Sketchup and frustration
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Well, recently I had the contents menu drop out the Unlock function. It didn’t even show up in the Edit section of the menus, I mean it wasn’t in the edit menu even grayed out. unlocked was not an option in the contents or edit menu when I picked a lock group.
So I had a group locked, and couldn’t unlock. Fortunately it came back after I shut down the computer and restarted.
But, damn couldn’t someone at Google figure out why the contents menu drops out. Right now I have the plugin, Drop and Drop at Intersection still grayed out. I go though shutting down and restarting maybe 5 to 10 times a day. It would be more, but I don’t shut down unless I really need to access a particular plugin.
And could there be some way, that someone at Sketchup, certify that a plugin is written in such way that it "should not", (not looking for a guarantee) interfere with Sketchup. So there could be a list of certified plugins and a plugin writer could lists his/her plugin as being certified as not destructive.
Oh, never mind, that would require actually caring about your product.
Frustrated and damn annoyed.
And onto another subject. I have TubroCAD 17, DoubleCAD2,and ViaCAD 6, all three will open a Sketchup file. But, darn if the drawing is usable after opening.
I export all my Sketchup files as 2D CAD files, for making a set off fabrication drawings. Does anyone, have a work flow where they open up a Sketchup file into another CAD program, not a rendering program, and actually get some use from the process?
To me, it seems to be just a waste of time trying to use raw Sketchup files in another CAD program.
Lighter note.
Darn if I wasn't making a living off of Sketchup, I wouldn't even bother with this program again.
Ken, peeved in SC
PS, Thanks to all you plugin writer, if it wasn't for you, I would actually have to show up in the office more than once every 6 months.
Not so peeved now, writing this helped me to settle down.
Again thanks to this forum and the help it provides.
Ken
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@unknownuser said:
And could there be some way, that someone at Sketchup, certify that a plugin is written in such way that it "should not", (not looking for a guarantee) interfere with Sketchup. So there could be a list of certified plugins and a plugin writer could lists his/her plugin as being certified as not destructive.
I can quite confidently say that would be a very wasteful exercise. Plugin authors themselves have a hard enough time getting their plugins working properly and they know the code like the back of their hand. For somebody unfamiliar with the code to try dissect even a moderately complex plugin would take an age.
A minor point though, i agree with the main jist that the greying out bug is extremely annoying.
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I fail to see how simple ruby plugin could remove lock/unlock from your context or edit menus... It's hard enough to do anything to a menu with the API as it is !
The 'Entity Info' window also gives access to the 'Locked' function via a tick-box... is this still there ?
Sounds like a flaky SUp installation !
This 'graying-out' bug is getting ridiculous and Google must address it asap...
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sketchup and vectorworks work very well together. skp files are imported into VW smoothly.
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TIG
The Unlock function was not available in the context or edit menu. Not even grayed out. It did not come back until I shut down the computer and restarted.
Ken
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@unknownuser said:
TIG
The Unlock function was not available in the context or edit menu. Not even grayed out. It did not come back until I shut down the computer and restarted.
KenOK, I understand that, BUT when it's 'gone' from those locations is 'Locked' tickbox still available in the Entity Info Window [in its expanded format] ?
Or has the function simply vanished ? This suggests a corrupted SUp installation not a Script problem to me...
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