Wow, thanks for the great feedback, meaker! Really useful comments!

@meaker vi said:

A way to submit assemblies & profiles to someone would be nice. You say they can be found on the 3d warehouse, but I'm not sure how to find them other than using yours from your site.

Assemblies and profiles are just SKP files. You can share them and upload them to 3DWH just like any other SKP file. If you have uploaded an assembly, let me know and I'll post it on my website.

@unknownuser said:

No way to apply materials to a profile from within the assembly editor
Just click on the profile icon in the Assembler Dialog (just next to the Profile name) and you can edit all the properties of the profile, including material

@unknownuser said:

No way to orient materials applied to profiles other than to create new materials (not ideal)
True - not ideal

@unknownuser said:

Some of the labels have obscure meanings. (Up/down offset is just elevation by another name?)
Up/down offset refers to the 'local up direction'. This is not the same as elevation if the path is sloped up or down. I had hoped that the hover thumbnails clarified this...

@unknownuser said:

The profile/assembly search windows do not show folders (makes it tedious to organize profiles & assemblies by a type logical to me, and I'd prefer not to sort through thousands of profiles/assemblies every time I want to find one), and could use some extra navigation features (forward/back arrow).
Yes - this is something I plan to improve in the next update

@unknownuser said:

The 'search' icon should probably be an 'open' icon
..probably

@unknownuser said:

The way the preview is generated is obscure to me. Sometimes it focuses on what I'm editing, sometimes not, sometimes it just doesn't do what I want it to and I don't know why.
The preview is actually a thumbnail that is created by SketchUp of the Assembly Component. It works most of the time but sometimes it does weird things and I am not sure why. Helpful hint: the orientation of the preview camera will match the current SketchUp camera view

@unknownuser said:

The "apply assembly attributes" and "edit member properties" buttons have the same iconography, but do slightly different things. Personally, I'm not sure the little popup window for profiles is useful, maybe replace it with a "apply profile attributes" (exactly the same as the assembly button) and add a button that brings the window back up as a kind of eyedropper tool allowing the user to select what profile (or maybe assembly!) attributes to eyedrop.
Interesting...Perhaps some improvements could be made here.

@unknownuser said:

I'd be nice to be able to adjust the profiles used from within the assembly dialogue. Especially for their start points, rotation, etc.
See above - this can already be done.

@unknownuser said:

Hitting enter on data entry in any box doesn't do anything. You need to switch to the next box to get the data to apply. - Especially important when building assemblies, as it's tricky to figure out whether I've moved something the correct distance.
Yes - this should be improved, Enter should apply the current setting.

@unknownuser said:

Pushing the arrows on the profile in the assembly window on a loaded assembly allows you to go infinitely beyond the number of profiles in the assembly. I think it happens when you've selected a profile that exists in one assembly, load a new assembly with fewer profiles, and then try to cycle through them.
Right - there are some issues here that need to be fixed.

@unknownuser said:

It seems like this is so close to being able to do all things parametric. If it worked in 2 dimensions (instead of just linearly), I can see using it to generate any-height walls, windows, doors, etc. etc. (Right now, I'd need to make a new assembly for each window/door height. Not the end of the world, but more work than I'd like to do).

Making it so the tool can cut assemblies (possibly using solid tools) would make windows & doors very easy.

Allowing me to draw a thing using profiles and components and translate them to an assembly would be awesome.

Great suggestions, thanks! If you think of any more, please let me know.

I don't think there is a way to do what you are asking (unless I am not understanding the problem, correctly). PB2 does not consider the orientation of the face that is attached to the edge of the path that you are 'following'

@krisidious said:

Installed... Pretty damn kool!

Made this great assembly that make a safer barrier around a race track.

So far two issues... How do I make profiles follow and keep there relative rotation to the face? This one is leaving the bottom face flat. and not rotating the wall assembly to the face to keep 90 degrees. Any ideas?

Have you tried playing with the 'Rotation' parameter for the profile?

@bob james said:

If you search for Profile Builder 2 or profilebuilder2 on Extension Warehouse you get "Not Found"

Thanks Bob, I am aware of this and so is EW. I have been told that a fix is in the queue.

@heda27869415 said:

Hi Whaat i seem to be having a bugsplat problem with my zorro2 plugin, i also really need to use it asap, please can you help me. oh and thank you for such an amazing tool.

Hi,
What version of SketchUp are you using?

@moriturimax said:

Does it have some way to follow 2 paths? Like a 2-rail sweep in other programs?

Just want to make sure I am not missing it.

Sorry, there is no such feature in PB2.

@sabba said:

Dale: An excellent plugin overall but I have this issue:

When I build a member from a profile that has a reversed shape (a "C" shape for example) it can not be edited with the trim or extend tools.

Trim Error message:

SketchUp

To trim, the end of the Profile Member must not be modified. Rebuild Profile Member?

Yes No

clicking yes has no effect

Extend Error message:

SketchUp

The selected end has been modified and cannot be extended.

OK

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qwolfqdexm7140/PB2%20error%20trim.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/85pt26b8h2ohnau/PB2%20error.jpg?dl=0

Workaround / solution?

SB

Thanks for reporting! It could be a bug. I'll look into it.

@tommyk said:

I have found a slightly problematic issue with Profile Builder. I have noticed that when building profiles, profile builder does not respect the axis of the current context - only the main model axis. It gets difficult to use when designing rooms that are not aligned in the same axis as the main model. It would be great if it did!

Also goes for adding a custom profile - when adding a custom profile using the (+) button, the axis of the profile is taken from the axis of the model, and not the context in which the face is in.

I hope this issue can get fixed soon. I am being nit picky as Profile Builder 2 is a great plugin, and is only inches away from perfection..,

Thanks Tommy, a few others have commented on this issue and I will put in my TODO list. Hopefully, this can be fixed..

@raineysky said:

Dean,

Yes, you are correct....A "How To" video would teach you how to do a specific task. For example, it would show you all the steps involved in building an Industrial Stairsassembly That's what I'm working on now.

Paul
Cool! I hope you will be willing to share it so others can learn

@deaneau said:

@ Whaat
i want to offer my open apologize to you.

Hi Deaneau,
I appreciate your open apology even though I never got a chance to read the post your referring to. I am guessing you were frustrated by the lack of video tutorials. I agree, more tutorials are needed.

I had planned to be releasing about two video tutorials per week since PB2 was released but I have only been able to release a total of two so far.

Things usually don't work out as planned. I have been bombarded with multiple Paypal support requests and problems with installation / licensing. Addressing these problems have become my first priority and unfortunately, these issues cannot be resolved in days, it takes weeks (I am just one person after all and I do this in my limited spare time).

Once these critical issues have been resolved, I plan to be releasing more video tutorials. Hopefully, it won't be too long.

I thank you all for your patience and support of my work.
Dale

@deaneau said:

I can only pay via paypal and would pay this plugin... could anybody tell me a way how i can purchase via paypal?

Hi,
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to purchase via paypal. All payments are handled through SketchUp's payment system (which does not currently support Paypal).

@jclements said:

A few quirks.

I kind of expected issues 2 and 3 to happen, but issue 1 is a surprise (I think it is fixable).

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Thanks for the feedback John.

1. Is this an issue? The smoothing of edges is based on the angle between adjacent faces. If it is less than 30 degrees the edge gets smoothed
2. This is a bug that I hope to fix soon.
3. I couldn't see any issue here. The path could be edited as expected. Could you clarify the problem you noticed.

@raineysky said:

Dale,

I can't get the pipe segments to align properly. What's the trick?

Thanks,

Paul

Add a small extension to your arcs in the direction of the joining pieces.

@rv1974 said:

@utiler said:

Hi Dale, not sure what's going on here: for some reason a profile from either a face or polyline won't execute....?

try to remove smartdrop.rb

Yes, it looks like you have a conflicting plugin installed (possibly smartdrop). Open the Ruby Console Window and checked for errors. It should give you a clue about which plugin is causing the problem.

@rv1974 said:

Whaat, If I'm not mistaken there's important feature missing- Follow'n'Keep mode:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=16465
Would it be possible to add this humble check box (in PB andAssembler Dialog) in near future?

PB2 is designed to make this process automatic. For non-planar paths (like a helix) PB2 will use a method similar to Follow'n'Keep. Otherwise, it works similar to the SketchUp follow-me tool.

Are you finding this to be a significant limitation?

@duanekemp said:

@whaat said:

@pixero said:

Thanks for a great script.

Would it be possible to add an attribute to all the existing scenes in the model that they are "keyframes" and then add scenes for every frame in the animation with an attibute that they are "inbetweens" and add scene transition times according to your smoothstep script.
The script should then be able to delete all the "inbetweens" if you want to change the animation but leave the "keyframes" intact.
I believe this would make it work with external renderers.
What do you think, is it doable?

That's a cool idea and definitely doable! I'll do some experimenting.

Whaat, was the experimentation on Pixero's suggestion a success, completed or has further development continued?

This quote above is exactly what I'm interested in finding more about.

I've tried proper animation to set up the basics of movement, then used those scene to create keyframes and those frames can be batch rendered. However, that's allot of work without the smoothing here. I'm thinking that Pixero's idea would resolve allot of conflicts.

What is the newest news? Has this been continued on a newer, more current thread?

Hi Duane, I'm afraid that there are no plans to continue development of this script.

@jclements said:

A few quirks.

I kind of expected issues 2 and 3 to happen, but issue 1 is a surprise (I think it is fixable).

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Thanks John - I'll take a look

@raineysky said:

I'm getting this error while trying to download the trial.

This issue should now be fixed thanks the hard-working EW team!

If you have had this error, please try installing again - it should now work.

@david_h said:

So. . .how does one upgrade from the trial to the purchase. The pullout doesn't seem to have a license or "purchase" tab. Also, I can't find "Profile Builder 2" in the Ext. WH anymore. can somebody help me on this. Also, there seemed to be some chatter on this thread about purchasing issues. Have those been resolved?

Thx,

David_H

Hi David, first un-install the Trial, then follow these instructions:

Just a moment...

(help.sketchup.com)

@raineysky said:

I'm getting this error while trying to download the trial.

Hi Raineysky,

If you (or anyone else) is getting this message, please contact the SketchUp Extension Warehouse team here:

Just a moment...

(help.sketchup.com)

Please follow this link for complete instructions on installing purchased extensions:
http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000059

Thanks for reporting this. I am told that the EW team is working to resolve this issue.

Dale