[Plugin] Tools On Surface - v2.4a - 01 Nov 18

[Dave R]

Karen, can you post a screen shot that shows the problem?

[kdrr1607]

Karen, can you post a screen shot that shows the problem?

Here is the screen shot. I pressed print screen then pasted it on paint, but the mouse was did not appear on paint, so i took another photo that shows it on close-up. The construction line isnt showing as i move my pointer away from the initial point. I tried specifying a diameter/distance, but nothing happened.

[Dave R]

Do you get guidelines if you use the yellow Tape measure tool? I'm wondering if this is an OpenGL setting issue.

[kdrr1607]

Do you get guidelines if you use the yellow Tape measure tool? I'm wondering if this is an OpenGL setting issue.

Yes, everything works fine but my tools on surface plugin.

[Dave R]

Is it possible the construction lines are inside your cylinder? What do you see if you switch to X-ray face style?

[kdrr1607]

Yes, Ive done that, still no lines showing.

[Dave R]

Weird.

I'm on my Mac right now but it is playing fine for me. I'll check on my PC when I get home. Have you installed the most recent version?

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[kdrr1607]

Ive installed the ToolsOnSurface16c found on Ruby library depot. Ive tried installing the one uploaded in this website, but it doesn't start. All it says on the command line is "Loading all Ruby files for plugin Tools on Surface", tried waiting to load, but still nothing.

[kdrr1607]

Oh, what I meant by it doesnt start is Tools on surface appears, but when I click it, it doesnt do anything, all it shows in the command line is "Loading all Ruby files for plugin Tools on Surface"

[Dave R]

That makes me think you have either a plugin installation problem or perhaps incorrectly set permissions for the Plugins folder. Perhaps you could make a screen shot of Windows Explorer showing the Plugins folder and its contents as well as a screen shot of the Security tab under Properties for the Plugins folder.

[kdrr1607]

Hi Dave, here it is.

[Dave R]

Maybe we're onto something. Or just on something.

The fact that 'Compatibility files' shows in the top row of buttons in your screenshot of the Plugins folder indicates insufficient privileges for you. And in the second screenshot it appears you don't have full permissions to the folder. Click on Compatibility files and restart SketchUp. See if that changes anything. You might as well change your permissions to Full for the Plugins folder which you would do by clicking the Edit button under the Security tab.

[kdrr1607]

Hi Dave! Thanks for the help. It's working now.

[Dave R]

Excellent! Thanks for letting me know.

[AirPlaneFreakMaster]

Hey fredo, I need a little bit of help installing the tool, I can't open the zip folder because it says it's some archive or it's invalid, could you change the extension for it?

[fredo6]

Hey fredo, I need a little bit of help installing the tool, I can't open the zip folder because it says it's some archive or it's invalid, could you change the extension for it?

I would suggest you install via the SCF Plugin Store tool. This is really the safest way.

Fredo

[fredo6]

NEW RELEASE: Tools on Surface 2.0a - 12 Nov 13

This release is mainly for future Sketchup compatibility. No functional change.

You will need to migrate to LibFredo6 5.4 or higher

Please see main post for download

Fredo

[suHappyPills]

Very useful,thanks a lot!

[archigokce]

thank you so much ...

[mdfahd]

hey when i try instlling this plug it says i need 5.2 or higher version. plz suggest wat to do..using sketchup 7

[massimo]

From the very first post of this thread...

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[wyoung221]

I have looked around and I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else. When I try to draw shapes on a sphere (smooth or not), faces get deleted randomly. Sometimes I can get it to come back with the line tool, but sometimes I can't. Am I missing something?

[Rich O Brien]

How big is the sphere?

[wyoung221]

This example is 2" wide, the one I was working on is 4". Is that the issue? It just needs to be bigger?

[Dave R]

Yep. Try scaling up by 100x.

[Box]

Not that it matter here but you are working inside out. You should work with the faces orientated correctly or you will run into problems. The Default front face is white and back face bluegray.

[jgb]

Before using any "surface" tools (tools-on-surface, Joint-push-pull, etc) do an Orient Faces first.
It really does not matter which face is outside, although standard practice is "white outside - blue inside" as Box noted.

The missing faces is an SU quirk when 1 side is tiny. Scaling up does solve that problem, but sometimes scaling up then back down creates a placement problem.

So to prevent that, I make the overall object, or just a piece of it a temporary component, and copy it away in free space. Then I do an OUTSIDE of box scale up, edit that and do the surface operation. It will be duplicated on the original, intact. Then delete the scaled up working copy and explode the original comp.

[Dave R]

In some cases it does matter which faces are out. It's good practice to do housekeeping as you go along and correct reversed faces and otherwise keep the model clean. It can pay off big later on. As with anything computer related, GIGO applies.

[TightLines]

I'm having trouble finding an active link to download this plugin. Can anyone point me in a direction?

Thanks

[Dave R]

It's amazing what you can find if you look at the first post in a thread.

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