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    • C Offline
      chalky
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      Tried what you said but no messages in ruby console reported. ❓ ❓

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        I see you are on v7 with Lion.
        I know there were some fixes with v8M2 to address problems with Lion, perhaps that's the issue πŸ˜•
        So... any Lion users out there [with v7/v8] who are getting error free use from this tool ??

        I'm also now wondering if you have one of the problem scripts loading that can affect core class/methods ill-advisedly - these include SketchyPhysics, DrivingDimensions, MatchBox and some 'Solar' tool I cant bring to mind... Although some of these are PC only I think... This tool should workaround potential pitfalls made in its legitimate code by these files, but there might still be a trip-up somewhere. If you have any of these other scripts try to disable them and restart [move the .rb/.rbs files out of the Plugins folder temporarily].
        Does this do anything better ?

        TIG

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          chalky
          last edited by

          Sorry wrong info in profile i'm running v8
          double checked if had those plugs and I don't

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Do you have the latest v8 = v8M2 ?
            This specifically addressed some issues with Lion...

            TIG

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              chalky
              last edited by

              problem solved πŸ˜„

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                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @chalky said:

                problem solved πŸ˜„
                How? WE would like to know πŸ˜•

                TIG

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                  artsnot
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                  I am new to this forum and seem to be experiencing a Sketchup crash every time I try to use section cut face. I am using Sketchup Pro 8 on a MacBook Pro i7 2.0 GHz with 8 MB RAM. I am not sure what the problem is. Has anyone else experience this?

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                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    What MAC OS are you using ?
                    OSX ?

                    TIG

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                      bmike
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                      @artsnot said:

                      I am new to this forum and seem to be experiencing a Sketchup crash every time I try to use section cut face. I am using Sketchup Pro 8 on a MacBook Pro i7 2.0 GHz with 8 MB RAM. I am not sure what the problem is. Has anyone else experience this?

                      Running fine on mine:


                      Screen Shot 2012-04-05 at 1.55.06 PM.png

                      mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                        artsnot
                        last edited by

                        I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          SUFractal has reported a clash/crash with SectionCutFace [and some other scripts] if BIMtools is installed - we suspect that new tool might be inadvertently messing with native class/methods used correctly by other scripts, OR it has faulty observers that are messing with things like group creation...
                          Do any of you experiencing problems have BIMtools installed ?
                          If so, try disabling it and retry/report back...

                          TIG

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                            artsnot
                            last edited by

                            How does one do that? Sorry, I am totally new and have no idea what that means. I appreciate your help.

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
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                              Well... first have you [recently] installed BIMtools?
                              If not don't worry.
                              BUT if you did, then find the file you installed in Plugins - look inside the original 'zip' file to see what these were. There should be 'bim-tools.rb' and its folder of other files that it uses.
                              So disabling 'bim-tools.rb' in Plugins will stop it auto-loading.
                              You can either move that file out of the Plugins folder temporarily so Sketchup doesn't then find it when starting, so it is not auto-loaded; OR you could leave it where it is and rename it 'bim-tools.rb!' - only file-types '.rb' and '.rbs' are auto-loaded.

                              If you restart and try SectionCutFace now does it work...
                              If so we have the culprit...

                              If you want to restore a disabled tool later on, then either move its file[s] back into Plugins, or if you have adopted the other approach, rename the file[s] back as 'xxx.rb' etc...

                              TIG

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                                artsnot
                                last edited by

                                I don't recall having installed anything like that and a spotlight search reveals no files with such name. I've checked my SU folder as well and there doesn't seem to be any such script. Thoughts?

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                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Post a detailed screenshot of your Plugins folder showing what is installed.
                                  Also post the full path to the folder...

                                  TIG

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                                    SUFractal
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    Well... first have you [recently] installed BIMtools?
                                    If not don't worry.
                                    BUT if you did, then find the file you installed in Plugins - look inside the original 'zip' file to see what these were. There should be 'bim-tools.rb' and its folder of other files that it uses.
                                    So disabling 'bim-tools.rb' in Plugins will stop it auto-loading.
                                    You can either move that file out of the Plugins folder temporarily so Sketchup doesn't then find it when starting, so it is not auto-loaded; OR you could leave it where it is and rename it 'bim-tools.rb!' - only file-types '.rb' and '.rbs' are auto-loaded.

                                    If you restart and try SectionCutFace now does it work...
                                    If so we have the culprit...

                                    If you want to restore a disabled tool later on, then either move its file[s] back into Plugins, or if you have adopted the other approach, rename the file[s] back as 'xxx.rb' etc...

                                    Folks ... the correct name of the troublesome script is 'SketchUpBIM'.

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                                      artsnot
                                      last edited by

                                      Here you go.


                                      Screen shot 2012-04-05 at 2.57.29 PM.jpg

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                                        artsnot
                                        last edited by

                                        Could my problem have to do with using Podium for Sketchup? When I try using Zorro to cut my model it also crashes immediately.

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          You have very few scripts auto-loading from Plugins...
                                          You could try disabling both Zorro and Podium temporarily - add a ! onto the end of the file extension to prevent it auto-loading on a restart of Sketchup.
                                          Later on you can remove it back to .rb/.rbs as appropriate, so it enabled again.
                                          It's strange that you and a few more now and again have issues as it's been around for ages without problems...

                                          Open Window > Ruby Console when running the SectionCutFace and see if there are any error messages when it fails.

                                          Also in the Console type $LOAD_PATH [exactly as here] and there should be a list of the folders Plugins [for 'your' scripts] and Tools [for Google's scripts]; are there any other folders listed there that contain .rb/.rbs files ?

                                          Can you post the SKP that has the issue so we can text it.

                                          Can you also ZIP the actual script [.rb] and PM it to me so I can check it hasn't somehow become corrupted during your install... by ZIPping it it'll preserve its contents best...

                                          TIG

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                                            danylight
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                                            why is sketchup closing when I use the section cut face ?? does anyone experience the same issue ? I used to work with this great plugin, I reinstalled sketchup ( same version as before, 8.0.3161 ) and now it doesn't work anymore...

                                            I work with OS X 10.6

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