fantomaz Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 As the title suggests: does anyone know if the gear plugin is still working and if so, which version of EI is needed? Due to rendering with my main machine i can't test it right now but have to tell customer if i can do the job.... Thanks Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Ola Alex! Which Gear plug-in? Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Uhhh, found a prj with the use of gear in it, it was in 2008 ...... At that time we had PPC (on a Mac) right? The plugin let you create gears in various shapes. The prj windows says: gear4.plm, but unfortunately i had no idea where the plug is gone :-( Does anyone knows anything about it???? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Ola Alex! I never saw this one!!! Who developed? Show the plugin UI! Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Hi Tom, i wish i could! The project above sleeps in my backups, but the plugs are gone :-( There are two HDs left to look on if they have an old OS with EI and the gear plug-in in it. I thought that the internet will never forget something, but in this case gear4.plm will bring no results when you google that - tooooo bad. Does anyone have good experience with parametric surface plug-in? There is a preset for gears, but it doesn't look so good like the gear plug-in. Too few parameters to tweak and play with it. Or is there an other option or app to built gears out there? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Found it! In the darkest corner of my office, on an old HD called: EI stuff and cracks and more It was a plug called "Bolt" and it was developed by Bob Wagner (CAD Creations) in 2001. Of course to use with PPC..... Look at it click me for gears.... Now i have to reactivate my good old PowerBook G4 and install EI 7 and than hopefully the gears will go! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Correction: There are two plugins: "Bolt" - for making screws and so on and "Gears" - for making all kinds of gears Great tools!! But running on a PPC.... My iBook with a sensational G3 Proz (at 768 MHz, really!) and 640MB ram runs the plugs fine (because the G4 won't start anymore :-( ) One word: cool! And thanks to Bob Wagner ;-) Did not ever met him, too bad :-) Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Ive been going through all my EIAS stuff over the years. at one point when EIAS didn't looked very likely to survive (thank god for Tomas and the Igors ) I archived everything i could find for EIAS and just looking through my files i found GEARS and i remember Bolt but don't seem to have that one. is there anyway you could send me that old plugin for my archives. if theres any other plugin you are looking for let me know and i can see if i have it for you. I can put up a list of all the plugins and versions i have if anyone is interested. could always be helpful for old projects/ installs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Ola my friends! Really interesting :) Btw: EIAS development goes 7 days a week!! Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 @Mickael and all: no problem, i will put the plugs and readme files on my server and post the url for you all. Maybe someone can have a look and reinvent the plugs or better: put them into the next release of EI ;-) Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Ola Alex! Need the resources from Bob Wagner to recompile in Mac Intel.. Do you have his email? Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Sorry no mail address... Bob Wagner and CAD Creation gives no result in the popular search engines. Does anyone know him here? Maybe the Igors? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Maybe Bob Wagner is from Australia, i found some postings in a 3d forum - plugin related for vector works. And btw, here we go: Bolt and Gear for PPC on a Mac Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Thanks Alex that rocks. I can add it to my archives. i found this 2009 posting for Bob. looks like he is doing plugins for VectorWorks i think. https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/profile/7723-bob-wagner/ found this email which is a bit old but could work. b.wagner@ozemail.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Mailed him, lets see and wait :-) Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted August 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Guys, you can't believe whats happened: Bob answered :-) He is the guy who built these plugs years ago and he contacted Tom :-) Now i can't wait what Tom will say.... Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Haha.. Ola Alex, Yes, I contacted him :) We appear a lot in silence, but we are always working! Lets wait.. Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 look at that. great news. with a bit a of luck we will have another socket in our tool box again. I love it when a plan comes together :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 tested the gear and bolt on EIAS 2.9 and works great. then exported the gear created as a fact model and imported to EIAS 9 and works great. i don't have license for EIAS 3 or 4 and then I have a license for 5 and above so ill test the plug in 5 and 6 to see at which point it stops working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomaz Posted October 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Tomas, any news? Did Bob send the code? Greetings, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Ola Alex! Yes and I already posted in our list :) Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Hi Tomas, what do you mean by List ? as in the future release of EIAS 10 or is there a list i have missed. thanks, Mickael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Ola Mickael! We have a internal Bug list and features request for Betas :) Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickaelBehn Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 ah cool. thank you for letting me know. I hate being late to the party and missing out on stuff :-) Looking forward to seeing the new old Socket Thanks as always Mickaël 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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