[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set
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@rich o brien said:
Is it enabled under preferences?
Yes i believe plugins are enabled as there is a tab fro plugins between "window" and "help" at the top of the screen. But when i click on the plugin tab the dropdown only offers "cost" and there is no extrude sub heading. Any jelp much appreciated
Chris -
go to Window > Preferences > Extensions and see if Extrude Tools is listed and checked/enabled
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@rich o brien said:
go to Window > Preferences > Extensions and see if Extrude Tools is listed and checked/enabled
I've checked as you suggested but extrude is not in the list to be checked/enabled
Sorry to be a pain, thanks for your input
Chris -
That suggests an incorrect installation. Read the Installing plugins sticky...
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@rich o brien said:
That suggests an incorrect installation. Read the Installing plugins sticky...
Ive had a look through the instructions and im stuck almost instantly in that i dont have a plugins folder. Ive searched "computer" for all google sketchup 8 associated files and it only comes up with the .exe file. I have this version of pro through my university and im wondering if that has limited the capabilities? Im not very good with computers sorry, and thanks for the help once again
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@christopher shaw said:
@rich o brien said:
That suggests an incorrect installation. Read the Installing plugins sticky...
Ive had a look through the instructions and im stuck almost instantly in that i dont have a plugins folder. Ive searched "computer" for all google sketchup 8 associated files and it only comes up with the .exe file. I have this version of pro through my university and im wondering if that has limited the capabilities? Im not very good with computers sorry, and thanks for the help once again
ChrisI have just craked it with your help. I had to go through program files to find google files and inside was the sketchup files and plugins folder. Bemused why none of these would present themselves in a simple search
Rich many thanks for the help
Chris -
Which version of Windows are you using? There must be a Plugins folder or you wouldn't find cost in the Plugins menu. You must have some settings made that either don't allow the Plugins folder to be shown or you are looking in the wrong place. Do you have administrative rights on your machines?
Edit: you shouldn't need to run a search for the folder since the path was given.
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@unknownuser said:
Search and ye shall find...
Not withstanding that the Plugins folder path for PC and MACs is given in many posts...
Why didn't you search your computer for 'Plugins' ?
That'd be far more obvious...
When I do that search on my computer I get 36 hits on folders named 'Plugins'!
Of course only one matches 'Sketchup 8'...
AND I have a lot of other apps !
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@tig said:
@unknownuser said:
Search and ye shall find...
Not withstanding that the Plugins folder path for PC and MACs is given in many posts...
Why didn't you search your computer for 'Plugins' ?
That'd be far more obvious...
When I do that search on my computer I get 36 hits on folders named 'Plugins'!
Of course only one matches 'Sketchup 8'...
AND I have a lot of other apps !
Hi guys, thats precisely what im getting at. Im using vista and when i click on start at the bottom left and type plugins into the search bar, it doesn't find the plugins folder. In fact it doesn't return any results for plugins (should return results for plugins for ArchiCAD, autoCAD, firefox etc, all installed). Which is bizarre as when i search for other items (folders, pictures, files) from time to time i have no problem locating them with a search of the computer. Apologies, im quite amateurish when it comes to this kind of thing, but thanks for the help
Chris -
Perhaps you have some security setting that prevents the folder from showing? I just ran a search on my XP machine's C:\ and it turned up the Plugins folder for SketchUp and a number of other applications in seconds.
Try searching for Materials or Styles. Do those turn up?
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A 'Start' bar's 'Search' will probably start looking in the "User"'s own folder-tree, so it finds things in your Documents, Pictures etc... but it won't find anything useful with 'plugins'; BUT if you open 'My Computer', change to the 'C:' drive and then 'Search' in the top-bar of that window for 'plugins' you'll get hits, because then it's looking through all files/folders on that drive - not limiting itself to your "User" folders...
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I have gone to the OS(C): drive and searched that and i have found all the plugin folders now. Thank you all for the help, its much appreciated.
On another note, the reason i wanted the extrude plugin was to draw up some galvanised steel tube gates for a patent application. I had drawn the gate with the line tool and was having trouble getting the follow me tool to cross other tube sections. I noticed a youtube video with the extrude tool in operation and it looked as though it would solve all my problems. But ive struggled with it. Lets say ive drawn a waffle with just lines and i want to turn the lines into 40mm diameter tube (solid tube is fine for this purpose) is it possible to select the entire waffle and use the extrude tool to turn all the lines into tube, perfecting all the junctions?
Thanks
Chris -
There's nothing that I know of that does what you want
Didier Bur has a "lines to tubes" tool [ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88592#p88592 ] that'll make all of the selected edges into tubes.
You can then Intersect them to make edges around their intersections... BUT the trimming of them to each other needs manual labor.
As the innards are unlikely to be seen then that might not be as issue [remember that 'Sufficient is fit.'].
Also if there are several repeated elements then these can be copied across, rather than made individually... -
@tig said:
There's nothing that I know of that does what you want
Didier Bur has a "lines to tubes" tool [ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88592#p88592 ] that'll make all of the selected edges into tubes.
You can then Intersect them to make edges around their intersections... BUT the trimming of them to each other needs manual labor.
As the innards are unlikely to be seen then that might not be as issue [remember that 'Sufficient is fit.'].
Also if there are several repeated elements then these can be copied across, rather than made individually...Thanks for that TIG, its done what i needed to do just fine. As you say the corners just need a little tweaking but nothing to serious. Again many thanks for the help, this has saved me quite a few headaches
ChrisPs. Who do the donations go to? The writer of the plugin?
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Hi Anyone can advice..I Am New to this ( ExtrudeTools) Plug-in....After Unzip..they is a TIGtools folder, So i just Over-write the Existing TIGtools in side the Plugins folder right?? any update i need to do??
After Over-Write into the Plug-in folder......No Toolbar icon at all....
do i miss something...Any Pro User can advice?? -
@amasleong said:
Hi Anyone can advice..I Am New to this ( ExtrudeTools) Plug-in....After Unzip..they is a TIGtools folder, So i just Over-write the Existing TIGtools in side the Plugins folder right?? any update i need to do??
After Over-Write into the Plug-in folder......No Toolbar icon at all....
do i miss something...Any Pro User can advice??
IN reverse order...There is no difference between Free and Pro for these tools.
Some other tools share my TIGtools folder to house their various support files...
You should not 'overwrite' that folder, but when given the choice you should 'merge' its contents with the existing contents [overwriting any existing stuff], so that the tools' new files, now within that subfolder are accessible to it.
After a restart of Sketchup this toolset should appear under the correct menu item, as noted in the tools' notes.
Its toolbar might need a one-off activation from the View > Toolbars menu...
Check that the new files AND any files within the subfolder are in the exact relative relationships in the Plugins folder, when compared to the ZIP file itself...
Also check you have FULL security permissions to the 'Plugins' folder itself - select its icon, context-menu and Properties > Security > Edit... and that these settings also apply to any files/subfolders/etc with that folder.
If in doubt try removing any new files that you've just added and get thomthom's Simple Plugins Installer [v8] and use that to install everything from the ZIP archive itself... -
pleaz i need help , I instaled the pluging but it dosent work on sketchup :$
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@hanane90 said:
pleaz i need help , I instaled the pluging but it dosent work on sketchup :$
The most common problem when this plugin set doesn't work is that it hasn't been installed correctly. This has been explained repeatedly in this thread. Please review it. You'll find the help you need.
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I think we should re-release the plugins as RBZ files to encourage people to use the Install Extension feature in SketchUp.
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@TT
I agree, OR at least get them to use your 'Simple Plugins Installer'...
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