[Plugin] SketchyBevel 0.1(Updated May 11)

utiler

@watkins said:

Dear Majid,

Remember, the input is in inches. Try using a fraction like 0.01 inches.

Regards,
Bob

Have been following this thread for a while, great ruby!!

Is there a chance of the plug-in being converted to metric for those of us on the other side?

cheers,

Jon

@cphillips said:

Oh, That. Yeah Ill fix.

Thanks a lot

CPhillips

May 11 update.
-Fixed hang bug if input box canceled.
-Beveling now works inside of groups and components.
-Bevel amount should now be in the set unit format (meters, cm, feet, etc)
-Somewhat better capping of holes. Still far from perfect. Sometimes it still leaves holes so there is a "Cap Holes" right click option.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/download/file.php?id=9003

remus

Cheers chris, good to see cotinued development

utiler

champion, Chris!!!

erikB

Thanks very much for the input in metric. !!
erikB

mike d

thanks chris

CadFather

fantastic, i used to get some persistent error message at times - end task being the only way out - i'll report if any.. Thank You

now i bevel just about anything..

bubbalove

This may be a dumb question but when I try to download the file I keep getting it in text format... do I just the delete the .txt from the end of it or just put it in the script folder and it knows what to do? Ohh.. and I am using Safari as my internet browser.

remus

You'll need to change the file extension to .rb for it to work. Not sure why its downloading it as a .txt though perhaps some of the more apple savy have an answer?

bubbalove

Figured it out... for some reason Safari downloads it as a txt file for some reason. Worked like a charm in IE even though I don't like using IE. Thanks Remus!

solo

I use safari on my Mac and .rb's save normally, must be a setting.

bubbalove

I looked at my preferences... everything is the way it is supposed to be. Maybe it is because I'm using Safari on Windows or something. Do they automatically save to your desktop or does it give you an option on where you want to save it?

solo

Yup to the desktop unfortunately, I hardly use the Mac so it's no big deal really. every now and again I have to clean it all up as I run out of space on desktop.

REGIS

Hi
with safari 2 it saves on the desktop but with safari 3 and 10.5 it saves where you want and you can check this in safari's preferences
Never tried safari 3 with 10.4

rzadwg

woah, awesome, cheers for this one. its gunna save me a lot of time!

JClements

The bevel to the top surface (red) should be "concave" shouldn't it? PNG image

Sketchy Bevel with v0-1.skp

CPhillips

Its a known bug. I haven't figured out how to detect those faces yet. You can fix it by erasing the face and redrawing it using a clockwise line.

Whaat

@cphillips said:

Its a known bug. I haven't figured out how to detect those faces yet. You can fix it by erasing the face and redrawing it using a clockwise line.

As I was playing around with my own beveling script, I found this method to be useful:

edge.reversed_in?(face)

The EdgeUse class also has some useful methods that may help fix this bug.

Great script, BTW

CPhillips

I'll try that. Thanks Whaat!

BTW. I understand you lost your bevel script in a HD crash. SketchyBevel was almost doomed as well. My Ruby editor crashed (the only time in years of use) taking the only version of the almost finished plugin with it. Nothing was left. I was despondent. But I manage to pull a half digested version of the Ruby code out of a Sketchup core dump. Whew! I would have never had the strength to redo the code without that.