[Plugin] Lines to tubes

keea1111

HI,

I am trying to install lines2tubes and/or pipe along path for Sketch up 2014, and not able to get it in my plugin's menu. Could someone help me figure this out. much thanks, Keea

TIG

How are you trying to install it ?

My PipeAlongPath is v2014 compatible and will install OK from the PluginsStore dialog's AutoInstall or when downloaded and installed from the equivalent rbz from the PluginStore pages...

The v2014 compatibility of Lines2Tubes has been discussed in this and other threads.
There might be a 'compatible version' if you do a little searching...
A simple tweak might even fix it... pending the author getting his proverbial out of his proverbial
See earlier posts in this thread

finhario

@ckho1985 said:

@tig said:

Didier needs to rework his rb file for v2014 compatibility and republish it...

BUT you can do it temporarily for your own use, even though his script is 'packed'.
Open the file lines2tubes.rb in Notepad, and go to the end:
Change
...}.unpack("m")**.to_s**
to read
...}.unpack("m")**[0]**
Save the changes.
Restart SketchUp.

The script will then load and work in v2014 !

This simple fix can be applied to any of Didier's 'packed' scripts that aren't working in v2014.

These edited scripts will also load and work in earlier SketchUp versions too...

Working in Mac… not sure what to do

i do all the steps but still it's not working please help

TIG

@Mario

What have you done exactly ?

The attached version should work on MAC or PC...
I have tested it on both platforms, and it works fine for me !

Compare it to your own effort ??

Remember that the menu item is under Tools NOT Plugins !

lines2tubes.rb

Refka

@tig said:

What have you done exactly ?

The attached version should work on MAC or PC...
I have tested it on both platforms, and it works fine for me !

Compare it to your own effort ??

Remember that the menu item is under Tools NOT Plugins !

Thanks a lot TIG very useful..

solo

Where is this tool hiding?, it's not in plugins, not on right click and not in tools.

sdmitch

It should be on the Tools menu as "Convert arcs,circles,curves,lines to cylinders".

solo

@sdmitch said:

It should be on the Tools menu as "Convert arcs,circles,curves,lines to cylinders".

That's how it is in SU 2013, but not 2014, strange it's in plugin folder and all but not showing up.

Dave R

Pete, which file did you download? I downloaded Didier's and it didn't work for me but when I downloaded and installed TIG's version and restarted SketchUp, it did. I converted TIG's version to .rbz (which I am attaching) to make it quick to install. I still had to close and restart SU to get it to show in the Tools menu.

lines2tubes2.rbz

solo

@dave r said:

Pete, which file did you download? I downloaded Didier's and it didn't work for me but when I downloaded and installed TIG's version and restarted SketchUp, it did. I converted TIG's version to .rbz (which I am attaching) to make it quick to install. I still had to close and restart SU to get it to show in the Tools menu.

That worked, thanks Dave.

I have a few plugins just like this that did not install in SU 2014, I now have a trick.

shawnyeh

hello,
I got the same situation that can't find lines2tube in tool menu bar in MAC sketchup2014 .
Is there anyone can help me out ?

Thanks.

螢幕快照 2014-08-12 上午11.19.48.png

shawnyeh

Thanks Dave, it works!!

helik

Thank you very much Dave!

chris87

Great plugin !
Thank you !

TIG

Please get the latest v2014/2015 compatible version from the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=lines2tubes

chauhuyphan

Great plugin! Thanks you !

josephkim626

As I am often giving precision 4 to give a rectangular look, im just wondering if there would be a way to rotate the profile 45 degrees. Effectively, having a rectangular tubes.

sdmitch

@josephkim626 said:

As I am often giving precision 4 to give a rectangular look, im just wondering if there would be a way to rotate the profile 45 degrees. Effectively, having a rectangular tubes.

Yes, but this particular plugin is scrambled so only the creator can make that change.

In the mean time, maybe this will help. You can copy and paste into the Ruby Console to try it out.

mod = Sketchup.active_model
ent = mod.active_entities
sel = mod.selection
unless sel.empty?
  vars=UI.inputbox(["Number of Sides;"," Length of a Side;","Angle of Rotation;"],[4,1,45],"Tube Specifications")
  if vars
    n,l,d=vars
    a=180/n
    r=l/Math.sin(a.degrees)/2
    edgs=sel.grep(Sketchup;;Edge)
    edgs.each{|e|
      p,v=e.line
      grp=ent.add_group;ge=grp.entities
      tube=ge.add_ngon(p,v,r,n)
      face=ge.add_face(tube)
      ent.transform_entities(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(p,v,d.degrees),face)
      face.followme e
      grp.explode
    }
  end
else
  UI.messagebox "Select Edges"
end

ntxdave

While I like the plugin and seem some valuable uses, I am having a problem with it.

Here is a screen capture of the problem I am having:
Capture - Pipes 2 Lines problem.png

I tried to be very careful when connecting the three segments (made sure the arch that connected the two straight lines was tangent) but I have many occasions where I will need to draw some pipes with multiple curves.

I will assume I am doing something wrong. I have also attached the skp file (I moved the resulting tube so that the original line can be seen).

Lines2Pipes.skp

driven

@nxtdave,
download tig_weld and weld your 3 lines first...
john