[Plugin] Center of Gravity

Gaieus

@tig said:

...Any more ideas welcome...

Not yet, TIG - at least not anything that would be clear. I was just thinking aloud and combining my ideas. Maybe when I have already used the plugin for such things.

Thanks anyway!

TIG

Aaaarrrgh...
BUT as we can all see it is defining db as a method inside the particular class::def and then using it - the way it's used loads of times in other tools too... It works fine on PC so what is so special about a Mac ?
Puzzled... Any Mac scripters have any ideas ???

driven

it is in the db method,

I just ran composite on to groups and got this

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `db' for CofGravity;Class>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;604;in `composite'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;817

chrisjk

TIG,

Sorry for the earlier abbreviated message - I got called away from the computer.

I get the following when trying CofG (Version 1.4 here).

QUOTE

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method db' for CofGravity:Class> /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb:156:in do_calculation'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb:816

UNQUOTE

chrisjk

Possibly something to do with the version of Ruby? Macs running Snow Leopard come with a pre-packaged version 1.8.7 of Ruby.

TIG

The error is with the db def method... BUT it ha been and is still working fine on PCs and it's been used in similar ways in many other tools... so why the problem here ?
To avoid having to add deBabelizer(string, lingvo_file_path) to every string in the output that needs translating I make a shortcut method def db for each tool
that alls deBabelizer and has the lingvo_file_path hardcoded into it, and works simply as db(string).
It's easy and effective in all my recent tools, so why the problem here ???
It's clear now that it wasn't the missed out 'require' or other possible clashes that were causing this... BUT why it's not working is a mystery...

Surely you can call a def inside another def though ??? even with 1.8.7 on Macs ???

DSG2k

I had checked for any evidence of Vista stupidity given past experience with having to look at the Virtual Store. But I've tried v. 1.4 and it works great!

Thank you so much for your incredible plugins. I'm using them for sci-fi mesh analysis and they are invaluable.

TIG

Seems to work fine on PC but on Mac it falls over... I WILL find a solution...

driven

I'll try it on an sterile Mac i.e. just on it's own, see what happens, give me five minutes

driven

Same error when v1.4 + debabelizer are the only rubies installed

Dave R

TIG,

It's not all Macs that have problems, though. It works just fine on mine. Could it be another plugin or something?

TIG

As I suspected
I'll sleep on it... and see how I can devise a work around in my sleep...
PC works fine - come on Mac's what's up with you !!!
Is it a particular version of Mac OS and the Ruby version that they have ???

driven

well, mine are
both running SU 7.1
both running OSX 10.5.8
both running Ruby version 1.8.6
MacBookPro is a fresh SU instal with just v1.4 bits
iMac is littered with rubies but very few clashes are left roaming free, it is also running rubygems, but that doesn't seem to effect any thing else in SU

both give same error

john

Dave R

Must be something wrong with my Mac, then.

driven

@dave r said:

Must be something wrong with my Mac, then.

yeh, you sure it's not a PC....

Dave R

Very funny. I have both and I know the difference.

Here's proof that it works on my Mac.

wind-borne

works ok on my Mac but TIG Tools folder replaced existing one so extrusion toolbar icons disappeared. I see missing icons on Dave's screenshot also.

C of G.png

chrisjk

Most mysterious. I have tried with no other plugins or tools in the respective folders and using CofG version 1.4 I still get:-

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `db' for CofGravity;Class>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;156;in `do_calculation'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;816
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;156;in `call'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/CofGravity.rb;156

TIG

@wind-borne said:

works ok on my Mac but TIG Tools folder replaced existing one so extrusion toolbar icons disappeared. I see missing icons on Dave's screenshot also.

"Merge" the folders so that the other existing files are kept - just overwrite any files for that specific tool...

Dave R

Thanks for noticing that Wind-Borne and thank you TIG for the fix.