[Plugin] Solid Inspector

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...

Anton_S

@thomthom said:

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

Wow, I was close!

@tig said:

Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too... Guides...

Thanks, good advice! I guess that makes-up a complete defenition of a solid.

MYguel

Hi,
I have the following problem after installing solid inspector. When I start SketchUp I get the error dialog box:

Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb
uninitialized constant TT;;GUI;;ToolWindow

Does anyone encountered the same error previously? I use SketchUp 8 (the free version) from wine under linux, I do not think it could be related, but it is the only thing that is special considering my case.

sincerely,

Myguel

Dave R

Did you also install TT_Lib2 as specified in the original post?

MYguel

Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?

sincerely,
MYguel

thomthom

@myguel said:

Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?

sincerely,
MYguel

Can you post screenshot of the file and where they are located?

MYguel

All the files are in the .wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins
Here are the output of the command that list the content of the folders:

$$>ls -1
config-thumb.jpg
Examples
examples.rb
hideall.rb
__MACOSX
Ocean
ocean_extension.rb
samples_library
samples_library_ext.rb
TT_Lib2
tt_solid_inspector.rb
Utilities
utilities.rb
VolumeCalculator21.rb

$$> cd TT_Lib2
$$> ls -1
config-thumb.jpg
Examples
examples.rb
hideall.rb
__MACOSX
Ocean
ocean_extension.rb
samples_library
samples_library_ext.rb
TT_Lib2
tt_solid_inspector.rb
Utilities
utilities.rb
VolumeCalculator21.rb
manu@rebus;Plugins$ cd TT_Lib2/
manu@rebus;TT_Lib2$ ls -1
arc.rb
attributes.rb
babelfish.rb
bezier.rb
binary.rb
bounds.rb
CHANGELOG.txt
color.rb
core.rb
cursor.rb
cursors
debug.rb
definition.rb
dimension.rb
edges.rb
entities.rb
faces.rb
geom3d.rb
gizmo_manipulator.rb
gui.rb
image.rb
inputbox.rb
instance.rb
integrity_list.dat
javascript.rb
json.rb
libraries
locale.rb
materials.rb
modal_wrapper.rb
model.rb
point3d_ex.rb
point3d.rb
progressbar.rb
ray.rb
README.txt
selection.rb
settings.rb
simpletask.rb
sketchup.rb
system.rb
toolbarwindow.rb
toolwindow.rb
uv_plane.rb
uvq.rb
version.rb
webdialog
webdialog_patch.rb
win32.rb
window.rb

MYguel

Hi,
I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly.
I will ask for some help in the wine community.

Thanks for your answers so far.

sincerely,

Myguel

thomthom

@myguel said:

Hi,
I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly.
I will ask for some help in the wine community.

Thanks for your answers so far.

sincerely,

Myguel

Let me know what you find out.

Maybe it could be encoding difference? I wonder if I recall someone on the forum mention something about line ending characters being an issue.

Soctrep

I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?

thomthom

Could be that you installed it incorrectly... not sure.
You might find it easier and more reliable to use this utility to install plugins:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42315

TIG

@soctrep said:

I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?
Read and understand this http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/installing-plugins-for-google-sketchup/ and then this http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=426513#p426513
We could debate what files went into which folders... but if you follow this it will give you good results.
Also some tools are Extensions and need activating from the Preferences menu the first time you install them, and/or they have special submenus from which you can run them etc... Read the tool's usage notes to clarify this aspect...