[Plugin]Hole on Solid tool v1.6.3 upadate Jan 09, 2012

Didier Bur

Hi,
Does this tool "autoloads" when starting sU, since there is no rb file in the Plugins folder ?

utiler

Hi tak2hata, well done!!!! A good solution to an age old issue among SU'ers...

A few questions:

Does the 'profile' need to be a group?
Does the tool require a face or edges to create the hole in the resulting group? The reason why I ask is it would be good to extend this tool for edges to cut holes in groups [walls]. Say a window component is inserted; a nested group of edges could create the void in the wall and leave the window geometry.... not sure if this is possible.

mitcorb

I like the way this tool rolls. Very effective in the video.

sadyo

@gilles said:

Trying to play with it I got this:

@unknownuser said:

Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant BST_HoleOnSolid::TST_common>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:37:in reset' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:31:in initialize'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:318:in new' /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:318 /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:37:in call'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/create_hole_on_solid.rb:37

SU8 Mac 10.6.

this happens to me anyway

SU Pro 8.0.4811, Win7/x64

Dave R

Very interesting and useful plugin. It works very well. Thank you.

tak2hata

Hi,Gilles and Sadyo.
I forgot fixing the problem.
It corrected in v1.01.
Didier Bur...Thanks for your advice.

Thanks.

tak2hata

@utiler said:

Hi tak2hata, well done!!!! A good solution to an age old issue among SU'ers...

A few questions:

Does the 'profile' need to be a group?

Does the tool require a face or edges to create the hole in the resulting group? The reason why I ask is it would be good to extend this tool for edges to cut holes in groups [walls]. Say a window component is inserted; a nested group of edges could create the void in the wall and leave the window geometry.... not sure if this is possible.

Hi utiler.
Your second question is the direction of the this plugin's future.
1st question is No.
It need only face for hole.

Thanks

utiler

FANTASTIC!!!!!!

gilles

It works fine now.
Great job thank you.

gilles

Playing with it I notice that it does not detect hole in face, this could be a great improvement.

pilou

New concept of Boolean opérations!

RichardCherry

Wow!
Fantastic tool. Thank you very much

sadyo

Great Thanks Tak2Hata, it working like a charm now

utiler

@tak2hata said:

Hi utiler.
Your second question is the direction of the this plugin's future.
1st question is No.
It need only face for hole.

Thanks

Tak2hata, another question:

When you create the whole in the solid it appear to expolde the profile shape; eg: circle / polygon.... Can you force the resulting edges to be hidden?

thanks mate!!

mitcorb

Hi. I just tried to extract with Winzip eval version and got this in error output:

Extracting file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Sketchup 7\Plugins\HoleOnSolidTool_v1_01.zip
Extracting to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Sketchup 7\Plugins"
Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no
Unable to process "HoleOnSolidTool_v1_01".
Severe Error: Not permitted or able to create an output directory.<<

Anyone have any ideas on this? Perhaps 7zip? Note that I am placing this in x86 where my Sketchup 7 version resides. Is this tool only for Sketchup 8?

RichardCherry

So this plugin only works with the "Pro" version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it

Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it.

Dave R

@richardcherry said:

So this plugin only works with the "Pro" version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it

Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it.

How did you come to that conclusion? Looking through the thread it appears that other users of the free version of SketchUp have been using the plugin. The free version of SU doesn't have the Solid Tools but it still identifies solid groups and components.

RichardCherry

@dave r said:

@richardcherry said:

So this plugin only works with the "Pro" version? The free version does not have solids so I am unable to use it

Thanks for the great plugin even though I am unable to use it.

How did you come to that conclusion? Looking through the thread it appears that other users of the free version of SketchUp have been using the plugin. The free version of SU doesn't have the Solid Tools but it still identifies solid groups and components.

I tried the plugin with groups and components and it would not pick the solid feature. So I assumed it only worked with the pro solids.

Dave R

Post an example SKP file in which it doesn't work.

RichardCherry

@dave r said:

Post an example SKP file in which it doesn't work.

Certainly. When I get home this evening I'll post an skp file. Any and all help is appreciated

Edit:
I figured out what I was doing wrong
You have to have the profile lined up with the solid in order for it to work. I had my profile off to the side. My mistake, sorry.

Gorgeous plugin.