[Plugin][$] Profile Builder 2

rv1974 · 23 May 2016, 14:51

Whaat, I've got some project with kilometers of the attached railing which get turned in a funky manner. My problem is I have to do a lot of stupid manual work. Here's a brief description:

To get the desired state (1) I build a rough one with the assembly (2) I managed to create.
Then I manuallyadd some sub-assembly (3) in a 'pale red' areas, explode assembly (2) in order to delete unneeded studs in the corners and rotate the green element (3) appropriately.
Important note: Our local safety regulations demand vertical netgaps <= 10cm. So in the final output I manage to respect this standard.

The question is Could my manual labor get solved in my assemly?

Untitled.skp

Whaat · 24 May 2016, 14:51

@rv1974 said:

Whaat, I've got some project with kilometers of the attached railing which get turned in a funky manner. My problem is I have to do a lot of stupid manual work. Here's a brief description:

To get the desired state (1) I build a rough one with the assembly (2) I managed to create.
Then I manuallyadd some sub-assembly (3) in a 'pale red' areas, explode assembly (2) in order to delete unneeded studs in the corners and rotate the green element (3) appropriately.
Important note: Our local safety regulations demand vertical netgaps <= 10cm. So in the final output I manage to respect this standard.

The question is Could my manual labor get solved in my assemly?

Hi rv1974,

These types of assemblies are currently quite tough to do in PB2 as a one step assembly. You are on the right track to break this up into multiple assemblies. It becomes a multi-step process but it is still much faster than doing the whole thing manually. I made a slight change with your corner posts which should save you a bit of time. If you split your corner posts and use a junctions setback, I think you can still get the effect you want at the corners without having to rotate element 4.

Modified-Railing-Assembly.skp

Whaat · 24 May 2016, 14:53

@kaas said:

Hi Dale,

I updated to the new version of ProfileBuilder and now I get these warnings at every startup of SketchUp. PB works fine though.
I just tested and de-installed PB and the errors are gone. Re-installed PB again and they are back.

Any idea how to resolve this?

regards,
Max

Hi Max,
Thanks for reporting this strange issue. I'll look into this and try to get it sorted out. You are the first one to report this so I wonder if there is a conflict with another plugin that you have.

Can you please post the full text of the error and not just a screenshot? Thanks!

kaas · 24 May 2016, 15:34

@whaat said:

Hi Max,
Thanks for reporting this strange issue. I'll look into this and try to get it sorted out. You are the first one to report this so I wonder if there is a conflict with another plugin that you have.

Can you please post the full text of the error and not just a screenshot? Thanks!

Strange coincidence. Will investigate by cleaning the plugin folder and adding one by one.

C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:93: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::OPT_TABLE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:93: warning: previous definition of OPT_TABLE was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1271: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::S_IF_DOOR
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1271: warning: previous definition of S_IF_DOOR was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1532: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::DIRECTORY_TERM
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1532: warning: previous definition of DIRECTORY_TERM was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1536: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::SYSCASE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1536: warning: previous definition of SYSCASE was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1655: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::LOW_METHODS
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1655: warning: previous definition of LOW_METHODS was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1661: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::METHODS
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1661: warning: previous definition of METHODS was here
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:8: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::DLL
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:8: warning: previous definition of DLL was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:9: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::TYPEMAP
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:9: warning: previous definition of TYPEMAP was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:10: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::POINTER_TYPE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:10: warning: previous definition of POINTER_TYPE was here

kaas · 24 May 2016, 15:35

Hi Dale,

I updated to the new version of ProfileBuilder and now I get these warnings at every startup of SketchUp. PB works fine though.
I just tested and de-installed PB and the errors are gone. Re-installed PB again and they are back.

Any idea how to resolve this?

regards,
Max

kaas · 24 May 2016, 16:00

@Dale, turns out its two of my own plugins that have something to do with this as well although, if I de-install ProfileBuilder the warnings are gone.

I have two plugins that use:
require 'win32API'
require 'FileUtils'

I was under the impression that using 'require' would prevent these kind of issues. Am I mistaken here?
You are using the same in PB?

rv1974 · 25 May 2016, 08:18

Whaat, thank you for help\clarifications. At least I'm glad I use the plugin effectively and hope for PB improvements in future. I this particular case if I'm not mistaken the current BP doesn't let me 'infill only' and 'infill special every approx n cm' components.
And of course even not being 100% polished PB saves me tons of time for sure!

Whaat · 25 May 2016, 14:13

@kaas said:

@Dale, turns out its two of my own plugins that have something to do with this as well although, if I de-install ProfileBuilder the warnings are gone.

I have two plugins that use:
require 'win32API'
require 'FileUtils'

I was under the impression that using 'require' would prevent these kind of issues. Am I mistaken here?
You are using the same in PB?

That is very strange because I do not 'require' those libraries for PB2.

Perhaps when you have PB2 installed, it changes the timing or sequence of your plugins being loaded which results in the error being displayed. I am guessing one of your plugins has set the following:

Sketchup.debug_mode = true

Try searching your plugins for this expression. If you find it, change it to 'false' and see if that solves your problem.

kaas · 25 May 2016, 15:45

Very strange indeed.

I did find the 'debug_mode=' in 1 of my plugins and changed it to false. Also unloaded tt_solidinspector2 that was reported using that argument.

Still the same errors appear. I might do a fresh re-install of all the plugins in the near future.
thanks for looking into this.

juju · 12 Jul 2016, 07:59

Has there been an update to PB2.1? I see it is to the top of the list when i go to EW and organize plugins by "most recent", however it doesn't show in My Extensions as needing to be updated?

Whaat · 12 Jul 2016, 14:41

@juju said:

Has there been an update to PB2.1? I see it is to the top of the list when i go to EW and organize plugins by "most recent", however it doesn't show in My Extensions as needing to be updated?

Hi juju,

If you have 2.1 already, there is no need to update at this time. The EW probably shows it as most recent because I made a change to the EW page.

rv1974 · 3 Aug 2016, 09:28

Hm.. Sometimes I can't scale entities created with PB2

kkkl.skp

Whaat · 9 Aug 2016, 14:11

@rv1974 said:

Hm.. Sometimes I can't scale entities created with PB2

PB2 actually disables scaling Profile entities that were created with PB2.

Because PB2 is a parametric tool, users are encouraged to use the parametric features of PB2 to change the dimensions of the entity rather than the scale tool. When the scale tool is used, things can get messed up, especially in quantity reports.

mwm5053 · 14 Feb 2017, 14:58

Dale this plugin is great, I've used the original PB for years but the ability to create my own profiles and the assembly builder really made this chain possible.
Well with the money
Thanks
Walt

Whaat · 14 Feb 2017, 17:39

@mwm5053 said:

Dale this plugin is great, I've used the original PB for years but the ability to create my own profiles and the assembly builder really made this chain possible.
Well with the money
Thanks
Walt

Wow, thanks Walt! That is so great to hear!

Would you be interested in copy / pasting your post into a review at the EW page?
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/profile-builder-2

Cheers,
Dale

mwm5053 · 14 Feb 2017, 18:33

Done for sure

Whaat · 14 Feb 2017, 18:49

@mwm5053 said:

Done for sure

Thanks so much!

rv1974 · 30 Jun 2017, 08:46

Whaat is it possible to add 'triangulate all' existing profiles? or at least 'triangulate on creation' option? Zillions of unique materials is a HUGEheadache when exporting to Max.
P.S. Please check possibility of

multiple unconnected curves as single path
faster path (ideally context ignoring single click )finding. Now it's too much clicking.

Whaat · 30 Jun 2017, 19:34

@rv1974 said:

Whaat is it possible to add 'triangulate all' existing profiles? or at least 'triangulate on creation' option? Zillions of unique materials is a HUGEheadache when exporting to Max.
P.S. Please check possibility of

multiple unconnected curves as single path

faster path (ideally context ignoring single click )finding. Now it's too much clicking.

SketchUV has a triangulate feature (using right-click context menu) that should do the trick.

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rv1974 · 1 Jul 2017, 04:40

Of course. But if you have hundreds profiles nested here and there its hard to find each of them, enter it individually, select face, and only then triangulate.
Thats why some kind of 'triangulate on creation' is so welcomed.