Before I updated I had the same issue.
I installed the update via the SketchUcation extension. However, I had to close SU and reopen it before the update would work.

Adding transparency, that is a nice new feature!

Do you have dual monitor? If so and you are only using one, then connect to a second monitor and then drag the entire toolbar into the first monitor,

Thanks, Nathan.
It was my pleasure also meeting with you. That is what is so great about the BaseCamp, meeting people in forums like this face-to-face. I assume you'll be at the Vancouver BaseCamp since you are close by.

PlusSpec was demo'd at the Basecamp and I thought it impressive even though I'm not a builder or designer.

Are any of you considering it? I am thinking of getting the U.S. version because of their Black Friday offering which is good through the end of the 26th.

https://plusspec.com/plans-pricing-2/

I've noticed, mostly from models from the 3D warehouse or from folks new to SU, that there seems to have been unintended edge-coloring. Normally, I wouldn't have noticed, except when doing more "artzy" modeling or when emphasizing functional elements in the model such as process equipment and I turn on Edge Style > Color by Material.

I know that I have often been in a hurry, triple-clicked surfaces or done a Select All and applied a material to edges mistakenly.

So the script is handy for reviewing a model and doing a quick cleanup.

Palou:
Download and install TIG's latest .rb file.

Open the attached skp file

View Scene 1 which has View Hidden Edges turned OFF and then Scene 2 which has View Hidden Geometry turned ON and notice that smoothed edges of the cylinder are colored red.

While on Scene 1, select all the geometry, go the the Edit menu, TIG's plugin should be listed near the bottom of the menu, click on it and follow the instructions (Choose Yes to process hidden edges).

Now go to Scene 2, and notice that the smoothed edges which were not visible in Scene 1 have been recolored to the Default edge color as well as all the other edges.

TEST su2015.skp

Nice job.

Seems to work well.

Thanks, again.

Sure, a Yes/No would be fine. I hadn't considered that there would be away to do that.

@tig said:

So the correct usage is, if you want to process hidden/smoothed edges, first use View > Hidden Geometry > ON, then those edges can be in the selection selected.
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That is exactly what I was hoping for.

Hope hope your wife is feeling better.

Thanks, TIG!

I also did a test of View > Hidden geometry with a Push-Pull circle. When turned ON, the smoothed edges were processed. When turned OFF, the smoothed edges maintained their existing material/color.

P.S.
Missed you at the BaseCamp 2018. It was quite good.

I tested with SU2018.

It works as you mentioned in the above posting when a selected object is not in a group, but not recursively for any of selected groups or "subgroups" (all groups within selected group)

If you do a Select All and then run the script you'll see what I mean.

That was quick. Your help much appreciated.

Results were kind of hard to predict.
Among other things, it has problem affecting all edges inside of a group or subgroups.

Attached is my test file.

Also noticed that when doing a Ctrl+Z (undo) that each segment of a circle had its material undone, one-at-a-time. If the code cycled through a sequence of a Select-All function, followed by a Deselect-Face, and then apply the Default Material ... would that be more efficient?

Could the script be located in the EDIT menu and be display as "Edge Remove Material"?

TEST su2018.skp

Looking for a quick way to remove materials assigned to edges in a model.
Is there a script that does this?

If not, then would someone be willing to create one that could to the following:

• If loose geometry is preselected then the script would remove the materials from visible edges.

• If groups/components are preselected, then the script would recursively remove the material from all visible edges contained within the groups/components. The script would be context sensitive.

• The script would not execute unless there was preselected geometry.

@tomaszdrgas said:

I managed to fix it.. (So proud )

@unknownuser said:

. . . But it works with user defined axes. Currently if you change the axis of your model, and then change to one of the standard views, it will not align to your set axis. This plugin fixes that and it aligns the camera to the user defined axis.

Although it includes a Bottom View icon and performs a "Zoom Extents", it doesn't pivot the view according to the CURRENT axis, however.
I tested this new version using SU2018.

Thanks, Rich.

Just installed SU2018 on a new LapTop running Win10.

I noticed that some of the folders were pointing to OneDrive.

Does anyone know what the folder location defaults SHOULD BE for the initial installation?

FYI, the last couple of weeks I have had numerous crashes. I,m not sure, but it could be when dealing with large- segmented curves or with very small curves whose segments or angles are beyond SU tolerances. I believe 2017 and 2018 will now warn if arc-segments are incompatible when trimming, for example, the corners of a rectangle. If. Curviloft doesn’t error check for this or other warnings could this could problems? There were cases last week when merely passing the Progflile’s cursor over an edge, without pressing the mouse, would crash SU.

Thanks for the update and for informing us so quickly.

When softening and smoothing, the there are 2-sliders and 2-checkboxes in the UI which determine the appearance of edges and surfaces.

With modifying or editing complex geometry there can be portions of the hidden geometry which seem to display differently. This can can happen because of inaccuracies when selecting geometry or when manipulating existing geometry or adding new geometry which intersects existing smoothed-geometry.

****1.****Does SU store the Soften-Smoothed settings originally applied to geometry so that those specific attributes/values can later be extracted and reapplied?

****2.****If so, can these attributes be extracted and reapplied via Ruby?