4.1.5 on Mac

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I have been trying to get Cut List 4.1.5 working on my Mac with little success. 
I do get a cut list, but no cut layout (choosing svg but no output). 

Also, I get the message "Some parts were left which could not be placed on 
given stock. Try larger sizes." I think I have it all laid out properly, proper 
sheet sizes, describing components as "plywood" and making sure that word is in 
Cut List Sheet Material words.

Using Sketchup 8.0.1 and Mac OS 10.8.2

Thanks for any help.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mikemccl...@mac.com on 19 Nov 2012 at 3:16

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Hi Mike,
Sorry for the trouble. The Mac versions works no differently than the PC 
version(except as noted with the layout window not displaying).
The message would indicate that some of your parts are huge - I would guess 
that there is something in your model which isn't quite right. Often this is 
something like a set of parts which have been grouped together into a single 
component more than once. What I mean is that Cutlist ignores the top most 
component if there are components nested in it but sometimes there ends up 
being two top level components, if you know what I mean. Cutlist then ignores 
the first but uses the second and if the second is a an amalgamation of the 
nested parts underneath it, it thinks it is a component which should be layed 
out - and these top level components look like a very large solid. The 'solid' 
is the blue box which appears in your model when you double click on it. That's 
what cutlist uses to determine the size of the component.

If it detects something very large ( for example your entire piece is a solid), 
then  there is no way to slice this part up to make it fit on all of the layout 
pieces.

Check your cutlist - are the dimensions what you expect?

Hope this triggers something and you are able to make some progress.

Steve

Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 2:17

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Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 2:21

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Hello,

I'm having the same problem as described by Mike. I am using Sketchup 7 with 
cutlist 4.5.1. I looked at the sizes of the sheet, but they are not extremely 
large. I would appreciate some help.

Thanks,

Daniel

Original comment by danielop...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2012 at 4:17

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I am also having trouble with the cutlist layout on my MAC. Using Sketchup 8.0 
and Cutlist 4.1.4. SVG is not the work around to display the cut layout--at 
least it doesn't work for me. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,
DW

Original comment by DAWebe...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2012 at 8:00

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Ok, this is most peculiar. I've changed nothing for Macs and they seem to be 
starting to have trouble now. I need more info though.
Can someone send me a copy of their model or put it somewhere I can download it 
and I can see if I can eliminate something to do with the model.

Also, if someone could enable the ruby window in Sketchup - then try it again - 
then post the output of the ruby window - there might be something in there 
which would give me a hint.

Thanks,
Steve

Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2012 at 9:14

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I've been experiencing similar quirks when I run Sketchup on my Macs.  On my 
Mac at home which is running Lion, once I run Cutlist and try to print anything 
my screen gets locked into a strange state where I can't zoom in and out and my 
image gets all stretched out of proportion.  I have to exit the program to get 
out of this wiered locked proportion state.  The Mac at work doesn't have this 
problem.  Another glitch that I have noticed is that on the Mac at work (Snow 
Leopard, the Cutlist dialog boxes which you can enter key words for parts and 
sheet goods are black (rather than white)so you can't see what you are typing.  
the Mac running Lion doesn't have this problem.  I've experienced no issues at 
all running Sketchup on PC's running Windows 7.  Thanks so much for the effort 
you've put into this valuable program for woodworkers!  Despite the glitches i 
have experienced with Macs, it's still a great little plugin.

Thank you!
Eric.

Original comment by ericmcr...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2012 at 4:16

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v4.1.5 actually addressed the black box issue for Macs - though I have since 
found out that this was indeed a Safari issue on a particular version released 
by Apple. In 4.1.5 I've changed the background color to a dark blue with white 
text, so either way, it should show up ok.

It does now seem to me that all of the glitches with Macs have to do with 
Safari (Whether you use Safari as your default browser or not, Sketchup uses 
Safari as its default browser on Macs) as different people are experiencing 
different issues with different versions.
I don't really have a solution yet - the plugin was designed to rely as little 
as possible on the browser or rather to use the most common features of all 
browsers, specifically so that there is no need to customize for any particular 
platform. Constant tinkering by browser developers means that this can change 
at any time.

On the other hand, I will continue to look for ways to reduce reliance on the 
browser capabilities. 

Steve

Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2012 at 6:00