New plugin found at ferrari architecture

pilou

you must go menu View/toolbars: enable Ferarrisketch !
for have that!

Some other parts of the plug are on the "folder" Ferrarisketch inside Plugins' folder
And Ferraricolors' folder inside folder Material
See the read me text given when you unzip the file

charly2008

Hi David,

that was a good find. Thank you shared it with us.
That tool is not bad and easy to use and further a good addition to the other plugins.

Charly

pilou

Ferrari is more versatile than Soap

Khai

unstable ain't it?

it's crashed SU7 twice now.. no bugsplat but a full on "not responding"

pep75

Thank you Grim!!!!!

david_h

I'm confused on installation. Could one of you guys break it down for me? I have the Ferrari Sketch toolbar checked on the list, but it doesnt show up on the screen and I can't find it in either the plugins or tools menues. I must have the file tree set up wrong.

Thx,

D

pilou

no special problem
On the Plugins folder
an rb file launcher
a folder with again some files

david_h

okay .. .I guess i'm dumb. I admit that. I tought that is what I had and it's not working. here's my tree

Plugins>> Ferrarisketch.rb
Ferrarisketch (folder)
Buttons Folder
Ferrarisketch.rbs
Ferrarisketchmenues
yes? no?

Thanks for the help.

D

shura

Yes.
But have a FerrariColors folder with lots of Skm inside next to it, what is that good for?

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pilou

@unknownuser said:

First verify that Google SketchUp is installed on the computer. If not, go to “http://sketchup.google.com”.

Once this archive is extrated:

copy the file “FerrariSketch.rb” and the folder “FerrariSketch” in the directory “C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins” *;

copy the folder “FerrariColors” in the directory “C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Materials” *.

Launch Google SketchUp and open the FerrariSketch tool box by selecting the option “FerrariSketch” in the menu “View -> Tollbars”.
Other information are available in the program website using the tool box button “Help (?)”.

These pathnames depend on the Google SketchUp version (7 or superior) and/or the operating system (XP/Vista/7).
You must have administrative rights on these folders.

david_h

thank you . ..

Could you take that a little slower please?

derei

Can anyone post a step-by-step tutorial about how to use this plugin? I tried to use it, but failed. The help button send me to their website's homepage.

What I did:

selected 4 edges loop (no face inside)
the menu has opened and I input a Inflating Force of 5
here I get an error in RubyConsole:

Error; #<FloatDomainError; NaN>
(eval);286;in `ceil'
(eval);286;in `create_cartesian_mesh'
(eval);250;in `create_mesh'
(eval);887;in `ferrariSketch_menu_select'
C;/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/FerrariSketch/FerrariSketchmenus.rb;11

selected the edges again and pressed Calculate
here I get another error:

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `length' for nil;NilClass>
(eval);649;in `simulate'
(eval);1016;in `ferrariSketch_menu_run'
C;/PROGRA~2/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/FerrariSketch/FerrariSketchmenus.rb;23
(eval);286;in `call'
(eval);286

NOTHING CREATED

What I do wrong ?

grim

some pdf tutorials attached

FeSk demo arch[1].pdf

FeSk demo conoid[1].pdf

FeSk demo conoids[1].pdf

FeSk demo hypar[1].pdf

majid

seems interesting, but no way to download the plugin.
if it is free, so any way to put a direct link here please?

Rich O Brien

Try this version...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=286168#p286168

Grim uploaded it here but I'm not sure if this is the latest?

majid

it seems something is wrong with the attached file...

opps it was my fault, once again I unzipped it and now it works

Rich O Brien

Extracted you get 2 folders, FerrariSketch and FerrariColors

The plugin is in the FerrariSketch Folder. I didn't install it as I've no use for it but what problem do you have?

derei

PROBLEM SOLVED !! I had a set.rb file in Plugins folder, which is needed for a SVG export plugin. That messed up something in SketchUp. I renamed it and everything went fine.
Sorry for putting you on fire.

Alan Fraser

I only just came across this one. Not on this thread, I might add...I just checked to see if it had been mentioned before, as it's not on the index.
It's quite a useful script. It's designed as a tensile fabric plugin, but can also be used as a soapskin bubble if you increase the inflation pressure.

pilou

Sure and it has better results in many cases!