolbar>' SketchUp:1:in call'

I solved changing row 79 to the end of the do block in this way

@grad_dialog.add_action_callback("get_data") do |grad_dialog, action_name|
			if action_name == "begin_gradientating"
				@grad_dialog = grad_dialog
				@coloronename = @grad_dialog.get_element_value("color_one_name")
				@colortwoname = @grad_dialog.get_element_value("color_two_name")
				@colorthreename = @grad_dialog.get_element_value("color_three_name")
				@grad_dialog.close
				gradientate(@coloronename,@colortwoname,@colorthreename,@faces,@model)
			end
			if action_name == "close_this_window"
				@grad_dialog.close
			end
		end

[utiler]

So do I. Would love to try this plugin....

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[Dave R]

@utiler said:

So do I. Would love to try this plugin....

Andrew, did you try the solution offered by sdmitch? I just tried it and that makes it work in SU2015.

[TIG]

@utiler said:

So do I. Would love to try this plugin....
The post just before yours offers a solution http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=575140#p575140, and @sdmitch gave an even simpler version a few posts earlier http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=541222#p541222
Just edit the RB using a plain-text editor like Notepad++, then find the do |@grad_dialog, text around line #79, and remove the @ so it's do |grad_dialog,.
Save the RB and restart SketchUp...
Since the @grad_dialog is defined earlier it is not necessary to redefine it in the do block, so using ANY name which doesn't start with a @ will work !

[utiler]

Thanks Dave / TIG. Trust me to jump into a new plugin without reading through recent posts.... Cheers, I'll give it a crack tonight!

[utiler]

Worked a treat, guys. Thanks!!!

I'll post in a few days what I needed it for. Glad to share....

[pilou]

Works fine!

[GianfrancoGalli]

hi, just landed on this post. the plugin is not working in make 15/16. i can select it in both Make 15 as 16, but it's not doing anything.
i've used v1.21. downloaded it to C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 201X\SketchUp\Plugins

thanks for your thoughts!

[sdmitch]

@gianfrancogalli said:

hi, just landed on this post. the plugin is not working in make 15/16. i can select it in both Make 15 as 16, but it's not doing anything.
i've used v1.21. downloaded it to C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 201X\SketchUp\Plugins

thanks for your thoughts!

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=45951%26amp;p=601292#p541222

[JaysonBata]

why is it not functioning to my sketchup 2017?

[Dave R]

The script needs some editing to work. Scroll up a few posts and read what sdmitch wrote. Edit the .rb file to make that change and it'll work. this is in SU2020 after editing the script and installing it.

[dlightsey]

Does anybody have the repaired file. When I open the RBZ file using note pad, I get a bunch of garbage. I have tried all the standards when opening.

Thanks,