@tadema said:

the Ivy was just one leaf made into a component, moved, scaled ect.

So there is no vine? I'm confused.

Ooh. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Looking amazing as usual John.

That last style of render seems so much more lifelike to me. It looks like an illustration out of a children's book. (That's supposed to be a compliment by the way. )

@escapeartist said:

Is that Ivy Generator ivy?

I am also curious as to how you did that ivy. It looks great.
And all those plants are photoshop? Lovely.

Happy birthday! Have some cake.

hands cake

I love that last render!!! Fantastic! I'd love to see that style on some of your future renders.

applause

101 great ideas for your next 3D project.

I came across this list the other day. It's a nice list to get some good ideas. I'm going to have to try some of these. Of course, some are just not very practical or possible in SketchUp so they don't all apply.

Enjoy.

@tig said:

try to help themselves...

That rarely ever works.

Your attention to detail is amazing!

I love it.

@tadema said:

now turned into flats

It's sad that stuff like this gets overlooked just because of greed for money.

Alright, I just disabled SketchyPhysics for now. If I need it I'll go download the newest version.

Thanks a ton for taking the time to help me out TIG. And thanks again for this awesome plugin.

@tig said:

The error you [eventually] reported occurs after some grouping and copying etc - it's obviously failing.

Sorry for not checking that sooner. Not sure what you're saying about grouping . . .

@tig said:

I know SketchyPhysics has caused some problems in the past - try re-enabling that if you have it, and see what happens...

Re-enable? Like reinstall? If I copy over all the plugins except for SketchyPhysics and it's components, the fillet tool works so SketchyPhysics seems to be the guilty plugin. Should I just reinstall it? I don't really use it so I could just delete it.

@tig said:

:? Have you tried resetting hardware acceleration etc in preferences to see if that is affecting anything [clutching at straws here!]

No luck.

@tig said:

To check if script that loads after 2Dtools IS messing something up you could try and copy/paste this into the Ruby Console + <enter>
load '2Dtools/2DfilletTool.rb'
Then try to use the 2Dfillet tool - if it works we know something is clashing if not we are no worse off...

When I use the tool, the same thing happens. I get this error in the console. Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodexplode' for nil:NilClass>
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/2Dtools/2DfilletTool.rb:404:in create_geometry' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/2Dtools/2DfilletTool.rb:197:in onLButtonDown'
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/2Dtools/2DfilletTool.rb:404`

@tig said:

If it's still bust try temporarily renaming 'Plugins' as say 'Plugins_Disabled' and then make a new 'Plugins' folder; now copy into that the following files/folder that are needed for the 2Dtools to work

Wahoo!!! It works! I'll add stuff back in and let you know when I find out what plugin it is that was causing the problem.

I should have tried this first. I will in the future.

Have you seen this plugin? It's not free but it looks very useful. And it's relatively cheap.

Edit: Marcus beat me.

I reinstalled both 2Dtools and SketchUp but I'm still getting the same thing. Is the plugin conflicting with another plugin or program? Weird thing is, every other part of the plugin works. It's just the fillet tool that I'm having problems with.

@tig said:

If you do a 'reinstall' it should keep all of the already added stuff and simply renew the required program files.

But I'm not really reinstalling am I? I'm going from v.7.1 to v.7.1pro trial. I have all the files backed up on DropBox so I should be good.

@tig said:

Luckily it's linked here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=315903#p315903

Thanks. And do I have to do anything to keep all my plugins, styles, templates, etc.?

@tig said:

@unknownuser said:

@tig said:

Have you tried reinstalling the 2Dtools in case one is somehow corrupted [I can't think how it might be though!].
Have you tried repairing your Sketchup installation in case it's corrupted in some minor way ?

Reinstalling 2Dtools now. How would I go about repairing my SketchUp installation?

No exactly sure on XP - perhaps someone else can chip in too - on Vista... Exit all apps... Then Control Panel > Programs & Features...
Find Google Sketchup v7 in the list, highlight and click UnInstall/Repair button. When prompted choose Repair and it should run and repair the installation.
If that doesn't work you might need to do a full install - it shouldn't affect any Plugins etc you have installed already...

I found how to do it but it can't find the installer for SketchUp. I must have deleted it. How could I completely reinstall SketchUp 7.1? Is there some place you know that I could download it from?

@tig said:

Have you tried reinstalling the 2Dtools in case one is somehow corrupted [I can't think how it might be though!].
Have you tried repairing your Sketchup installation in case it's corrupted in some minor way ?

Reinstalling 2Dtools now. How would I go about repairing my SketchUp installation?

@tig said:

What size is the rectangle?

3'6" by 4"

@tig said:

What size is the fillet radius?

1"

@tig said:

What units are you using etc ?

Imperial. (feet and inches)

@tig said:

Can you post an example SKP where the problem occurs etc...

fillet_test.skp

@tig said:

I don't think it's deleting everything in the model - rather some 'corrupted' geometry is made miles away and the model's extents are knackered...

No, sorry. You're right. It only deletes the rectangle I am working on. About corrupted geometry, I don't know. If I make the rectangle a component first, and edit that, the component boundaries shrink to the size of one that has no entities. I hope I made sense there. What I mean is, if I go into the model info box after the geometry is deleted, no entities show up. It is truly deleted.

Hmmm. I've used this great plugin many times before but I'm experiencing issues now.

I have a rectangle that I want to fillet. I select the fillet tool, enter the fillet radius, and select my first line. Everything is normal. Then when I select my second, perpendicular line, poof everything disappears. It deletes everything in the model.

TIG, am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else experienced this issue? Are there any known workarounds? I am running Windows XP SP2 and SketchUp 7 if that makes a difference. The weird thing is, chamfer works fine.

It's no big deal if I just fillet it manually. I'm just wondering what I'm doing wrong and what I can do to fix it.

What if someone kicks him in the rear end right during one of his "tours".

No, seriously, that's awesome.