Hello all;
I must be doing something wrong on this one as I have output a few files on other designs and it all worked fine. can you guys take a look at this and see what you can come up with. I have tried a few things and gotten nowhere.

thanks Attached files Grass Dancer cut.skp (186.5 KB)Â

 

Mark that was GREAT! thank you so much. I am sorry for the bad design work, I will get the hang of it.
one thing that is different on my sketchup is when I create the outside and inside cuts, I get a blue "face" that appears in the new area on outside cuts. I also do not get the "punchout" area inside of inside cuts, they remain blue as well. Any thoughts? I am using sketchup 7.1.4871 pro.

Thanks again.

 

we are posing at the same time. sorry, I just edited the second post have a look

 

still no go on the right colors mark. here is a video of what I am seeing.

 

ok guys, some info on the line color face color issues. lets look at the all the variables:

-the machine - 64 bit windows vista box.

software- I was running sketchup 7.1 and then 7.1 pro (paid for it and it still didn't work right ).

phlatscript - v0.922 manual install/remove then Phlatscript_installer_v922 on both 7.1 pro and free- no dice

Methods and Methodology:
between each install, I whipped the machine of all sketchup files and folders, cleaned the registry of entries and removed everything from the recycle bin just incase some lingering settings were hanging the correct settings up.

Manually installed phlatscript and altered the Constants.rb file for the color change affects, line color was correct but face colors and face removal was not present :x

cleaned the machine again and did sketchup install again, installed Phlatscript via Phlatscript_installer_v922 ( side note- vista 64bit machines default to the "program files (x86)" folder and 32 bit machines use "program files"), tried the installs both ways with standard batch file and modified batch file to point to the correct "program file" destination, still no go :evil:

cleaned the machine AGAIN and this time I installed sketchup 7.0 free and phlatscript from installer........Wow it works the right way

Well that worked out ok, wait...., it wants me to upgrade inside sketchup. OK lets see what happens, we already have a good 6 hours into it now what the heck.............OH NO you have got to be kidding me, now it does not work again. :evil: :evil:

Cleaned the system AGAIN and reinstalled 7.0 free, back to working as expected.

After all this, I have no clue as to what the "issue” with my 7.1 install could be.
Mark, Trish, all of you guys and gals on this board, I have designed and written software for many years and would have thrown out even the best of software solutions after maybe the third reinstall attempt.
My efforts are a testament to my belief in the concept of “Phatboyzdom” I think when I get done with my kit build and get cutt’n I will be even more impressed with the choice and dedication that all of you, and I, have put into this process.
It’s a long post/rant but I thought I would share my adventure.

 

I also chose to stick with the older version of SU since that is what I thought most PS users decided. I will update to the latest SU and see if I can replicate the problem. Something else might have changed that I overlooked when working on the compatibility issues.

I am currently using SketchUp 7.0.10247

 

It looks like we are actually dealing with four versions in the 7 series. http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/ ... wer=141303. There is 7, 7 Maintenance 1, 7.1 and 7.1 Maintenance 1. The rendering options changed in 7.1 but there may have been additional changes in 7.1 Maintenance 1 that we haven't taken into account.

 

FYI you can download the DXF plugin for free for 7.1 I need to find the link quick but they are planning to remove dxf dwg importing out of sketchup from now on unless you use the pro version.

 

The link is here so if you want to use 7.1 now is the time to download it. http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/ ... wer=161784

Really sucky but I read that it is due to licensing costs as they still have to pay
Autocad for the rights. How true that is I don't know but those are the bits n bobs I have picked up on the various forums.

 

That's probably just an export script, but I am sure someone will write an import one eventually. But you can always just import the dxf into v6.4. Then open the saved file in v7 or whatever. I just tried it and it works.

-Kwok

 

What? There is a plugin that exports dxf. I have it installed on sketchup 7.1, right now.