Problems With su2stl.rb

[George W. Bush]

Hello Sketchup Gurus!

I'm kind of having a problem with exporting .stl files. I've been using the most excellent su2stl.rb for several months now to export .stl files to my CAM software. Now all of a sudden (literally, since yesterday) this happens:

1. Once I'm done drawing the part, I save my work as a .skp file, then I go to the .stl exporter.

2. Then this happens.

Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks a bunch!

[igor]

and since when is our moronic president a sketchup user? does he use it to design weapons to obliteraite what tiny scraps are left of the iraqi government? or to make plans to tottaly screw over the entire economy and education system?

hopefuly, this is only your user name, and you are not the loony that is our president.

i, however, have no idea how to help you with your converter problem. ask Solo.

[George W. Bush]

and since when is our moronic president a sketchup user? does he use it to design weapons to obliteraite what tiny scraps are left of the iraqi government? or to make plans to tottaly screw over the entire economy and education system?

hopefuly, this is only your user name, and you are not the loony that is our president.

i, however, have no idea how to help you with your converter problem. ask Solo.

Sketchup has the smallest learning curve so that I may be able to wrap my moronic brain around the interface. I'm new to CAD work and I've tried many other modeling programs. SketchUP works well for what I want to do with it. This is also the name I play Counter Strike under (as well as a satirical joke that I probably just screwed something up, hence me asking a question here), and since this is a place where people that do 3D work there may also be a connection with that as well (I've gotten messages from people on other forums asking me if I'm the same guy they play Counter Strike with. It's surprising where you find people on the Internet ). Does Solo normally frequent the ruby boards? I'd hate to bug him especially since this is my first thread here and apparently my name is catching animosity from many people.

[igor]

ok, you're odviously not the president because:
A) you play counter strke
B) you use smilies
C) the president would have someone write his posts for him

and dude, look around. you'll soon see that Solo (AKA Pete) is the SU equivilant of God.

[remus]

and back to the topic (sorry ): it looks like youve got some reversed (blue) faces in your model, these could be messing up the exporter. To change them round all you need to do is right click on the offending face->reverse face.

Other than that im not sure what it might be, i dont have a lot of experience using the su2stl plugin.

[solo]

Try saving the .skp as a different name, close SU then open up the model by clicking on new save. now try again.

If you fail then upload it and i will convert it for you with Deep exploration.

[igor]

and while you're at it, get a better username. just guessing from the name and stuff, id say your probably a politicly pointed 12 year old trying to be funny.

and failing.

good luck with your exporter woes.

[juju]

and while you're at it, get a better username. just guessing from the name and stuff, id say your probably a politicly pointed 12 year old trying to be funny.

and failing.

good luck with your exporter woes.

What's with the h8 / personal attack?

[Didier Bur]

Dear Mister President,
Although me and my country didn't agree you decide alone to flatten Iraq, I suggest that you download the latest version (April 07 2008) at my site, here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_fil_page.htm
I've recently updated it because of the problem you're having.
And please, send me a copy of your new brain rapid prototyping model

[igor]

sorry, juju, im just a little more than pissed at the president right now. guess i should put this in the corner bar. all blasphemy against the US government will now be put there.

[George W. Bush]

and back to the topic (sorry ): it looks like youve got some reversed (blue) faces in your model, these could be messing up the exporter. To change them round all you need to do is right click on the offending face->reverse face.

Other than that im not sure what it might be, i dont have a lot of experience using the su2stl plugin.

ok, I tried that but it still made my part on the right disappear and the part on the left 'discombobulate.' Thanks for helping me troubleshoot though.

Try saving the .skp as a different name, close SU then open up the model by clicking on new save. now try again.

If you fail then upload it and i will convert it for you with Deep exploration.

It pains me to say that didn't work either I have uploaded the file.

Dear Mister President,
Although me and my country didn't agree you decide alone to flatten Iraq, I suggest that you download the latest version (April 07 2008) at my site, here: http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_fil_page.htm
I've recently updated it because of the problem you're having.
And please, send me a copy of your new brain rapid prototyping model

The first time my problem happened, I did a search to see if there was an update to su2stl. That's what led me to this site. Many thanks for your update though because this problem seems to only happen on the small things I draw, the larger things work great!

and while you're at it, get a better username. just guessing from the name and stuff, id say your probably a politicly pointed 12 year old trying to be funny.

and failing.

good luck with your exporter woes.

What if it wasn't a joke? What if this was a test to see who would insult a new poster strictly on name alone, without regards to the actual content he or she posted? Would you have had the same reaction to my first post if I had named myself "Baby Puncher?" When you made your first post on this forum, did anyone say "And since when is Dr. Frankenstein's assistant a SketchUP user? Does he use it to reanimate a corpse to obliterate our lovely cobblestone town?" I'll still give you much respect though because you looked past your own prejudice of a specific text string just enough to point me in the right direction. It's hard for people to do that- especially over the Internet.

Cheers to all

[solo]

Here you go, I have not checked it yet. just a straight conversion.

[George W. Bush]

Here you go, I have not checked it yet. just a straight conversion.

Wow! It works great! Thank you so much for your help, solo; as well as linking me to Deep Exploration .

Also, it has come to my attention that I'll be banned soon for my name, so thanks again to everyone that tried to help me with my problem. Never forget errors are still errors no matter where they come from and the name of a 'whistle blower' doesn't make the error any less relevant. thanks again everyone!

Sincerely,

George Walrus Bush

[solo]

Also, it has come to my attention that I'll be banned soon for my name

sez who?

[TomDC]

"George Walrus Bush" ... An extremely silly, yes, even childish joke. I cannot help but like it!

Coo coo, kachoo!

[igor]

hey, ive come to apologize. a friend read my posts and made me realize what a troll i was being. i had previously sworn to never be a troll, and didnt realize what i was doing.

no hard feelings, right? and i did help you in the end, by redirecting you to Solo. right?

[George W. Bush]

sez who?

Well, it's not really my place to say, but I've been given a ultimatum to change my name or else. I don't really know what the 'or else' stands for, but I'm assuming some disciplinary action is about to happen- usually that means I'm about to get banned. Getting banned from places for having this username is pretty common so I'm kind of used to it...

"George Walrus Bush" ... An extremely silly, yes, even childish joke. I cannot help but like it!

Coo coo, kachoo!

Just think of the George Williams, Wades, Walts, and Warren Bushes of the world. They probably deal with this kind of name discrimination on a daily basis.

hey, ive come to apologize. a friend read my posts and made me realize what a troll i was being. i had previously sworn to never be a troll, and didnt realize what i was doing.

no hard feelings, right? and i did help you in the end, by redirecting you to Solo. right?

Heh, no problem, igor. Apologies over the Internet are extremely rare, so I MUST accept it- I mean, who knows when that will ever happen again?

[kwistenbiebel]

I vote for keeping your name.
It's funny and no one should take offense really.

Regards,
Napoleon Bonaparte.

[Gaieus]

sez who?

Well, it's not really my place to say, but I've been given a ultimatum to change my name or else. I don't really know what the 'or else' stands for, but I'm assuming some disciplinary action is about to happen- usually that means I'm about to get banned. Getting banned from places for having this username is pretty common so I'm kind of used to it...

Well, Pete (solo) is a moderator here - he should know. But that the admin does not know?

...Regards,
Napoleon Bonaparte.

And look at my avatar and username! Emperor Gaius (aka Caligula) was not much better than any present presidents!

[kwistenbiebel]

[OT]:
Oh! Pete became Moderator.
Congrats my friend

[solo]

LOL, Chris, I have been one for 6 months already.

[kwistenbiebel]

Sorry for being that blind. So you moderate the world as a 'global' moderator.
So it is you that 'orbits' the globe, as you orbit traffic (I read somewhere you use the orbit tool for traffic he he).


By the way if you interpret the term 'moderator' phonetically in Dutch, it would translate to 'mud eater'
(in dutch : 'modder eter')

[George W. Bush]

I vote for keeping your name.
It's funny and no one should take offense really.

Regards,
Napoleon Bonaparte.

Well, thanks for your support, but as you can see- the 'or else' has come into effect. I'm told by choosing my former name, I'm endorsing the Illuminati/New World Order- which, on a message board related to a freeware 3D design program- is apparently completely unacceptable. Also I think the 'name changer' is upset because I've haven't been responding to his authoritative Private Messages. I refuse to assist in my own groundless punishment. I do not negotiate with terrorists.

And look at my avatar and username! Emperor Gaius (aka Caligula) was not much better than any present presidents!

He made a pretty good movie, though. AMIRITE? AMIRITE?


So yeah... Looks like I'm done for good. Thanks again for all your help, guys- and if this problem happens to someone and they ask on these forums- make sure they didn't copy/paste parts of another model that had materials applied to it. I don't know for sure if that was the problem or not, but when i redrew the piece it exported to .stl fine.

Cheers!

[kwistenbiebel]

Coen, let it be.

"What's in a name right?"

Regards,
Albert Einstein.

[Anssi]

I see no big problem with all the short forum names, even if I still prefer using our real names, or at least giving them in our profile. Using a name that belongs to some other person, even in jest, without disclosing one's own, is somewhat problematic. Effectively it amounts to posing as that person, and in some cases could be even criminal. Doing bad things in the Internet posing as someone else, like your ex-spouse, is, I understand, not uncommon.

Anssi

[kwistenbiebel]

Now aren't you exagerating a little?
As if he is pretending to be the president himself ...Oh come on..

It's kid stuff. Let him be.

[Anssi]

Now aren't you exagerating a little?
As if he is pretending to be the president himself ...Oh come on..

It's kid stuff. Let him be.

I was just thinking aloud. Of course it's kid stuff, what I meant is that the line must be drawn somewhere, and Coen was not necessarily wrong where he wanted to put it first. Kids have been caught posing as their teachers or buddies too.

Anssi

[kwistenbiebel]

Kids have been caught posing as their teachers or buddies too.
Anssi

My guess is that the president is not a close friend of his.
But one never knows

In my opinion, solve things only when there is a problem.
I can't see anything to fix here, sorry.

[Gaieus]

This whole name debacle turned out to be a misunderstanding, nothing to see here folks...

ANYWAY, BACK ON TOPIC: The part milled out perfectly from solo's rerender

Thanks again, guys!

[Gaieus]

Nice render, actually!