[color=#8000BF:39ttsc5l]**%(#800040)[I have looked through many of the Q&A about the changes from SU8>SU2013 >2014
and the changes to SU14 have totally ruined sketchup for me.

None of the plugins now work,
none of the extensions show up even from inside extension warehouse in SU2014 even after you click install from with SU14, where are they going? SU13 wasn't broken so why make all these huge changes. I never heard of all these permissions issues that is supposedly why the plugin folder was deleted.....

I'm amazed anyone is even using SU14

very disappointed]**[/color]

hey Dave and Box, i was not expecting anyone to solve this for me and especially in 2 very elegant and 'why didn't i think of that' ways, nice work fellas

many thanks
now I just need to find me a metal fabricator to make it as my guy just mailed and said the job was too big for him!, turning down work in a recession... horse, water..lead... metal horse guy now dead

cheers ashley

Yes, me think you are correct obei-one, the trouble with all these great plugins and tools is that I always look for a shortcut to complicated things.

Thanks for the advice, now to do the repetitive hoop and hole making, some images attached in case you have a genius shortcut idea. The file sis too big to upload.

cheers ashley
'the trouble with making some thing fool proof? never underestimate a fool'

many thanks....
ive been trying to use fredo6scale to scale a tower of hoops to a cone but realise this still shrinks the width and the thickness of the hoops not just the width... probably no plugin for that..... hmmmmmmm

brilliant, thank you

Hi I used to have fredo6 icons as the DanielS icon images, in SU2013 i can only seem to get the original ones which i don't like, ive tried deleting the original images file but the icons have not changed and ive re started SU a few times

any ideas

cheers ashley

Hi
I am trying to create a structure for a 6m high metal frame to make a plastic bottle xmas tree ( hopefully in real life once the commission is agreed)
in Sketchup 8 components used to copy each other, in sketchup 2013 i cant seem to get them to play ball, any ideas

cheers ashley

hi kwok
well done
no idea about my measurements being off on my computer, but that did work now by putting

$kyyu_s4t = 3.mm

can i just open up the plugin in note pad and change that line to make it do that permanently?

many thanks for your help.
now i just need to try and unfold it all to try and create some 2d files to laser cut using the finger joints.
we never seem able to match up all 6 sides of an object when using a line cutting programm

big thanks

hi i have tried yours and it works great

but my file does not, i have tried typing in and changing to decimal in ruby but i get this:

$kyyu_s4t = 3.mm
0.118110236220472
Error: #<ArgumentError: comparison of Length with nil failed>
C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/ky_Slots_4_Tabs (v1.0).rb:35:in ==' C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/ky_Slots_4_Tabs (v1.0).rb:35:in kyyu_Slots_4_Tabs'
C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/ky_Slots_4_Tabs (v1.0).rb:250
C:/PROGRA~1/Google/GOOGLE~2/Plugins/ky_Slots_4_Tabs (v1.0).rb:250:in `call'

i tried changing it in the plugin in notepad but it didn't make any difference

attached is my file, maybe i am missing some simple step?
i need to work to 3mm
cheers ashley

slots 1.skp

hey kwok,
great idea
though when i do all the steps no slots are created
any suggestions?

cheers