Some plugins don't work SU 7. Organizer.rb at fault?
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@calypsoart said:
Tried the ruby console test. All resulted with "true". I take this to mean that they were loaded correctly yet I cannot find them anywhere--not under plugins, draw, tools, or right click. Suggestions?
Let's stick with SpiralStair for now (though the others should be similar).
Spiral Stair should load in the Plugins folder unless you organized it into a subfolder. In that case, under "Plugins" there should be a submenu with the same name as the subfolder on your hard drive. SpiralStair should be in that submenu. However, since it loaded from the ruby console, it is probably located in the Plugins folder/menu (unless you copied it into the subfolder).
Can you post the spiralstair11.rb file? or PM it to me? -
Rick,
Enclosed is the spiralstair11.rb. I just moved it to the Plugins folder (SU7, Vista32)and it works fine. Now the CadalogBeamTool.rb......a mystery.
Larryspiralstair11.rb -
I suspect (but can't confirm) there might be a problem with the Win32API.so file on Vista. Anyone else?
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Thanks Rick, I'm using CadalogBeamTool.rb with SU6 on Vista, and it works fine. I would like to use it with SU7. I don't understand how these work, and was wondering if using Organizer.rb would help.
Thanks, Larry -
All Organizer does is allow the user to create subfolders in the Plugins folder, then drop scripts into the subfolders. In SketchUp, the subfolders appear as submenu items in the Plugins menu, and the scripts appear in their respective subfolders.
If something isn't already working in SU7, Organizer won't suddenly make it work (though I wish it did)
For your CadalogBeamTool, did you extract the "cadalog" folder and its contents to your Plugins folder? You need more than just the .rb file.
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Thanks Rick,
Yes everything is in the Plugins folder, it is exactly like my SU6 Plugins folder using Vista on the same PC. As a last resort, I might install SU7 on the C Drive, I don't really like to do that, but it is worth a try.
Larry -
Open the ruby console (Window>Ruby console) and type
load "CadalogBeamTool.rb"
and press <Enter>
If any notifications appear in the console, copy and paste them in a post here and we'll try to troubleshoot this some more. -
Thanks again for your time and help. I installed on C drive, no changes. I entered the text in the Ruby console, with a space and without a space, enclosed are the results.
Larry
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CadalogBeamTool.rb is now working. I did a side by side comparison of the files in the main program folder of SU6 and SU7, and moved the missing files from SU6 to SU7 one by one. The file that is required by SU7 that is missing is msvcr71.dll. I tried to enclose the file, but .dll's are not allowed.
Thanks again for all your help,
Larry -
Glad you got it working finally!
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