@kuchcok said:

Hi, I have downloaded and installed plugin as said at the first page. Works 100% (W7, SU2016pro). I would like to thank you for great saving of time

That is so kind of you to say! You are most welcome. Perhaps it is time to take this Project out of beta...

@kaas said:

@Dale, turns out its two of my own plugins that have something to do with this as well although, if I de-install ProfileBuilder the warnings are gone.

I have two plugins that use:
require 'win32API'
require 'FileUtils'

I was under the impression that using 'require' would prevent these kind of issues. Am I mistaken here?
You are using the same in PB?

That is very strange because I do not 'require' those libraries for PB2.

Perhaps when you have PB2 installed, it changes the timing or sequence of your plugins being loaded which results in the error being displayed. I am guessing one of your plugins has set the following:

Sketchup.debug_mode = true

Try searching your plugins for this expression. If you find it, change it to 'false' and see if that solves your problem.

@kaas said:

Hi Dale,

I updated to the new version of ProfileBuilder and now I get these warnings at every startup of SketchUp. PB works fine though.
I just tested and de-installed PB and the errors are gone. Re-installed PB again and they are back.

Any idea how to resolve this?

regards,
Max

Hi Max,
Thanks for reporting this strange issue. I'll look into this and try to get it sorted out. You are the first one to report this so I wonder if there is a conflict with another plugin that you have.

Can you please post the full text of the error and not just a screenshot? Thanks!

@rv1974 said:

Whaat, I've got some project with kilometers of the attached railing which get turned in a funky manner. My problem is I have to do a lot of stupid manual work. Here's a brief description:

To get the desired state (1) I build a rough one with the assembly (2) I managed to create.
Then I manuallyadd some sub-assembly (3) in a 'pale red' areas, explode assembly (2) in order to delete unneeded studs in the corners and rotate the green element (3) appropriately.
Important note: Our local safety regulations demand vertical netgaps <= 10cm. So in the final output I manage to respect this standard.

The question is Could my manual labor get solved in my assemly?

Hi rv1974,

These types of assemblies are currently quite tough to do in PB2 as a one step assembly. You are on the right track to break this up into multiple assemblies. It becomes a multi-step process but it is still much faster than doing the whole thing manually. I made a slight change with your corner posts which should save you a bit of time. If you split your corner posts and use a junctions setback, I think you can still get the effect you want at the corners without having to rotate element 4.

Modified-Railing-Assembly.skp

@rich o brien said:

What's coming in the new version?

I'd like to see more sculpting options.

Can you be more specific?

@deaneau said:

Hi Whaat, is it possible to change the currency?. If possible historical curency, too.

so i could show in my historical project "The Berlin Wall And Inner German Border" the cost of this over the years. Thanks.

Hi Deaneau,
In 2.1, you can change the currency in the Report Settings dialog (access from the Quantifier). Is this what you mean?

Very nice kimi! Thanks for sharing

Time to revive this great thread I'm planning to update the Artisan website soonish and am putting out a fresh call for pics for the new gallery. If there is anything that you created in Artisan that you would like to share for the gallery, please post it here.

Obviously, this thread is already full of awesome examples by several talented artists but the thread has been quiet lately and hopefully we can get see some cool fresh Artisan images. Cheers!

@otb designworks said:

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here?

Thoughts? I must say I was quite surprised and frustrated by these results as this plugin is held in very high regard and it sure looks very powerful, but I sure can't use it if this is the kind of geometry it creates. Perhaps I am missing something very simple... Thanks in advance

Hi otb,
No, you aren't doing anything wrong. There are some known issues with these types of complex paths that move in all three coordination directions and also have small radius curves. I am planning to fix these issues in the next update.

Thanks

@mistro11 said:

Well, I just purchased 2.1 anyway because I'm a big fan of Profile Builder and I can't imagine not having this in my arsenal. My biggest issue is that I would have to upgrade my SU Pro which I cannot afford right now. I would really like to have all my tools in pro version alongside this plugin. So now I have to make sure I don't need any pro specific tools when using this which is very hard to swallow. Please find a way to make it 2015 compatible. OR.....does 2.0.6 have the reverse assembly orientation capability? If so I will grab that as well...or would that have to be a separate order even though I bought 2.1?

I'm afraid that 2.0.6 doesn't have the reverse assembly feature. It doesn't really make sense to purchase 2.0.6 from the Extension Warehouse after buying 2.1. Save your money and use it for upgrading to SU2016 instead

@mistro11 said:

Hi, I'm an owner of Profile Builder and Artisan...great plugins!

I want to purchase Profile Builder 2 but on the web page it says SU 2016 is required. I have SU 2015 Pro. Do I need to upgrade to 2016 in order to use this plugin? I really hope not.

EDIT:
I went back and read again. I see that 2.1 is in fact for 2016 only. Why??? I really want to buy this plugin. But now my workflow would be fragmented if I decided to get the make version of 2016. Is there any plans to make it 2015 compatible?

It was a difficult decision but, yes, 2.1 is for 2016 only. The reason is that 2.1 includes a new licensing system that could have been easily hacked with SU2015. SU2016 is more secure.

You can still buy version 2.0.6 on the Extension Warehouse (SU2015 compatible) but not for long. It will likely be replaced by 2.1.0 (2016 only) within days.

I understand that this may cause temporary frustration for some users and I am looking into potential workarounds. Thank you very much for your support of my plugins.

@juju said:

I see Profile Builder 2.1 has been released! When I select the download link (somehow there are two, refer to the same link) on the Extension Warehouse (from My Extensions), it comes up with an error message that the requested page could not be found?

That is really strange. I'll forward this to the EW team to get their input.

@optimaforever said:

Thanks Dale,

One thing that could be handy is to be able to build assemblies from presets.
I mean, having to reencode the railings for each assemblies is really time consuming, not to mention each tweaking needs an update of the thumbnail, which is sometimes boring...

I hear you - perhaps this could be improved

@rv1974 said:

@unknownuser said:

re-building multiple profile members with one operation

Could you please post a brief gif to illustrate the feature?

If you have PB2, you know the right-click context menu feature 'Rebuild Member'? Now you can select multiple profile members and then activate this feature instead of just one.

@rv1974 said:

Will v.2.1 deliver something besides those reports (3D as we know it) ?
Yes, there are a few other small features added (like re-building multiple profile members with one operation). There will also be a new license system that will support volume licensing.

There are also a ton of bug-fixes

to be released very soon...

[flash=640,390:3u1ko8je]http://www.youtube.com/v/WTL-ykLdiAU[/flash:3u1ko8je]

@optimaforever said:

One more thing...

If we could reverse the path for the assemblies like we can do for the profiles, it would be great!
Now I have to weld the lines, and revert the spline with FredoTools... quite time consuming sometimes.

Look for this feature in the upcoming version 2.1

@optimaforever said:

One thing that frustrates me now:

When trying to save a profile or an assembly on the local drive (C:\userXXX\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\SketchUp\Plugins\DM_ProfileBuilder2\Libraries)
Windows 7 never allows me to write the file there unless I launch SU as an admin (which is pretty annoying as Win7 keeps me asking "are you sure?" non stop).

Now my workaround is to save the profile/aseembly to the desktop (which is surprisingly "writeable" through SU) and then remove the file to the right place with the help of Explorer.exe ...

Is there a hack to enable direct file-writing in the AppData section without having to be in Admin mode?

Another request:

Is it possible to get a LOD approach in the profiles?
By default in your Profiles Library, a circle is made of 24 edges.
If I use it for a complex assembly, I end up with a very highpoly mesh.

For Close-ups it would be a good thing.
For long-range, it will be a total overkill.

With a LOD option, I'd select a circle preset (instead of crawling through endless dimension-basenamed different circle presets like DIA5090 DIA5100 etc.), enter the diameter, enter the precision (number of edges) and the profile generated would be ideally suited to all types of cases.

The LOD feature would be cool. I'll consider that.

I have to advise you to please not save your profiles and assemblies in the appdata folder, especially in the DM_ProfileBuilder folder. Newer versions of PB2 will not even allow you to save here. If you install an updated version, you will likely lose all of your library files if they are saved here!

@juju said:

@whaat said:

Actually...yes. I am nearing the release of a significant update. Stay tuned

Do tell!

very soon...I'll probably be posting a promo video within the next few days.

@rv1974 said:

P.S. Are you planning some updates\new versions in the near future?

Actually...yes. I am nearing the release of a significant update. Stay tuned