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    • V Offline
      vizier
      last edited by

      Ok so I was using protrude fine for a bit then all of a sudden it started protruding things the wrong way. It makes the boxes protrude down through the ground instead of up toward the sky. I tried to fix it by putting in negative values into the dialog box but that didnt work either.

      I really need help on this because I based my entire city mapping project with the intent of using protrude. Thanks in advance.

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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by

        is it possible to move the entire model upwards to get it so its not sitting on the ground? That might help.

        Chris

        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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        • J Offline
          Jim
          last edited by

          Negative values don't work? What kind of hack wrote the thing, geez.

          There is no reason I can think of not to support negative values. I do know it protrudes in the direction of the face normal - that is, the "front" direction. Make sure your faces are "right-side-up." I will go check on the negative thing.

          Hi

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          • V Offline
            vizier
            last edited by

            I eventried flipping the whole model upside down...and the darn thing still protrudes the wrong way...

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            • J Offline
              Jim
              last edited by

              Would it be possible to upload a minimal model showing what you mean? It would help me understand.

              Hi

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              • V Offline
                vizier
                last edited by

                Here is a mini file. I cut it out of the big file and tested protruding it in a brand new file. It still goes upside down BUT it actually works properly instead of truncating the buildings like before. SO i was able to cut and paste it back into the main file as a workaround.

                Still id like to know why it does into the ground...?

                http://www.wiijii.com/vizier50/test.skp

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                • J Offline
                  Jim
                  last edited by

                  Here is an updated protrude.rbs. Please put it in your Plugins/protrude/ folder and see if it doesn't help.

                  http://jim.foltz.googlepages.com/protrude.rbs

                  Hi

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    Jim that one is not doing anything at for me now. I get no protruding and this error:

                    Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `protrude(nil)' for #<ProtrudeDialog;0x81e49d8>>
                    (eval);84;in `send'
                    (eval);84;in `initialize'
                    (eval);74;in `call'
                    

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

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                    • J Offline
                      Jim
                      last edited by

                      Weirdness. It works fine here...

                      Hi

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                      • V Offline
                        vizier
                        last edited by

                        Does the color of the faces you select to protrude tell it what direction to go maybe?

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          Attempting to divide also gives this error:

                          Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `divideFaces()' for #<ProtrudeDialog;0x8247c78>>
                          (eval);84;in `send'
                          (eval);84;in `initialize'
                          (eval);74;in `call'
                          

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

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                          • J Offline
                            Jim
                            last edited by

                            Chris, did you put the file in the Plugins folder or the Plugins/protude folder? (It goes in Plugins/protrude/)

                            Hi

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                            • Chris FullmerC Offline
                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              Yup, I put it in plugins/protrude and it overwrote the existing file.

                              The version of protrude I have is the one that is currently posted on your blog. Are you working with one that you had tweaked by chance?

                              Chris

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

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                              • J Offline
                                Jim
                                last edited by

                                I moved all of my development files out of Plugins yesterday. With the exception of the updated file, it is the same os the online version. But here it is again just in case.


                                protrude.zip

                                Hi

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