New plugin found at ferrari architecture

[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

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[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:

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

2. 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” *.

3. 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:

1. selected 4 edges loop (no face inside)
2. 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

3. 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

4. NOTHING CREATED

What I do wrong ?

[grim]

some pdf tutorials attached

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FeSk demo arch[1].pdf

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FeSk demo conoid[1].pdf

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FeSk demo conoids[1].pdf

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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...

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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.

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[pilou]

Sure and it has better results in many cases!

[Statler]

Tried to install, followed the instructions, I believe, but it just gives me a long list of errors.

Maybe Mr. Filou has any idea what I did wrong? Error text attached.

Thank you!
errors.txt