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    • robertWanR Offline
      robertWan
      last edited by

      Hi.

      Here is described a method of creating holograms with a plugin.
      https://github.com/rdeits/ScratchHolograms/blob/master/Readme.markdown
      But I don't know where in pattern.rb a path to draw_pattern.py can be changed.

      I tired to change it in line 227 and 228 but an error appears.

      Error Loading File solid_pattern.rb
      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;228; syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting tSTRING_CONTENT or tSTRING_DBEG or tSTRING_DVAR or tSTRING_END
      	Dir.chdir(C;\Documents and Settings\Adminis...
      	             ^
      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;228; syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting kEND
      ...dir(C;\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Scr...
                                    ^
      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;228; syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting kEND
      ...ments\ScratchHolograms-master\ScratchHolograms-master)
                                    ^
      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;228; syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting kEND
      

      Robert


      solid_pattern.rb

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      • D Offline
        driven
        last edited by

        line 4

        
        SCRIPTS_DIR = File.dirname(__FILE__)
        PYTHON_PATH = "/usr/local/bin/python"
        

        "/usr/local/bin/python" need to be your path to where you instal the draw_pattern.py

        I would also changed line 3, then you can leave it all outside of SU and use load "<your path goes here>" from 'Ruby Console' to test it...

        good luck

        john

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

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        • robertWanR Offline
          robertWan
          last edited by

          Error Loading File solid_pattern.rb
          C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;3; Invalid escape character syntax
          ... and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ScratchHolograms-ma...
          

          https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4tnvdjq10um4f1e/Clipboard01.gif?dl=0

          Robert
          ^


          solid_pattern.rb

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          • robertWanR Offline
            robertWan
            last edited by

            Error Loading File solid_pattern.rb
            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;3; Invalid escape character syntax
            ... and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ScratchHolograms-ma...
                                          ^
            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;230; syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
            	puts "Data export done. Python res...
            	    ^
            

            solid_pattern.rb

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            • D Offline
              driven
              last edited by

              the line 3 error is pointing at you back slash ** try using forward slashes /, ruby uses either but python or system might not...
              and line 230 is missing a closing bracket )...
              sorry
              john

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

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              • D Offline
                driven
                last edited by

                it was written for a mac, so maybe...

                	d = IO.popen(PYTHON_PATH + " draw_pattern.py " + base_dir + "/" + proposal)
                

                possibly needs to be

                	d = IO.popen(File.join(PYTHON_PATH , " draw_pattern.py ",base_dir, proposal))
                

                john
                EDIT added the missing bracket...

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

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  The error message points to line #3...
                  Which reads:
                  SCRIPTS_DIR = "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ScratchHolograms-master" PYTHON_PATH = "C:\Python27" ...

                  You must always escape the \ folder de-liminator within ANY "" - OR use '' or / etc.
                  So change these everywhere to be something like one of these examples...
                  SCRIPTS_DIR = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\My Documents\\ScratchHolograms-master" ...
                  or
                  SCRIPTS_DIR = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ScratchHolograms-master' ...
                  or
                  SCRIPTS_DIR = "C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My Documents/ScratchHolograms-master" ...
                  or
                  SCRIPTS_DIR = 'C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My Documents/ScratchHolograms-master' ...

                  The ' /' is the safer folder-path de-liminator...
                  The \ within "" is taken as an escape character, like in \n == Newline and \t == Tab...
                  [mod=:3v04zt7t]EDIT: @driven just beat me to it, but as I typed it... here it is anyway !
                  πŸ˜’[/mod:3v04zt7t]

                  TIG

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                  • robertWanR Offline
                    robertWan
                    last edited by

                    Finished exporting vertex data.
                    Running python script...
                    Error; #<Errno;;EACCES; Permission denied - C;/Python27/ draw_pattern.py /C;\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents/Untitled.pattern>
                    C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `popen'
                    C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `ExportPattern'
                    C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;239
                    
                    

                    http://www.screencast.com/t/2BSBkccw28NW

                    Robert


                    solid_pattern.rb

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                    • D Offline
                      driven
                      last edited by

                      Error: #<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - C:/Python27/ draw_pattern.py /C:\Documents

                      you have spaces before and after draw_pattern.py which may be the issue...

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

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                      • robertWanR Offline
                        robertWan
                        last edited by

                        Finished exporting vertex data.
                        Running python script...
                        Error; #<Errno;;ENOEXEC; Exec format error - C;/Python27/draw_pattern.py C;\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents/Untitled.pattern>
                        C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `popen'
                        C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `ExportPattern'
                        C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;239
                        
                        

                        solid_pattern.rb

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          EDIT:
                          I now realize it's about the Windows need for trapping spaces in file paths - change it thus:
                          Change your paths to keep the \ - the system-calls expect them NOT /:
                          SCRIPTS_DIR = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\My Documents\\ScratchHolograms-master" PYTHON_PATH = "C:\\Python27"
                          Then enclose the two parts of the system-call inside "" :
                          IO.popen('"'+PYTHON_PATH+"\\draw_pattern.py"+'" "'+base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')

                          TIG

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                          • robertWanR Offline
                            robertWan
                            last edited by

                            Finished exporting vertex data.
                            Running python script...
                            Error; #<Errno;;ENOEXEC; Exec format error - "C;\Python27\draw_pattern.py" "C;\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Untitled.pattern">
                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `popen'
                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `ExportPattern'
                            C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;239
                            
                            

                            current plugin

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                            • D Offline
                              driven
                              last edited by

                              have a look at Dan's
                              [Plugin] Hypocycloid Cam Profile Generator v1.0.0 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=470834#p470834
                              it was based on a python [py/dxf] script that I couldn't get to run...
                              he reworked it to SU ruby, may be a simpler approach...

                              john

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

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                I'm no expert on 'python' but isn't the cmd code more like this:

                                path_to_py argument(s)

                                Also have you got 'python' set up right in cmd window ?

                                ftype Python26.File="C:\Python26\python.exe" "%1" %
                                assoc .py=Python26.File*

                                AND then run it...

                                IO.popen('"'+PYTHON_PATH+"\\draw_pattern.py+'" "'+base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')
                                OR
                                **system**('"'+PYTHON_PATH+"\\draw_pattern.py+'" "'+base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')

                                OR perhaps the .py part can't be inside "" ?

                                Read this about file associations... http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/12/14/problem-passing-arguments-to-python-scripts-on-windows/

                                TIG

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                                • robertWanR Offline
                                  robertWan
                                  last edited by

                                  Error Loading File solid_pattern.rb
                                  C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229; syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting ')'
                                  ...w_pattern.py+'" "'+base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')
                                                                ^
                                  C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229; unterminated string meets end of file
                                  C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229; syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
                                  

                                  solid_pattern.rb

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    My typo !
                                    2 missing characters...
                                    Try:

                                    IO.popen('"'+PYTHON_PATH+"\\%(#0000FF)["+]draw_pattern.py+'" "'+base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')

                                    If you view your code in Notepad++ with suitable RB syntax coloring it's clearly wrong...

                                    TIG

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                                    • robertWanR Offline
                                      robertWan
                                      last edited by

                                      @tig said:

                                      If you view your code in Notepad++

                                      I use PSPad. I install Notepad++.

                                      Finished exporting vertex data.
                                      Running python script...
                                      Error; #<NameError; undefined local variable or method `draw_pattern' for main;Object>
                                      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `ExportPattern'
                                      C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;239
                                      

                                      solid_pattern.rb

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Try this:
                                        d = IO.popen('"'+PYTHON_PATH%(#0000BF)[+"\\draw_pattern.py "+]base_dir+"\\"+proposal+'"')
                                        I misunderstood, there is no 'draw_pattern' variable !

                                        TIG

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                                        • robertWanR Offline
                                          robertWan
                                          last edited by

                                          Finished exporting vertex data.
                                          Running python script...
                                          Error; #<Errno;;EINVAL; Invalid argument - "C;\Python27\draw_pattern.py C;\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Untitled.pattern">
                                          C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `popen'
                                          C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;229;in `ExportPattern'
                                          C;/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/solid_pattern.rb;239
                                          
                                          

                                          solid_pattern.rb

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            I weary... try...
                                            d = IO.popen('"'+PYTHON_PATH+'\draw_pattern.py" "'+base_dir+'"\\"+proposal+'"')
                                            So many permutations... πŸ˜’

                                            TIG

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