Little typo line 189 "intances" for "instances".
Nice script as always

Hi,
Here is an update of my extrudelinetool:

• now supports numeric entries in the VCB
• annoying beep supressed
• some graphic enhancements.
  Enjoy,

Please get the latest version from the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=extrudelinetool-Modified-TIG

extrudelinetool.rb

Hi,
TIG is right, and as I said at the top of this thread: "this must-have developed by Steve Hurlbutt (and me for the toolbar, estimates, metric versions)".
That's why it has been developed in feets first.

@unknownuser said:

In France most houses use bricks, dont they?

Yes and no, it depends where the house is: bricks in the North, natural stone almost everywhere, concrete and concrete blocks in suburban areas, wood in the south-west and in all mountainous areas.
Regards,

Hi John,
I will rework the script when back from holidays !
Regards,

Hi,
I think it's a path problem. To locate the Housebuilder path on your system, it first tries to locate where SU is installed, then it goes to the plugins folder, then to the Housebuilder folder, to read the sections text file.

su_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("Sketchup.exe").split("Sketchup.exe")[0]

This is the offending line of the script, because I suppose there's no ".exe" file on a Mac, right ?
Please tell me where SU is installed by default on a Mac system and I'll try to solve this issue.
Regards,

A new version of this must-have developed by Steve Hurlbutt (and me for the toolbar, estimates, metric versions).
Enjoy !

Thread: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=1735

A new set of PNG icons made starting from an OK running template. They should display OK on any platform, or I am going crazy...

HouseBuilderTool.rb

HouseBuilder_metric_1[1].2.zip

hb_icons.zip

Here is v. 1.1. of the Sunflow exporter for SU6.

Unzip in your main SU install folder

Hi all,
Here is an update of the Sunflow exporter.
Enjoy,

A basic shaders library can be found here:
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/Sunflow/thumb.html

Unzip in your Plugins folder. Read the PDF too

Hi Jim,
I confirm this is for V6 only.
A context menu would be handy too !

Hi Jim,

@unknownuser said:

would you mind sharing the minor tweaks

I'm afraid it would be useless because I simply replaced all the calls to "Ruby Console" by "Console Ruby", but that's only for french. Each version of SU does have a particular name for the Ruby Console, so... Even a call to langhandler.rb (with 'getstring') will not work since this deals with a window name, not a message string or such.

Regards,

Everything's OK with the french version now, including toggle
Only minor tweaks were necessary

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the update: icons are there now

Show/Hide console doesn't work (not very important)
Clear console only moves the text in the console 1 line up 8O

The title of the Ruby console window in french is "Console Ruby". This could cause the problem...
But the most important command "Reload script" works OK since the first version

Thanks again for this very useful tool,
Regards,

Jim,
I'm having the "blank icons syndrom" (all png's are in Plugins folder)
The line that seems to cause the problem is:

imgdir = File.join(File.dirname(FILE), File.basename(FILE, ".rb"))

It returns: ./(eval)
then the icon file location File.join(imgdir, "rubypanel.png") returns: ./(eval)/rubypanel.png

Please help !

The 'toggle' method doesn't work also. At least in V5.
Question: Is findWindow.call(0,"Ruby Console") rely on language settings of SU ? I mean is "Ruby Console" available just for english versions of SU ? In this case the win32api call will not work with other platforms.

P.S.:

UI.openURL("c;\\program files\\google\\google sketchup 6\\plugins")

A non hard-coded command would be handy. Why not get this path from the registry ? Or something like:

su_ver = Sketchup.version.split(".")[0].to_i
if su_ver < 6
devdir = File.dirname(Sketchup.find_support_file("sketchup.exe")) + "\Plugins"
else
devdir = ...
end

This makes the command compatible for SU5 and 6 (I guess), no matter where the user has installed SU.

Regards,

Cool
very VERY VERY useful tool,
Thanks a lot from all the developers !

hem hem where's the gem ? (didn't find it at Sketchy Endeavors )

Boofredlay,
Did you notice that the load is searching for a "Scripts" folder ?
Do you have the rb's in the "Scripts" folder under "Plugins"?
This have been made to keep things clean.

Juju,
Is that that you're after ?

Shoot, I forgot rb are forbidden, here is the zip.

menus.zip

Hello all,
I'm considering upgrading and rewriting SU2POV for GSU6.
Please vote.

Hi all,

Here is an update (major revision) of my projection toolbar.
What's new:
· More user-friendly commands: click points instead of selecting objects for plane definitions and vectors
· Better selection errors checkings
· Project faces along Z and along vector gathered in one command.
· ExtrudelineTool included
· lines2cyl and credits commands suppressed
· Construction line at intersection of faces enhanced: multiple selection supported
· New icons
· PDF doc included

Enjoy,

Unzip in Plugins folder.
Read the doc...

Hi all,

Here is an update (major revision) of my projection toolbar, both free and pro V6 compatible.
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=1512
Enjoy,

Hi todamgood4U,
Yes I got them.
As soon as I've debugged an ACO C++ reader that converts swatches files to hexa colors, I'll be able to generate the library (I can read the colors by now, but there's a bug to read their names).
Regards,