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    • Rich O BrienR Online
      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by

      Pen Tools + v1.4 updated with 2 new tools and some bug fixes.

      For latest version go here

      EDIT: I corrected this link, TIG
      [get a direct page link from right-clicking over the small 'post' icon under the post's title, and not from the top-bar html which leads to the page of posts containing the post]...

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        hebeijianke
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        @unknownuser said:

        Pen Tools + v1.4 updated with 2 new tools and some bug fixes.

        For latest version go here

        EDIT: I corrected this link, TIG
        [get a direct page link from right-clicking over the small 'post' icon under the post's title, and not from the top-bar html which leads to the page of posts containing the post]...

        weld draw error message

        Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `GetString' for nil;NilClass>
        F;/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PenTool+.rb;771;in `activate'
        F;/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PenTool+.rb;1802;in `select_tool'
        F;/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PenTool+.rb;1802
        Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `add' for nil;NilClass>
        F;/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PenTool+.rb;756;in `getExtents'
        Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `add' for nil;NilClass>
        F;/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PenTool+.rb;756;in `getExtents'
        
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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          From starting to use the tool? From performing certain actions?

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            That sounds like a language-handler issue - do you have the standard files like sketchup.rb and langhandler.rb in the Tools folder ?
            If you type [copy+paste] $exStrings in the Ruby Console it should return this

            #<LanguageHandler;0xb7d5f2c @strings={"Select first end"=>"Select first end", "Point at Center"=>"Point at Center", "Box"=>"Box", "Create Box"=>"Create Box", "Material"=>"Material", "Adds examples of tools created in Ruby to the SketchUp interface.  The example tools are Draw->Box, Plugins->Cost and Camera->Animations."=>"Adds examples of tools created in Ruby to the SketchUp interface.  The example tools are Draw->Box, Plugins->Cost and Camera->Animations.", "Select By Material"=>"Select By Material", "Select By Layer"=>"Select By Layer", "Select second end"=>"Select second end", "Box Dimensions"=>"Box Dimensions", "Cost"=>"Cost", "Total Cost Estimate"=>"Total Cost Estimate", "Stop Spinning"=>"Stop Spinning", "Spin View"=>"Spin View", "Animations"=>"Animations", "Default"=>"Default", "Assign Estimate to Material"=>"Assign Estimate to Material", "Cost Estimate"=>"Cost Estimate", "Ruby Script Examples"=>"Ruby Script Examples", "Layer"=>"Layer", "Width"=>"Width", "Compute Estimate"=>"Compute Estimate", "Assign Estimate to Faces"=>"Assign Estimate to Faces", "Hide Rest"=>"Hide Rest", "Depth"=>"Depth", "Height"=>"Height", "Cost By Material"=>"Cost By Material", "Create Cylinder"=>"Create Cylinder", "Could not find Material named"=>"Could not find Material named", "Cost per sq. foot"=>"Cost per sq. foot", "FPS"=>"FPS"}>
            

            If not then that's the issue... not this actual tool per se, but your setup πŸ˜•

            TIG

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              SketchUpNoobie
              last edited by

              @tig said:

              type $exStrings in the Ruby Console

              😲

              🀣

              Seriously though, thanks for the update Rich. Construction points should be nice.

              --

              SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Unfortunately ' $exStrings' is what @Last/Google decided to call it years ago πŸ˜„ πŸ˜’

                TIG

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                • Rich O BrienR Online
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  nothing like a bit of nostrings$ex πŸ‘

                  Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                  • B Offline
                    Ben Ritter
                    last edited by

                    Rich, thank you very much. By the way, why was the pen to draw an edge with a face included,if it does the same thing as the line command?

                    Ben

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                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Yes it's the same but you can toggle inference locking with the shift key. The native Line tool requires you to hold the shift.

                      By having the toggle option you can orbit with inference lock is toggled on whilst the native tool would cause you to pan. Csaba asked for this function in another thread.

                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        The 'edge' tools doesn't form faces like the 'pen' tool [or for that matter the other line drawing tools].. The 'pen' tool is like native 'Line'... BUT it has some different inferencing etc... Try the different ones to see what I mean... πŸ€“

                        TIG

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                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          Hey, I've missed this so far!!!!! haven't you got enough to do, Rich?
                          Well done mate!

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            driven
                            last edited by

                            hi Rich,

                            this is great, works on the mac except the

                             ###new_toolbar.show ### ONLY show if was visible before...
                                new_toolbar.restore if new_toolbar.get_last_state==TB_VISIBLE
                            

                            [this may be due to the slightly different RUBY_VERSION i.e. 1.8.5]
                            however it does work if I cut and paste it to line 1175, directly under

                            new_toolbar = UI;;Toolbar.new("Pen Tool +")
                            

                            tooltips, custom menu items and the tools themselves all work as advertised...

                            well done

                            john

                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                            • Rich O BrienR Online
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for the Mac feedback John. Glad you got it to work πŸ‘

                              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                yellow peril
                                last edited by

                                I have just downloaded your pen tool, i am working on mac, it appears to workfine but with no icons.....any ideas?

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                                  driven
                                  last edited by

                                  hi,
                                  if the icons folder named, rob_hsltool is in your plugins folder, then you might just need to turn on the menu in View >> Tool Palettes >> Pen Tool +

                                  john

                                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                  • boofredlayB Offline
                                    boofredlay
                                    last edited by

                                    BTW, TIG solved my problem stated earlier in this thread. Thanks TIG.

                                    It turns out if you click the "Compatibility Files" button between Burn and New Folder it showed up.


                                    PenToolOdd.jpg

                                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                      hungnguyenpham
                                      last edited by

                                      Thank you!

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                                      • P Offline
                                        Panga
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks a lot for this usefull plugins !! πŸ‘

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                                        • jgbJ Offline
                                          jgb
                                          last edited by

                                          @dave r said:

                                          Comes of drinking American beer at high elevations for a week when you're not used to either. πŸ˜„

                                          Canadian beer will do that at sea level in less than a day. 🀣


                                          jgb

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi:
                                            Just trying out Pen Tool last night, I noticed that occasionally for one click I got 2 Cpoints. Also, one or two of the other pen settings doubled the endpoints which were placed short distances apart in a series of quick clicks randomly in the model space. Hard to explain. I did not save the file. This was in Sketchup 7. This mouse has shown no other misbehavior in other applications.
                                            Has anyone else seen this?

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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