[Plugin] Solid Inspector

thomthom

Hi,
I would like to install the solid inspector plugin on my computer.
Can you explain me how to do it?
Thanks in advance

I've written a tutorial on how to install plugins: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/
Even includes link to an installer utility that will make it easier to install them.

jean-françois

Subject: [Plugin] Solid Inspector (1.1.0) — 30 June 2011

@jean-françois said:

Hi,
I would like to install the solid inspector plugin on my computer.
Can you explain me how to do it?
Thanks in advance

Hi Guys, thanks for your answers. I am still facing some problems.
I copied and unzip the file TT_lib2 into the folder "c/...sketchup8/plugins"
I also copied the file TT_solid_inspector.rb in the same folder.
I closed and restared SU but I get a window with "load error messages" everytime I open SU.
Moreover, when I click on the tools Bar, I see "solid tools (pro only)->" but I can't click on it.
I do not use SU pro, is it the reason of the problem?

Thanks in advance

Jean-François

archzag

Geniale!

Rich5

How do you get out of solid inspector? Prob a very dumb question but it seems once on I can't get out and back to SU.

Dave R

Have you tried picking another tool?

thomthom

@rich5 said:

How do you get out of solid inspector? Prob a very dumb question but it seems once on I can't get out and back to SU.

Just activate another tool, like Select (Spacebar).

d12dozr

Just curious, why are some errors highlighted red, and some yellow? I haven't been able to figure out a pattern.

thomthom

@d12dozr said:

Just curious, why are some errors highlighted red, and some yellow? I haven't been able to figure out a pattern.

Red is the currently selected error. I think you can press a key (Return maybe=) to make it zoom in. You can also Tab around between errors.

There is lots of room for improvement - but not enough time...

d12dozr

@thomthom said:

Red is the currently selected error. I think you can press a key (Return maybe=) to make it zoom in. You can also Tab around between errors.

Oh cool, I knew about the Tab key, but I never knew about the colors.

Its an excellent tool - thanks again!

thegreek87

Wish I knew about this plugin sooner, gonna save me a lot of time. Thank you very much

DesertRaven

Hey TomTom, this is an awesome tool!!! thank you so much for sharing this.

A note to the Sketchup Programmers, weather they will read this or not, just have to say it:

Did it never occur to you that something like this should of been in the solid tool kit to begin with?!!

Do you guys ever test what you program? Put a little bit more muscle in to it, please for crying out loud!

Also try and make us some tools that don't leave fractions of tiny lines behind like that buggy follow me tool, fix it already!

Thanks. I just donated $50 to ThomThom. Keep the good work going!

VeniVidiVici

Hi Thomas,

Thank you again for this tool (belive I've said it before) great tool.
I haven't used it in a while, and now I cant seem to get it working.
It seems to load fine but nothing happens?

I've double checked, and it is in the google sketchup 8 plugins folder...

tt_solid_inspector.rb

I also put in the newest TT_Lib2, which is in its own folder in the Plugins directory.

I still cant seem to get anything to work, I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

VeniVidiVici

Thomas, your tools are awesome...I got it to work, not sure what it was, guess I just needed a reboot?!
This tool has saved me countless hours of work...I will be contributing in the near future...tks again.

Brett

thomthom

@venividivici said:

I still cant seem to get anything to work, I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

Any ideas?

I don't have an idea as of yet - you need to be more specific to what "doesn't work". No menus? Tool doesn't activate?
You see errors you say, in the Ruby Console? (If so, please post them - they would be extremely useful)

xiombarg

It's actually cool to see people making donations to valued plugin programmers. I'm working through a prototyping, but as soon as I make any money, I'm committed to donate accordingly.

voljanko

@venividivici said:

I have a few objects that arent quite solids, grouped, and it loads
but I see no errors, yet it is not a solid.

Maybe you have ungroupped items mixed with grouped one.
To detect this you need a SuSolid plugin (free for only solid inspections).
David

Snowy

Thanks a lot! Great plugin

Anton_S

Useful, plus efficient plug.

I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid?

at least two faces per edge?

thomthom

@anton_s said:

Useful, plus efficient plug.

I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid?

at least two faces per edge?

All edges should have exactly 2 faces. Anything else and it's not a solid. No need to check for anything else.

TIG

Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too...
Normally, to be seen as a 'solid' a group/component should contain only edges/faces and ALL edges must have two faces [no more, no fewer]. Note that there could also be 'Guides' inside a 'solid', because they won't interact with its geometry...