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    thomthom
    last edited by thomthom 9 Aug 2011, 11:58

    Shell.png

    Overview
    Result of a work in progress test for another plugin I'm working on. It adds thickness to the surface inside selected groups and components.

    Where is differs from Joint Push Pull is that it works on selected groups and components only. A group is added inside the group/component which will contain the shell. It generally seem to work faster than JPP, but it's tested far less and might very well break.

    Usage

    1. Select groups and/or components.
    2. Activate Shell from the Tools menu.
    3. Enter a thickness in the VCB or pick a distance in the model.
    4. Double-click to commit. (You can also use Return to commit as long as the thickness has not changed.)

    BitBucket
    The project is available on BitBucket so if anyone wants to add improvements they can join the project and submit their changes.
    https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/shell/wiki/Home

    Access
    Tools > Shell

    Requirements

    • SketchUp 8 or newer - ( Other versions untested )
    • TT_Lib2 (v2.5.4)

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

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 12:01

      Nom nom nom 👍

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        thomthom
        last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 12:07

        Rich, I think that a 1.6MB cookie image is warrant for a ban...

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 12:11

          OK, I'll ban you later 👍

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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            thomthom
            last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 12:14

            I expect a cookie in 1:1 scale to that photo in my mail

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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              EarthMover
              last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 13:13

              Looks interesting. Thanks Thom! 👍

              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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                utiler
                last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 13:29

                You're da bomb, Thom!!!!

                Have been feeling for your countrymen of late, mate.... 👍

                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  driven
                  last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 14:15

                  hi Thomas,

                  would it be ok to change the menu name to 'tt_shell' as it needs to be unique to use a mac system shortcut key and Jim's simple shell uses 'shell' in the SU menu already...

                  it also turned off all my other toolbars [except 'booleen helper' and SU ones] when I first loaded/ran it.

                  never had that happen before...

                  I'll do some testing tonight.

                  john

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

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 14:20

                    @driven said:

                    would it be ok to change the menu name to 'tt_shell' as it needs to be unique to use a mac system shortcut key and Jim's simple shell uses 'shell' in the SU menu already...

                    You can edit line 40 to change the menu name.

                    @driven said:

                    it also turned off all my other toolbars [except 'booleen helper' and SU ones] when I first loaded/ran it.

                    😲
                    There is nothing in the plugin's code that modifies other toolbars. It doesn't even add one itself.

                    Did it cause any errors when you loaded the first time?

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

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                      driven
                      last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 19:05

                      yes,
                      it failed on one particular group and generated error messages, so I'd make something less something less complex, but I noticed all my toolbars had gone.

                      I turned the same ones back on restarted SU, used tt_shell again and they were fine...

                      I get non planar faces errors on things that JPP works on.

                      I'll have a proper look later

                      john

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

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                        thomthom
                        last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 19:32

                        Can you give me a sample model?

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

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                          driven
                          last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 20:40

                          hi thomas,

                          here's something similar that fails tt_skin, but works for JPP.

                          the lavender one is jpp'd.

                          Also, the disappearing toolbars are from TIG's new DAE exporter, which uses

                          Sketchup.send_action('terminate:')

                          which 'disappears' the toolbars and was the last thing that I had used before I installed this.

                          john
                          tt_skin_test.skp

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

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                            thomthom
                            last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 20:47

                            Cheers for the model!

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

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                              Stinkie
                              last edited by 9 Aug 2011, 21:37

                              @unknownuser said:

                              OK, I'll ban you later 👍

                              😆

                              Thanks, Thomas!

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                                nomeradona
                                last edited by 25 Aug 2011, 17:11

                                this is the one im waiting for. I requested for this before but many keep on pointing joint push pull. thanks thomas..

                                visit my blog: http://www.nomeradona.blogspot.com

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                                  jorge2011
                                  last edited by 8 Nov 2011, 01:54

                                  Hi thom, This plugin generates a small error, you can fix that

                                  Error: #<ArgumentError: Points are not planar>
                                  C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:370:in add_face' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:370:in shell'
                                  C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:362:in each' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:362:in shell'
                                  C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:321:in offset_mesh' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:319:in each'
                                  C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:319:in offset_mesh' C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:173:in onReturn'
                                  C:/Archivos de programa/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/tt_shell.rb:420

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                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by 8 Nov 2011, 02:05

                                    wow 😲
                                    i missed this one..
                                    gonna test it a little later tonight.

                                    thanks thom

                                    dotdotdot

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                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by 8 Nov 2011, 07:12

                                      @jorge2011 said:

                                      Hi thom, This plugin generates a small error, you can fix that

                                      Ah, yea. There are bugs in this plugin. Hence the Alpha status of the version number. Though I've not had any time to work on it recently.

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

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                                        robert111
                                        last edited by 10 Nov 2011, 12:36

                                        mr thomthom
                                        when i make group for this form , i and i use shell plugin , i have this stroange message


                                        hg11.JPG

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                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by 10 Nov 2011, 13:08

                                          That error message is not something I've put into Shell. I have no idea where it's coming from. Exactly what is the steps you do to produce that? (Can you also share the model along with the steps?)

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

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