[Plugin] Custom Toolbars Plugin

Jim · 26 May 2008, 17:49

To create a custom toolbar, you create a plain text file in the jf_custom_toolbars folder.

The name of the text file becomes the name of the Toolbar.

The contents of the text file is a list of commands taken from the commands in the image.

Look for the "Edge Style Example.txt" file in your Plugins/jf_custom_toolbars folder for an example toolbars.

ibon · 26 May 2008, 21:06

This is Awesome! keep on with the project, please. Do you need help with the icons? i have changed a little my sketchup, so maybe i could help. Thanks again!

watkins · 26 May 2008, 21:55

Dear Jim,

I'm sure that it is obvious to everyone else, but how do you go about installing the scripts. A little explanation of what the plugin does and how one might use it effectively. I am loathe to change what I have without an understanding of the benefits. I know that you are very busy, but if you could write a simple 'how to install and use' document, with perhaps a few examples then, that would be most helpful.

Many thanks,
Bob

Daniel S · 27 May 2008, 12:52

@ibon said:

This is Awesome! keep on with the project, please. Do you need help with the icons? i have changed a little my sketchup, so maybe i could help. Thanks again!

Ibon.. can you share the icons of the bezier tool and the ones for the tools on surfaces (offset and line on surface)? They look really great!!!

Daniel S

rsw · 27 May 2008, 13:43

@jim said:

I've posted a beta release of custom toolbars on my blog (see my sig.)

thought I would find this quite useful as I tend to use icons rather than shortcuts most of the time, but I can't seem to download it from your blog, I just get to a page which says I don't have permission to view this page - could you post it here on scf instead?

Thanks

Jim · 27 May 2008, 20:27

I had some security settings set wrong, it should work now. Sorry.

Dave R · 27 May 2008, 20:40

Jim, thank you for this. I was able to download it yesterday and I think I installed it correctly--all into the Plugins folder and otherwise the paths shown in the Zip file were left alone. I haven't figured out how to activate the toolbars though. Any ideas of how to teach an idiot how to work this?

Jim · 27 May 2008, 20:42

They should all be under View > Toolbars menu.

A toolbar file is just a text file in the Plugins/Toolbars folder. You can see some example in there already.

Dave R · 27 May 2008, 21:38

That's kind of what I thought. Maybe I need new glasses.

Jim · 27 May 2008, 21:46

Uh, this is a dumb question, but you did restart SketchUp, right?

There should be a toolbars.rb file in Plugins also.

Dave R · 27 May 2008, 21:53

Not such a dumb question but yes, I did restart SU several times since installing the files. The computer has even been restarted a couple of times since I installed the files.

Jim · 27 May 2008, 22:26

OK, did you check the Extensions tab of the Preferences dialog?

I thought I had done away with the extensions interface, which is why I didn't suggest it first. I can't keep track of my own plugins.

Dave R · 28 May 2008, 09:57

Holy buckets! That did it. I don't think I've had to go in and check a box under Extensions since I first loaded the V6 a long time ago. It didn't occur to me that there'd be a new box to check.

Thanks Jim. That was the fix.

rsw · 28 May 2008, 12:07

@jim said:

I had some security settings set wrong, it should work now. Sorry.

works fine now, thanks

dudekracked · 28 May 2008, 12:37

hi jim thanks for this useful plugin

im just wondering if it will be something like the one on your site after you finish it?

i copied the picture on your site, will it end up something like this? i kinda like this actually, is it possible to do this? thanks

HFM · 28 May 2008, 13:19

@dudekracked said:

hi jim thanks for this useful plugin

im just wondering if it will be something like the one on your site after you finish it?

i copied the picture on your site, will it end up something like this? i kinda like this actually, is it possible to do this? thanks

Eh seriously, it is exactly like that! Every button on that page you can use in a custom toolbar... or create new icons
RTFM or in this case RTFRBFILES that are included

and again Jim thanx for this one [it's keeping me up at night creating icons ]

dudekracked · 28 May 2008, 13:48

@HFM

no, no, no, your not reading me clearly, i absolutely like the idea of a kind of floating toolbar that has all the tools inside it with the name beside it and if all possible can be customized, exactly like the picture that ive attached earlier.

ilay7k · 28 May 2008, 14:00

also need shortcut(command) to hide/show all of them...like at most sculpting tool - for clear sketchup desktop(slide away)

HFM · 28 May 2008, 14:53

@dudekracked said:

@HFM

no, no, no, your not reading me clearly, i absolutely like the idea of a kind of floating toolbar that has all the tools inside it with the name beside it and if all possible can be customized, exactly like the picture that ive attached earlier.

Ooooh,...

Why? If you hover over the icons you get the name too. Anyways, sorry for the misunderstanding.

Hugo

Dave R · 28 May 2008, 17:44

Jim, this is pretty slick. I made a replacement for the Camera toolbar that includes centerSelection. So now there's eight tools in that bar instead of 7. I include the TXT file for anyone who might want to do the same thing.

Zoom1.txt