@jql said:

I don't understand why some commands are hard built into some keys...

without the hard coded defaults they can't appear in menus or Help files...

you would also need to set all of them from scratch...

you can change any of the SU ones [on a mac] if you think the choice of key is illogical...

john

@pbacot said:

I've wanted this for a long time.

there's been a plugin around since v7, but the mac version is just code, hidden in the thread...

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=135218#p135218

it can only work with SU Tools because a large majority of plugins aren't even 'Tools', but a stream of macro commands...

I would also rather they fix the 'Return' key to work properly with the various input boxes than allow us to use it for a shortcut...

@ piping guy, without the Spacebar for 'Select Tool' as the default behaviour, my modelling would slow to a crawl...

john

@rombout said:

Did this project see the day light?

It was released it the Plugin Store over 2 years ago...

I am on longer updating it as SU v17 added it back into mac SU...

+800 people have downloaded it with only a handful of issue...

click the link to go to the thread... Add Icons

john

Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["BandColor"] = (Sketchup;;Color.new(185,138,0,127))

this works in v16 but has no effect in v17 on my mac...

john

I think you need at least 3 post's before you can attach files...

try again...

john

do a search for 'clipping plane' and see if that describes your issue any better...

john

@thomthom said:

I wonder if the proprietary part is confined to compiled code.

there's an app/exe that uses an installer to inject both an extension and a compiled swig plugin...

the extension is encrypted but seems to supply the GUI and access to the .bundle

the swig .bundle uses objc on a mac and I guess it a bridge to the app...

that's the property bit I believe they wish to protect...

john

it's not just SU with this issue, most Adobe products have the same problem...

Google will not be fixing this, they sold SU to Trimble during v8...

best advice is to use Inkscape to enter the text and convert to dxf and import that...

john

you must have 'Materials' folders for both yours and SU's, it's the sub-directory names that need to be unique...

john

if you use the same name for the folder as SU, it will not be shown...

if it was 'my_Stone' for example it will...

they do not 'merge' if they have the same name...

john

I can only induce a crash if I try to bend an existing group...

even then, the geometry creation works and the crash is triggered, according to the BugSplat log...

**Performing @selector(selectSelectionTool:) from sender (null) 0x0

Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread**

which is the chrome embedded browser that's not even open at the time or during that session...

do you use @selector or is it from something else?

Crash Report #5148

john

FWI: no bug splat on mac either...

john

preserve_instancing must be turned off, and I would also turn off textures maps for your car wash...

john

post the skp, the image is too confusing...

john

@unknownuser said:

...At the moment I am working on 2016, but I know that the licence will expire soon...

your v16 Licence will continue to work, unless it's a Network Licence...

you can use older versions, but you can not move an old lic to a new computer...

john

when I write 'quick and dirty' tests I tend to check for methods using Ruby :methods method...

that can expose 'undocumented' methods that I have no idea of the owner of...

I must of had ACT on when I first wrote this one [ I don't normally ]...

good thing you found it, I'll find and change my snippet...

john

it definitely part of ACT...

and is the equivalent of this attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes'].entries.to_h...

proof:

    m = Sketchup.active_model
    m.definitions.each do |d|
      next unless d.attribute_dictionaries && d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes']
       p d.name
       p d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes'].entries.to_h == d.get_attributes('dynamic_attributes')
      end 

solution:

do a search and replace in any plugin that uses get_attributes('dynamic_attributes')... [untested]

john

I'll have a look, it was a test...

ok I can reproduce it with a new model with any DC and this code...

     m = Sketchup.active_model
    m.definitions.each do |d|
      if defined? d.attribute_dictionaries
      next unless d.attribute_dictionaries && d.attribute_dictionaries['dynamic_attributes']
      if defined? d.get_attributes
        p d.name
        d.get_attributes('dynamic_attributes').each do |a|
          p a
        end
     else
       p d.name.upcase
     end end end
       

Run with ACT off and you get the UPCASED definition names, turn ACT on and run again, you get the list...

I only tested on mac, v2017...

it 'looks' like get attributes is defined in ACT...

john

it's a Dynamic Components method...

do you have a model and a code snippet that generates the error...

john

have you tried Face Cutter?

can you post an image and example .skp with your desired outcome...

john