Hey guyz, Thanks for the tips phlatfoot How about we leave the first post here with a link to the resource download here http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/resources/sketchucam.1/ and delete the rest of the post here relating to download. This way we can always click the resource tab for the latest version as well as watch the resource for any updates that take place. I think it would clean things up here and keep the Sketchucam updates organized and easy to download? Thanks Mark and Trish
SketchUcam looks great , so I started a new project of chuck gliders for children: instead of fighters just birds (not war birds). First is a shorth wing, the vulture. After transferring the wing from jpg to sketchup I got 742 entities, but when going to the cnc file I got only a 1 kb with the begin-end details and nothing in the middle. Has the attached model too much entities or something wrong with my PC capabilities? If I load a model from the forum it generates the right cnc output so I think everything is correct with the installation. Anyone has the possibility to kindly test the attached model? Thanks for any help / hint Carlo
weirdest thing I ever saw, but there are extra lines at the trialing edge of the right side wing. maybe others too. first fix those so the shapes are just an outline. I split it into left and right sides and the left side always generates, but the right side only generates when the bit is 6mm. weird.
Carlo, when you make the outside cut lines the space between them and the model has to be a 'face'. If it's not, no g-code will be generated. Zoom closer and check it it is a face. In the grifone it's not. The fastest way to fix it is to make small lines, like I did in the attached pic, until it becomes a face, like in the pic. After it's a face, erase the small line and generate the g-code.
While we're at it, in the parameter window, when I have the mouse over a box a tooltip pops up. In my case it pops up exactly over the tab depth percentage box and covers it, making it inaccessible to me. swarfer thinks it's the default font setting on my computer. I have Windows 7, US addition as far as I know, with no changes to the default, again as far as I know. I wonder if anyone else encountered this problem or am I the 'chosen one'.
Thanks for your quick and welcome replies. It took a while to take again the tour of the griffon shape at high zoom, I have found the extra lines. I have found also that using a 6 mm bit nothing changes, but when going to cancel the outside cut it cancel only a piece, that meaning it is not a face. Working on the small lines. To get the griffon shape I have put the original jpg in the layer zero, added a layer 1 and realized the lines, than cleaned layer 0, deleted layer 1 moving the content to default layer. Maybe this process, along with Win XP and Italian keyboard is the reason for the strange pop ups too. Thanks again for the valuable support and for your time.
Last updates: using a 0.03 mm bit the G-code is generated and the outline appears a face. With the 3 mm bite I got the broken outline point. So I know where to change the griffon shape for the 3 mm bite. Really a great hint when working with unconventional shapes. Thanks again, the chuck griffon hopefully will now appear in a shorth in the flying models section.
I have Mac with Maverick (latest version of OSX). I cannot find the myconstants.rb anywhere. My Parameters Dialog comes up with the defaults, but if I change anything, all parameters see to get set to zero. I am using Safari to get the RBZ file, and can install it no problem. Everything else seems to work (great product BTW). Any light you can shed? "On Linux under Wine, and on Mac, you will need to set (in MyConstants.rb, see later) Code: Use_compatible_dialogs = false to Code: Use_compatible_dialogs = true in order to see the Parameters dialog. Or you can search the web for howto's on setting up Wine/Mac with IE8 so that the web dialog works properly."
Well, perseverance (and wine) have paid off, and I will share my findings for what it is worth. This link http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=54823 was the clue that got me going. I had to run Sketchup 2013, and get into the Ruby Console (Window, Ruby Console), and copy and paste the link Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') which echoed the location of my Constants file. There was no MyConstants file, just a MyConstants_example. So I made the recommended modification to the dialogs line in the Constants.rb file, and for good measure made a copy of this and renamed it MyConstants.rb. I then restarted Sketchup, and lo - it worked! I whipped up a quick simple block with 3 pocket cuts and 2 drillouts and it gave some good looking gCode, which I have yet to test. I hope this will help someone else. There seems to be some despair about getting the Mac version to run, and I have finally got mine working - I think.
Hello everyone!, I have installed succesfully SketchUcam on my windows 7 / Sketchup 8 system The plugin works perfectly, and I modified the permisions on Sketchup 8 folder to grant write access. The only problem is: when I click on "parameters" icon or menu option, I have a parameters popup window in blank. I must modify by hand the MyConstants.rb file. It has some way to check a log? could somebody help me? I would like to change the parameters once I'm modifing a piece. Thanks on advance.
in MyConstants.rb set Use_compatible_dialogs = false to Use_compatible_dialogs = true From this I assume you are using either Mac or Linux as your OS. Neither of them host the parameters dialog properly because it relies on having Internet Explorer available for rendering. Not our fault, Sketchup is just made that way.
Wow! it works! thanks a lot for your quick reply swarfer, I didn't see this option in Myconstants.rb Now, I can see the options menu perfectly! I saw the option to make for Mac and Linux, but as I'm using Windows, I haven't pay attention to that. Thanks again
Hello all! I am really sorry if I missed the explanation of my problem, I am not very fluent in english, so, It's a little difficult for me :-S So I have just change from Sketchup8 to Sketchup Make, I am on Mac OS and I can't find equivalent path for the Myconstant.rb file… I go to application/Sketchup 2013/ then right clic on "Sketchup", and "show paquet content" to see the folder… Here I can find the Plugins folder, but no folder inside… And nothing about sketchUcam plugins... But plugin in installed as I have the two toolbars inside sketch up… My problem is that the first icon on the Phlatboyz toolbar should give me the setting menu, and I have only a blank window. I read the note about the modification of "MyConstants.rb" file under MacOS, but I can't find the .rb file... I don't know if my english is understandable, but maybe some help? thank you!
Search your harddrive for 'Constants.rb' Where ever you find it there will be a file called MyConstants-example.rb Copy that to MyConstants.rb and modify it for your setup. You will need to set (add if not in the file) Use_compatible_dialogs = true otherewise you will not see the parameter options menu.
Thank you for your answer Swarfer! I already did the Harddrive search… No result at all… When I go to the sketchup plugins directory, I can only find ".plugin" files. Nothing with ".rb" like in previous versions… strange no? Maybe in an other place… But I can't find where…
Open sketchup click 'Window' select 'Ruby Console' paste this Code: Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') press enter the path to your plugins folder is now displayed
Hello Swarfer! You're the best! I finally found the files… I did the copy-paste to Constants.rb but now I have a new message on sketch up startup: uninitialized constant PhlatScript:hlatTool:B_MENU_TOOLBAR Erreur de chargement du fichier phlatboyztools.rb uninitialized constant PhlatScript:hlatTool:B_MENU_TOOLBAR Sorry… :-S
you have made a mistake in the file somewhere. Remember this is a computer language file, every little thing is important otherwise it will not work. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, must ALL be correct. Post your Constants.rb here and I will try to see where the fault is (I am assuming you did not change any other file!)
That is ok now! my mistake was to overwrite all the Constants.rb file... I only changed the default values to switch in mm with good values, and put "true" to "compatible dialogs" Working now! thank you very much for your help!
Hi, Im lost... I have downloaded sketchup make 2013 and its working fine. I downloaded SketchUcam 1.1 When i go to (in sketchup) windows, preferance, install extension,... and the open window pops up, i go to my desktop. which is where i saved the file. I then see two files, phlatbones and phlatboyz. phlatbones is empty and phlatboyz has five files all which are empty as well. what am i doing wrong?????? I am running a windows xp system Thanks
you should not be seeing two files at all. you saved a file called SketchUcam-1_1b.rbz the '.rbz' is important, as that is the type of file that the 'install extension' part of Sketchup is expecting. so you need to point to that file.
yes, i saved the main folder with that name and when I go to install ext, it opens the main folder and i see the two other files.
