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    • G Offline
      GraceAE1
      last edited by

      Not sure if this contains errors but this is the last few lines of my ruby console:

      FreeDXF/SKUI/window.rb:269:in block in add_callback' SketchUp:1:in call'

      It has stopped working for all files. And i did keep with the same settings. I did try it with a lower circle segment geometry setting just to see if that made a difference...but it didn't.

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        Jim
        last edited by

        Actually, it is the top lines that are most important. Sorry for not being clear.

        Hi

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        • G Offline
          GraceAE1
          last edited by

          Ah yes sorry this makes more sense:
          Error: #<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\x81" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1252 to UTF-8>

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            Jim
            last edited by

            @graceae1 said:

            Ah yes sorry this makes more sense:
            Error: #<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\x81" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1252 to UTF-8>

            This error is because I am guessing all DXF files are encoded using Windows-1252 which is not always correct. However, I don't know of a way to guess the encoding of the files in order to read them correctly in Ruby. From what I have found it is not easy.

            If you need a quick fix you can try re-encoding the file in a text editor such as Notepad++ (see just a few posts previous).

            I am interested in having the file so I can check the HEADER section. The HEADER section of DXF files may have the correct encoding. Can you share it here or in a private message?

            Hi

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              gwirth
              last edited by

              Is there any way to get old plugins, specifically 0.57? I have some training material that uses SketchUp 8.0 and OpenStudio to do some energy modeling and the training material uses the FreeDXF 0.57 to import some DXF files.

              I would like to try using the existing training material without having to go through and find out what is different so that I can concentrate on the concepts and not the software.

              I saw that Jim has a site on GitHub but I didn't see any old releases there. I've tried searching all over with Google but I can't find it anywhere.

              Gus Wirth, M.Sc.S.E
              Chief Engineer
              Anchors Aweigh Energy, LLC

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                Jim
                last edited by

                @gwirth said:

                Is there any way to get old plugins, specifically 0.57? I have some training material that

                Hi Gus,

                You will need to wait until this afternoon but I can send you a version that works in SketchUp 8.

                Hi

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                  Jim
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                  Gus - check your messages.

                  Hi

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                    juju
                    last edited by

                    Jim, would your importer be written in C/C++ by any chance? If so, how much of a stretch would it be to get it to work in LO?

                    Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                      Jim
                      last edited by

                      @juju said:

                      Jim, would your importer be written in C/C++ by any chance? If so, how much of a stretch would it be to get it to work in LO?

                      Well, it would be a huge stretch as FreeDXF is a Ruby extension. I don't have plans to re-write it as a C/C++ extension.

                      Hi

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                        gwirth
                        last edited by

                        I did some more digging around and finally found the FreeDFX-v0.57 plugin that I was looking for that works with my training materials. Is there somewhere I can upload it to so that others can find it as well?

                        Smooth Sailing,

                        Gus

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                          Jim
                          last edited by

                          @gwirth said:

                          I did some more digging around and finally found the FreeDFX-v0.57 plugin that I was looking for that works with my training materials. Is there somewhere I can upload it to so that others can find it as well?

                          Smooth Sailing,

                          Gus

                          You can just attach it to a reply here on this topic.

                          Hi

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                            gwirth
                            last edited by

                            Here is the FreeDXF-0.57 plugin for use with SketchUp 8.0 It is needed to go with the training materials for the California Energy Commission (CEC) CBECC-Com energy modeling software using the OpenStudio plugin for SketchUp.

                            Gus


                            For use with SketchUp 8.0

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                              Aurust
                              last edited by

                              I'm having an issue getting this to work on a DXF file saved as 2010 version. I get this error in the Ruby console when I try to import:

                              Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method empty?' for nil:NilClass> C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:1014:in draw_mtext'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:390:in draw' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:286:in block in import'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:271:in each' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:271:in import'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:236:in do_import' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/freedxf.rb:136:in block in do_options'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/events.rb:82:in call' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/events.rb:82:in block in trigger_event'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/events.rb:78:in each' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/events.rb:78:in trigger_event'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/window.rb:357:in event_control_callback' C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/window.rb:311:in callback_handler'
                              C:/Users/TEMP.AAP.000/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/jf-FreeDXF/SKUI/window.rb:269:in block in add_callback' SketchUp:1:in call'

                              Any ideas what is going on?

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Until Jim fixes it...
                                I suspect you have a piece of Mtext in the DXF which is flaky.
                                Currently the code checks if its 'sting' is empty before continuing, but it doesn't check if it exists !
                                Edit the file using Notepad++ [TextWrangler on MAC].
                                Find line 1014 and edit it as follows...
                                return if txt.empty?
                                should become...
                                return if txt.nil?; return if txt.empty?

                                There might be other instances of this in the code ?
                                You can search for the other three uses of .empty? and ensure that before each test the existence of the relevant reference with .nil? is invoked. One is already trapped with a return, the next one needs a similar line adding as a fix. The line reading next if l.empty? needs a preceding **next** if l.nil? as that is inside a 'block' rather than in a 'method' and so it should not have a return.

                                TIG

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                                  ronjohnson936
                                  last edited by

                                  I tried to import a .dxf file saved from Inkscape as an Autocad DXF R14 format and nothing happens.

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                                    TomDAYarch
                                    last edited by

                                    When I install the plugin and reopen SkUp (2017), I have an error message appear, telling me:

                                    Error Loading File C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb
                                    Error: #<SyntaxError: C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:658: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting keyword_then or ',' or ';' or '\n'
                                    when 1: v = [0 , -h]

                                                   ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:659: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 2: v = [-w/2.0, -h]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:660: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 3: v = [-w , -h]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:661: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 4: v = [0 , -h/2.0]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:662: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 5: v = [-w/2.0, -h/2.0]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:663: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 6: v = [-w , -h/2.0]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:664: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 7: v = [0 , 0]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:665: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end
                                    when 8: v = [-w/2.0, 0]

                                                ^
                                    

                                    C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/freedxf.rb:666: syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting keyword_end

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Jim decided to no longer support it, and it's no longer available from the PluginStore.

                                      As it's an RB file you can edit it using a plain-text editor like Notepad++.
                                      C:/Users/Resource/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/freedxf/**freedxf.rb**
                                      Do this only for yourself, because posting or distributing an altered version might infringe the author's copyright?

                                      The allowable syntax in ' case' structures changed with newer Ruby versions...
                                      Find the lines throwing the error, they seem to start around line #658 - e.g.
                                      when 1**:** v = [0 , -h]
                                      and replace the : (colon) with a ; (semicolon) so it becomes:
                                      when 1**;** v = [0 , -h]

                                      Repeat this editing for all of the other when lines which include the troublesome **:**

                                      Save the changed RB file and restart SketchUp...
                                      See if the error has be sidestepped...

                                      If not. then report the next set of error-messages !

                                      TIG

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                                        Einstein
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi!
                                        My friend has a problem with this plugin. Installed properly, using SketchUp 17 on Win10. She can choose a file to import but when she clicks Import in the plugin window, nothing happens. We tried to export an AutoCAD file into a few kinds of DXF but none of them worked. What could it be?

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                                          sumitbhowmick84
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello Jim,

                                          Off lately your link to download this plugin doesn't work, there must be some issue here. cause when I search for the same it shows no result in the store. Now I am at a dead end with my work.

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