Posts made by davekn

I personally have had no problems with Sketchup & Leopard.
I don't do HUGE projects but with domestic type property then it works a treat.

Hi Pete

although this is off topic I had to reply

Opened the forum today & was amazed to see a photo of where I live. Any reason you picked this area of Scotland or was it just random? Small world eh.

Cheers Dave

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Hi Utiler

I wouldn't have anything other than an iPod but then again I am a Mac fan.

I have had an iPod now for a couple of years & it works perfectly. It is incredibly easy to download music from iTunes or from a CD & I can stream the result through my car radio with an f.m. transmitter if required.
Now I know all this can be done with other MP3s apart that is from iTunes which can ony be used with an iPod, but that is a HUGE plus.
My daughter uses an iPod with a PC & it works just as good - you just download the free iTunes to the computer.
Pros:-
Incredible design
Decent sound quality
iTunes
Huge market saturation
Did I mention incredible design

Cons :-
Slightly more expensive

Dave

I was a furniture designer in Local Government until about 30 years ago & then I came to the North West of Scotland to start a Hostel for Mountaineers. Great life but unfortunately not enough money & so as there was no call for furniture designers up here I turned my hand to architectural work. Mainly extensions & renovations of the old croft houses but an occasional house as well. I now seem to spend more time in my office than I did when I was in local government!!!

Dave

Tig

The following comments are in the Ruby console
Hipped Roof -
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method dialog_hip' for Roof:Class> (eval):210:in hip'
(eval):2749
(eval):210:in `call'
(eval):210

Mansard Roof -
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method dialog_man' for Roof:Class> (eval):802:in mansard'
(eval):2750
(eval):210:in `call'
(eval):210

Gable roof -
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method dialog_gable' for Roof:Class> (eval):1514:in gable'
(eval):2751
(eval):802:in `call'
(eval):802

Pyramid roof -
I still get the instruction to pick a rectangular face & edge etc

Dave

Tig

Still having the same problems with v3 as with the previous versions.

The get slope angle works fine & so the script must be working - but as previously said I don't even get the initial info box when trying to draw any of the roofs.
This must be a Mac thing.

Dave

Tig

Tried the version 2 but still no luck.
Now when I pick the face & edge I dont get the dialogue box I had before about 'needing to pick a face & edge', but nothing else happens - no box to add the information required for eaves etc.
Tried a rectangle on the floor & a square on the floor.
Tried all the different types of roof.
Is there anybody else on the forum who has a Mac & is getting the script to work? I am now worried I am doing something really stupid & missing something out.

Thanks for all the effort.
Dave

Hi Tig

Sorry - I have just tried that as well.
Same result.

Dave

Hi Tig

Yes I downloaded v1 & I have tried drawing a rectangle on the floor but with exactly the same results.

I had to rename the the V1 download as I have the problem that all downloads apart from zipped files come in as 'download.php'. The original was okay as it came in a zipped file.
I presume the v1 file is still named roof.rb

many thanks Dave

Hi Tig

First off - many thanks for the script it looks great.
However at the moment I don't appear to be able get it to do anything at all.
I am using an iMAC & Sketchup Pro and when I select a horizontal face on the top of a box & go to the plugins folder & pick roof - hipped roof then nothing happens at all - I don't even get the first dialogue box.
If I select a face & gable edge & pick Gable ended roof then I get the message
'You must select one horizontal RECTANGULAR [= right-angled] face, and one edge (that's at the 'gable') !' even though this is what I have done. I have tried just about every combination of edges & faces to no avail.

If you need any further info then let me know.
Regards Dave

Hi James / Gaieus

I think I have it sorted.
I made a copy of the material & then edited the size of it from 1000mm sq to 250mm sq - this then puts it in the model at 4 times the size of the original which is pretty much what I wanted.

Thanks for your efforts.
Dave

Hi James

When I have re-scaled the material in the model I can then use the eye dropper with the bucket tool & then paint other surfaces in the revised scale. However the material in the materials in model window doesnt alter & if I deselect & then select again I get the small scale version again. There is no 'save as' when I right click the material in the 'materials in model' window but if I select the altered material & do a 'list' new texture it saves in the 'my textures' folder. However when I then try to put this material on a new model it comes in at the small scale again.
I am on a Mac but I would have thought that the basics would be the same.

Thanks for your help anyway

Dave

As a follow on to the previous question, can the rotated material then be saved as a seperate material which can be used in other models. In other words, one material with the grain running in the red / green direction & one in the blue direction.

Also, I have recently brought a stone texture into a model, which when applied was far to small in scale. I scaled it to suite but again is it possible to then save this amended material for use in other models so that I don't have to re-scale it every time I use it.

Dave

Same problem here.

2.1GHz IMac
Mac OS 10.5.1
Sketchup 6.0 (6.0.1145)

Tig

Version 2 works perfectly.
Many, many thanks for all you perseverance it is much appreciated & thanks once again for a wonderful script.

Dave

Done

davekn