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    • aadbuildA Offline
      aadbuild
      last edited by

      Hi all, I have been following the thread with house builder and I am having problems loading house builder as well. I am using a P.C and I have dropped house builder in the plugins folder and when I start Sketchup I come up with the following message:
      No such file to load -- HouseBuilder/HouseBuilderTool.rbError Loading File HouseBuilder_extension.rb
      (eval):36:in `readlines': No such file or directory - C:/Program Files/Google/Sketchup 6/Plugins\HouseBuilder\housebuilder_sections.txt
      I have tried sevral variations but I have had no luck. Is there any one who could steer me in the right direction. I am looking forward to see what house builder can do. Your help will be much appreciated. 😄

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      • Didier BurD Offline
        Didier Bur
        last edited by

        Hi,
        if you have correctly unzipped the package in your Plugins folder, there should'nt be any problem.
        Check that you have:

        • HouseBuilder_extension.rb in your Plugins folder
        • a sub-folder named "HouseBuilder" with 2 other .rb files in it and a lot of png's and gif's as well. A .txt file is also there, with the wood sections listed in it.

        Read the readme.txt file for further details.

        DB

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        • A Offline
          abumail
          last edited by

          Dera Didier,
          Your Script is very useful and funny,
          I have a doubt about the timber (beam) on top of the windows and door.
          If i put door or windows it's result vertical, Shouldn't be horizontal?
          Thank you in advance for your kind attention,
          Giovanni


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          • AnssiA Offline
            Anssi
            last edited by

            Giovanni,

            I think it is a matter of both local convention and structural strength. When I was taught about framing (half a zillion years ago) I was told to put the beam vertically. So from my point of view this should be correct.

            Anssi

            securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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            • Didier BurD Offline
              Didier Bur
              last edited by

              I agree with Anssi.
              But I want also say that it is NOT my script. The original was coded by S. Hurlbutt, I only tweaked it to metric units and parametric sections...

              DB

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              • D Offline
                dayakar78mac.com
                last edited by

                @didier bur said:

                Hi,
                if you have correctly unzipped the package in your Plugins folder, there should'nt be any problem.
                Check that you have:

                • HouseBuilder_extension.rb in your Plugins folder
                • a sub-folder named "HouseBuilder" with 2 other .rb files in it and a lot of png's and gif's as well. A .txt file is also there, with the wood sections listed in it.

                Read the readme.txt file for further details.

                Hi Didier,

                I have unzipped HouseBuilder_metric_12.zip in the Plugins folder. The HouseBuilder_extension.rb and sub-folder "HouseBuilder" are there as described by you. When I launch SketchUp, I still get the following error.

                "Error Loading File HouseBuilder_extension.rb private method split called for nil:NilClass"

                Could you please advice me to resolve this issue.

                I am using SketchUp Pro v6.0 on iMac, Mac os x 10.5.4.

                Thanks,
                Dayakar


                Error Loading file

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                • Didier BurD Offline
                  Didier Bur
                  last edited by

                  Hi,
                  I'm puzzled because the "split" method is called several dozens of times in the code so I can't localize exactly where there's something wrong at startup. Maybe it's a Mac issue. Do you have a file "housebuilder_sections.txt in the HouseBuilder folder ? I guess yes...
                  Give me some time to search...But take a look at the top of this thread, other people on Mac have the same issue as yours.

                  DB

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                  • P Offline
                    pav_3j
                    last edited by

                    wow, thank you very much! this is awesome

                    pav

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                      dayakar78mac.com
                      last edited by

                      @didier bur said:

                      Hi,
                      I'm puzzled because the "split" method is called several dozens of times in the code so I can't localize exactly where there's something wrong at startup. Maybe it's a Mac issue. Do you have a file "housebuilder_sections.txt in the HouseBuilder folder ? I guess yes...
                      Give me some time to search...But take a look at the top of this thread, other people on Mac have the same issue as yours.

                      Hi Didier,

                      Thank you for the response. Yes, I do have have housebuilder_sections.txt in the HouseBuilder subfolder. This script is very useful, I saw the demo of this script at http://sites.google.com/site/3dbasecamp2008/all-sessions-2008/maxing-out-your-productivity-with-ruby-scripts.

                      Regards,
                      Dayakar

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                      • T Offline
                        thinkbuild
                        last edited by

                        Greetings to all.

                        Didier, just a quick note - I just wanted you to know that I am also having the same issues with my mac.

                        "Error Loading File HouseBuilder_extension.rb
                        private method `split' called for nil:NilClass"

                        Any ideas?

                        I tried to look for the "offending line" in the script but I quickly became confused. Is it "HouseBuilder_extension.rb", (which is not scrambled)
                        or "HouseBuilder.rb", or "HouseBuilderTool.rb" (both of which are scrambled)?

                        Please advise. I'm sure many of us in the Mac community would be very appreciative if we could get this to work!

                        cheers from Berlin,

                        Jason

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                        • Didier BurD Offline
                          Didier Bur
                          last edited by

                          Hi
                          It is probably in "HouseBuilder_extension.rb" there.
                          I suspect this line is the offending one:

                          su_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("Sketchup.exe").split("Sketchup.exe")[0]

                          because there's no exe files on Mac, and they are located elsewhere. So su_path variable is nil, and when the script tries to locate the txt sections files, the su_path is splitted starting from a nil value, which raises error. (hope i'm clear 😳 )
                          I'll take a look at this asap, but I'm very busy these days... Here is my todo list, apart from corporate devs:

                          Terrain reshaper
                          Housebuilder for Mac
                          Transformer keys positions
                          Align tool -> copy option
                          Extrudelinesalongpath (follow me for lines)
                          SU2STL & Heightfield_gen : binary tests
                          Instancing brush for compo spray
                          SU2POV mat editor sliders

                          😄

                          DB

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                          • T Offline
                            thinkbuild
                            last edited by

                            bonjour didier ...

                            ok, i will see what i can do to make it work. note i am a total non-programmer, but maybe i'll have some luck and you can strike it off your list! i'll report back when i know if i have any success or not 😉

                            a bientôt!

                            jason

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                              thinkbuild
                              last edited by

                              Cher Didier,

                              Bonjour! Alors, here's the report: I can't find the line you are talking about in the script. Pas trouve! It must be in one of the two scrambled files. Je regrete! Please advise if there is another way I can help!

                              best wishes from Berlin,

                              Jason

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                                Hazza
                                last edited by

                                Is it possible to change this so that the wall (or whatever) you just created is undone in one go?

                                See all of my SketchUp models here.

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                                  MrPlanet
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi! i want to delete housebuilder from my computer but it says it is being used by another person when sketchup is closed,can someone tell me what's happening?,thanks

                                  I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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                                    flo
                                    last edited by

                                    I got here when I was looking for the answer to the post How do I print ti scale in SketchUp? I didn't find the answer but I found u guys talking about housebuilder. What is that?

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                                      linea
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for the new script!

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                                        rodericx
                                        last edited by

                                        its possible to translate ? i mean i dont know much about ruby (nothing actually), then this interesting plugin i wanted to use in spanish... then i see in the file : HouseBuilder_extention.rb some calls... like

                                        # Floor tool
                                          cmd3 = UI;;Command.new(("Floor tool")) { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool HouseBuilder;;FloorTool.new }
                                          cmd3.small_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_S.png"
                                          cmd3.large_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_L.png"
                                          cmd3.tooltip = "Creates a floor."
                                          hb_tb.add_item(cmd3)
                                        

                                        then i want to know if i can replace the texts between "" without affect the plugin?. 😎

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @rodericx said:

                                          its possible to translate ? i mean i dont know much about ruby (nothing actually), then this interesting plugin i wanted to use in spanish... then i see in the file : HouseBuilder_extention.rb some calls... like

                                          # Floor tool
                                          >   cmd3 = UI;;Command.new(("Floor tool")) { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool HouseBuilder;;FloorTool.new }
                                          >   cmd3.small_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_S.png"
                                          >   cmd3.large_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_L.png"
                                          >   cmd3.tooltip = "Creates a floor."
                                          >   hb_tb.add_item(cmd3)
                                          

                                          then i want to know if i can replace the texts between "" without affect the plugin?. 😎

                                          Text within "" or even '' can be replaced with anything else you want - i.e. a translation... UNLESS it's a path to a file xxx/xxx/xxx.png etc DON'T change anything else - the worse that can happen is it won't work ! 😮
                                          Keep a copy of the original ! 😒

                                          TIG

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                                            pedromarmol
                                            last edited by

                                            @tig said:

                                            @rodericx said:

                                            its possible to translate ? i mean i dont know much about ruby (nothing actually), then this interesting plugin i wanted to use in spanish... then i see in the file : HouseBuilder_extention.rb some calls... like

                                            # Floor tool
                                            > >   cmd3 = UI;;Command.new(("Floor tool")) { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool HouseBuilder;;FloorTool.new }
                                            > >   cmd3.small_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_S.png"
                                            > >   cmd3.large_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_L.png"
                                            > >   cmd3.tooltip = "Creates a floor."
                                            > >   hb_tb.add_item(cmd3)
                                            

                                            then i want to know if i can replace the texts between "" without affect the plugin?. 😎

                                            Text within "" or even '' can be replaced with anything else you want - i.e. a translation... UNLESS it's a path to a file xxx/xxx/xxx.png etc DON'T change anything else - the worse that can happen is it won't work ! 😮
                                            Keep a copy of the original ! 😒

                                            Hello!!
                                            I'm a spanish user of Sketchup, i'm translating a lot of plugins for SU to spanish language.
                                            I have finished the translation of House Builder ver. 1.0, and it works fine in Mac, only one problem, some units in the options of the tools are in inches, and i work in metres but it's a minor problem, the rest is OK.
                                            I can't translate The House Builder ver. 1.2 because the files HouseBuilder.rb and HouseBuilderTool.rb are encoded, i have translated the HouseBuilder_extension.rb only, the icons appear and the tooltip too in spanish, but don't works in Mac, it appears the same problem:
                                            Error al cargar archivo HouseBuilder_extension.rb
                                            private method `split' called for nil:NilClass

                                            I would like upload the Spanish version of House Builder v. 1.0 for all users and the others plugins. Please, tell me how.

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