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    • KrisidiousK Offline
      Krisidious
      last edited by

      Mr. Ruby I like that...

      By: Kristoff Rand
      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        It's actually really mewho has to (must) thank you Didier - I was the pushy one on this script.
        I'm downloading it right away and try it!
        Thanks a lot! (or did I already say that 😄)

        Gai...

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        • EdsonE Offline
          Edson
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          didier,

          what exactly can one do with cloud.rb?

          regards.

          edson

          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Edson,

            You can have a list of xyz coordinates in a simple text file which you can import into SU as construction points.
            In the old version there was then another script that made a (triangulated) mesh of these point.

            This is good for creating terrains with exact measurements (I for instance use it to reconstruct different ground levels through history at archaeological sites).

            However, Didier, something seems to be wrong with the script.

            • First of all when I open it, it does not look like a script at all just a bunch of lettes. OK, I'm not a programmer so maybe that's how it should look like (but also it may have gotten corrupted during uploading?).

            • When I launch it, it opens the dialogue but some of the options you mention (triangulation for instance) does not appear.

            • When finally trying to open the file, an error box pops up saying "Only 1 data per line. Aborting..." And of course no cloud at all though I'm sure there are all necessary three data inputs there in the file (I can make the mesh in SU5 with the old plugin).

            Gai...

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            • Didier BurD Offline
              Didier Bur
              last edited by

              Hi all,
              I forgot to upload the updated version of 07.03.07 so here it is 😳
              Please download and read the PDF too. Most answers to your questions are in there (I hope). 😄

              Gaieus: the script is (simply) crypted. No edit possible (unless you have the decrypt method).
              Triangulation is provided only when points have been imported (at the end of the script).
              The "Only 1 data per line..." message occured with previous version when using a space delimiter. This have been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

              Regards,

              DB

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                Didier, thanks a bunch!

                Actually, I was somehow guessing that it was encrypted but not knowing too much either about programming or encrypting (and what you can and what you cannot), I didn't want to seem too blunt (I have played around encrypting html pages for instance).

                Anyway, when I get home, I will give it another try. I hope (if not sure) that I'll be able to report succes.

                Thanks again

                Gai...

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  Didier, thank you for this script. I seem to be having difficulty with it though. I get the dialog box and it tells me there will be 14 points imported. When I click on OK it goes immediately to the Select cursor which was selected before. No construction points are generated. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the carriage return character that is shown in the Line Sample. You can see it in the screen grab.

                  http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Ruby/pointscloud.jpg

                  Etaoin Shrdlu

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                  (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                  G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                  M30

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                  • Didier BurD Offline
                    Didier Bur
                    last edited by

                    Dave,
                    You're right, there shouldn't be any CR at line end.
                    Just like this:
                    0,8,7
                    2,3.1,5
                    and so on.

                    Please send me the file just to check what's wrong with it. 😒

                    Excel CSV, Notepad, Wordpad, UltraEdit, Shalom, deliver correct ascii text files.
                    You can display and/or supress all unwanted CR with a lot of common text editors, for instance SciTE (see pic with regular carriage returns and line feeds on).
                    Hope this helps,

                    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Ruby/scite.gif

                    DB

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Didier, I sent you an e-mail. Thanks.

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Didier,

                        I seem to be experiencing the same problem as Dave. I use Notepad++ and there is no such problem with SU 5 and the previous version of your script. In the "Line sample..." of the dialogue box there is that edn character though, as well, and the script does not create any point cloud.

                        Gai...

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                        • E Offline
                          ELYSIUM
                          last edited by

                          Hi all!

                          I'm making a model of the roman forum, and i have found the geospacial data of most of its buildings on this site:

                          http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/geospatial

                          Is this the sort of data that this script uses? and can anyone help me with converting these into a skp file??

                          tks.

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Hi Pedro (not mistaken?)!

                            Yes, exactly this is the script you could use.
                            I went to the link you provided, copied the data and inserted it into a plain text editor. There you need to get rid of the tab signs and the double spaces only and you're ready to convert your data file (a plain text file) into a cloud of points.

                            I only have this problem with getting the script to work. The previous version worked well on my SU5 but now there seems to be some problem - maybe with the ending character at the end of each line.

                            Didier posted a pdf file, too, on the "how-to"s of the script. Please, read it and see the details.

                            Gai...

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                            • B Offline
                              Ben Ritter
                              last edited by

                              Didier,

                              Thank you so much for the script.

                              When I tried it, the triangulated data (.csv file) came in at about 45 degrees to horizontal. Any ideas why?

                              Ben

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                              • Didier BurD Offline
                                Didier Bur
                                last edited by

                                Hi,
                                Yes there sure is a bug remaining in the script when used with V6.
                                I MUST find it (as soon as I have V6 installed). For some reason I cannot download it from the Google site, because I have installed it one time, then uninstalled, and now nothing works when I install it again, it says it is v5.2.061 or something. 😡 👿 😡
                                Good someone PLEEEAAASE provide me a link where I can download the free v6 installer ? But not the official link, I have tried it several times with no sucess...
                                I will find the bugs of my scripts ASAP then !
                                Cheers,

                                DB

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                                • jujuJ Offline
                                  juju
                                  last edited by

                                  I found a link over at filehippo where you can download SU 6.

                                  Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                                  • Didier BurD Offline
                                    Didier Bur
                                    last edited by

                                    Al laaaaaaast it works !
                                    THANKS A BUNCH JUJU 😄

                                    I have found what was not really a bug. Option providers have been changed in SU6 so the variable handling your current unit was nil.
                                    I will release the updated script tomorrow (I'm home now 😉
                                    Regards,

                                    DB

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                                    • E Offline
                                      ELYSIUM
                                      last edited by

                                      Tks for your help Gaieus ( right its Pedro 😄 )

                                      I'll wait for the new version on the script to try making the cloud.

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        Pedro,

                                        I'm so eager to see the new results on your Rome project (how could I have forgotten? 😄)

                                        Well Didier, as Juju was quicker, this link (that I prepared for you) does not mean too much any more but still:

                                        I uploaded both SU6Pro and SU6 (free) here for you:
                                        http://www.gaieus.hu/su/Didier/

                                        Have fun and get home quickly!
                                        😄

                                        Gai...

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                                        • Didier BurD Offline
                                          Didier Bur
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks Gaeius 😛
                                          I'll use the free version for now, until I get the Pro french version (it will be released in October, GSU folks are much sloooooower than @Last folks were...).
                                          Cloud.rb has been updated (see topic).
                                          Have fun,

                                          DB

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes, I saw your post - actually, also answered to it - we were just "cross-posting".

                                            Gai...

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