@unknownuser said:

Once I got that system polished I plan to add it to VT 1.1 along with some other improvements.

Keep on plugin

@xrok1 said:

hey. how are things going with this one? any news/progress?

Several things:

1. I've finished adding more buildings and upgraded some of those that are already in.
2. Used Vertex Tools to clean up more of the Google Earth mesh mismatches.
3. I've purchased Instant Road from valiArchitects.com and plan to make the roads in the GE mesh into "real" roads.
4. Although Thea is my primary render program it's still a beta so they won't get to adding EcoSystem capability until long after I need it: so I've purchase Vue 8 Complete so I can export the whole thing with the new SU2Vue plugin and use the EcoSystem to add "real" bushes and trees. This is going to take a while since I've never used Vue before.

By the way (back on the Vertex Tools thread), how's Version 1.1 coming along?

@unknownuser said:

Bob,
You need also to upgrade Tools On Surface if you have it installed.
Fredo

Thanks, I updated all of your plug-ins.

In the related topic http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=29032&start=30, thomthom suggested:

@unknownuser said:

Try to update all your Fredo plugins and have the latest 3.4 and 3.5 of Fredo Lib.

I added Fredo Lib 3.4 and, at least for now, that seems to solve the problem.

Comments Fredo?

I know this was a problem before SU8 came out, but I still have the right-click menu grayed out almost all of the time.
Didn’t someone figure out that it was someone’s ruby that was causing it?

If so, could someone give me a steer in the right direction?

Thomthom and DaveR suggested replace all of Fredo's plugins-which I did.
But the problem is still there.

Does anyone remember any other "naughty" plugins that cause this

It is reallyannoying and causes a largeincrease in time having to go to the edit menu each time.

@pixero said:

Have you tried my jsMoveTool? It works with any selected item.
http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.html
And it's free...

I've used Nudge for four years and wasn't looking for a replacement. If I didn't already have it I'd be downloading jsMoveTool right now (as I said previously, jsAlign is another of my major everyday tools).

@chuck vali said:

Reply to Grim,

The terrain has to be larger than the road plus the shoulder width. So I scaled up the terrain slightly to get it to work. But it made kind of a bumpy road. That's because the road precision was much tighter than the terrain spacing - which makes the road follow the coarse terrain. So in the next copy, I reduced the precision of the road by changing the "adjust number of curve segments" parameter from "3x" to "same as input" and the road was less bumpy. Try turning on hidden lines to see what I mean.

As for "try before buy", all that pro does is let you make a few things wider - everything else is the same. So please see if you like it first. (And can figure out all my cryptic parameters)

Chuck

Thank you, Chuck. I had the same introductory problems as Grim: the attached revised skp reallymade it clear.
Great tool: purchase in-work.

@unknownuser said:

and that differs 16 bucks worth from standard move ??
i don't get it.

I use Alt-N shortcut. I press Alt-N, put in exactlyhow far I want to move, press an arrow key (Ctrl-arrow key for up and down), and, bingo.
And it does not have to be a group or component.

That's how it's different.

Nudge by Todd Burch (it's on Smustard).

It's $16.00, but worth every penny (It was $8.00 when I bought it back in 2006 ). It's old, but, for me, very useful every day.

I tried "moveit", but it only works on groups and components (at least when I tried it).

@utiler said:

Hey, that's a good top 3, Bob.....

Oh, I thought it was the top three categories

Seriously, the top three depend heavily on what project I'm working on. But since you've busted me here are my

top three non-project-dependent rubies:
Nudge
Options
QJSAlign

@pixero said:

@bob james said:

For every day general use:
...
JSAlign
...

Wow, I made it on the list. Thanks.

Actually it's QJSAlign, but that's just to get the neat icons

@thomthom said:

One can select all entities that has material with the same colour.

That's what I don't know how to do: If I could select all the entities with the same color and then isolate only those entities I could see which ones had the "wrong" color so I could change it.
Very belated update:

Karen Walkerman has done just what I requested above.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=31378
Thanks again Karen

I've just downloaded "Default Layer Geometry": I really need that and it will undoubtedly become one of my frequently used plugins (I just must keep everything on layer 0 until everything is built!)

I have many of the complex plugins that are indispensable when I need them (curviloft, vertex tools, Tools on Surface, Extrude Along....,etc.), but

For every day general use:
Nudge (Doesn't anyone use this: I'd be lost without it.)
Options
JSAlign
Layer Tools and Layer Manager
Edge Styles
1001bit Tools

And, somewhat less often, but still a lot:
Round Corner
Profile Builder
BZ Toolbar
Weld
Extrude Lines
Arc Centerpoint Finder
Tube along path

For final tuning:
Repaint and Cleanup

And, of course, when the model is ready:
Thea Exporter

@troyhome said:

@khai said:

all I'm getting at the link is

"alterVista
La risorsa richiesta è accessibile qui
"

you have to click "qui"

I'm afraid I can't even find "La risorsa richiesta è accessibile qui so I can click on "qui"

Update
I got it by pasting in "http://caleidos.altervista.org/Download/caleidos4d_Ribbon.zip" and it automatically downloaded.

All is well.

Added tt_Lib2 and got rid of cuttingwindows.rb

In the process stumbled across a great plugin: ComponentPunch.

Just stumbled upon ComponentPunch:

Thanks CadFather I had downloaded it but not installed it
Reloaded PowerBar and Selection Tools and now I get:

Upon loading SU8 Pro I get the errors listed below. The last one seems to be associated with thomthom's plugins, but, as the attachment shows, I have those files.

(eval):6094: compile error
(eval):4921: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))
Error Loading File cd_power_extension_m.rb
(eval):6094: compile error
(eval):4921: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))
Error Loading File cd_power_m.rb
(eval):6094: compile error
(eval):4921: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))
Error Loading File cutting_windows.rb
(eval):719: compile error
(eval):610: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting kEND
faces_and_heights[0].pushpull (faces_and_heights[1]), false

Error Loading File tt_export.rb
no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb

@cadfather said:

i for one prefer them separate

I yield to the power (As long as they stay together in the plugin list)