[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set

Jim

Hi TIG,

Shouldn't there be a Toolbar? I don't see it. I have all the EEb Tools in the Plugins menu, but no Extrusion* in Toolbars.

TIG

There should be a file in ../Plugins/ #extrusionToolbar.rb makes the Toolbar/Sub-Menu.
It starts with a '#' so it loads first - it then checks to see if any of the possible EEby...rb files exist and if so it adds the 'Extrusion Tools' toolbar referenced as ' $extrusionToolbar' and an 'Extrusion Tools' submenu referenced as ' $extrusionToolsSubmenu'. As each of the EEby...rb files loads it checks for these $ references and if they don't exist then there is no toolbar/button and the tool's menu item is added direct to Plugins-menu rather than into a subfolder...
Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??
Note that the EEby... tools also 'require' deBabelizer.rb ?

Jim

@tig said:

Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??

Ah, I renamed it without the #. Guess I can't do that.

TIG

@jim said:

@tig said:

Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??

Ah, I renamed it without the #. Guess I can't do that.
NO! It needs to load before the other tools so they find the toolbar/submenu ready-made...
The existence of the EEby...rb tools are checked by it 'by name' so renaming all of those would also stop the toolbar/submenu getting created...
Its filename doesn't have to start with a #, it just needs to list somewhere before the other tools in alphanumeric order... I use a leading # on the name of for my tools if I want it to load early - like the '#HolePunchTool.rb', as I want its items high up on the context-menu listings...

Jim

And I use C:\Plugins rather than the default so I can share plugins between versions. EEbX isn't portable in that way either.

Thanks.

Jim

I made these mods to make it portable:

starting @ ~ line 50


    eePlugins.each{|plugin|
	path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), plugin+".rb")
	#if Sketchup.find_support_file(plugin+".rb","Plugins/")
	if File.exists?(path)
	    gotPlugin=true
	    break
	end#if
    }

TIG

Here's an updated set http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663

The tool now makes the Extrusion Tools toolbar/submenu even if the various .rb files are not located in the standard ../Plugins/ folder and are loaded from elsewhere [it now uses File.dirname(__FILE__) rather than the .find_support_file() which is limited to a standard set of folders]. It just requires that all of the files [including those in the ../TIGtools/ submenu] are kept in the same relative locations rather than the previous absolute ../Plugins/ location...

It also includes the latest Chinese lingvo files, thanks to 'hebeijianke'...

TIG

@jim said:

I made these mods to make it portable:

starting @ ~ line 50


>     eePlugins.each{|plugin|
> 	path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), plugin+".rb")
> 	#if Sketchup.find_support_file(plugin+".rb","Plugins/")
> 	if File.exists?(path)
> 	    gotPlugin=true
> 	    break
> 	end#if
>     }
>

I had just made very similar changes - you posted as I uploaded it - see updated set...

Jim

Frequent updates are another advantage of using a shared Plugins folder!

Thanks again.

TIG

@jim said:

Frequent updates are another advantage of using a shared Plugins folder!
I think I'm done for a while on updating this tool...

unclex

Sorry ， my mistake
the reason is another Plugins
Thanx for ur replied

manson666

I'm new Sketchup user
now learning it
I founded out sketchup plug in is strong tool

thx share

openhatch

If I haven't said this before, awesome tools, thx.

This doesn't play well with SketchyPhysics; this newest version won't extrude edges by rails successfully if SketchyPhysics is installed. So I keep the two installed in different versions of Sketchup.

TIG

@openhatch said:

If I haven't said this before, awesome tools, thx.

This doesn't play well with SketchyPhysics; this newest version won't extrude edges by rails successfully if SketchyPhysics is installed. So I keep the two installed in different versions of Sketchup.

I know about the SketchyPhysics issue - it can also affect other tools... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=300111#p300111
The fix is relatively simple BUT it means recoding a few lines in one of the SketchyPhysics rubies...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=300105#p300105

Destors

How i need to make these things, help me please

openhatch

@tig said:

I know about the SketchyPhysics issue - it can also affect other tools...

Okay, I knew you knew; I guess I might have clarified I was wondering if it's an outstanding problem (I hadn't read those posts you link to here). But the fix you link to will do (assuming it works, as I haven't tried it yet), thanks!

A Former User

Thanks guys this is extremely good plugin that i was looking for so long

doraemon79

Wonderful tool....

rock1

this toolset is a bit complicated for usage for a novice like me. I'm getting some unexpected results. Are there any video tutorials

majid

ow... it jumps out of Sketchup with no error message!!! (almost half of tools!!!! eebe , eebf,eebfs, EEbR)