[Plugin] QuadFaceTools

daforum

Do the tools work with SketchUp V7?
Do I need any other plugins/ scripts for them to work?

Thank you.

thomthom

Yes.

Just follow the instructions on the page that appear when you click the Download button and you'll be all set.

Rich O Brien

A quad face property is when the diagonal edge on a non planar 4 sided object has soften and smooth property on and the cast shadow property off.

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Rich O Brien

Ok, so I replied to a post that has now disappeared so it looks like I just blurted out random crap.

But for that mystery guy see above....

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thomthom

@dickorama said:

Okay, I'm seriously confused here. Only managed to get this work once and all other attempts to repeat the process failed ever since. What do I do wrong?

Creating a sandbox plane. 50x50 meters, if size matters anyhow.

Converting sandbox to QuadTools quads.

Copying the plane nearby.

Texturing original plane. Texture is set to 50m, so it does not repeat.

Entering original plane group and copying UV coordinates.

So far so good, paste button is now active.

Entering copied plane group and pasting UV coordinates.

Nada.

I tried all kinds of various methods for conversion - exploded, grouped, did whatnot. Something I noticed is sometimes sandbox quads are turned into triangles when converted and sometimes they are not?!

Help

Didn't notice this until now. Still having problems?
Got a sample model?

daforum

Unfortunately I get this error message when SU7 starts:

"can't convert nil into StringError Loading File tt_quadface.rb
can't convert nil into String"

I don't know what this means so I can't use it.

Rich O Brien

Have tt_quadface.rb in the root of the plugins folder?

It should not reside in a folder within the plugin folder as per the footprint in the first post.

thomthom

Open the Ruby Console (Window > Ruby Console) and enter: load 'tt_quadface.rb'. Report back the whole error.

(Btw, can you post a screenshot of your Plugins folder?)

thomthom


> load 'tt_quadface.rb'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;20; warning; already initialized constant PLUGIN
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;21; warning; already initialized constant PLUGIN_ID
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;22; warning; already initialized constant PLUGIN_NAME
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;23; warning; already initialized constant PLUGIN_VERSION
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;24; warning; already initialized constant PLUGIN_AUTHOR
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;27; warning; already initialized constant PATH_ROOT
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;28; warning; already initialized constant PATH
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;29; warning; already initialized constant PATH_ICONS
Error; #<LoadError; no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb;9;in `require'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb;9
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb;36;in `require'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb;36;in `load'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;41;in `register_extension'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;41
(eval);540;in `load'
(eval);540
Error; #<LoadError; /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb;9;in `require'; no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb>
(eval);540
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/TT_QuadFaceTools/core.rb;9
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb;36;in `require'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb;36;in `load'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;41;in `register_extension'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins/tt_quadface.rb;41
(eval);540;in `load'
(eval);540

It appear that you do not have the required TT_lib2 installed.

daforum

Apologies, I have included it - TT_lib2 - then taken a screenshot of the plugins folder (see attached)
and another report of the whole error (see attached txt file)

many thanks.

tt-quadface-error1.txt

daforum

DELETED: new post (see below)

thomthom

@daforum said:

Apologies, I have included it - TT_lib2

Are you sure it's installed correctly?
Do you by any chance have a TT_Lib2 folder inside an TT_Lib2 folder?
Can you post a screenshot of where the core.rb file inside TT_Lib2 lies? (Screenshot that includes the full path.)

daforum

Here's a screenshot of the TT_Lib2 folder (can't display it all as my screen isn't big enough)
and I haven't got the folder inside another TT_Lib2 folder.

The full file path is this:

Macintosh HD/ Library/ Application Support/ Google Sketchup 7/ Sketchup/ plugins/ TT_Lib2/ core.rb

thomthom

That is very strange. I have no idea what is going on here.

...I've noticed lately there's been lots of OSX users with problems due to not sufficient permissions to the plugins folder. Though I'm not really familiar with what they did or what errors they where getting...

thomthom

Do you happen to have Organizer installed?

daforum

Hi thomthom,

I've done a search and nothing found, called Organizer on my machine.

driven

hi daforum,

can you run this in Ruby Console and paste the results back into a 'code' box for easy checking of possible conflicts...

$LOADED_FEATURES.join("\n")

if it dosen't have all your plugins try this one as well...

$loaded_files.join("\n")

lastly, can your fill in your profile so we know your on mac, etc...
and since it doesn't tell us, which 'osx' version, a cat will do...

cheers
john

daforum

Hi driven,

I will do the code pasting as soon as I can today; and I have updated my profile as suggested
but it doesn't seem to be showing up

Edit

ah, now it's there

thomthom

@daforum said:

ah, now it's there

It's working? No errors?

driven

@daforum said:

ah, now it's there

out of curiosity...
do you use a 'Finder' enhancer/manager of any sort?
I have found 'sometimes' I need to update 'Finder' before newly added files can be accessed.
Turning your mac off overnight would have refreshed 'Finder'...
john