[Plugin] Extrude Edges by Rails

Rich O Brien

Hi Rocky,

Works perfect for me? Here's a snapshot of my plugin folder if you wanna see how it compares to yours?

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Maybe something will standout?

xrok1

mines bigger thanks for the post. i don't see anything unusual.

xrok1

hmmm! i just tried it on an old install of su6 and su7 worked fine in both. must be another plugin in my current su install screwing with it! any ideas tig?

TIG

There shouldn't be any clashes - everything should be 'self-contained'...
I have every plugin known to man, and then some more, so if anyone were to get a clash it'd be me
Have you tried Model Info > Statistics > Fix Problems...
Or try selecting the rail/profile curve and the using edit > cut and paste-in-place - this sometimes reforms the curve if there's glitch in the model's database - do all four in turn.
Another possible fix is to explode and immediately re-weld the curves in turn, and another fix is to group the curve, edit > copy, erase the original group, then paste-in-place and explode the replacement group back into its curve.
Sometimes curves vertices get muddled and the algorithms in the scripts fail to order them no matter how hard they try, etc...
Perhaps post the problem skp and let us all have ago too ?

xrok1

i could post the file but this is how simple it is. draw three arcs, pick profile rail rail same profile again, then i get all the message boxes but no result!

pilou

have you try with a previus version of the plug?
I have not yet the last version (no color of curves picked)
and that works fine

xrok1

@unknownuser said:

have you try with a previus version of the plug?
I have not yet the last version (no color of curves picked)
and that works fine

yes its never worked for me and like i said it does work with other installs of SU i have in oldProgramFiles folder left over from when i upgraded to win7.

Rich O Brien

As a matter of interest, did you try it in XP compatability mode? Doubt it'll make any difference as it runs on my Win7 perfectly ok!

But worth a shot to see if its Windows related?

I had similar issue with 'Screw' ruby and Pilou's 'Fragmentation' plugin. Constant Bugsplat anytime i ran them. Ended up backing up 'Plugins' folder and reinstalling SU7.1. Worked fine after that? Don't know why and don't care.

Really strange that it lets you complete the whole process but doesn't give any resulting geometry.

xrok1

can't see it being a windows issue because
@unknownuser said:

it does work with other installs of SU i have in oldProgramFiles folder left over from when i upgraded to win7.
but i tried the compatibility thing anyway... no luck!

xrok1

grasping at straws here but i wonder if its not debabilizer? are there any other plugs that use this so i could check if they work?

TIG

The deBabelizer script is used by some other tools BUT I can't see how that'd mess up...

Do I understand correctly ? It doesn't make a mesh even when using the sample skp ?
Weird...
Have you tried downloading the whole zip file again and overwriting everything in Plugins and ../TIGtools etc ?

Can you publish a sample problem skp too ?

Ultimatez 32

Hi TIG,

I have the same problem with rocky, I'm still using the old version, haven't updated yet. It works though when the first v2 came out, but then never work for me. Here's an video showing it: http://www.screencast.com/users/ultimatezod/folders/Jing/media/12a5229d-30a5-4b24-9b91-7a4220682320

ultimatez

Ultimatez 32

Hi TIG,

Here's what the ruby console says if I click one of the message boxes 'Yes'

ultimatez

TIG

This is an even deeper mystery... the error reports that 'Line 871' refers to something that was previously deleted - That line is actually a commented out line [###] within a 'model.start_operation' test for the 'erase_coplanar_edges' sub-section ??? Have you edited the file ? There was a glitch with original curve deletion in some tools etc, but that was fixed a while ago in a re-release of all of the tools.
Here's the latest EEbyRails ruby file - extrudeEdgesByRails.rb - replace the one in Plugins [temporarily] and see what happens...
Can I suggest that you get the full current zipped set here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
and reinstall everything, overwriting all existing files/sub-folders when prompted...
Can you publish the skp that has the problem, or is it a pandemic !

Ultimatez 32

Hi TIG,

It still doesn't work when I downloaded the entire zip file again, here's the ruby code message when I click yes on the first message box and also the skp file attached.

eebr_bug.skp

ultimatez

ken

TIG

I see this person has Vista. I know that I had a problem with Vista also. For some reason, there is another directory that will store plugins, and so as you install other newer updates, they go into this other directory, Program Data, and so the plugin in Sketchup's plugin directory does not get updated.

Note, sorry I can't be more clear, I just know that I found some of my missing plugin in this other directory, Program Data and not in the Program file directory.

Ken

Ultimatez 32

Hi Ken,

I checked my program data and it does not include a sketchup plugin directory.

ultimatez

TIG

Good point.
Seems it's an 'install' rather than a tool problem...
There's nothing wrong with the SKP - as the attached image shows it EEbyRails meshed in a second!
With Vista you have to do stuff as an Administrator and if you try to write files to a folder within a folder in Programs Files it often appears to do it but puts it into a side 'Compatibility' files folder set up. It's a pain - it does it without telling you !
I suspect that you have some out of date files that aren't getting updated although it looks like they are...
You can change the access rights to the Plugins folder as an Admin under Properties - then it might work OK
To force it extract the zip files into a folder on your Desktop.
Open the .../Sketchup 7/Plugins/ folder.
Then open the folder you just made on your Desktop.
Select everything in that folder including the sub-folder[s] and drag and drop the lot into Plugins.
You might be asked if you want to do it as an administrator [say Yes], you will be asked if you want to merge folders and overwrite files say Yes to everything, ticking the box to do NNN similar...
NOW you should have a 'pure' installation.
Try opening SUp again and using EEbyRails again...

xrok1

TIG, i ran the new file you uploaded and no change. i get the exact same error message as ultimate. i don't think its an install thing cause like i said its works on 2 old installs on the same computer and i always use the admin accout to log in to my computer.

TIG

Have you tried the clean install and ensured that there are no 'compatibility file' issues ?
It's the folder permissions for Sketchup../Plugins/ that's the possible problem...
If 'no one' is allowed to write to the folder Vista files things away in a parallel compatibility folder that you can then move stuff from, BUT it doesn't flippin' tell you what it's done !!! you have to search yourself.
Use Notepad to open the new ruby I posted, from your desktop downloaded copy and also do it with the equivalent file in Plugins... are their contents exactly the same ?