[Plugin] Fix Reversed Face Materials

pmolsen

When I start Sketchup after installing the plugin I get the following error:

Error Loading File FixReversedFaceMaterials.rb
No such file to load -- deBabelizer.rb

I checked the zip file and there is no such file in it. I found a copy in the Lattice Maker plugin but it should really be in this one as well.

Also what is the Sketchup8 link that is installed in the subfolder?

TIG

@pmolsen said:

When I start Sketchup after installing the plugin I get the following error:
Error Loading File FixReversedFaceMaterials.rb
No such file to load -- deBabelizer.rb
I checked the zip file and there is no such file in it.
I found a copy in the Lattice Maker plugin but it should really be in this one as well.
Also what is the Sketchup8 link that is installed in the subfolder?

Sorry about this... it is always the same 'deBableizer.rb' file... BUT I have now added it to the zip [ http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134 ] - it was packaged with the earlier zipped versions, but I missed it out of this one
I also managed inadvertently to add a shortcut linking to my copy of SUp v8 [luckily it's all public now anyway] - but that's now gone too !!! I just had a really bad day

Aerilius

No problem, that shortcut was not dangerous
Many thanks, this is the best reversed-faces-plugin that I ever found

I saw, maybe you'd like to have a german translation
new german translation

TIG

Thanks for the DE lingvo.
I'll include it in any future release - unless someone else wants to jump in with another version or comments...
My German is not up to much [as you probably noticed!]...

TIG

Here's a tweaked German lingvo file [by Aerilius]...FixReversedFaceMaterialsDElingvo.zip

Ecuadorian

Thank you, TIG!

This is a life saver...

TIG

Here's another version of the DE lingvo [by User2012] - try them and choose which you want...FixReversedFaceMaterialsDE.zip

Eugenegoth

Thank you TIG!!!!

Rich O Brien

Any chance this could be compiled under a menu?

TIG

@unknownuser said:

Any chance this could be compiled under a menu?

No sooner said than done - here's v1.5 with the four tools under one submenu http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134

Rich O Brien

Thanks

I've a file that doesn't remove backface materials

TIG

@unknownuser said:

Thanks
I've a file that doesn't remove backface materials

Let's see it - PM if needed...
Is it perhaps a group/instance where the back face is actually the default material but is displayed in the container's material ?

Rich O Brien

Too large for here. I'll email it.

TIG

Got it.
Where are the errant back faces with materials ?

TIG

Fixed it and emailed back to you... a material was applied to some group/instances, I used the Outliner and Entity Info to make it the default-material, then re-ran the tool to remove all back-face-materials - it seems OK now ?

JGA

Thanks

irwanwr

i might have a problem with the new version 1.5 20120216.
i don't know why and not sure either.
the last time i used this plugin, it can be accessed in context menu by right clicking.
but it seems that the new version would only available in the toolbar menu instead.
i just overwrite the previous version when installing this new one.

TIG

Iranwr

You are mistaken.
This toolset has never had any 'context-menu' options.
It has only ever worked from menu items.
This last update only combined all of the tools into one submenu, to avoid clutter etc.
Nothing else was done to the coding.
There is [and there never was] any code in the script regarding context-menus.
You also mention 'toolbar' - it never had a toolbar either - I suspect you actually meant 'menu' ??
OR perhaps you are thinking of another tool altogether ?

irwanwr

ah yes, sir.
i think i've made mistakes and confuse this tool with the other one.
and yes, what i meant was the menu bar.
sorry for bothering you with my mistakes.
i probably was thinking of that context menu feature if it's possible for this plugin.
obviously, it's not good to do modelling, thinking, reading and post a comment for feature request at around 4 am early in the morning.

TIG

Here's v1.6 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=264134#p264134
It includes a new tool. If you have faces with different materials front and back and you would like the back to match the front use this tool...
Plugins > TIG: Reversed Face Tools... > Match Back-Materials
It will match all selected faces' back-materials with the front-materials,
maintaining UVmapping if the material is textured etc...
There is no reversing or flipping of faces - the back-material is simply matched
to the front-material.
Do not use this as an excuse for sloppy modeling!