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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
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      NEW RELEASE: FredoTools v3.2c - 12 Mar 18

      FredoTools 3.2c fixes a major bug in the calculation of volume in SolidVolume

      See FredoTools plugin home page for Download.

      See also main post of this thread for User Discussion.

      Fredo

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      • R Offline
        rv1974
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        Fredo, in this particular model reverse\ orient tool fails to exit with savedresult. could you take a look? Thanks!


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        • fredo6F Offline
          fredo6
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          @rv1974 said:

          Fredo, in this particular model reverse\ orient tool fails to exit with savedresult. could you take a look? Thanks!

          I tried on your model but AutoOrientFaces does the job and performs correctly the reversing.

          The issue with your model is that each of the 12 subgroups have a quite large number of faces. In particular the two wheels which have 3,218 faces. The whole model would probably need a rework, because the number of faces seems oversized for a rather boxy shape.

          I would probably need to optimize the algorithm. The white screen is just when processing the two wheels.

          Fredo

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          • JQLJ Offline
            JQL
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            Hi Fredo,

            I've noticed that your tools don't follow the convention for selecting a surface with a single click.

            The selection method is assuming two or more faces connected by a hidden edge to be a surface, while sketchup convention assumes a surface to be at least two faces connected by a soft edge.

            Is this by design?

            Thanks,

            João

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @jql said:

              Hi Fredo,

              I've noticed that your tools don't follow the convention for selecting a surface with a single click.

              The selection method is assuming two or more faces connected by a hidden edge to be a surface, while sketchup convention assumes a surface to be at least two faces connected by a soft edge.

              Is this by design?

              Thanks,

              João

              In general I assume that if you don't see the edge on the screen, the bounding faces are part of the same click-selection. When Geometry Hidden is turned on, then faces behave as separate.

              This may not be what the user wants in some occasions; this is why I also have explicit options with palette buttons.

              Which tool of FredoTools are you referring to ?

              Fredo

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              • JQLJ Offline
                JQL
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                I'm referring to every tool I guess. I was convinced it had to do with a global selection method defined by LibFredo.

                I often require the use of surfaces and treat them as such in Sketchup. But for JPP, reverse/orient faces, or thrupaint, I often had problems and didn't understand why. So I started selectin the surfaces first, with regular sketchup selection tool. So I only recently found out what was happening...

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
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                  @jql said:

                  I'm referring to every tool I guess. I was convinced it had to do with a global selection method defined by LibFredo.

                  I often require the use of surfaces and treat them as such in Sketchup. But for JPP, reverse/orient faces, or thrupaint, I often had problems and didn't understand why. So I started selectin the surfaces first, with regular sketchup selection tool. So I only recently found out what was happening...

                  Is this now as you expect?

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                    Fredo,

                    Is it possible to add Cast Shadows On/Off to the Face Triangulator tool?

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                    • JQLJ Offline
                      JQL
                      last edited by

                      @fredo6 said:

                      @jql said:

                      I'm referring to every tool I guess. I was convinced it had to do with a global selection method defined by LibFredo.

                      I often require the use of surfaces and treat them as such in Sketchup. But for JPP, reverse/orient faces, or thrupaint, I often had problems and didn't understand why. So I started selectin the surfaces first, with regular sketchup selection tool. So I only recently found out what was happening...

                      Is this now as you expect?

                      Not quite. What I would expect is that only with soft edges, two or more faces would be considered surfaces, as in sketchup.

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                      • fredo6F Offline
                        fredo6
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                        @jql said:

                        @fredo6 said:

                        @jql said:

                        I'm referring to every tool I guess. I was convinced it had to do with a global selection method defined by LibFredo.

                        I often require the use of surfaces and treat them as such in Sketchup. But for JPP, reverse/orient faces, or thrupaint, I often had problems and didn't understand why. So I started selectin the surfaces first, with regular sketchup selection tool. So I only recently found out what was happening...

                        Is this now as you expect?

                        Not quite. What I would expect is that only with soft edges, two or more faces would be considered surfaces, as in sketchup.

                        Never noticed for the Hidden?

                        Can be done, but this impacts everyone that is used to or prefer the current behavior. Indeed, the strng argument is that this is how Sketchup does the selection.

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                        • JQLJ Offline
                          JQL
                          last edited by

                          Well... That's a tough one. Make it coherent with Sketchup or keep it as it is for every user sake?

                          What if people do what I did and don't use the option as they don't quite understand it?

                          Or what if, following the hidden preferences you have, you would have an option of surface selection method?

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                            PAragao
                            last edited by

                            Hi all,

                            I think this tool will be my savior since I keep finding mismatches on the edges of my sketch. However, when I try to tell it to fix the edges it gives the error "Cannot create unit vector from zero length vector"

                            Anyone has an idea how to solve this?

                            Thanks.

                            Date: 08-Apr-18 14:45:11
                            An error occurred in Edge Inspector
                            Error during Inspection

                            Cannot create unit vector from zero length vector

                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3286 -- axes
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3286 -- zero_edge_disolve_edge
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3269 -- block in zero_edge_absorb_final
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3249 -- each
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3249 -- zero_edge_absorb_final
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3379 -- block in zero_edge_resolve
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3367 -- each
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3367 -- each_with_index
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 3367 -- zero_edge_resolve
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 2706 -- call
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 2706 -- block in execute_fixing
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 2703 -- each
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 2703 -- each_with_index
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 2703 -- execute_fixing
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1713 -- robot_fixing_execute_single
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1703 -- robot_fixing_exec
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1686 -- robot_fixing
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1573 -- block in resolver_fixing
                            lib6operation.rbe: 332 -- call
                            lib6operation.rbe: 332 -- step_geometry
                            lib6operation.rbe: 374 -- start_execution
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1573 -- resolver_fixing
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 1924 -- block in palette_floating
                            body_lib6palette.rbe: 3754 -- call
                            body_lib6palette.rbe: 3754 -- execute_button
                            body_lib6palette.rbe: 3559 -- onLButtonUp
                            lib6palette.rbe: 91 -- onLButtonUp
                            body_fredotools__edgeinspector.rbe: 786 -- onLButtonUp

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              @paragao said:

                              Hi all,

                              I think this tool will be my savior since I keep finding mismatches on the edges of my sketch. However, when I try to tell it to fix the edges it gives the error "Cannot create unit vector from zero length vector"

                              This looks like a bug (I fixed it). It does mean that you seem to have zero-length edges in your model.

                              By the way, if you are lucky to have 'ill-edged' models, I am interested for testing EdgeInspector.

                              Fredo

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                NEW RELEASE: FredoTools v3.2d - 09 Apr 18

                                FredoTools 3.2d is about bug fixing in EdgeInspector.

                                See FredoTools plugin home page for Download.

                                See also main post of this thread for User Discussion.

                                Fredo

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                                • JQLJ Offline
                                  JQL
                                  last edited by

                                  @fredo6 said:

                                  By the way, if you are lucky to have 'ill-edged' models, I am interested for testing EdgeInspector.

                                  Fredo

                                  What exactly are we supposed to find in these models?

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @jql said:

                                    @fredo6 said:

                                    By the way, if you are lucky to have 'ill-edged' models, I am interested for testing EdgeInspector.

                                    Fredo

                                    What exactly are we supposed to find in these models?

                                    Tiny edges, needle eyes, etc....

                                    Fredo

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                                      Areczan
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi, I'm struggling with the following error. Seems like there's some problem between Fredo Tools and V-ray. I had to reinstall Sketchup and made sure I installed it with "Run as Administrator". Repair function doesn't help either...

                                      Error: #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)>
                                      c:/users/am/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6upgrade.rbe:158:in initialize' c:/users/am/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6upgrade.rbe:153:in new'
                                      c:/users/am/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6upgrade.rbe:153:in show' c:/users/am/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6upgrade.rbe:66:in time_for_check?'
                                      c:/users/am/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:377:in block in after_startup' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in call'
                                      C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require'
                                      C:/Program Files/Chaos Group/V-Ray/V-Ray for SketchUp/extension/ruby/init.rb:1:in <top (required)>' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
                                      C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:26:in register_extension'
                                      C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:26:in <module:VRay>' C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb:4:in <top (required)>'

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6
                                        last edited by

                                        @areczan said:

                                        Hi, I'm struggling with the following error. Seems like there's some problem between Fredo Tools and V-ray. I had to reinstall Sketchup and made sure I installed it with "Run as Administrator". Repair function doesn't help either...

                                        Do you have the problem if you disable VRay?

                                        Fredo

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                                        • A Offline
                                          Areczan
                                          last edited by

                                          No. But there's also no problem when I only disable Fredo Tools.

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            @areczan said:

                                            No. But there's also no problem when I only disable Fredo Tools.

                                            It's probably a conflict between Plugin (although I don't have it on my machine with VRay 3.6). So removing one or the other should eliminate the issue.

                                            Fredo

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