[Plugin] Roof.rb

facer · 25 Jan 2017, 10:06

SketchUp 2016 W10 32 bit

I get the same error message in SketchUp 2016 Roof v4.0

Tried also for version Roof v3.7 and got the same error message

TIG · 25 Jan 2017, 17:24

This limitation is set out in the Help...

Your selected flat face cannot be at z=0 [i.e. on the ground].

Also it's best if the seed-face is looking upwards !

Yours is facing down AND at z=0

Try again, avoiding those limitations, i.e move the face up off the ground and reverse it so it's upwards... and it should then work [unless of course your face has such a complicated outline that it is just not possible to add a single-pitch hipped roof over it... but that's another issue]...

Dave R · 25 Jan 2017, 18:29

It works as expected for me. Thanks TIG!

seasdes · 25 Jan 2017, 23:07

Thanks so much TIG.
I assume that the help file for V3 is still current

TIG · 26 Jan 2017, 12:50

The change was to make it compatible with v2017.
Its usage is unchanged...

tspco · 27 Jan 2017, 03:26

Tonight I saw an update for Tig's Roof plugin, I installed it, and it worked a couple of times. then I get this, Maybe I did something wrong, I don't know for sure.

TIG · 27 Jan 2017, 13:27

This is a known limitation.
Please read the recent posts...
The seed-face used for a hipped roof must NOT be at z=0 [when do you see a roof on the ground ?], and it should also be oriented to face upwards.
Your test examples seem to involve a rectangle drawn directly onto the ground and it is facing downwards too !
Extrude that face upwards into a 'box', select its top face, and now a hipped roof should form OK...

tspco · 28 Jan 2017, 02:41

That makes sense, when I mentioned it worked, I was in another project and drew the roof on the floor (above 0Z) of that model, just experimenting with the update.

tylovset · 28 Jan 2017, 11:53

TIG,

I made a shape where I can create a Mansard roof, but it says it cannot make a Hipped roof.
I mention this because the algorithms seems similar. In fact, I can set "Height of Lower Roof" to only 1cm and it looks like a regular Hipped Roof. However, setting the height to 0 fails like Hipped roof.

Could it be a bug? Here's the file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnwI6G-MJcza1X_aCfVxdSqVB69t

TIG · 28 Jan 2017, 13:31

The code for both roof-types is very similar, so I can't see why the hipped one fails.
However, it was easily fixed: I deleted the top face and drew over a single edge, so that SketchUp added back the face - as explained in the error-message sometimes a face's edge-order/loop-direction becomes confused in the SKP's data-base.
That replacement face then made a hipped roof without any difficulty...

mariocha · 19 Dec 2017, 01:15

Anyone else having this bug with Gable Roof when using ^Height ?

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodlength' for nil:NilClass>
C:/Users/---------/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/Roof.rb:1725:in dialog_gable' C:/Users---------/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/Roof.rb:2376:in gable'
C:/Users/--------/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/Roof.rb:3919:in onLButtonDown'

TIG · 19 Dec 2017, 12:47

~~Have you tried ^55" ?~~
EDIT: Forget that.
It's nothing to do with it per se, although it only manifests itself using ^Height...
There's a weird typo in the gable making code which I need to resolve...
Watch this space...

TIG · 19 Dec 2017, 13:13

Here's v5.0 https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Roof It fixes a typo in the Gable by ^Height code which caused a failure.
this was a long standing typo, which has taken several years to find and be reported on !

The code is also re-signed for v2018 compatibility...

Ahmed0007 · 19 Dec 2017, 17:17

Please Update Follow me & Rotate

TIG · 19 Dec 2017, 18:52

@ahmed0007 said:

Please Update Follow me & Rotate
This is not the correct thread to post this request.
This FaR tool has its own thread[s].
Although I have helped resolve some issues with FaR ver the years, it is NOT my code and is copyrighted and encrypted by its author.
So nag him - not me !

mariocha · 27 Dec 2017, 15:08

A localizable version named Roof-LH.rbz is now available. (LanguageHandler)
French strings included.
Please note that this is not a full version since 'Layers & materials' options have been removed from it.
Available on http://www.formation-sketchup.quebec

if requested I can also load it in the PluginStore.
Happy new year all.

archarles · 22 May 2018, 23:46

Hi dear author, I tried the 'pick-three-point' to create a gable roof, but after the last click there is no menu come out. Do you have any suggestion. BTW, only 'select from face' options are still workable.
Cheers.
Charles.

TIG · 23 May 2018, 09:40

The 3 points must all be in a horizontal plane [say the top of walls?]
1 & 2 defining the width of the gable triangle and then 3 sets the length of the eaves...
If you run it with the Ruby Console do you see any error messages ?

bisnisbali · 23 Mar 2019, 11:47

please update for sketcup 2018, thanks

TIG · 24 Mar 2019, 18:29

It works fine in v2018 and in v2019.
It's already fully signed and compatible with all current SketchUp versions.
A few posts back [at the end of 2017] I posted to say v5.0 was now compatible with v2018 !
I just hadn't updated details on its main page...
Now done.