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  • B Offline
    blueman2
    last edited by 6 Feb 2022, 16:46

    Thanks Tig,

    Yes I do have a folder of trimmed images

    I just tried it with a cropped version and still the same result. Am I doing something wrong in the procedure?

    1. Select surface on model to apply to
    2. import png as image
    3. with image selected, run image trimmer
    4. once it stops running, I explode image

    after image trimmer runs

    Image 005.jpg

    after exploding
    Image 004.jpg

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      blueman2
      last edited by 7 Feb 2022, 19:54

      Thanks Tig,

      I think I see where I was making a mistake, I could not find the trimmed files. I expected them to appear where the original image was. When I expanded the view, I saw them sitting off to the side.

      Image 005.png

      However, now I'm having trouble getting this onto the face of the object so that I can push/pull. I did redo this one more time and requested that the component he stood up. That worked well but then could not accurately get it onto the face. Any tips for doing this?

      Thanks again

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      • T Online
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by 8 Feb 2022, 12:16

        If you had told it to make the image-trimmed component stand up it'd be easier to see, and you could then move it into the face, using Move and perhaps Rotate if appropriate.
        Since the edges if the facets in the instance are hidden and you'll be PushPulling later I suggest you edit it and Select All, them use Entity-Info to remove and Hidden attributes...
        Once it's in place explode the instance and it should 'merge' into the surface, letting you PushPull its faces as desired...

        TIG

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          boofredlay
          last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 16:11

          @tig said:

          IMPORTANT NOTICE!

          There has been a lone report of these tools not working - with a '.jar' file 'opening' rather than 'running'!
          Many of these tools use small Java '.jar' executable files that do specific tasks like zip/unzip and image manipulation.

          I have found that I can reproduce this weirdness IF I let a 'zip/unzip' application like AlZip or WinRar 'poach' the '.jar' file-type as one that it will open. If so then when Ruby tries to 'open' a '.jar' file instead of it 'executing' in Java [like it should], it 'opens' in the decompression application...

          The solution = look at your WinRar etc settings and ensure '.jar' is NOT one of its file-types for opening... 😒

          Hi TIG. Hope you are well.
          Sorry for another "it's not working for me" post but that is what this is.

          I installed the plugin through Extensions Manager, saved a new file, imported an image and run the image trimmer script and get the dots at the bottom and then it blips and nothing happens.

          I think I made sure the .jar files open with java like you mention above but I guess I have done something wrong.

          I have attached the SketchUp file I am working with if it helps.

          Thanks for any help.


          MAN0004.skp

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            boofredlay
            last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 16:48

            Hmm. I made sure 7zip and Express Zip File Compression were not associated with .jar files. These are the only zip programs on this machine that I can tell.

            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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              Dave R
              last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 16:57

              I guess I've never looked to see if any zip utilities are associated with them. I guess I should.

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                Dave R
                last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 17:55

                Hi Eric,

                I know I'm not TIG but I tried your file and it trimmed just fine. Actually more quickly than I expected.
                MAN0004.skp

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                • T Online
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 18:05

                  Some decompression apps 'hijack' .jar files and then Java can't open them.
                  Check that none of your compression apps is doing that.
                  Find one of the .jar files and right-click to see what's set to open it...
                  Use Open with... from the context-menu and choose Java and set it to always open .jar files.
                  Of course you also need to Java installed on your computer !
                  Double check for that...

                  TIG

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                    boofredlay
                    last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 18:34

                    Yeah I installed Java prior to posting this and associated .jar with it. Not sure if I did it correctly but you can see the icon next to the .jar files as Java.


                    java.JPG

                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                    • T Online
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 19:31

                      Looks OK, but of course a ZIP app could be hijacking it too ?
                      If you right-click on a .jar file what is listed to 'Open' it ?
                      What is listed for it in 'Open with...' ?

                      TIG

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                        boofredlay
                        last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 20:15

                        It seems to be opening with Java...


                        java2.JPG

                        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                        • T Online
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 22:49

                          Your .jar / Java set up seems fine.
                          Dave R got your image to trim OK - so did I.
                          So something is wrong on your side ??
                          Any Ruby Console error messages ?

                          TIG

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                            boofredlay
                            last edited by 23 Aug 2022, 21:27

                            Sorry for the late reply, super busy lately.

                            This is what I get after I run the script.

                            Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:\Eric Miscellaneous\TrimmedImages\15098587-PcbMIOCd[Edges].dat>
                            C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:277:in readlines' C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:277:in make_edges'
                            C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:201:in process_image' C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:170:in initialize'
                            C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:834:in new' C:/Users/elay/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2022/SketchUp/Plugins/SKMtools/ImageTrimmer.rb:834:in block in <top (required)>'

                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                            • T Online
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by 23 Aug 2022, 22:59

                              Does it make C:\Eric Miscellaneous\TrimmedImages\15098587-PcbMIOCd[Edges].dat but fails to find it, or does it fail to make it ?
                              Not making it at all points to perhaps an issue with the PNG itself [e.g. all pixels have some transparency], but if you use the PNG referred to previously it should be processed OK...

                              Failure to find or make it at all suggests a permissions issue...

                              Have you installed SketchUp properly ?
                              You can fix it and not compromise installed extensions etc, thus...
                              Close SketchUp
                              Find the relevant SketchUp installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder - but you might have moved it...
                              Select the installer's exe file's icon, right-click > context-menu > Install as administrator...
                              In the dialog that will open choose 'Repair'
                              SketchUp is now [re]installed with proper permissions...
                              Restart to see if that helped...

                              Otherwise, check that the folder 'Eric Miscellaneous' has no restrictive permissions set, which could be preventing the ability to write files to it via SketchUp / Java...
                              Try running the SKP from a clearly 'neutral' location - e.g. your 'Desktop'... the subfolder of files needed in the processing is always made with the SKP itself...

                              TIG

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                                boofredlay
                                last edited by 26 Aug 2022, 19:23

                                I did as you directed and still no joy.
                                Oh well. I hate for you to keep messing with this. I will just continue on trimming manually.

                                Thanks for all the help even though we did not get it resolved.

                                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                • T Online
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by 26 Aug 2022, 22:55

                                  If you ever get a clue what's up let me know...
                                  I'm at a loss...

                                  TIG

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                                    blajnov
                                    last edited by 15 Dec 2022, 04:07

                                    @boofredlay said:

                                    It seems to be opening with Java...


                                    2022-12-15_06-48-33.jpg

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                                      Efik_CZme Newcomers
                                      last edited by 5 Feb 2023, 18:57

                                      Hi guys,

                                      same problem here as boofredlay. Trimming doesnt work for me in exactly the same way. I followed the whole quest-line of repair instructions. Also no change and the tool still doesn't work.

                                      I super appreciate the fact, that there is somebody trying to make the tools, that SketchUp team is ignoring. Damn the trimming itself would save hundred hours of work... As boofredlay says..:

                                      "Back to manual trimming."

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                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by 6 Feb 2023, 01:35

                                        @efik_czme said:

                                        same problem here as boofredlay.

                                        Share the image you're trying to trim so we can see if there's something that can be done.

                                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                          Efik_CZme Newcomers
                                          last edited by 6 Feb 2023, 15:14

                                          Dave R:

                                          Wow. Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't expect that.
                                          The whole story, here we go:

                                          • I downloaded the plugin from this website.
                                          • Installed it through the extension manager.
                                          • At first use, I got the message "Open .jar with" so I selected SketchUp... As I didn't know better.
                                          • Through youtube tutorials, I realized I don't have installed java (shameful I know)
                                          • Installed the latest Java version.
                                          • Associated .jar with java.
                                          • Tried again
                                          • Got myself to the point of "Making Edges files"
                                          • Through the process the SketchUp freeze.
                                          • Went through other chats searching for solutions, until I got here and followed the whole TIG/BOOFREDLAY consultation and followed the proposed steps.
                                          • No change. I tried with multiple different .png , Including the simplest black circle. No change.

                                          I attached some explanatory pictures, including the last one. Sorry for the national language in programs (Neodpovídá = Not Responding)


                                          1.jpg


                                          2.jpg


                                          3.jpg


                                          The last PNG I used.


                                          4.jpg


                                          5.jpg

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