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    DingBEN

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    • RE: [Plugin] SPGears

      %(#FF0000)[HEY! I have added a few improvements to your list.
      ...and mind you, I even prioritized them
      ]

      Already planned improvements for next version:

      1. - emboss gear with parameters used to create it(3D text): T-48, Rad-10", ...
      2. - emboss gear with MSPversion used(3D text): MSPv[1.2, ...
        OR surely those values could be in the entity!?]
        • additional gear styles (rack, worm, and internal ring)
        • improve calculations and accuracy
        • web dialog UI (additional input params and auto-calculations)
        • gear properties/specs dialog via context menu
        • improved validation
      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] SPGears

      REF:
      /// previous msg, stated beveled gears fail to match on inside/small face

      thus this line:
      /// Beveled helicals are not very precise (yet), so getting them to line up with mating gears may not work

      on page:
      /// https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=46319

      ...may explain this anomaly!?

      ...had read it initially, but did not remember... a 2nd visit, woke me up!

      posted in Plugins
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      DingBEN
    • RE: [Plugin] SPGears

      Thank you so much for the prompt answer.

      YOU MAY WAN TO BE AWARE OF THIS:
      Unless I keep a separate record(messy) I have no idea what version is running

      • Extensions Menu shows: SPGears_mjg(no version)

      so I did this:

      • in Plugins folder
        /// I renamed SPGears_mjg.rb to SPGears_mjg_v1.0.rb(may need to remove)
        /// and I placed the SPGears_mjg_v1.2.rb

      • Extensions Menu still shows: SPGears_mjg
        /// but the new ShatfDiameter options shows in the SPGears Parameters dialog
        /// thus it is running the SPGears_mjg_v1.2.rb
        /// tried the Shaft Diameter... creates no centered hole for the shaft at all ?

      Also, creating 2 beveled gears of different radius.. 48 and 24 teeth
      Number of Teeth: 48 24
      Pressure Angle: 20 "
      Pitch Radius: 10" 5
      Face Width: 3" "
      Helix Angle: 0.0 "
      Bevel Angle: 45deg "
      Shift Diameter: 0.5, or 0.375, or 0.3125 "

      The teeth line up at the large(outside) face end, but fail to line up at the small(inside) face end

      • Is this due to incorrect/missing parameters?
      • (can you point to some instructions?)
      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: MSPhysics tests and questions

      I created a floor (static mesh), and a ball and a cube both compounds
      I tilted the floor (5)
      ...Friction ON

      Play:

      • Ball rolls to the edge of the floor and stops! ?
      • Cube does not even move

      ...Friction OFF

      • both roll/slide off the floor and disappear in the abyss

      I wait for 10 15 secs,

      • the floor's front face disappears so the inside of the floor can be seen,
      • and from that face the floor melts away until it reaches the back right corner
      • then it melts from the back right corner to the left one and vanishes!

      Also if using any SketchUp commands, for example, to realign the scene
      then the behavior of objects and mouse pointing and other function go to the abyss of absurdity

      Hope this is helpful.

      posted in Plugins
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      DingBEN
    • RE: [Plugin] SPGears

      WIN 7 Pro, SketchUp Pro
      Pardon my green-ness, but I installed 1.0 and realized there is now a 1.2
      I installed 1.0 via some link here, NOT the ZIP!
      I want to install 1.2

      1. Where is the 1.2 download link? no download link on that page
        or how to install from zip, since the 1.2 zip extracts an .rb file NOT an .rbz!?

      2. It recommends to uninstall old versions!? HOW is that accomplished!?
        I see nothing in the menus to uninstall extensions.

      3. One thing I noticed on 1.0: the handle(cursor) does not want to latch on to the best inferred handle... it seems to snag around it and latch on to any other close point

      Thank you.

      posted in Plugins
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      DingBEN