[Plugin] Flattery papercraft tools

Subsonic Mike

Once extracted I moved the entire extracted folder to its location

TIG

Once extracted I moved the entire extracted folder to its location

NO ?
I suspect you need to move the contents of that folder into Plugins...
In the Plugins folder there should be one file called flattery.rb and a folder called flattery containing loads of other files.
If you unzipped a file called flattery.zip into a folder called flattery then it's one level too deep....

Subsonic Mike

I think its best I start again
just one thing, is it usual to get an error when you try to extract it directly to the plugins folder?

thomthom

@subsonic mike said:

just one thing, is it usual to get an error when you try to extract it directly to the plugins folder?

No.
Exactly what error do you get?
(Error messages are very useful in debugging a problem, so please include them when posting.)

Subsonic Mike

OK I extracted the files for the 11th time to get the error but this time it extracted fine!
BUT the files dont show up when I look in the plugins folder. So I open 7 zip to extract them again but 7 zip shows them in the plugins folder.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY COMPUTER!

TIG

@subsonic mike said:

OK I extracted the files for the 11th time to get the error but this time it extracted fine!
BUT the files dont show up when I look in the plugins folder. So I open 7 zip to extract them again but 7 zip shows them in the plugins folder.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY COMPUTER!

I think you have a Compatibility Files issue with Vista - it tucked them away in a Compatibility folder to protect you!
Look in the top bar of the Plugins folder window are there any weird folders or icons there...
Vista can be a pain when it decides that you shouldn't add files to some folders...

Subsonic Mike

I cant seem to see any weird folders icons.

TIG

Ensure that you don't have any flattery folder or file in your Plugins folder - if you do move them out...
Download the zip file to say your desktop.
Extract it to a folder with the name of the zip file.
Open the folder and select the file and folder in it.
Copy.
Open the Plugins folder and Paste.
You should now have the correct file+folder installed.
Restart Sketchup and 'flattery' might need activating from the Preferences > Extensions section.
Its toolbar is activated off View > Toolbars...

Subsonic Mike

IT WORKS!
Thank you so much guys for helping me get it working! Thank you!

TIG

Hoooooooooray!

Gaiv

hi everybody, i study architecture and i really love this plugin, it's very very cool because it's help me a lot to makes paper craft ... thank you conceptor but i just have a little problem, i don't understand how to use the " index Edges" function and it's very important for me because i have a very complex modeling to do and it's impossible without this function... someone can help me?

TIG

As explained on the tools web-page

@unknownuser said:

When your model is fully constructed, and you are about to unfold it, select the entire thing and press the Index Edges button. This marks all of the edges in your model so that later, when your model is unfolded, Flattery will know what used to be connected. This is critical for the Reunite Edges tool, and helpful for the Add Tabs tool.

So do it at the start and thenunfold...

Gaiv

it's what i do, but there is nothing when the volume is complete i select all the model and i press the index Edges button but nothing appear =s
maybe it's a bug?

TIG

I think you misunderstand.
The Index tool 'marks' all edges so that the tool knows which edges were common before unfolding and for tabbing etc. It doesn't add any 'text' at all ???

However, here's a way... once you have unfolded/tabbed the form as desired, then you select all of the flattened edges [faces , un-indexed edges etc are ignored so you don't need to be too careful]... now run this snippet of code in the Ruby Console - copy/paste it

m=Sketchup.active_model;es=m.active_entities;ss=m.selection;ss.to_a.each{|e|next if e.class!=Sketchup;;Edge;id=e.get_attribute("Unfold","edge_id",nil);next if !id;  pt=e.start.position.offset(e.line[1],e.length/2);es.add_text(id.to_s,pt,[0,0,0])}

Text representing the edges' id code will be added centrally to the pairs edges that share each code... 1, 2, 3 etc

Bep

Hello Tig,

I am getting this message in the ruby console.
Am i doing something wrong?

m=Sketchup.active_model;es=m.active_entities;ss=m.selection;ss.to_a.each{|e|next if e.class!=Sketchup;;Edge;id=e.get_attribute("Unfold","edge_id",nil);next if !id;  pt=e.start.position.offset(e.line[1],e.length/2);es.add_text(id.to_s,pt,[0,0,0])}
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `active_m' for Sketchup;Module>
(eval);184[/ruby]

Bep

TIG

@bep said:

Hello Tig,

I am getting this message in the ruby console.
Am i doing something wrong?

m=Sketchup.active_model;es=m.active_entities;ss=m.selection;ss.to_a.each{|e|next if e.class!=Sketchup;;Edge;id=e.get_attribute("Unfold","edge_id",nil);next if !id;  pt=e.start.position.offset(e.line[1],e.length/2);es.add_text(id.to_s,pt,[0,0,0])}
> Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `active_m' for Sketchup;Module>
> (eval);184[/ruby]

Bep

Sorry
A typo crept in between testing and posting...
The correct code 'm=Sketchup.active_model**;**' has now been edited in...

Bep

Thanks Tig ,

Now it works (I just cant see the typo )
The ruby also gives a number to the sides that are still connected.
Could it skip these sides ?

Greetings,

Bep

Gaiv

@tig said:

@bep said:

Hello Tig,

I am getting this message in the ruby console.
Am i doing something wrong?

m=Sketchup.active_model;es=m.active_entities;ss=m.selection;ss.to_a.each{|e|next if e.class!=Sketchup;;Edge;id=e.get_attribute("Unfold","edge_id",nil);next if !id;  pt=e.start.position.offset(e.line[1],e.length/2);es.add_text(id.to_s,pt,[0,0,0])}
> > Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `active_m' for Sketchup;Module>
> > (eval);184[/ruby]

Bep

Sorry
A typo crept in between testing and posting...
The correct code 'm=Sketchup.active_model**;**' has now been edited in...

hi i've tried the ruby console code but nothing happened and there is still no number on the faces =s when i write the code in the ruby i have this message :
m=Sketchup.active_model;es=m.active_entities;ss=m.selection;ss.to_a.each{|e|next if e.class!=Sketchup::Edge;id=e.get_attribute("Unfold","edge_id",nil);next if !id; pt=e.start.position.offset(e.line[1],e.length/2);es.add_text(id.to_s,pt,[0,0,0])}
[#Sketchup::Group:0x1e45fad8]

but no number is it normal ? i work on mac maybe it's the problem? i don't know but pleasee help meeeee

TIG

You have selected one group.
You must select faces/edges - perhaps inside that group...

bmike

no luck here, SU8 pro.

downloaded, extracted. copied the 'flattery' folder (left the MACOSx folder along) into plugins.
noticed there was no flattery.rb, found it inside the flattery folder, moved it to plugins.
shows up in my window>preference as being checked on, but can't seem to load it.