[Plugin] fixSolid v1.7 - updated 20/10/2012

[TIG]

Guy
I have merged this with the earlier version made under your old login.
I'll now try to re-construe the pages etc to match...
Done.
All your earlier posts in this thread, under your previous login, have been reassigned to belong to you [GWD] - so you can now edit those too...

[pbacot]

@tig said:

If you select one instance of a component or a group... then Entity Info will say 'Solid Group' etc in the top bar, but only IF it's a 'solid' - otherwise it says plain 'Group' etc...
In code the method is object.manifold?

OK. I was unaware this option existed in the free version. I'll ask my friend to describe what he is seeing....

[zerobmeister]

if i run fixsolid on on object, and it tells me "SOLID FIXED!", does this mean that it is watertight/ manifold and can be 3d printed if I export to STL?

[TIG]

See the same answer in the SolidSolver thread

Have some faith

[po ku]

I downloaded fixSolid_v1.7.rbz and it showed up in my Sketchup Extension Manager as Enabled but Unsigned.

I couldn't find any icons on my Sketchup screen. So I could not start using the extension.

Can you tell me how I can use this extension?

[TIG]

An extension that is not 'signed' will probably still work.
Reset your Extension Manager's Loading Policy to 'Unrestricted' and restart SketchUp...
Many older extensions have not been updated as SketchUp versions evolved - however many older ones still work...
Provided that you only install RBZs from reputable sites like SketchUcation's PluginStore, EWH or respected authors' own sites there is no problem in loading older unsigned or sign-expired plugins...

Its usage notes in its 'more-info' link explain how it works... context-menu run NOT via the main menus or by toolbar...

@unknownuser said:

Usage:

1. Select solid
2. Right-Click Context-Menu. If the solid is broken the option 'FIX SOLID' is present. If the option isn't present there are no problems with the solid.
3. Select 'Fix Solid'
4. You can set two options:

• Risky fix: if you choose a risky fix it's possible that a part of the solid will be deleted. This action can be undone with the normal SU undo function. The risky fix try to fix all problems, the normal fix only fixes problems with no risk.
• Fix coplanar faces: If you choose no, the edges between coplanar will not be removed.

Please note that there several newer and improved tools like this [it is over a decade old !].
Consider looking in the PluginStore for thomthom's SolidInspector² and Anton's ams_Fixit... [which can fix other things too]