Topics created by Dave Wood

massimo, yes, thanks

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Collections here too...

box, thanks. IT guy in our office agrees. Big job, though.

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Rich, Thanks for your help. I've got some issues here possibly with very old windows xp.
Our tech guy has been a big help, too. Was finally able to subscribe. Am trying Standard per your recommendation.

Thanks, again.

Dave

Set author filter to -Authors- to list all authors.

As for your scrolling issues...try a different mouse maybe?

Did you use Stripe or PayPal?

What is your browser version?

Please go to the User Control Panel and set the info for your platform, SketchUp version, etc.
It is hard to help without thi info, as most plugins that deal with the Ruby Console are platform specific.

Thanks for response. Loaded free trial of 1001 pro. Still getting crashes. Some commands work, some crash. Thanks, Dave

@dave wood said:

TIG- Thanks for your quick reply. I've got the 2D Tools folder, deBabelizer, 2D#.rb, and the zip 4.9 2D Tools file in my SketchUp 7/Plugins directory. I've got a tool bar. I can draw 2D lines, rectangles, circles, polygons. I get instructions and I can change settings in line styles, but the lines stay black and continuous. I've tried selecting 2D lines first and then executing the line style command. I then tried just executing the line style command and then selecting lines with the line style pencil point icon. That actually has the effect of erasing (or hiding?) the 2D line. I can make faces. I've not been able to make the hatch command work consistently. I've tried applying hatch to a face and also picking the inside of a 2D rectangle with no face with no results. I can select different patterns. I can change settings on 2D text and type text in the dialog box but nothing happens when I try to place the text. I didn't understand the description of the adjust line tool. Maybe like a trim tool, which would be great?
??? Any ideas?
I think these tools you've developed would be extremely helpful if I can get them to work. I'm very impressed that you've been able to develop them. Thanks, again, Dave

There is NO ZIP file in Plugins ??? 😕
So many questions.................
Try - run 2DlineStyle then pick some lines ???
You need to change the 2DlineStyle settings with a 'right-click in space' to open the dialog + OK.
If you have made some StyledLines that you want to change then select it/them and right-click over it to open the dialog to change the settings...
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With 2Dtext - if you set it to 'Z-plane' then it is 'flat' at z=0 - or what z-plane is set to - otherwise you might not be able to see it beneath other things ???
Set it to 'Any-Face' and it will be attached to any face/plane you pick......... 😕

b- I did find it. I had the edit resolution on high. I set it at low and it's
made a huge difference. Saving and changing pages on the order of 10x faster!.
The dimensions command doesn't seem to work quite as accurately, but it gets me
close enough. I think there's a slight loss of accuracy in layout anyway. I just
adjust the text, since I know what the dimensions should be. Please thank j, as well. Dave

Sorry to be a pessimist, but if you have a reasonably modern Nvidia graphics card (as you seem to, if it has 512 Mb of memory) I would guess that getting a new one will not create a jump in SU performance. When you make big models, the first thing that gets overworked is your CPU - SU is very CPU-intensive, and as it is single-threaded, adding more processor cores will not help either.

Anssi

Try the right-click context-menu... ❓

Thanks, Paul. I do have Pro. Just not too familiar with it. But it sounds like the best way. The best alternative is suppose is as you suggest- get the area I want covering as much of the monitor screen as possible and then fiddle with it. Thanks, much. Dave

@dave wood said:

Thanks, again, TIG,

I opened the 2D toolbar and couldn't get the help file from there, either. I can open the .htm file directly in the 2D Tools subdirectory. I get a message that the internet explorer can't display webpage. Windows can't diagnose the problem. What is the web browser? Good question, keep in mind you're working with a relative novice.-- The top of the window says SketchUcation Community Forums.- Internet Explorer provided by Dell. Below I've got a couple of Google search "panels" and a microsoft bing search "panel". I didn't have time to look into the commands, but a read some of the instructions. You started to lose me a little with some the info re: how the lines reside on edges, faces, etc. and how the width of the line is affected. I imagine it might be overly difficult to add some illustrations. See, you give the people all this, and all they do is ask for more! Thanks again very much. I'm looking forward to using some of these tools.

Are you a Vista 'Administartor' ?
The Help htm works in IE and FireFox for me...
Strange ?
It's easiest to try the tools out in a scrap Model - learn by doing...

Yes, and better results to only search the "Plugins Forum"

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Thanks, TIG. Dave

@dave wood said:

Thanks, as well to Xrok1. I'm glad there are so many people smarter than me out there.
The 2D Tools plug-in sounds really interesting- I'm not that well-versed in how to find things.
TIG, could you please tell me where to find HTM (guide?) I looked in the Extenstions index in SketchUcaction, SMustard, and the Library Depot. Did I miss something? Thanks so much.

Too new for these locations - look in the Ruby Forum here. A simple search for '2D Tools' finds it... plugins are using found on the first page of the topic http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=185760#p185760

There are lots of exciting new Rubies arriving every day !!! browse the forum...

Create an account on YouTube (if you haven't so far) and when logged in, you can create your own favourite lists amnd play lists.

I forgot to thank you. For some reason they showed up when I re-started SketchUp for the second time. Thanks, again, Dave