[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set
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Ok I freed it and it now appears in the drop down.
I had to double click on the toolbar and it released itself. Dragging didn't work, nor disabling and reenabling it, it would just come back suck on to the top menu border.
Double click was the fix for me. I'll not forget that one in a hurry.
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I sent you a PM with an alternative way to free it. It was the method I got from Chris. I like the double click thing, though.
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Cheers Dave, thanks for the PM fix. I think I'm glad I stumbled on the double click, I hate going near reg edits.
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The main reason this got changed was to suit v2013.
It works for me and many others in testing...
Have you tried 'Repairing' the v2013 installation ?
I suspect something is adrift in the new Registry set up...You can try hacking the Registry if you feel up to it...
Close SketchUp... and the new toolbar settings are found in the Registry [Run > regedit] under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\RubyWorkspace
Search in that for 'Extrusion Tools'...
You'll get something like:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\RubyWorkspace\ToolbarsUser-Bar2
Its actual 'Bar' reference will vary for your setup.
Make a note of its 'BarID' value, mine is:**59650**
Now look through the nearby listed items for the THREE matches:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\RubyWorkspace\*RubyToolBar*-**59650**
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\RubyWorkspace\*BasePane*-**59650**
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\*Pane*-**59650**
Delete just those THREE entries in turn and close regedit.On a restart of SketchUp that toolbar should now be reset - docked nicely in the top bar.
You can then un-dock and relocate it as desired...I hope this fix will work ?
I have done it without any issues... but please take care... -
I've got it working now with double click, so I'll keep the reg edits in mind if I have a similar issues in the future. I assume there is no need for me to edit things now that it's working.
But it might be something others have problems with.
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If it's not broken don't fix it...
The Registry hack might help in new occurrences if they don't respond to the double-click fix to prize it off the top bar clash - of course it should have appeared floating in its first incarnation by default anyway
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Looks like exactly what I need. Thanks! However, I am stuck (for the moment) in OS 10.5.8, and SketchUp v8, so I need an .rb plugin. Might you still have that laying around?
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Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions. If you don't have Install Extension there, you have an old version of SU8. Install the newest version of SU8 and you'll be able to install the RBZ file.
Download and install the Plugin Store and you can auto install.
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hi, i can´t install your wonderfull plugin in sketchup 2013
i Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions and nothing happens.then i close the programm
when i reopen the sketchup appears this message
"Error al cargar archivo ExtrudeTools.rb (i have the spanish version)
"uninitialized constant ExtrudeTools::SketchupExtension".someone has an answer?
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Weird?
SketchupExtensionis a built-in module/class of SketchUp itself...
It works fine for me and many other users...
Do you have any other Extensions loaded ?
They will ALL use the same 'method'...You have failed to supply your OS, version etc in your User-Profile...
Please help us to help you...Can you get the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' toolset and try yo Auto-Install the toolset from its dialog...
Have you run a 'Repair' on v2013 - it seems to be corrupted in some way ?
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TIG, could you take a look at attached please? I've got 100% bugsplat at 'extrude edges by face'. What is the reason? Those 2 convergence points, SU2013, ...?
Thank you in advance.
P.S. Is there some nice way (via Extrude tools) to make a dome lattice with parallel (from Lobachvsky point of view) diagonals?
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EEbyFace will sometimes splat with multiple selected lines if they are connected with shared vertices - it tries to extrude the face continuously without success !
It doesn't take individual 'curves', just any lines that have shared vertices...
A simple 'fix' is to do the extrusion in steps - so choose only a single curve/face and extrude.
That works for me.
I know it's several steps, but it beats the Bugsplat !
And gets the job done.
With Lattices... Diagonal direction...
Make a triangulated mesh.
Switch Hidden Geometry ON.
Use the Sandbox tools to flip some of the diagonals so their direction is all as desired.
Use the separate LatticeMaker tool of the mesh ?
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OK thank you. Yet another question(request?):
is there an option (or, could you add the option)to revert profile curves in EEbyFaces?
Sorry if it was discussed earlier.
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tig, thanks for your answer,
finally i can load your plugin by the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' -
@rv1974 said:
OK thank you. Yet another question(request?):
is there an option (or, could you add the option) to revert profile curves in EEbyFaces?
Sorry if it was discussed earlier.
You can try and force the start vertex for the two faces by adding a line from a vertex to start the counting. Also reverse a face so its loop is the opposite cw/ccw...
Fredo's CurviLoft does this kind of operation better, although you still need to force its hand sometimes...
I stopped further adjustments to this particular tool's code when Fredo's superior tool became available
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Thanks for the prompt reply. So there is a version of SU8 that will run on 10.5.8 and allow the use of the .rbz extensions? I haven't been able to find one so far.
@dave r said:
Download the RBZ file, and use Install Extension from Preferences>Extensions. If you don't have Install Extension there, you have an old version of SU8. Install the newest version of SU8 and you'll be able to install the RBZ file.
Download and install the Plugin Store and you can auto install.
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I didn't say that SU8 will run on 10.5.8. You said that's what you're running and your profile shows that. I didn't go back to the SketchUp site to check if it will run on 10.5.8. I just took you at your word that's what you're running.
With the second or third maintenance release of SU8 they added the Install Extension button under Preferences>Extensions which makes installing .RBZ files dead easy. .RBZ files are mainly just ZIP files with the file extension changed.
What version of SketchUp are you really running?
At the moment it doesn't look like SketchUp 8 is available for download and I am not able to see the system requirements for it. You may very well be at a point where you'll have to go to a new OS to be able to run SketchUp at all.
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If a tool only comes in RBZ format [and its notes say it's suitable for <v8] it can easily be installed manually in earlier versions.
First step - add .ZIP to the end of its file-name.
Now open it just like any other ZIP file and extract its contents into a temporary-folder.
Then move the entire contents of that temporary-folder into your Plugins folder [on a MAC with <v2013 it ought to be the HD.../plugins folder [firstly ensuring that you have FULL Read/Write permissions to that folder...] UNLESS of course you have expressly setup your own User.../plugins folder AND then that's always on the $LOAD_PATH list].
Remember that you must ensure that the files and subfolders of files 'tree' remains intact when you extract and then move.
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Hi there. I've upgraded to SU 2013 and installed ExtrudeTools. Every time I start up SU I get the following error:
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TIG, you've forgotten to include
require 'extensions.rb'.
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