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    • RE: [Plugin][EVAL] TIG-CutNfill

      The EXTG and PROP terrains must have the same overall footprint.

      When you have the skirt fitted onto a simplified EXTG group
      it should still report as 'solid' in Entity info,
      copy that group to one side and edit that copy.
      Draw three Guide lines to help locate a new skirt later, on the group's axes.
      Delete the top terrain, but keep the vertical skirt and bottom face.

      Next copy the PROP group to one side and edit the copy.
      This time delete the skirt and bottom face, but keep the terrain geometry.
      Exit the edit and select the EXTG-copy group and Edit>Cut it to the clipboard.
      Reopen the PROP-copy for editing.
      Edit>Paste-in-Place.
      The EXTG-copy skirt group in now inside the PROP-copy terrain group.
      If the skirt-group doesn't line up with the terrain's axes, then Move it into place
      using Shift to restrain the movement in the Red/Green axes only.
      The guide's intersection should help with this relocation [if needed].
      Explode the skirt-group so that the PROP-copy now contains only geometry.
      Erase any Guides left behind too.
      The PROP-copy should now contain its terrain top and skirt/bottom copied from EXTG.
      Exit the edit and check the PROP-copy in Entity Info - chances are it won't be a 'solid'.

      We now need to make it a solid...
      Use Thomthom's SolidInspector2 on the PROP-copy to see where the errors are reported.
      They will be highlighted in Red.
      Fix the ones that it reports as 'fixable'.

      If there are other 'non-auto-fixable' errors - e.g. complex holes or inner faces -
      then you need to dip in and out of SolidInspector2 and the model itself
      [into PROP-copy group > edit] and manually fix these issues in turn.
      Use pan/zoom to position yourself over the issues that need fixing...
      It's best to have sun/shadows on so you can see holes more easily and the Default-materials showing,
      with the back-material being set to a distinctive color - e.g. bright green.

      These might be 'flaps' or 'shelves' that need deleting, missing faces that need healing by drawing
      over edges to force a face to form, or adding diagonal lines to triangulate geometry and force
      facets to form [it's best to triangulate resistant faces to infill facets,
      even if the larger hole's perimeter appears 'planar'.]
      As you do this you might accidentally form internal 'partition' faces and you'll
      need to delete those too using a section plane to look inside the form can help in this regard.

      Remember that a manifold solid can only contain edges and faces.
      That is no nested groups or components.
      Every edge must support exactly two faces.
      That means -
      No 'faceless' edges [i.e. stray lines].
      No edges with only one face [e.g. flaps, shelves or hole-perimeters].
      No edges supporting three or more faces [e.g. two 'boxes' sharing a common edge for 4 faces].
      Faces should be consistently oriented 'outwards' with the back-face materials 'inside' the form.

      Once you have a solid form reported in Entity Info you are good.
      Replace PROP with PROP-copy and try CutNFill again on these simplified forms -
      the skirts should now match so that hurdle is avoided...

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin][EVAL] TIG-CutNfill

      I've looked at it and the differences between the PROP[osed] and EXT[istin]G groups are so tiny in many cases,
      that you are unlikely to be able to do a solid/subtraction that results in a solid group afterwards.
      So it'll report a 0 volume.
      It's a limit of SketchUp - not CutNFill itself.

      To prove this to yourself try and do a solid > subtraction and see the non solid result ?
      It's just like CutNFill's - a woeful non-solid with many missing facets.
      Try and making a much more simplified version of the two, with sensible differences -
      sites are not worked to mm so don't ruin SketchUp's chances of success with very tiny differences...

      There are some paid extensions to help with this - e.g. Skimp
      Skimp has a 5 day free trial - you will need it to reduce the 2 forms by a significant factor
      [e.g. 33% twice], then make the resultant simplified solids [components] back into groups again
      and then remake their matching skirts to suit in CutNFill too because the simplification will ruin the existing ones.
      After that you might have change of a solid > subtraction result ?

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] TextureRandomizer

      After a hiatus of 14 years, here's v1.4
      Please re-read the edited usage in the first post in this thread:
      https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/133971/plugin-texturerandomizer
      Download it from the PluginStore page or ExtensionStore dialog within SketchUp.
      https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TextureRandomizer
      NOTE how the code and interface was revisited by myself and raumstaerke.de , who added a single dialog for settings using AI.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin][EVAL] TIG-CutNfill

      Unfortunately your EXTG and PROP groups are very very complex, and have many faces and edges that are almost coincident.
      The native Solids Subtract tool will let you take one from the other, BUT the results are made non-solid, with 0.0 volume.
      Because CutNfill relies on these tools, that is why you can't get meaningful results.

      SketchUp's built-in tolerance is 1/1000" and any edges that would be shorter that that are ignored, as if their end/start points are coincidental, but the tiny gap is not 'healed'. Consequently, any faces relying on such missing tiny edges will fail to form, and the result is a non-solid group with 0.0 volume.

      So you need to make your modeling much simpler and ensure that this tiny geometry issue is sidestepped.
      In real life cut and fill is not an exact science on site, so any approximation does not need to be perfect.

      posted in Plugins
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    • Style and SKM icons

      One long running Windows Explorer bugbear is that SKP files etc show an image in their file-icon,
      but SketchUp’s .SKM [material] and .Style files do not
      [of course they do show up in SketchUp itself, but use a generic icon in Windows Explorer].
      There are paid 3rd party apps to fix this, but the free ones
      [e.g. SageThumbs] fail with SKMs - that's until now.
      There is a good free and safe alternative called ‘Icaros’.
      It’s simple to install and use.
      You need to add this to its supported filetype lists -

      ;.style;.skm
      

      and restart to see your Style and SKM files images in Windows Explorer file-icons…
      https://github.com/Xanashi/Icaros/releases/tag/v3.3.5

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: SCFLicense: Extension Licensing on Sketchucation

      Their was a glitch in the version of SketchUcation tools that was available briefly a few days ago.
      If you installed that you can get license error messages.
      It was reverted to to previous version v5.0.6 in the PluginStore, and you should try and install that to see if the error is resolved.
      After a restart, if the problem continues let us know.
      A correct and updated version will be published asap...

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Fredo Curviloft Stopped Working

      Sorry, but you need to get/install the current version of the SketchUcation tools [5.0.6] -
      a briefly available update was quickly found to be causing some users issues with their licensing.
      It's been reverted, but a corrected and updated version should be published soon.
      If you are still experiencing issues with this currently available version then please let us know, and well strive to fix things quickly...

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] ClothWorks v1.8.0 - 28 Apr 2024

      @inuk228
      And your question is ?

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Sketchucation Tools 5.0...

      Version 5.0.7 is available soon watch this space.
      Use v5.0.6 for now...

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: [Plugin][$] FredoCorner - v2.7a - 31 Mar 24

      How big is that object ?
      Small geometry has issues because points closer than 1/1000" are regarded as coincident by SketchUp's engine.
      So tiny edges aren't made and the associated face can't be supported.
      Have you tried scaling it up x100 [or more] doing the 'rounding' then scaling it back down.
      Tiny geometry can exist within a model, but it can't be created by SketchUp.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] FredoSection - v1.5c - 30 Jan 26

      If you want to disable it then you should use the 'SketchUcation' Plugins Manager red-button to 'Unload' it.
      After a restart of SketchUp it should no longer load.

      Pour désactiver ce plugin, utilisez le bouton-rouge «Décharger» du Gestionnaire de Plugins «SketchUcation».
      Après le redémarrage de SketchUp, il ne devrait plus se charger.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] FredoBend - v1.3b - 04 May 26

      @fredo6
      I think it's best for a bent object's geometry to follow a 'curve' and start perpendicular to the start/end segment. But if the path is a full circle the bending should start perpendicular to a mid-segment, to keep the objects 'endmost' dimensions correct: and if it's around an arc [partial circle] that's user-defined it should be treated like any other curve: but if it's a swept form around a notional partial-circular path, that should then start/end perpendicular to a half-segment - that way the bent form stays as dimensionally true as it can be.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Fredo 6 license

      Which extension[s] did you buy a license for ?
      Have you looked in https://sketchucation.com/webshop/my-licences.php

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Bonkers faster logging. New extension for developers

      Can you please explain more about its function and use...

      posted in Developers' Forum
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    • RE: SCFLicense: Extension Licensing on Sketchucation

      If you have exceeded the trial period you must buy a license...

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] FredoSection - v1.5c - 30 Jan 26

      There is currently no license for this extension, it's a beta release.
      Please post error/messages etc which lead you to believe a license is needed...
      It works for me, no issues.
      There is no 'licensing' entry in its submenu ??

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Missing TT_Lib2 Extension

      @Stephen-H

      PS: I believed you... but if you go the the EW's page Github link to TT_Lib and go to this page:
      https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/tt-library-2/downloads/?tab=tags
      Scroll down to 2.10.2 and on the right click ZIP and an old archived version can be downloaded.
      Then extract the ZIP file's contents. You only need the TT_Lib2.rb file and TT_Lib2 folder - ignore the rest.
      Copy those two into your Plugins folder [you can open that using the Extensions > SketchUcation submenu item] and then restart SketchUp to sync. This old Lib is not 'signed' in its subfolder, but as long as you have your Extension Manager > Loading policy set to 'Unrestricted' that won't matter.
      Does that work ?

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: Missing TT_Lib2 Extension

      @Stephen-H

      The current version 2.15.1 works fine with the latest version of CleanUp, up to and including v2026. What is your issue exactly ?

      I haven't tried it on v2019 like yours, as I no longer have a copies installed older than v2023 - TT_Lib's EW page says, compatible >= v2022.
      I suggest you try and contact @thomthom direct and ask if he has kept an archived version ?

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: Sketchucation Tools 5.0...

      When you say 'this' please be clear. The RBZ for the SketchUcation toolset which also control the licensing and ExtensionStore dialog etc is easily installed using the native Extension Manager > Install... button. Restart SketchUp afterwards to sync everything. It appears in its own submenu under Extensions and there is also a Toolbar.
      LibFredo6 is not needed for the toolset, but it is vital to all of Fredo's extensions.
      If you have not installed SketchUp itself 'properly' then you do not need to Uninstall and Reinstall it, instead close SketchUp, then find the SketchUp Installer's exe file in your Downloads folder [or download a fresh copy]. Select the exe file's icon, right-click > context-menu > Run as administrator - a dialog should open, accept the 'Repair' option, this will reset all of the permissions properly so extensions can install and save preferences etc. In a few rare case with some of Fredo's stuff a further manual deletion of a badly permission-ed subfolder etc is occasionally necessary, but let's cross that bridge as we come to it !

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: [Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v15.9b - 21 Apr 26

      @Tpdart

      Explaining how you fixed things helps others reading this, and gives useful feedback to moderators and experienced users who might be 'advising'...

      posted in Plugins
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