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    • G Offline
      GWD
      last edited by

      ThomThom,

      Thanks for this fantastic plugin!!!!

      regards,

      Guy

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        😄

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          fountainhead
          last edited by

          I think this plug-in is long overdue...great job ThomThom! I can't tell you the number of times I've tried a boolean operation, or a volume calculation, only to get the "this ain't a real solid dude" message.

          "It isn't a real solid...well what's wrong with it?"

          "Not gonna tell ya...but it's wrong for sure. Good luck finding the problem man."

          Now instead of hunting aimlessly for the micro gapped edge, or the itty bitty hanging triangle that can only be seen under exponential magnification, you point us right to it.

          NICE.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            😄

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              tomislavm
              last edited by

              Thanks!
              When can we expect this
              Future Ideas

              * Webdialog list of errors with description of each error. If possible, attempt to automatically fix.
              

              Automatically fix, o yes!

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                I don't know. It all depends on when I get a spare moment. I'm currently looking into some UV mapping tool.

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • J Offline
                  Jim
                  last edited by

                  Hi Thom. Here's a scenario - I have a Group I'm checking for a solid. It's quite big and takes a few seconds to open and close the Group. When I use Solid Inspector on the Group to find the errors, I then need to open the Group for editing to fix them, then close it to re-check - open, close, open, close, etc.

                  Would it be possible to tell the plugin to operator on the current context so we do not need to always change the context between checking and fixing?

                  Hi

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @jim said:

                    Would it be possible to tell the plugin to operator on the current context so we do not need to always change the context between checking and fixing?

                    Yea - I've been thinking it needs a function like that.

                    adding to the todo list

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • B Offline
                      Bertier
                      last edited by

                      Hi there, would it be possible to tell solid :

                      this is (for example) : solid oak

                      solid oak is : 640 kg / cubic meter

                      solid weight : whatever volume * 640 in this case ?

                      that would be great.

                      thanx to you guys !

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                      • D Offline
                        d12dozr
                        last edited by

                        Bertier,

                        Have you seen Volume Calculator by TIG?

                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                        • B Offline
                          Bertier
                          last edited by

                          thank, I hadnot seen it.

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                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by

                            @tomislavm said:

                            Future Ideas

                            * Webdialog list of errors with description of each error. If possible, attempt to automatically fix.
                            

                            Automatically fix, o yes!

                            I've also written a solid checking tool about a year and a half ago here:
                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=17876

                            The next day TIG followed my plugin with one of his own that attempts to fix missing faces here:
                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=143720

                            So you might already have a script that eill help detect and cleanup non-solids. Good luck,

                            Chris

                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                            All my Plugins I've written

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                            • mariochaM Offline
                              mariocha
                              last edited by

                              You made made day !!!
                              Works just fine.
                              This is going to be so usefull !

                              %(#008000)[Mario C.
                              Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                              • FabiazzF Offline
                                Fabiazz
                                last edited by

                                Why I didn't notice this plugin before. This will fix all my unsolidity problem. Great work!

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                                • P Offline
                                  panpanndundu
                                  last edited by

                                  nice plugin..thanx you...

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                                  • V Offline
                                    vidy
                                    last edited by

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    I'm currently looking into some UV mapping tool.

                                    hmm.. this is been waited for so long too.. 👍
                                    before i was count on Whaat UV tool, but i don't know, lately we can't get it to work and there is no confirmation from Whaat regarding to the problem.. 😢

                                    i hope this one could be really solved this issue. 🎉

                                    regards,

                                    still so much to learn..

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                                      pdwyer
                                      last edited by

                                      This looks like it's going to help me a lot, (THANKS) I'm wondering about what it's telling me. In this particular group its says I have a mess but I'm not 100% sure why. So Orange is a hole and Red is an error? what kind of error? Looking at the pic below, what should I be looking to fix?

                                      solid problems.png

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                                      • J Offline
                                        Jim
                                        last edited by

                                        Check for internal faces, for a start. They are usually easier to find than small holes.

                                        Stray edges, also but they can be harder to find especially if small. Todd's StrayLines is an excellent tool for finding those.

                                        Hi

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          By the looks of it I'm guessing it's internal faces.
                                          I'm adding it to my todo list to update this so it gives more info to exactly what the highlight error is.

                                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            How about a plugin that actually fixes these glitches instead?
                                            😉

                                            (Yes, I know, I know, we discussed it back in August already...)
                                            😄

                                            Gai...

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