[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Full Set
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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 ?
OR manually Erase the unwanted edges to leave just the diagonals etc... -
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
Many of my EEby.. tools have their uses, but several are superseded somewhat by CurviLoft... -
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.
That is, the extracted/moved files and files-inside-their-subfolders MUST remain in the same relative relationships when they are in the Plugins folder, as they had inside the RBZ/ZIP file. -
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'. -
feck!
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Here's v2.1
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
It's available now... from the SCF PluginStore page as an RBZ archie... or via the AutoInstall feature of the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' dialog, from with SketchUp itself...
It corrects the silly typo I made regarding 'extensions.rb' that was masked if an earlier loading plugin already required it... -
Awesome. That fixed it. Thanks. The version number of the script is reporting 2.0, but that doesn't affect the performance.
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Forgot to fix the version number
Wait a few minutes and re-get it...
I won't be updating the listings version ! -
Version on the SCF 'PluginStore' page AND in the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' dialog, will now correctly show v2.1 in Extension details, when reinstalled / restart... !
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TIG
A quick question, I installed the new Extrude Tools from inside Sketchup by the store. I saw some activity at the bottom of my screen, but nothing else.
So the question is, how does one determine that the installation from inside Sketchup has been completed correctly?
Could there be a version number in the plugin or extension manager that indicated the version of the plugin that is installed. Seems there is more room in the extension manager for the additional txt.
Again, thanks to all your help and work.
Ken
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You should get a dialog asking if you want to install the RBZ [in <=v8 but not in v2013 where that only appears with the Preferences>Extensions>Install...button click].
When it's been installed you should get another dialog asking if you want to save a backup copy of the RBZ to your HD...If it's the first time an Extension has installed it should show in the Extension Manager listing its Version number.
If you are reinstalling an Extension you'll probably need to restart SketchUp to effect the changes and see its current Version correctly reported.If you have successfully installed this tool it's 2.1
Some Extensions install but don't self-load- this tool should start loaded, unless it's an upgrade and you have it already unloaded.
Some plugins make toolbars that don't auto-activate, so then you need to activate them from the View>Toolbar menu: this tool should auto-activate its toolbar, unless it's an upgrade and you have previously set the toolbar to off [deactivated].Your idea about listing...
A 'My-Plugins' dropdown, which would list each plugin you have downloaded with 'current version' available and 'version downloaded' [in 'red' if it's out of date], so you can choose to upgrade... is already on the drawing-board and awaiting test-pilots...
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Wierd behaviour of the toolbar. I found it under the top buried but it want unglue and I can't move it. Tried checking and unchecking but without success. V2.1 on SU 2013
Any ideas?
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See TIG's post here....
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=476358#p476358
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Double click on its left end. It ought to come loose then.
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