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    • P Offline
      PRSS
      last edited by

      Hello everybody!

      I just installed this Protrude ruby. I do get the dialog. But when I select a face and aplly
      "divide" nothing happens. When I press "protrude" also nothing happens. I am using SU 6 Free.

      I downloaded the older version of ruby without the option of this "divide" from Crai Library.
      This works fine. But not the new one from SketchUP Plugins download. I did delete the previous
      ruby and the previous folder before copying the new ruby. Nothing works.

      Help will be greatly appreciated.

      Thanks in advance
      With best regards
      PRSS

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      • P Offline
        PRSS
        last edited by

        Sorry!!

        The 'progressbar.rb" was not there in my plugins folder.
        It is working fine now after I copied it.

        With best regards
        PRSS

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        • J Offline
          Jim
          last edited by

          PRSS, would you open the Ruby Console and try running the plugin? Then copy and paste the output, and PM or email it to me. Also, Mac or PC?

          Thank you.

          @sepo said:

          Really nice plugin Jim. Thanks....

          I'm glad you like it. It's sort of fun to play with.

          @cadfather said:

          doesn't like curves, domes etc. no cutting on some faces in this shape

          Yes, faces need to be rectangles. I plan on making it divide almost any face in the future. And since domes and curves are made of polygons that are not rectangles, they can be offset and protruded but not divided.

          @petruscaleus said:

          Right now you can only taper the extrusion up to 99%,

          This was a design decision - designed to make things easy on me! I use the scale function to scale the new protruded face, and so I don't think it can eliminate the top face altogether. I would need to rewrite that part of the plugin, so maybe in the future.

          @prss said:

          The 'progressbar.rb" was not there in my plugins folder.

          And you need ProgressBar.rb from smustard.com.

          I have a number of ideas for the plugin. If you open the ui.html file, you can see some of them (commented out.)

          Anyone on a Mac able to use this?

          Hi

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          • J Offline
            Jim
            last edited by

            Also, here's a few examples of things I did while testing this plugin:

            http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?uname=jim.foltz&isOwner=true&tags=greeble#

            Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

            favicon

            (sketchup.google.com)

            Hi

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            • CadFatherC Offline
              CadFather
              last edited by

              @petruscaleus said:

              CadFather, as the name of the function "Divide Rectangles" implies, it only works with rectangles ^^

              👊 😆

              got it now Jim - an update to divide any face would make it into a supertool
              not that it isn't already! 😄

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              • P Offline
                PRSS
                last edited by

                Thank you Jim, it is now working fine. Thanks again for the wonderful things you give
                to SU lovers.

                With best regards
                PRSS

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                • K Offline
                  kwistenbiebel
                  last edited by

                  I needed to reinstall the Protrude ruby from Jims blog site.
                  Unfortunately the 'divide rectangle' function is not present anymore.
                  Don't know why that is, but would someone be so kind to upload the version of this plugin that includes the divide function here?

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                    Jim
                    last edited by

                    @kwistenbiebel said:

                    I needed to reinstall the Protrude ruby from Jims blog site.
                    Unfortunately the 'divide rectangle' function is not present anymore.
                    Don't know why that is, but would someone be so kind to upload the version of this plugin that includes the divide function here?

                    Huh? It's still there, or at least is on my version which is the same as the most recent release. Have a screenshot?

                    Hi

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                    • K Offline
                      kwistenbiebel
                      last edited by

                      Funny 😄

                      Here is the screenshot. As you can see, no divide rectangles option there:


                      protrude.jpg

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                      • K Offline
                        kwistenbiebel
                        last edited by

                        Problem solved: There was a problem with overwriting a former protrude version.
                        Sorry for the confusion, the plugin now works just as it should.

                        Thanks again,Jim, for this plugin. It is a gem!

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                        • olisheaO Offline
                          olishea
                          last edited by

                          Hi there.

                          I installed both the protrude.rb and progressbar.rb but when i select a face and then divide, nothing happens.

                          no warnings or errors, the model just stays the same.

                          I have attached a picture of where I placed the rb file. I also copied the protrude folder into my plugins (not sure if this is where it should be!!)


                          Picture 2.png

                          oli

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Zorro + Protrude = super fun result in a second! 😎 👍 ☀


                            protube.jpg

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              😉prot.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • J Offline
                                Jim
                                last edited by

                                @olishea said:

                                Hi there.

                                I installed both the protrude.rb and progressbar.rb but when i select a face and then divide, nothing happens.

                                no warnings or errors, the model just stays the same.

                                I have attached a picture of where I placed the rb file. I also copied the protrude folder into my plugins (not sure if this is where it should be!!)

                                Hi olishea, welcome to the forums.

                                I do believe this is a Mac problem, and I may be able to find a fix when there is more time. I don't have a Mac to test and it's hard to debug without one.

                                Hi

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                                • olisheaO Offline
                                  olishea
                                  last edited by

                                  thanks jim im keen to give it a go!!

                                  oli

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                                  • broomstickB Offline
                                    broomstick
                                    last edited by

                                    Hoping a working mac version is on the way. This is one nifty little plugin!!

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                                    • B Offline
                                      bugmcw
                                      last edited by

                                      any news on mac-ready version!? i wanna play with it!!!

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                                      • J Offline
                                        Jim
                                        last edited by

                                        Would some kind and generous Mac user be able to test this version for me? 😄

                                        Unzip and replace all previous protrude files and folders in your Plugins directory.

                                        Thanks

                                        edit -
                                        Ok, thanks BTM. This is a new file.

                                        Hi

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                                        • B Offline
                                          BTM
                                          last edited by

                                          Error Loading File protrude.rb
                                          no such file to load -- jf_menu

                                          when I take off the require 'jf_menu', the web dialog that appears when used is white and blank.

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                                          • olisheaO Offline
                                            olishea
                                            last edited by

                                            hi jim,

                                            the protrude window pops up now with no warning messages.....but.....it doesn't work.

                                            I take it you have to select a face then divide then protrude....but when I click divide nothings happens, I have tried entering different values too (and reversing faces)

                                            oli

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