by Anton_S » Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:14 am
Useful, plus efficient plug. I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid? - at least two faces per edge?
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by thomthom » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:40 am
Anton_S wrote:Useful, plus efficient plug. I've been wondering, what is a rough pseudo code to check whether the group is a solid? - at least two faces per edge?
All edges should have exactly 2 faces. Anything else and it's not a solid. No need to check for anything else.
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by TIG » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:22 am
Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too... Normally, to be seen as a 'solid' a group/component should contain only edges/faces and ALL edges must have two faces [no more, no fewer]. Note that there could also be 'Guides' inside a 'solid', because they won't interact with its geometry...
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by Anton_S » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:38 pm
thomthom wrote:All edges should have exactly 2 faces. Anything else and it's not a solid. No need to check for anything else.
Wow, I was close! TIG wrote:Although checking for nested objects like groups/images/instances also helps because they stop 'solidness' too... Guides...
Thanks, good advice!  I guess that makes-up a complete defenition of a solid. 
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by MYguel » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:33 am
Hi, I have the following problem after installing solid inspector. When I start SketchUp I get the error dialog box: - Code: Select all
Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb uninitialized constant TT::GUI::ToolWindow
Does anyone encountered the same error previously? I use SketchUp 8 (the free version) from wine under linux, I do not think it could be related, but it is the only thing that is special considering my case. - sincerely, Myguel
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by Dave R » Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:35 pm
Did you also install TT_Lib2 as specified in the original post?
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by MYguel » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:15 pm
Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?
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by thomthom » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:42 pm
MYguel wrote:Thanks for the quick answer. I copied the TT_LIB2 folder inside the Plugin folder of SketchUp. I suppose it's correctly installed so, but maybe I'm wrong?
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Can you post screenshot of the file and where they are located?
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by MYguel » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:50 pm
All the files are in the .wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins Here are the output of the command that list the content of the folders: - Code: Select all
$$>ls -1 config-thumb.jpg Examples examples.rb hideall.rb __MACOSX Ocean ocean_extension.rb samples_library samples_library_ext.rb TT_Lib2 tt_solid_inspector.rb Utilities utilities.rb VolumeCalculator21.rb
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$$> cd TT_Lib2 $$> ls -1 config-thumb.jpg Examples examples.rb hideall.rb __MACOSX Ocean ocean_extension.rb samples_library samples_library_ext.rb TT_Lib2 tt_solid_inspector.rb Utilities utilities.rb VolumeCalculator21.rb manu@rebus:Plugins$ cd TT_Lib2/ manu@rebus:TT_Lib2$ ls -1 arc.rb attributes.rb babelfish.rb bezier.rb binary.rb bounds.rb CHANGELOG.txt color.rb core.rb cursor.rb cursors debug.rb definition.rb dimension.rb edges.rb entities.rb faces.rb geom3d.rb gizmo_manipulator.rb gui.rb image.rb inputbox.rb instance.rb integrity_list.dat javascript.rb json.rb libraries locale.rb materials.rb modal_wrapper.rb model.rb point3d_ex.rb point3d.rb progressbar.rb ray.rb README.txt selection.rb settings.rb simpletask.rb sketchup.rb system.rb toolbarwindow.rb toolwindow.rb uv_plane.rb uvq.rb version.rb webdialog webdialog_patch.rb win32.rb window.rb
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by MYguel » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:19 pm
Hi, I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly. I will ask for some help in the wine community.
Thanks for your answers so far.
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by thomthom » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:21 pm
MYguel wrote:Hi, I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly. I will ask for some help in the wine community.
Thanks for your answers so far.
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Let me know what you find out. Maybe it could be encoding difference? I wonder if I recall someone on the forum mention something about line ending characters being an issue.
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by Soctrep » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:45 pm
I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?
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by thomthom » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:27 pm
Could be that you installed it incorrectly... not sure. You might find it easier and more reliable to use this utility to install plugins: viewtopic.php?t=42315
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by TIG » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:31 pm
Soctrep wrote:I'm a noob. Do I need SU PRO? I have SU 8, Mac OSX, dragged both TT_Lib2 2.6.0 and tt_solid_inspector to Google Sketchup 8 folder, tried unzipping in Terminal (says cannot find or open file even tho it's on desktop) and still can't find Solid Inspector in Tools. What else could it be?
Read and understand this http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/0 ... -sketchup/ and then this viewtopic.php?p=426513#p426513We could debate what files went into which folders... but if you follow this it will give you good results. Also some tools are Extensions and need activating from the Preferences menu the first time you install them, and/or they have special submenus from which you can run them etc... Read the tool's usage notes to clarify this aspect...
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by karel1962 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:14 pm
Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???
.rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??
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by TIG » Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:32 am
karel1962 wrote:Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???
.rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??
You are somewhat cryptic in your error reporting... I suspect that you are not installing the files properly. Read the tool's download page again. If you have v8 pro then the Preferences > Extensions > Installer tool will easily extract what's needed from the rbz archive and put it in the correct locations for you. Note that this is an Extension and might require that it is one-time activated from 'Extensions', you might also need to restart SketchUp to get everything to auto-load the first time... ALSO the tool needs a TT support Lib folder. This is clearly explained on that page, there is a link to its download page... Follow the instructions for the installation of that Lib too... You'll probably have to restart SketchUp after the install to get everything working... On a MAC the correct 'plugins' folder is the one at the root HD level NOT the 'users' one - this has been discussed in several threads in great detail... To make installing tools' files and their support subfolders etc thomthom has also made a free Simple-Plugins-Installer, available via the Plugins Index. Once this is installed you can then easily install files and subfolders from rbz/zip archives and also individual rb/rbs files, without worrying about finding the correct folders etc...
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by thomthom » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:34 am
karel1962 wrote:Can't get to solid inspector work in Pro8 ???
.rbz plugins do work ... . rb plugins don't ??
What exactly "isn't working"? Did you install the rb file correctly? Here's an article on how to install plugins: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/0 ... -sketchup/
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by a162042 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:09 pm
Outstanding tool . It took a little bit to figure out how to install on my MAC. What i found to be the problem was i did not have TT_Lib2 - 2.6.0.zip downloaded in my plugin folder once i loaded it i then loaded the solid inspector and it works great.
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by apassemard » Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:41 am
Hello All
I downloaded the Solid Inspector plugin on my Mac and it wasn't loading.. After some looking around I realized that I had put the plugin here: /Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app/Contents/Plugins
Where it should have been put here: /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins/
Now it's working fine.
Hopefully that help some of the Mac users out there who are having issues..
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by JBERGMAN » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:01 am
This tool works great if you are trying to fix it yourself... I found this other plugin in the ruby library depot that not only identifies the problems, but corrects them too! http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=793worked for me first try...
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by Jim » Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:36 am
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by metageek » Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:40 pm
MYguel wrote:Hi, I confirm the problem comes from the wine install somehow. I install the plugin on a mac the same way as with the linux and it works perfectly. I will ask for some help in the wine community.
Did you get anywhere? I'm getting similar trouble running it in SU8 under Crossover (the commercialized Wine). On startup, I get a dialog titled "Load Errors", saying: Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb uninitialized constant TT::System When I press OK, the entire SU viewport goes black. I did try the (possibly outdated) advice to run dos2unix on the *.rb files of the plugin, but that doesn't help--in fact, it causes SU to report a BugSplat after I press OK on the Load Errors dialog.
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by thomthom » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:35 pm
Did you install TT_Lib2? Linked under Requirements.
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by drawkcab » Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:47 pm
Many thanks for this. New user breaking in and this worked beautifully. 2" whisker on vertex of 75 ft. tower found instantly - love it.
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by metageek » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:55 pm
thomthom wrote:Did you install TT_Lib2? Linked under Requirements.
Yup, did that.
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by thegoodguy » Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:43 pm
Brilliant! Thank you so much for this excellent plugin 
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by Obryan » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:27 am
Hi ,
I have a mac osx 10.6.8 running Snow Leopard. I have Dropped the downloaded Solid Inspector ruby scripts into HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 8/Plugins
When I restart sketchup 8 I get This message:
Error Loading File tt_solid_inspector.rb no such file to load -- TT_Lib2/core.rb
Can somebody tell me how to install Solid Inspector into my Mac?
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