[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20111207

[TIG]

All right-click context-menu items are also available at the end of the Edit Menu...

[linco]

Get the latest zip from the first post in this thread...
Extract everything into a temporary folder - keeping all sub-folders and contents intact.
Move ALL of the the files/sub-folder(with their files) into the v8 ../Plugins/ folder.
Overwriting when prompted to do so.
Check everything that is now in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ folder... AND if there's a file with the exact same name in the main ../Plugins/ folder remove it from the ../Plugins/ folder - it should be in the sub-folder!

Now everything should work fine.

Run the tools with the Ruby Console open to see if there are error messages.
If you still get errors - if you have SketchyPhysics installed in v8 temporarily remove its .rb files to disable it and see what happens.

If it's still not working post the error messages here...

Sorry -- I'm a Newbie and this is my first attempt to install a Ruby Plugin. Followed the instructions and I can add the Toolbar, however, it is missing the icons. If you roll your mouse over it, the little squares will light up but there are no icons on it to tell what you are using! So, what did I do wrong?

Also, I assume the Lingvo files are Help files? How do I access them?

Lin
SketchUp Pro 8
Windows7

[TIG]

I suspect that you have made a similar mistake to the one you've quoted.
I suggest that you remove all of the files that you have just put into the ../Plugins/ folder; to see a list of these read the contents of the zip file and its subfolders. Files that should be in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ subfolder should never be put into the main folder...

Now... extract the contents of that zip file into a temporary folder somewhere - e.g. ../Desktop/ExtrusionTools/ keeping all of the files that are already in a subfolder in those subfolders - the main subfolder is called 'TIGtools'.
Now move all of these extracted files and subfolders keeping the files within them [i.e. /TIGtools/] into the ../Plugins/ folder.

Now it should work with a restart...

You will find that many complex tools have a subfolder with support files in it.
Often there will be one or two .rb files to go into ../Plugins/ that kick off the tool, and the rest of the files are in a subfolder or perhaps even subfolders within a subfolder!
In the case of the ExtrusionTools, because they are a compilation over time, there are several tools with .rb tool-files and a 'loader' .rb file in ../Plugins/. The 'deBabelizer.rb' tool is required to do language translations: the .lingvo files are the translations it uses [and these must be inside ../Plugins/TIGtools/]. The .png files inside the TIGtools folder are the image-files used for the toolbar button-icons [that's why I 'know' they are not in the right folder - otherwise you wouldn't have this problem!!]

Please let me know how you fare and if you need any more help please post here...

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[linco]

Finally -- problem solved! Followed your directions and it still wasn't quite right - then I noticed that my Unarchive was putting everything into one big folder without your TIGtools subfolder. Used a different program to Unzip and now it all works!

thanks!

Lin

[TIG]

Finally -- problem solved! Followed your directions and it still wasn't quite right - then I noticed that my Unarchive was putting everything into one big folder without your TIGtools subfolder. Used a different program to Unzip and now it all works!

thanks!

Lin

Aha! ALWAYS ensure the files stay inside their subfolders when you install ANY Plugin.; clearly there needs to be a .rb or .rbs file to use those BUT also note that some support files [like Fredo's LIBs all stay inside their supplied folder.

[Wildchild]

TIG, I know this might sound silly , but what's the difference between curviloft and the extrude tools? For what I know they're pretty similar aren't they? can you (or anyone else) point out some cases where is best to use one insted of the other? thanks

[TIG]

Fredo's tools are quite a lot newer than mine.
Some of the tools are very similar, like EEbyRails and EEbyLoft - BUT there are several in the Extrusion toolset that are NOT - like 'EEby.. Lathe, Vector, Lattice, Face etc...
I have both toolsets and I use mine more, simply because I am used to it...
Fredo's do have a prettier UI and there are extra options to dynamically adjust the mesh etc, and they can work better in some circumstances - like with lofting closed-loop profiles, they might make complex messes a little faster too...
So use what you find works best for you in each instance...

[wibeon]

Hi,

The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.

Can somebody help me ?

Thanks

[TIG]

Hi,
The plugin doesn't appears in tools menu. I put .rb in the plugin folder but it doesn't work.
Can somebody help me ?
Thanks

You should have several .rb files in the ../Plugins/ folder and several extra files in the ../Plugins/TIGtools/ subfolder ??
This is a screen-grab of what the contents of the zip file look like.

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The new files/subfolder+files should be replicated exactly as this after you've extracted everything...
When you restart Sketchup there should be a drop-down submenu early in the 'Plugins' menu [Note that it's NOT in the 'Tools' menu - reread the tools' instructions] - this submenu is called 'Extrusion Tools...' and it has nine items each relating to a different tool; to activate the equivalent toolbar you must use View > Toolbars > 'Extrusion Tools'...

[TIG]

Here's a new version viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
It has an additional tool ExtrudeEdgesByVectorToObject... see here for more details of the new tool... viewtopic.php?p=331059#p331059

[Jeff Hammond]

oh nice! that's a great addition.

[it also shows hints of a sweet trim tool plugin - sort of like solid booleans without the solids part.. in rhino, it works like: select cutting object(s) then pick the parts of the intersecting geometry you'd like to delete.. in eeVO, it automatically picks the side to delete on the opposite side of the cutting object of where the vector extrusion started.. in this hypothetical trim tool, you would be able to pick which side to delete... i dunno, just ideas in case you get bored one day )

[prismcnd]

just wanted to say thank you for your amazing efforts.

[costa]

you are really great!!! fantastic work, thank you

[TIG]

Here's an updated set viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
A new tool 'ExtrudeEdgesByOffset' has been added.
Its details are found here viewtopic.php?p=331303#p331303

[d12dozr]

Wow, TIG, a tool a day? Thank you for these!

[TIG]

Here's an updated set viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has been improved considerably:-
A new algorithm has been added for the intersecting with objects: now walls extend to soffits with additional apex vertices and so on so it extrudes fully to the faces/edges.
'Ghost' extrusions now show intersections as red dots.
The original selection is kept, unless the is group exploded.

Some ES lingvos updated by Defisto [thanks].

[TIG]

Here's another update viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has additional traps added for rare glitches when a faced edge-selection was used.

[TIG]

Here's yet another update viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had a glitch fixed with 'undo' if you'd reversed faces etc...

[TIG]

Here's yet another update viewtopic.php?p=217663#p217663
The 'Extrude Edges By Vector To Object' tool has had glitches fixed with 'commit' and extruding faces inside groups to objects outside...

[Wildchild]

DUUUDE! Exactly what I was talking about!

Here's a few tests:

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I have a couple more tiny requests to ask, but now i don't have time!

[unclex]

[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
Need Help !!!
ThanX

[hebeijianke]

....

I translate All the plugins in ExtrudeTools into chinese
This is the translation file

[TIG]

[Plugin] ExtrudeTools - Zipped Set 20110525 Installed
[Plugin] Shape Bender Beta v0.55 Can't work...
Need Help !!!
ThanX

I [and many others] have both toolsets installed without any interconnected problems
Can you explain the nature of the problem a bit more ?
Are there any error messages [either at startup or when it's run with the Ruby Console open]? if so please post them here, or perhaps more logically in the ShapeBender thread, as that's the broken tool.
Nothing has changed between recent versions of the EEby... tools that I could think might affect ShapeBender in any way. that tool itself has been around for some time...
Please check you have progressbar.rb installed in the Plugins folder [available free from Smustard.com] - this is a frequent cause of tools failing that need it [it's not needed for any of the EEby... tools though!]

[TIG]

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I translate All the plugins in ExtrudeTools into chinese
This is the translation file

Thanks
I'll include them with the next update of the toolset.
Meanwhile Chinese locale users can install them into the TIGtools folder and feedback...

[Jim]

Hi TIG,

Shouldn't there be a Toolbar? I don't see it. I have all the EEb Tools in the Plugins menu, but no Extrusion* in Toolbars.

[TIG]

There should be a file in ../Plugins/ #extrusionToolbar.rb makes the Toolbar/Sub-Menu.
It starts with a '#' so it loads first - it then checks to see if any of the possible EEby...rb files exist and if so it adds the 'Extrusion Tools' toolbar referenced as '$extrusionToolbar' and an 'Extrusion Tools' submenu referenced as '$extrusionToolsSubmenu'. As each of the EEby...rb files loads it checks for these $ references and if they don't exist then there is no toolbar/button and the tool's menu item is added direct to Plugins-menu rather than into a subfolder...
Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??
Note that the EEby... tools also 'require' deBabelizer.rb ?

[Jim]

Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??

Ah, I renamed it without the #. Guess I can't do that.

[TIG]

Your screen-shot suggests that #extrusionToolbar.rb is missing as there's no 'Extrusion Tools' submenu ??

Ah, I renamed it without the #. Guess I can't do that.

NO! It needs to load before the other tools so they find the toolbar/submenu ready-made...
The existence of the EEby...rb tools are checked by it 'by name' so renaming all of those would also stop the toolbar/submenu getting created...
Its filename doesn't have to start with a #, it just needs to list somewhere before the other tools in alphanumeric order... I use a leading # on the name of for my tools if I want it to load early - like the '#HolePunchTool.rb', as I want its items high up on the context-menu listings...

[Jim]

And I use C:\Plugins rather than the default so I can share plugins between versions. EEbX isn't portable in that way either.

Thanks.

[Jim]

I made these mods to make it portable:

starting @ ~ line 50

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    eePlugins.each{|plugin|
   path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), plugin+".rb")
   #if Sketchup.find_support_file(plugin+".rb","Plugins/")
   if File.exists?(path)
       gotPlugin=true
       break
   end#if
    }