Topics created by ken

@unknownuser said:

A little sore and slow today, just got back from a hernia operation. Darn that will slow one down.

Speaking of hernias, check out this thread: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=45693&start=15 😄
Hope you're doing a quick recovery.

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This was written in 2012 for SketchUp v8 when Windows 7 was current. Please do not PM me in 2019 and tell me it does not work for current SketchUp versions. Things change as OSes and applications are revised.
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Hold up a min! I Found a workaround to force SketchUp to use Windows MRU paths...

...[ drumroll ]...

1) Open a File Explorer and create a "dummy" folder "C:/dummy"

2) Open SketchUp.. goto "Preferences" > "Files" panel.

Click the browse Folder button and choose this empty folder.
Your Models path should say: "**C:\dummy**"

3) Close SketchUp.

4) Delete the "C:\dummy" folder.

5) Restart SketchUp. It will now use MS Windows saved MRU paths for "*.skp" filetype.

.. No custom button or menuitem needed.

😄

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This was written in 2012 for SketchUp v8 when Windows 7 was current. Please do not PM me in 2019 and tell me it does not work for current SketchUp versions. Things change as OSes and applications are revised.
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@earthmover said:

I was still having major issues with grayed out menus even with the latest update. What fixed it for me was removing all of the CadFather toolbars. i.e. Archiland, SCF Power Bar, etc. It appears there was a conflict somewhere in those. I just use the plugins I need from them separately. Haven't had a single gray out since I removed them. Figured I'd mention it in case it helps someone else having a similar issue.

It's probably that removing those you came under the limit - not that any of them individually caused problems or conflicted with each other. SketchUp has a limit to how many UI::Command objects it can address.

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

Well I found the plugin, booleanhelper.rb. So my search that plugin is over. Now, I need to dig into this plugin to see if I can get it to just scale the selected groups and not the whole model.

Ken

why not just use the tape measure tool or scale tool ❓

Yes the tape measure tool works, however it is a pain to go around to all the 3d text that I have inserted. In this case I was adding 3d text, and I had to keep changing the size to fit. One size did not work. However, that is when I decided hey if there is a tool that would change the size just by selection of the group/component/3Dtxt and clicking on the enlarger or reducer icon depending on which way I wanted to go, than I could just add text at a small size then go back and enlarge/reduce the text as required.

I found my solution. Booleanhelper.rb, not here in the plugin index of this site. The plugin located at this site enlarges the whole model. However, in "Ruby Library Depot" there is an older version that just enlarges the selected group/component. So with a little modification, I now have a plugin that will change the size of 3d text and has nice looking icons.

So, I have found a solution to my problem with 3d text. I now have a font enlarger/reducer just like Word. And my modified plugin changes any selection, group/component/geometry.

So I wish to thank, Liquid98 for this plugin. Also in the plugin index of this site is Liquid98 other booleanhelper.rb. Which is a nice plugin.

So I am happy.

Thanks all the for help.

Ken

I see. I wouldn't personally characterize them as heads, though they certainly keep a jabber going. Perhaps talking gas bags. Certainly agreed that their focus is skewed to their bias, whatever that may be.

Hello Ken,
thank you for the review and "approval" of the new feature of the SuSolid plugin.
And most of all, thanks for the great idea.
Now I have updated the free version of the plugin on my site http://www.SuSolid.com

How to use the new "Hide Solids" feature:
1.In "Settings" menu set the "Hide Solids" to "Yes".
2.Now when you click the "Analise" tool (or any solid repair tool) you will still see the magenta colored solids,but when exit the tool or re-click it,the solids will hide.
3.To unhide solids,just set the "Hide Solids" to "No" and the solids will unhide.

Know, I missed the update on my version. I have 8 M1, couldn't get M2 to run.

Thanks for the freed back.

Ken

PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between the Keyboard And Chair)

I have two "Quarr JSAlign" in my extension menus. It appears that this is a problem with the plugin's file. I did notice that the terms require 'sketchup.rb'
require "extensions.rb" and I changed the "extensions.rb" to 'extensions.rb' thinking this may be the problem, but no change.

So if the plugins registers twice will that cause a problem or does the plugin need to be changed.

Ken

Maybe a Windoze 'Compatibility Files' issue - check your 'permissions' for the Plugins folder properties ?

TIG

Thank you for the reply.

For some reason yesterday, I couldn't get back on this site.

Ken

I think that to minimize the number of plugins that actually 'load' and thereby make 'commands' [which are the things that are causing this 'overload' until Google fix it 😒 ] you must disable some tool from loading completely at all. If a tools loads, but it's 'disabled' under the 'Extensions' por even the 'Toolbar' settings] it could still add 'commands' to Sketchup... so that will ultimately add to the total - disafortunamente 😢 ...

So you do need to disable these tools completely... that is, by renaming the .rb file that is loading the tool from the Plugins folder with an additional .TXT suffix: so then it won't auto-load as Sketchup starts... BUT later on, if you decide it's needed, you can always load it for that session only, by using load 'script.rb.TXT' in the Ruby Console...

Hopefully some future improvements in Plugin Management will make all of this much easier 😒

+1 on that

thomthom and kyyu

Thank you for you input. My problem, and I will admit it is bad modeling on my part, I will make a sub-assembly that may have from 2 to 15 separate parts. I save this as a sub-assembly. Now as I continue with the overall project, somewhere in my drilling down to make a modification, I may unintentionally drill into a sub-assembly that I didn't intend to modify the interior sub-parts, and may unintentionally move a sub-part a small distance one direction or another. This movement does not become evident until I start to make ACAD drawings, then I see that what should have been identically measurement as slightly off.( off by more than 1/64 which I believe is the tolerance of Sketchup.)

Locking will prevent this problem, but locking prevents me from moving or adjusting the location of the assemblies.

Well in trying to define my problem I found my solution. I have been locking the assemblies at the outer most grouping, which prevents any movement. I locked at the outer group so I only needed to unlock one group to make changes, leaving the inner groups not locked. However, I noticed if I leave the inner sub-assemblies unlock, make a group of all the sub-assemblies. Than add one small line to this group, make another group of the first group and the small additional line. Then open the top group up, lock inner the group, which does not include the small line, with all the sub-assemblies, than close the outer group, I can move the whole grouping which is unlocked, which allows moving all the sub-assemblies, and I am prevented from moving the sub-assemblies in the inner group.

So just by watching how I make my group and where I lock all the sub-assemblies I get what I want.

However, being able to determine what is locked and not locked would help also, but I found my work around.

So thomthom and kyyu thank you for your help. Thomthom, I am going to look further into the Dynamic Component editor, never thought of this as having a solution.

Again thanks

Throw up a request in http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15911 or

OK, I have found my problem. I didn't have the hard drive connected by USB 2, I had used the firewire connection, which I though would be faster. So here are my results.

Firewire, 1m, 3.3 sec to save, original file, original connection that I was complaining about in my first post.

Another HD using USB 2, same file, 13.3 sec

The HD in step 1, using USB 2, same file, 14.2 sec.

Note, difference here could be my finger time using the I-Phone stop watch.

So something is not working correctly on my Firewire connection. Finding this problem will give me something to do later today to try and find the problem.

Anyway thanks to all for your response.

Ken

is it possible to hide the other layer excepte the one that hade the scene name? so you will have every layer in separate scene.

@unknownuser said:

Make scene1 with style1 but only save the style/fog settings (deselect camera etc)
Make scene2 with style2 doing the same thing.

Switch between scenes.

(set animation to 0secs or else the styles will fade from one to the other. (or that may be desirable?))

Jeff

That what I do now. However, I have 5 scenes with 7 layers. I just was trying to limit the scenes and layers.

Thank you for the info

Ken

@unknownuser said:

Didier Bur Projection is very more easy!!!
Select lines of the cylinder and the face of the cube : that' all 😉
Et voilà ☀

PS No problem if surface of the cylinder are selected with the cylinder's lines 😉
But not the top sides or surface top!

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Thank you Pilou that is the plugin I was looking for and I had the toolbar up and in view. Just couldn't find it.

To all thank you.

Ken