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    • tt_suT Offline
      tt_su
      last edited by

      What is the full path of that explorer window?

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Because of the scant contents of that folder it must be the VirtualStore 'tree' - expand the path in the top-bar and you'll see it includes 'VirtualStore' - NOT 'Program Files'...

        Fix your Plugins folder's permissions to FULL read/write, clear the VirtualStore folder and then reinstall the Lib, and you should avoid these problems thereafter... 😒

        TIG

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          mutsu_kwq
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Because of the scant contents of that folder it must be the VirtualStore 'tree' - expand the path in the top-bar and you'll see it includes 'VirtualStore' - NOT 'Program Files'...

          Fix your Plugins folder's permissions to FULL read/write, clear the VirtualStore folder and then reinstall the Lib, and you should avoid these problems thereafter... 😒

          Thank you so much Master TIG... i think my sketchup program works fine now.
          But i'm curious where can i find the virtual store folder and how to clean it..

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            Your screen-shot shows the VirtualStore folder opened ?
            If you have a 'Compatibility Files...' link/button in the top-bars of your Plugins folder's 'Windows Explorer' window, then that shows you have some mis-installed files/folders, click on that and it takes you there...

            If you now have set FULL read/write Security permissions to the Plugins folder you should no longer get anything in the VirtualStore...

            Its path is:
            C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\VirtualStore
            with nested subfolders matching the path into which you were prevented from installing files...
            Ending in \Plugins
            If your AppData folder is hidden you will need to either go to it using the path OR change your Folder Options to show hidden files/folders...

            TIG

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            • A Offline
              alexkara
              last edited by

              Has anyone managed to use 3D text editor on Su 2014 under Win 8.1? I haven't been able to successfully execute the plugin under Win 8.1. All I get is a blank (black fill in) of the input dialog box. The same model can be processed in Win 7 using the same version of SU.

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                I have no issues with this tool in v2014 under Win 7.
                I haven't upgraded to Win 8 yet.

                Anyone else with Win 8.1 having these problems ?

                You could PM thomthom... it might be something to do with the way the available-fonts list is accessed ?

                TIG

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  I have Win8.1, IE11 and it's working fine with SU2014 for me.

                  2014-08-05_18h41_24.png

                  There was an issue when Win8 came out where it wasn't working, but I addressed that in TT_Lib2. What version of TT_Lib2 do you have?

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

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                  • A Offline
                    alexkara
                    last edited by

                    Latest versions of everything (Win 8.1, IE, Plugins, TT_LIB2). I bit the bullet and "uninstalled" anything remotely related and re-installed and it seems to be working. Thanks for confirmation and sorry about the "cry wolf".

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                      driven
                      last edited by

                      Thomas,

                      I sent you a PM re UFT8 3dText on Yosemite...

                      The other thing I'm wondering is if scaling could be used to obtain higher vert count on curves...

                      i.e. use a scaled down container, but scale up the input values?

                      john

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

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Have you seen indications that using Entities.add_3d_text base the quality on the size of the text?

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

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                          driven
                          last edited by

                          @thomthom said:

                          Have you seen indications that using Entities.add_3d_text base the quality on the size of the text?

                          no, and just did some test and it doesn't, unfortunately...

                          maybe it was todd's original $plugin that did, or just wishful thinking...

                          if 3dText is your primary output, i.e. signage, then being able to increase precision would be good...

                          john

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

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            The extension use the max level of detail already. If anything the API need to allow higher output.

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

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                              Garry K
                              last edited by

                              3D text component uses text to name the text.
                              3D text component stores settings so they are what they were last time.

                              I like the fact that we can edit 3D text. It means we can store a component with dictionary attributes and then edit the text.


                              component naming differences

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                              • shake1S Offline
                                shake1
                                last edited by

                                Hi, is it possible to increase the number of segments (before place text)?
                                Please make this addition.
                                for example

                                http://i.imgur.com/oRnBbNG.jpg

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  As far as I know the tool already uses the maximum smoothness settings available through the API.

                                  TIG

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    There's an alternative though. Make the text without extrusion and use Curvizard's Smooth Contours on the curves. I've done that on the S but not on the G in the screen shot.

                                    Screenshot - 2_8_2015 , 11_15_03 AM.png

                                    Screenshot - 2_8_2015 , 11_19_38 AM.png

                                    Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                    (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                    G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                    M30

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      That's a solution, but any editing of the 3d-Text will lose the smoothing and it'll need redoing from scratch + extruding again.

                                      TIG

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        True. But if shake1 has to have smoother curves...

                                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                                        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                                        M30

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          As far as I know thomthom uses the max smoothness available in the API's .add_3dText method.
                                          But of course if thomthom were willing he could make the 3dText with no extrusion, then apply some customized smoothing methods to the edges, then pushpull all of the faces to the extrusion value.
                                          I know thomthom has used some 'douglas_peucker' algorithms etc before to simplify/smooth curves...
                                          Perhaps they or something similar would help ?

                                          TIG

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                                          • shake1S Offline
                                            shake1
                                            last edited by

                                            @tig said:

                                            As far as I know the tool already uses the maximum smoothness settings available through the API.

                                            Hi Tig, my friend told me about the "maximum", but i think there are some news about how to work around this limitation.
                                            Dave R - yes, i use Curvizard and BZ Convert to catmull spline, but it would be a bit to simplify the process of smoothing

                                            is there any chance in the future to do more smoothing inside 3D Text Editor?

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