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    • kenK Offline
      ken
      last edited by

      Mr. Bur

      Thanks for you very useful script.

      Just a side note, installation of your script has re-arranged all my toolbars. This is nothing new, it happens with every script installation that adds a new toolbar. So I have to re-arrange the menus, and usually they are not in the same order, and another learning curve is required.

      But this time, I have outwitted this darn re-organizational mess. I took a JPG screen snap shot of the toolbars before installation. Imported this JPG into a Sketchup model and saved the model as SketchupToolbars. So now I just load this program and re-arrange all the tools bars as the JPG indicates. Now no new learning curve.

      Mr. Bur again thanks for the script.

      Ken

      Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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      • Mike LuceyM Offline
        Mike Lucey
        last edited by

        Thanks Didier and good tip Ken.

        Mike

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Thanks Didier and have fun in Croatia (again - you seem to like the place 😉 )

          Gai...

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          • Didier BurD Offline
            Didier Bur
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            you seem to like the place

            You're right. Wonderful and quiet country + nice people.

            DB

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            • Bob JamesB Offline
              Bob James
              last edited by

              Great update to an already great tool.

              Curious fact however: this new version only works if I install it in my users/library/application/... folder rather than the HD/library/applications/... folder. Any particular reason for this?

              Intel iMac, OS X 10.5.7

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              • L Offline
                lexmonteiro
                last edited by

                Thank you!
                Another "must have" plug-in!
                Just one question the "Match layer property of clicked object" can copy the texture from the original object too?

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                • Bob JamesB Offline
                  Bob James
                  last edited by

                  Just wanted to say again what a great tool this is.

                  It works fine on both Mac and PC, but on PC the toolbars are not "remembered" (have to use View/Toolbars/ to make them appear again.

                  i7-4930K 3.4Ghz, 2x GTX780 6GB, 32GB DDR3-1600 ECC, OCZ Vertex 4 500GB, WD Black 3TB, 32TB NAS, 4x 27" Monitors, SpaceMouse Pro, X-keys XK-60

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                  • T Offline
                    tfdesign
                    last edited by

                    Call me thick, but I can't appear to get this working. Should the plug-in be situated in the root or user directory? I went back to 7.0 btw, because I was having a few more 7.1 problems.

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @tfdesign said:

                      Call me thick, but I can't appear to get this working. Should the plug-in be situated in the root or user directory? I went back to 7.0 btw, because I was having a few more 7.1 problems.

                      If you 'extract' the files from the zip then there should be one ruby .rb file and the rest of the files in a folder.
                      Then the lone ruby file and the folder go into your Plugins folder... ❓

                      TIG

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                      • T Offline
                        tfdesign
                        last edited by

                        @tig said:

                        If you 'extract' the files from the zip then there should be one ruby .rb file and the rest of the files in a folder.
                        Then the lone ruby file and the folder go into your Plugins folder... ❓

                        Yes I did exactly that, but to no avail. I've had trouble with getting ruby scripts to work before (in SU).

                        I'll have another go when I'm not maniacally try to reach deadlines! Thanks for your input anyway TIG 😄

                        My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                          tfdesign
                          last edited by

                          Nope. I can't get this plug in to work at all on my Mac. (BTW, I'm back on SU 7.0, despite my avatar saying otherwise, because I was having many troubles with 7.1. I'm now waiting for the update, before going back to 7.1).

                          @bob james said:

                          Curious fact however: this new version only works if I install it in my users/library/application/... folder rather than the HD/library/applications/... folder. Any particular reason for this?

                          Aha!! Yes! Indeed (need to try this yet too). This is also how Podium works, and it screws with OS X's directory. Podium is worse, because it uses an installer script, which also makes a SU6 folder, which confuses SU even more! Developers, why can't we just install this ourselves?

                          It seems to me that there really IS a problem with plug-in management with SU and Mac OS X, and where scripts should go. This depresses me, because I have to sit here messing with folder combinations, until it works, which means less money (not that I'm getting any money anyway! 😆), but worse still, prevents me from doing what I love most, designing things. It's almost as if there is someone in the Mac programming dept at Google who really couldn't give a dingo's kidneys, and has consequently failed to deliver guidelines to all those planning to write ruby scripts for Mac SketchUp. A shame if it were true.

                          The Podium installer, for starters, installs on the wrong part of the directory (not necessarily Google's fault, but typical behaviour of a developer who has misunderstood the workings of a Mac OS, like coming straight from a better understanding of a Linux one (or Windows in this case, but Mac OS X is NOT Linux, and directories behave very differently to Linux directories! Cappiche?). This basic error, fools the SketchUp directory navigation (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=146352#p146352).

                          The best thing I've found is to remove the ruby script from the folder and put that in the plug-ins file, then any other ancillary files (such as png's etc) stay in a folder, within that folder. But in the case of Podium, this wouldn't work at all, as both files need to be taken out and placed in the main plug-in folder. I'm now worried that if I make a new folder, for a new plug-in for this Layers tool, in my Home directory, instead of the main directory, it's going to screw with SketchUp again, and I'll be back to square one again. 😞

                          A well written Mac application mostly allows you to use from whatever directory or file you choose. This behaviour from SketchUp again, is inconsistent, as some plug-ins work, and others don't. A real shame, because SU also appears to have been written in Apple Cocoa. Perhaps the developers need to get SketchUp to read plugins from both libraries?

                          Maybe all you folks who are suggesting how to get certain things to work on a Mac, should try giving the advice from a Mac rather than Windows? And those who use Windows, who make plugins, observe from Mac users how plug-in installation is managed? It would really help all of us Mac users! 💭

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                          • T Offline
                            tfdesign
                            last edited by

                            Just as I predicted. Make a plugins folder in the SketchUp folder within the home application support folder, and other plugins (notably "Booltools") stop working! 😡 😡 😡

                            I'm really hacked off with this (as you can probably tell). I am paying money to Smustard for plugins, that aren't always working, and this is not right.

                            My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                              NewOne
                              last edited by

                              @tfdesign said:

                              Just as I predicted. Make a plugins folder in the SketchUp folder within the home application support folder, and other plugins (notably "Booltools") stop working! 😡 😡 😡

                              I'm really hacked off with this (as you can probably tell). I am paying money to Smustard for plugins, that aren't always working, and this is not right.

                              I agree that some payed plugins from smustard should be revised... Maybe Smustard team should take example from TIG and how he updated 2D Tools plugin 😛 (and that is a free one)

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                              • A Offline
                                AcesHigh
                                last edited by

                                hey Didier, can you tell me if this feature: "Move selection to current layer (digs in compos and groups)" is exactly what I am asking in this thread? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=22986

                                thanks

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                                • B Offline
                                  bararaboat
                                  last edited by

                                  In this version the layer Management & layer toolbar does not appear automatically.
                                  how can i make it appear automatically went program open? (su7 mac)

                                  Regard,

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                                  • D Offline
                                    diegog321
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi

                                    Thank you very much for this plug in. Its been very useful.

                                    Diego

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                                    • M Offline
                                      Michaelv
                                      last edited by

                                      @bararaboat said:

                                      In this version the layer Management & layer toolbar does not appear automatically.
                                      how can i make it appear automatically went program open? (su7 mac)

                                      Regard,

                                      For the status of the toolbars to be registered (new sketchup opens with the last status (open or closed)) on Mac:

                                      Add these two ruby lines after their respective toolbar definition blocks in the original script:

                                      layertools_tb.restore

                                      layerconfigs_tb.restore

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                                      • bagateloB Offline
                                        bagatelo
                                        last edited by

                                        Is there a tool that put the selected object in a new hidden / not hidden layer?

                                        While the cat's away, the mice will play

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                                        • Didier BurD Offline
                                          Didier Bur
                                          last edited by

                                          @bagatelo: No... 😞

                                          DB

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                                          • H Offline
                                            haiarchi
                                            last edited by

                                            Can you set to Tool of sketchup to shortcut in sketchup

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