[Plugin] VisTools

[ishboo]

thanks!

AWESOME utility!!! working just like a 3ds max fundamental tool!!

Must have, congrats

You're both welcome! Glad you like it!

[Dan Rathbun]

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Version 2.x is coming .....

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Language translators, and proofreaders needed.

I did the German (de) and Spanish (es) files, and they need proofing. (It's been 35 years since I took Spanish in high school, and I only 'dabble' in German when doing genealogy research.)

The files need to be Unix line endings (EOL) and UTF-8 encoded. They are named "basic_utf8_XX.hash" and "debug_utf8_XX.hash", where XX is replaced by the lowercase language code. (ie: 'en', 'es', 'pl', 'fr', etc...)

The plugin will "auto" find these files, or the user can choose a specific lang from those that are present. (In 'en' mode, the hash files are not actually loaded... as the Ruby code knows what the English strings are.)

<----<<<< PM me if you'd like to do a certain Language translation, or proofread/correct the 'de' or 'es' files.

If a debug hash file is not available for a certain language (but the UI strings in a basic hash file are present,) then the UI will be in that local language, and console output will be in English (if the user has turned it ON.)
So... the priority is on the 'basic' hash files, in order to show the UI elements in the local language.

replaceable parameters
%s will be replaced by a number, like: 34
'%s' will be replaced by an entity flag, like: '#<Sketchup::Face:0x624452c>'

words.txt

NOTE! The above file, and the hash file in the next post, will be used with ver 2.x,... they do NOT work with ver 1.0 (if that's why y'all are downloading, but not volunteering to translate.)
Translator links: Google Translate : MicroSoft Translator

[Dan Rathbun]

OK.. here's the basic hash template file:

The 'XX' in the name needs to be replaced with a 2 char. language code.
Within the file, change the "XX" hash values to the local translation.

Please use parenthesis ( ) as I have, and punctuation periods, or '...' where I have, in the translations.
Also repeat the use of capitalized words, as they are in the English keys.

The %s params can be moved in the translated strings, to where they are more appropriate for the particular language.

basic_utf8_XX.hash.txt

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Here is the template file for the debug strings.

The technical terms should match those in the localized editions of Sketchup.

debug_utf8_XX.hash.txt

[Dan Rathbun]

Language translators, and proofreaders needed.

I did the German (de) ..., and they need proofing.

Good news... Aerilius has volunteered to proof / edit the 'de' German files.

UPDATE: Aerilius finshed proofing / editing the German 'de' files... great job!

[Dan Rathbun]

Thanks go to Tomot, for knocking out a first edition of the basic Polish 'pl' hash file !!

UPDATE: We will need a proofreader, who's first language is polish.

[Dan Rathbun]

Just a note - Toolbar image sizes are 24x24 px for the large size and 16x16 px for the small size. SketchUp does a poor job of resizing your 32x32 icons on the toolbar which is why they don't look as nice as they should. Tool cursors are expected 32x32.

You're right Jim, I'll have to get around to changing them for the next release.

This action item is complete: Here's the corrected images, for those of you who want to use them right away with ver 1.0

Unzip into your "Plugins/SU_Utils" directory (folder) [you can rename the current "images" folder to "images_bak" first if you desire.]

images.zip

[thomthom]

You can try the translaters I used: http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex ... anslations

[Dan Rathbun]

Thanks go out to Defisto for proofing and editing the Spanish 'es' files !!!

[Dan Rathbun]

Added the "debug" string template file in the post above...
see: viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36465&p=350210#p350210

[ishboo]

Great to see all this activity!

[Pilou]

I am on the road for the French language!

[Gaieus]

I can do some Hungarian - need to install the plugin and see what it exactly does so that I understand why the expressions are what they are.

[ishboo]

I am on the road for the French language!

Excellent!

[Pilou]

limit=%s

I have translated the word "limit" by "limite" in French : must or not ? (I suppose yes

Not yet tested
you must rename them ...utf8_fr.hash.txt I suppose?

[Dan Rathbun]

Looks good... Thank you.

But... we need the Plugin Description in Francais, Si vous plaît:

"Adds some useful tools within SketchUp, like Hide / Show entities and layers, Freeze / Unfreeze for components, and Show / Unfreeze all."

Combination of Google & Microsoft Translators:

"Ajoute quelques outils utiles dans SketchUp, comme Cacher / Montrer des entités et des calques, Gel / Dégel pour des composants, et de Montrer / Dégeler tous."

Sound OK ??

[Pilou]

Quasi perfect
"Ajoute quelques outils utiles dans SketchUp, comme Cacher / Montrer des entités et des calques, Geler / Dégeler pour des composants, et Montrer / Dégeler tous."

[Dan Rathbun]

OK.. thanks Pilou ... got and updated the file.

FEI (For Everyone's Information): I finally quit "fiddling" and sent Dana the "FreezeTools" ver 2.0.0 package, so he can have a first look. He'll likely put the package up on Github, until we are satisfied, that there are no major issues. Then he or I, will put the package on the EXTENDSketchup site.

Known "to do":

1. Reformat and expand the Help html file.
2. Tweak the "All" commands so they are correctly walking the nested groups / components, and performing their tasks the way they should.
3. Make sure if possible we do not have strange behavour during Undo and Redo operations.

[Dan Rathbun]

Note: Dana will be away till late next week (Thursday or so,) and will not be able to begin reviewing the new version til then.
Your patience is appreciated.

[ishboo]

Actually, I'll be back around the 5th of September :/

[bimboombang!]

THE ISOLATE LAYER DOESN'T WORK. i'M RUNNING SKETCHUP 8 PRO.

Here's the ruby console errors.

C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:241
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:45:in `call'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/SU_Utils/Utilities.rb:45

Is there a fix or version 2.0 for skecthup 8 pro?

Thanks.

[Dan Rathbun]

First of all, the Active Layer cannot be hidden, so if you expected that, it will not happen.

Isolate Layer seems to work OK in my v2.0.0 ...

I had sent it to Dana for his approval, but he had just started a new job, and was heavily working on the ExtendSketchup plugin... so nothing has happened.

Dana.. how about if we have TIG and/or ThomThom take a look ??

[TIG]

If you have v1... zip downloaded from the direct link, then it doesn't contain the begin..rescue..end protection of the newer version that you can download manually from the site that is linked to
However, as even this could also jump out of the layer manipulation loop prematurely you can fix the tool's code thus...

Edit the Utilities.rb file in the SU_Utils subfolder, using Notepad or a similar plain text editor like Notepad++...
Use its 'Find and Replace' tool to change the two lines of code that say
l.visible = false
with this
l.visible = false unless l == @model.active_layer
This will stop you trying to make the active layer invisible which is disallowed...
Save it and restart Sketchup.
Now the two layer tools that try to switch layers 'off' should work without errors...

[ishboo]

Thanks Dan/TIG for replying! You guys rock.

[dbehrens9000]

Ishboo,

I use this utility alot with large projects and it no longer works with sketchup 8.0.15158. Could you please check why it does not load? Was there a change in the sdk that conflicts with your ruby scrpit?

Many thanks,

David

[ishboo]

Ishboo,

I use this utility alot with large projects and it no longer works with sketchup 8.0.15158. Could you please check why it does not load? Was there a change in the sdk that conflicts with your ruby scrpit?

Many thanks,

David

Hi David, I will look into and get back to you. I've been working on re-writing the application recently. Will update!

[ishboo]

I've finished a new release of the plugin. I've renamed it to VisTools so it's not so confusing and ambiguous.

[Dan Rathbun]

So you are settling on "IntrepidBear" as your toplevel namespace and filespace, then ?

[utiler]

Hi Dana, nice clean set of Utilities.. well done and thank you on behalf of everyone who has downloaded it!!

I had a think about the Isolate Entitles: its great to be able to isolate something particularly in a large model when you want to just work on that specifically however it would is just as important to be able to revert back to the entities that were visible. The same applies to the Hide Entities tool: mostly I would think that once you've finished with the hiding what you need you'd want the option to revert back....


Just a thought

Thank you again.

[ishboo]

Hi Dana, nice clean set of Utilities.. well done and thank you on behalf of everyone who has downloaded it!!

I had a think about the Isolate Entitles: its great to be able to isolate something particularly in a large model when you want to just work on that specifically however it would is just as important to be able to revert back to the entities that were visible. The same applies to the Hide Entities tool: mostly I would think that once you've finished with the hiding what you need you'd want the option to revert back....


Just a thought

Thank you again.

Glad you like the tool!

If I understand correctly, you're asking for the ability to "unhide all" which is actually a button on the menu, so you should be able to do that already. I apologize if I'm misunderstanding what you're looking for.

[utiler]

Thanks for the reply, Dana.
I see you have an 'unhide all' botton in the toolset but what I was thinking was if I isolate selected entities I would like to then go back to what I had shown before I did so, not necessarily unhiding all.