Hello Noel,
I tried to have some g-code from your plugin.
After selecting the 2 vertexes with the 2nd button (the model must be edited to select vertex),all the edges has been colored black.
Then with the 4th button (for generating code) I get this error in the console:
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method each' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Sketchup8/Plugins/minivistii/concepts.rb:191:in initialize'
What goes wrong?
I would like to test the g-code on the simple xyz router to engrave something.What tool and procedure should I select?
Congratulations for the plugin,the code seems to be very well structured.
Hope your plugin will be useful also for others.

@noelwarr said:

I started out as a kid with pascal and Qbasic.

I started with the Basic commands written on the rubber buttons of ZX Spectrum

Anyway,we have a Roland cnc router in the office so I can make some tests of your plugin.
Hope it will not cut itself

@noelwarr said:

Hmm... Interest seems to have died down a bit.

Just throw us a bone and the interest will be much bigger

Hello Tig,
I have also thought about rays.
What do you think about this solution:
If the tested object and a solid are not intersecting.
If a ray from a tested object hits faces of a solid odd number of times ,the tested object is inside the solid.
If the ray hits an edge or a vertex,repeat the ray test in other direction.
David

Hello,
does anybody ever tried to calculate if a line (edge) or face or vertex is inside (without touching it's shell) a solid body.It's seems to be a very hard mathematical task.Is there any ruby function that can help?
Thanks.
David

@sketchymick said:

Apart from manually editing, what would be the quickest way to convert this object into a "solid".

It is a 1 click operation in with the SuSolid plugin.Also if you have many objects.

I don't know if something similar exist,but it would be useful for some tube bending cnc machines.
It should be for 3d also.
Not so easy to do and very limited to tube or profile shapes.A kind of reverse engineering.

You can analise your model with the free version of SuSolid plugin.
For closing the gaps automatically (entire model,all subgroups at once) ,you need the full version.
Or you can attach the model here for check.

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.

Hello Ken,
I have sent to your email the version with your "Hide Solids" feature.
Please test it and if you confirm it, I will include it also in free version of SuSolid plugin, so everybody can benefit from your idea

p.s.it would be better if you rename this thread to something more specific.Suggestion:"Hide Solids"
Edit: done TIG

Hello Tig.
What about nested solids?

I have made it and tested it a little and is a very useful feature.The only thing that I miss is a good "UNHIDE ALL" button.
Tomorrow I will send you the version of SuSolid plugin with the "Hide Solids" option in Settings menu.

Hmm,not a bad idea.

Hello Ken,
do you have any difficulties to do this job with the SuSolid plugin?
The only difference is that the solid is pink and not hidden.

If you will start over,I suggest you to check your model often with the SuSolid plugin,and your model will be always "clean"

You have many distorted faces in your model (brown lines).Did you import it from another program ?

There are also some ungrouped lines that can prevent your model to be solid.That means that they are outside the group or inside the group with the solid subgroup.In your case they are outside the group.See picture.

@joemaffei said:

There were a couple of line discontinuities, which obviously turned into a surface once I filled the gaps. But around the edges of the holes on the side there were no apparent discontinuities, and I zoomed in pretty close to find them.

I have checked it with SuSolid and repaired it with only 2 clicks (see photo).

Thanks John for pointing this out.I will check it and include the solution in the next version(expected this year).

@unknownuser said:

See my notes at the bottom of the OptionsProvider page, a snippet to list out the different options:
Sketchup.active_model.options.keys.each {|key| p key; Sketchup.active_model.options[key].each {|k,v| puts "> #{k} - #{v}"} }

Thanks for this.I still cannot see any notes at the bottom of the RUBY API pages.It is some old language problem.

@unknownuser said:

You should use the named optioned "UnitsOptions" rather than a numeric index to access the Options.

Yes,but it was easy to check the units with numeric index because under 2 in was the american style and over 1 it was the metric style.Now I have to switch-case all the units