PanelingTools GH Add-On

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Comment by shabnam on May 16, 2012 at 2:48pm

ok. thanks!

for some reason there was an error with the newest panelling tools in rhino and wouldn't load. It was going back to the older verion of panelling tools.

I did a complete uninstall and re-install of everthing, and it's good now.

Comment by Rajaa Issa on May 16, 2012 at 1:26pm

Hi,

You have an older version.  Can you download the latest installer (May 3):
http://download.rhino3d.com/Rhino/5.0/PanelingToolsV5/
Close any Rhino session, then install PanelingTools.rhi.
Now open new Rhino session and see if PanelingTools drop-down menu is there. Now close Rhino.
Next, make sure you have the matching PT-GH (May 3rd):
http://download.rhino3d.com/Rhino/5.0/PT_GH/
Unzip and save to (%appdata%\Grasshopper\Libraries) 
Next, open Rhino, then GH and see if you can use PT components.
Let me know how that goes. 

Comment by shabnam on May 16, 2012 at 1:16pm

Hi Rajaa,

here's the info:

General

Name:Panelling tools

Version: Apr 9 2012 16:16:51

 

Technical Info:

registry path:

\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0x64\Plug-Ins\6cae...

Comment by Rajaa Issa on May 16, 2012 at 1:03pm

Hi shabnam,

Do you see PanelingTools drop-down menu in Rhino? If so, can you go to PluginManger in Rhino and click on PanelingTools in the list of plugins then click "properties" & let me know the path is is save at? 

Comment by shabnam on May 16, 2012 at 12:36pm

still having no luck getting panelling tools in grasshopper to work. Grid doesn't get generated. Some kind of problem with the install I think, although I can see the paneeling tools tab in grasshopper and I just went through the steps 1-3 posted by chris regardless.

If you have the same problem or you know how to fix it please let me know.

thanks!

Comment by Brian Gillespie on May 15, 2012 at 4:38pm

I've found and fixed the problem installing PanelingTools on 32-bit Windows. The problem is in the program that displays the installation user interface, and will be fixed in the Rhino 5.0 Beta release that goes out this week. Thanks everyone for your help repeating and documenting the problem.

Comment by Chris Hanley on May 15, 2012 at 4:32pm

In a windows environment, (vista and later), it seems to be governed by "the attatchment manager".  more info here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260

Comment by Rajaa Issa on May 15, 2012 at 4:11pm

Chris, thanks for sharing your experience in such detail.  I am happy it helped Rafael.
I wonder if there are specific cases when the .gha file (or other plugin files) get blocked.

Comment by Rafael Marrero on May 15, 2012 at 3:53pm

I followed the instructions on Chris Hanley's post and I finally managed to get the Paneling Tools tab in Grasshopper.

In my case the installation was good and the path was correct. The problem was that the PTComponentLibrary.gha file was blocked by Windows 7. After I unblocked it, the PT tab finally appeared in GH.

Thanks Chris and Rajaa!

Comment by Chris Hanley on May 15, 2012 at 1:11pm

I don't know if this is specifically your case, but here is what has worked for me when I have updated and had a few problems.
i am running rhino 5, 64 bit, windows 7. 

Scenario: Run the paneling tools updater successfully, but then the newest components don't work.  try running the updater again and it says that the update is already installed.

Resolution: 

Step 1-(If in windows, you will need modify your folder view to include "show hidden files, folders and drives" to see all the folders in this path.)

Navigate to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0\Plug-ins\PanelingTools {6CAED836-BC06-4EBC-B1FD-E10886A0DC94}\2012.4.30.1332\(32 bit or 64 bit, whichever is appropriate for your machine).

NOTE: The folder name has the date.  The current working version I am using is in the folder listed above)   I have found that the updater sometimes does "repoint"  rhino to the newest version. (that will be step 2).

There should be 3 files in this folder:(the modified date on the files should be 5/4/2012)

PanelingTools.rhp

PanelingToolsDotNet.dll

PT_SDK.dll

Right click on each of the files individually and choose properties.  If there is an "Unblock" button, click it to unblock the file.  Check each of the 3 files. (if the "Unblock" button is not there, then you can go to step 2).

STEP 2:

Open rhino and go to the plugin manager.  scroll down to paneling tools, right click and choose properties.  The file path at the bottom of the properties page should point to your folder path you verified in step 1.  I have found that in some cases, after running the updater, the plugin path is still pointing to the previous version.  If that is the case, close rhino, go back to the folder path in step 1 and delete any older versions, (only keep the folder 2012.4.30.1332).

Re-open rhino and reload the correct version of the plug in.  After successful loading, you should have a Paneling Tools drop down you Rhino menu bar.

The above steps have only verified that the correct version of paneling tools is loaded in rhino.

STEP 3:

Download the latest PTComponentLibrary.gha and place it in your Grasshopper components folder, (delete/remove any previous instances of PTComponentLibrary.gha.)

(From within grasshopper, choose File->Special Folders->Components Folder)

Once you copy it into that folder, right click on the file and choose properties.  Make sure to "Unblock" that file as well.  

close and re-open rhino.  launch grasshopper.  You hopefully have a paneling tools tab in your grasshopper toolbars.

I don't know if this is exactly your case, but for that was the solution path for a few folks in our studio that seemed to work.

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