This is off-topic, but did anyone else notice the red Protractor? Shouldn't it be blue?

Quick coffee and end table from Adesso

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My code probably need to require the sketchup.rb file.

require "sketchup.rb"
require_all("/plugins")

This is from sketchup.rb

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# By default, SketchUp automatically loads (using require) all files with
# the .rb extension in the plugins directory.  This function can be used
# to automatically load all .rb files from a different directory also.  to
# use this add a call like the following to a file in the plugins directory
# require_all "MyRubyScripts"
def require_all(dirname)
    begin
        rbfiles = Dir[File.join(dirname, "*.rb")]
        $;.push dirname
        rbfiles.each {|f| require f}
    rescue
        puts "could not load files from #{dirname}"
    end
end

I haven't tried this yet, but it will might work...

Put this script in the original Plugins folder.

path = "c;\\path\\to\\new\\plugins"
require_all path

Put new plugins in the new plugins folder.

@gaieus said:

Here I opened it before even thinking of asking...

I remember a myth from school that if you were intoxicated while studying, you should be equally intoxicated at the time you take the test in order to achieve your best performance. Is that true?

Is rain an excuse to crack a beer and annoy people in the forum all afternoon?

I have a little plugin to do a quick search of the Warehouse from SketchUp.

Plugin: 3D Warehouse Quick Search

Allows the user to enter search terms, and opens a web browser to the search results from within SketchUp. Instructions Download 3d...

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I selected the avi output, but used the default codec.

@unknownuser said:

Will not play on mine either, I do not have the codec. I shall try at home later.

Jim which codec did you choose when saving? I know when I looked at this software over the weekend, there seemed to be quite a lot to choose from when saving the file/video. I was not sure myself which one would be the best.

@unknownuser said:

Well if anyone has a Youtube account you can send him a message and just ask.

I did a few days ago. No reply yet.

I sent the SawStop link link my father because I thought it was one of the best ideas I've ever seen. He in turn sent it to Pete the Safety Engineer. Here's what Pete had to say:

@unknownuser said:

As an hobbyist woodworker, I am quite familiar with the Saw Stop product. Are you aware that they have the saw on the market because they were completely unable to interest ANY saw manufacturer (Delta, DeWalt, ...) in the technology. They tried for quite a number of years to sell it and found that the market did not care. Not enough successful lawsuits to make it of interest. The existence of this product says more about how little American manufacturer's care about safety than it does about any breakthrough in safety.

By the way, the Saw Stop cabinet and contractor saws have been very highly rated by those that review such products. This is quite separate from the safety aspect, which is (or should be) revolutionary.

Regards,

Pete

Here is a short, experimental tutorial made with the free camtasia 3 software discussed elsewhere on this site.

Tutorial 1: Box

Tutorial 2: Cylinder

Camtasia supports title screens, transitions, and many other features I haven't tried yet. This is a basic screen recording with mouse clicks.

Note: I noticed it didn't pick up every single last mouse click in the videos, but that may be due to may ancient computer being slow.

@gaieus said:

Yes, I also heard about it - thanks for bumping, Jim...

I just got it today and am pleased with it. I especially like the mouse-click sounds you can have in the video. They make it very clear what you are doing.

I keep trying to make help videos - it seems like such a good idea; until I try to watch them... terrible. It takes more talent and planning than I have been able to muster.

Only 2 days left.

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp

A couple of art furniture pieces for fun inspiration.

404 Not Found

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Didier is correct, incl and factor are no longer arrays.

inputbox returns an Array, so incl is an Array and there is no .degrees method for Array.

incl = results[0]

Smack - the sound of your palm hitting your forehead.

I typed the address into my browser and got the following messege:

@unknownuser said:

This account has been suspended.
Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of resources.

There may have been links to your site from this page at one time, but there is nothing there now.

The stats page is showing a list of other pages that have links to your site on them.

With a name like tvsetmp3.com, it seems likely it was not a legitimate site. You were the one who clicked on the address so maybe your anti-virus has black-listed the site as there is no threat as of now.

One way to get information on a domain is to use http://www.whois.net/
. The Whois information is below. Not much to go on.

@unknownuser said:

Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC
Contact: +1.3027224217
Website: http://www.estdomains.com

Domain Name: TVSETMP3.COM

Registrant:
N/A
N/A (seo@gmail.com)
N/A
N/A
New York,N/A
US
Tel. +001.41512345678

Creation Date: 13-Oct-2007
Expiration Date: 13-Oct-2008

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.globoxhost.net
ns1.globoxhost.net

Administrative Contact:
N/A
N/A (seo@gmail.com)
N/A
N/A
New York,N/A
US
Tel. +001.41512345678

Technical Contact:
N/A
N/A (seo@gmail.com)
N/A
N/A
New York,N/A
US
Tel. +001.41512345678

Billing Contact:
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New York,N/A
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Tel. +001.41512345678

Status:ACTIVE

For the artistic types out there... when creating a model for presentation, do you think in terms of art terminology - such as color, composition, balance, etc? Or do you just "know" when you've got it right?

@solo said:

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Nevermind...

Has anyone else seen this?

It is free 3d modeling software, and if you watch the video you'll notice some striking similarities to SketchUp: automatic face creation, push/pull, and inferencing. It's very basic, however. It isn't in the same league as SketchUp.

3DVIA also works closely with Microsoft's Virtual Earth. In fact, the site looks to be going after Google as a direct competitor.

Just thought it was sort of interesting.

Here's the post.