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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      @tig said:

      So that method run after any tiny [0.5mm?] edges are shrunk to zero will heal the 'small [zero width] holes' ?

      Any zero length edge and zero size face should be healed (read: removed by SU's auto-merge feature).

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

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        But if you find some edges ~0.5mm long and merge the vertices that edge still exists as a zero length edge - SUp doesn't auto-merge them - also the previously separated other sides of the hole are now coincident and not auto-merged either!
        So your code would remove the zero length edge by forcing an auto-merge BUT do the coincident edges then merge too? I don't have time to test it - but if it works it's the basis of having a tool to 'make solid' groups etc that have tiny holes 😕

        TIG

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          VeniVidiVici
          last edited by

          OMG, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
          I cant wait to use this too...combined with Artisan...OMG...FINALLY, I can do 3D
          modeling without countless hours of error fixing (even when working large scale).
          This is going to save days of my life...lol. 😄

          CHEERS!

          <---swigs a brewski in your honor!

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          • P Offline
            PapaBear60
            last edited by

            OK, I'm having the same problem as another user, Solid Inspector doesn't show up in the menu. I'm using Sketchup 8 (7 is gone), put the .rb in the plugins folder and also the library2 folder in the plugins folder. (In fact, now that I look at it, several plugins don't show up?) What am I doing wrong:


            Sketchup Plugins.jpg


            Plugins Directory.jpg

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              @papabear60 said:

              What am I doing wrong:

              You ain't looking at the description of the plugin. 😉 Not all plugins add menus to the Plugins menu. Check the info in the first post for how to use.

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

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                As TT said... not all scripts appear in the Plugins Menu - this one is set to load in the Tools Menu as explained on the tool's download page Capture.PNG that is UNLESS the " ThomThom's Plugins" menu is loaded by the script tt_0000_menu.rb - then that submenu is added in Plugins and TT's tools all collect there ! [but that's academic as you don't appear to have file that in Plugins folder, or the submenu it would make...]
                So look in the Tools Menu...
                If it's still not there come back to us...

                TIG

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  @papabear60 said:

                  OK, I'm having the same problem as another user, Solid Inspector doesn't show up in the menu. I'm using Sketchup 8 (7 is gone), put the .rb in the plugins folder and also the library2 folder in the plugins folder. (In fact, now that I look at it, several plugins don't show up?) What am I doing wrong:

                  FWIW, you don't have the current cutlist plugin either.

                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                  • P Offline
                    PapaBear60
                    last edited by

                    OK, that worked ... as did the Solid Inspector, when I first clicked on the tool then used the controls. My bad. Still learning this great product. This tool solves a big problem that I've encountered creating solids - and will save me hours of time spent recreating solids that aren't really solids.

                    Thank you both.

                    Dave

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                    • P Offline
                      PapaBear60
                      last edited by

                      OK, thanks for the heads-up on Cut List, but how could you tell from the picture I sent?

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        By the name. The current version would show as "cutlist.rb".

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                        • E Offline
                          eraeya
                          last edited by

                          Just wanted to say: this plugin is the biggest thing to happen since hotdogs. Hurray for workflow!

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                          • K Offline
                            KJGC
                            last edited by

                            Very, VERY impressive application! Thom you've made my work so much easier, and for that I am truly grateful. This "Error GPS" is remarkable, thank you so much for the amount of time and effort you've put into this plugin, in order of making everyone elses life T-H-A-T M-U-C-H easier. Merci mon amis !

                            Sincerely,

                            Kyle James

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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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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                Now thatwas a proper "thank you". 😉

                                Gai...

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                                • I Offline
                                  ik2012
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi, kind of a sketchup newbie here. I am using this plugin to check my model for water tightness, but I am having trouble understanding the output. Would anyone mind looking at these screen shots and giving me some tips? Thanks!


                                  bottle base top.skp


                                  solid inspector output.JPG

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    In order to build a solid object, there cannot be inner faces (amopng other conditions). You have some - and that's still not the only reason as deleting the face in the screenshot below still does not fix it.

                                    InnerFaces.png
                                    (Note that I have reversed some faces and smoothed the group generally...)


                                    As it turns out, it was all inner faces. Did not take too long to fix: when you have some time, send ThomThom a cookie.


                                    bottle base top.skp

                                    Gai...

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                                    • voljankoV Offline
                                      voljanko
                                      last edited by

                                      There are also some ungrouped lines that can prevent your model to be solid.That means that they are outside the group or inside the group with the solid subgroup.In your case they are outside the group.See picture.


                                      analyse.JPG

                                      SuSolid.com - solid check - solid repair- solid intersection check - weight plugin

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                                      • I Offline
                                        ik2012
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks so much Gaieus and voljanko! Also a big thanks to thomthom for the awesome plugin!

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi jean-françois and welcome!

                                          The file is a simple ruby plugin (a text file) that you have to copy into this folder:
                                          C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins

                                          Also, there is a plugin library you will need (linked from the first post, above the attached plugin). It is a zipped library of several files. Unzip the archive onto your desktop, go into the folder that is created there and copy everything as you see there into the same plugin directory as above.

                                          Restart SU and find the plugin under the Tools menu.

                                          Gai...

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @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

                                            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.

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

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