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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @suraj1991 said:

      it dont seem to work on my computer i have scetchup pro 8 ?

      If after checking Gaieus's advice...
      What is the problem [if any] ?
      Does it load without errors.
      Is there a menu item?
      Are there any error-messages when you use it?
      If you try to use it with the Ruby Console open do you get error-messages shown in there ?

      If you give us some more information to help us we can help you help yourself...

      TIG

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      • charly2008C Offline
        charly2008
        last edited by

        Hi All,

        So far the plugin has worked without problems. I like it very much. Today I wanted to try something and the result was as shown in the photos. I do not know what's wrong. The problem is the same in both SKP 7 and 8.

        The problem has solved itself after a restart Sketchup

        Charly


        2011-06-28_190732.jpg


        2011-06-28_190748.jpg


        Untitled5.skp

        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Hi Charly, you've got the start and ends mixed up. The arrow keys will toggle which end of the shape and path are supposed to be where. I would line them up so that starts are on the "left" (if you are looking straight down on the drawing, with the red axis going out to the right). So try pressing the up and down and left and right arrow keys until you get both "starts" to be to the left and the "ends" to be to the right. Then hit enter.

          Chris

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • D Offline
            d12dozr
            last edited by

            It also looks like there is weird smoothing in Charly's original bar that may be messing it up.

            This plugin is sooo useful, I really wish you had time to develop it further, Chris...I'd even pay for a completed version...whaddya think? 🤓

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              +1

              This thing is killer

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              • charly2008C Offline
                charly2008
                last edited by

                Hi Chris, Marcus, Rich,

                thanks for your quick response. In my experience the reverse of start - end has only the effect that the bended part is within or outside of the curve.

                Charly


                2011-06-29_002752.jpg


                2011-06-29_002852.jpg


                2011-06-29_003249.jpg

                He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                • charly2008C Offline
                  charly2008
                  last edited by

                  Hi All,

                  the error shown above occurs sporadically and over again. If I download the same file again the same error appears. After a restart SketchUp, and with a new model, the faulty behavior is gone. I've uploaded the file. Maybe one of you can open the file again and check whether the error also appears. Thanks in advance.

                  Charly


                  2011-06-29_215620.jpg


                  ShapeBender.skp


                  2011-06-29_222540.jpg

                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    I was getting the same results you show in your first image. How did you get it to work?

                    Etaoin Shrdlu

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @dave r said:

                      How did you get it to work?

                      push the Down arrow
                      ↓

                      dotdotdot

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                      • S Offline
                        SketchUpNoobie
                        last edited by

                        Karlheinz, I've been having the same thing happen to me lately. Tap the down arrow key. That fixes it for me. 😄

                        Chris, out of curiosity, what does the down arrow key do exactly? 😕

                        Edit: I've been beat. Sorry. 😳

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                        SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          I used the Up arrow to change swap ends on the curve. Didn't try the down arrow to swap ends on the straight line. Weird.

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                          • charly2008C Offline
                            charly2008
                            last edited by

                            Hi Dave,

                            I started sketchup again and made a new model then it worked. Strange!

                            Charly

                            He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                            • charly2008C Offline
                              charly2008
                              last edited by

                              With a little imagination you can create some interesting shapes.


                              2011-06-29_232310.jpg

                              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                Reminds me of hook worms. 😄

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                                • charly2008C Offline
                                  charly2008
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,

                                  by ShapeBender


                                  ShapeBender Art1.jpg


                                  ShapeBender Art.jpg

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                                  • V Offline
                                    vidy
                                    last edited by

                                    surely nice try charly 👍

                                    still so much to learn..

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                                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                      Chris Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      What the up and down arrow keys do is reverse the start and end points of the shape and the line. They should always be to the "left" of the model. This is mostly due to my poor programming skills at the time I made this thing, this was afterall my 3rd plugin I'd ever written. When you press the up/down key, you should see the start and end tags flipping places. And when you press the left/right keys, the other start/end tags will flip places. Please align them to the "left" side. If you are looking straight down on the model, with the solid red line going out to the right, then both "start" tags should be on the left of the model. I don't know how to make it more clear unfortunately. Its a little bit of bad programming, and a lot of "the ruby script can't read your mind". It needs to know which end of the shape should match up to which end of the line. Choosing the wring thing will cause the results you are seeing.

                                      The reason it work once the model is closed and re-opened is because SketchUp does not remember the start and end positions of lines in between sessions - once the model is close, SU dumps its memmory of start and end. So often they come in backwards of what they were originally, meaning my script will interperet the start and end differently.

                                      Anyhow, just play with pressing up/down and left/right and get good at making the starts both line up on the "left" side of the model (also known as the more negative x value, if that makes more sense in your head).

                                      Good luck!

                                      Chris

                                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                      All my Plugins I've written

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the explanation Chris. Much appreciated.

                                        FWIW, on my computer, the Up arrow toggles the start and end positions on the curve and the Down Arrow toggles the start and end positions for the straight line. The Left and Right arrows don't do diddly.

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                                        • S Offline
                                          SketchUpNoobie
                                          last edited by

                                          That helps a bunch! Thanks!

                                          @dave r said:

                                          FWIW, on my computer, the Up arrow toggles the start and end positions on the curve and the Down Arrow toggles the start and end positions for the straight line. The Left and Right arrows don't do diddly.

                                          Mine works the same way. 😕

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                                          • charly2008C Offline
                                            charly2008
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,

                                            This opens up many possibilities for jewelry or stucco designs. Who has other ideas.

                                            Charly


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                                            shapes.jpg

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