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    • H Offline
      hygicell
      last edited by

      @tig said:

      Frank

      Sounds like you haven't got all of the files installed in the right places ?
      Please reread the installation instructions.
      Also see this thread for help on extracting zipped files and keeping their subfolder structure with Plugins etc http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35746
      Also if you have inadvertently put files directly into Plugins that ought to be within a subfolder, then please remove them as they might cause unexpected results as they will then auto-load at startup rather than when the main tool wants them to...

      I have reinstalled everything as per the instructions
      then ran duplicate cleaner 2.0 to find any .rb leftovers from the previous installation directly into plugins folder and erased them

      the problem remains

      should I be looking for other files than with the .rb extension and erase these duplicates too?

      Frank

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
        Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

        If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
        Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
        It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
        With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

        Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

        TIG

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        • H Offline
          hygicell
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Please don't start removing files willy-nilly.
          Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed - it's recommended that these put into a 'disabled folder' [erasing them is a little drastic - especially when you are not sure what you are doing - at least that way they can be moved back if you've messed up !]. There will also be .rb files in Plugins installed by other tools that you still need! AND of course there are .rb files installed as 'loaders' to run files inside subfolders that come in the zip file 'loose' rather than in a subfolder of Plugins...

          If you are getting similar error messages then are you sure the files and files in relative subfolders are installed properly. I noticed that you have a drive with an unusual path - H:/programmas/google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/ - the default is something like C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/
          Please type this in the Ruby Console + <enter> and post the results $LOAD_PATH
          It should include your H: folder Plugins path.
          With Vista/Win7 there can be a 'Compatibility Files' issue [¿Archivos de Compatibilidad?]... which happens if you don't have full security permissions to read/write/etc to the the Plugins folder and/or its subfolders and/or files. It looks like you have done it OK, and there are no error messages... but really the OS has put the new things in a separate subfolder to protect you from yourself! In these cases there's a 'Compatibility Files' button added to the top of the window of the affect folder[s] - you click on that to see what's messed up... Fix your permissions under properties, security as an admin...

          Can you post a screen-shot showing your Plugins folder structure etc if none of this is working...

          I have installed Sketchup 8 pro on an external disk so I can easily take it with me
          my other plugins work fine

          ? Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in Plugins are to be removed ?
          would it not be the other way round?
          I removed the equivalents in the plugins folder and left the ones in the subfolders

          H;\programmas\google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\
          2DTools\
          AutoCenterPoint\
          clf_simple_loft\
          ctsMaker\
          CURVILOFT_Dir_11\
          DEFPARAM_Dir\
          Dom_brevenchatij\
          DoorTools\
          DWGExport\
          Examples\
          FREDOSCALE_Dir_21\
          FREESCALE_Dir_10\
          GHOSTCOMP_Dir_10\
          HOVERSELECT_Dir_11\
          JPP_Dir\
          JPP_Dir_15\
          Layer Manager\
          layers\
          ldd\
          LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\
          Ocean\
          Projection\
          RDE_Dir\
          ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23\
          ruby\
          skin\
          SoapSkinBubble\
          TIGtools\
          TOS_Dir_18\
          TT_Lib2\
          Utilities\
          WindowTools\
          0.skb
          1.skb
          2.skb
          2D#.rb
          3.skb
          AddVertex+.rb
          Align User Guide.pdf
          align_2D.rb
          align_tool.rb
          AllowDWGImportInSketchUp7.msi
          arc_centerpoint.rb
          auto_centerpoint.rb
          Big_32.png
          BzRoundEdge.rb
          cadspan.rbs
          calc.rb
          CenterPoint.rb
          Chamfer_Along_Path.rb
          clf_color_by_slope.rb
          clf_simple_loft_loader.rb
          closeopens.rb
          closeopens_icon.png
          Cloud Quick Tutorial.pdf
          Cloud V6.pdf
          cloud_v6.rb
          co_tool.html
          co_toola.rb
          ComponentReporter+.rb
          config-thumb.jpg
          ConstructFaceNormal.rb
          curve_maker.rb
          curvestitcher.rb
          deBabelizer.rb
          delauney2.rb
          demeter-main.rbs
          DoorTool.txt
          DoorTools.rb
          DWGExport.rbs
          engineeringtoolbox.rb
          examp_les.rb
          example.dat
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          extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb
          f2f.rb
          f2f_cursor.gif
          faceFlattener019.rb
          file.php
          FilletTool.rb
          fixSolid.rb
          flightpathtool.rb
          GetCentroid.rb
          GetDimensions.rb
          hide_faces_edges.rb
          hideall.htm
          hidetool.rb
          jf_follow_this.rb
          jf_spheretool.rb
          jointpushpull.rb
          kml_mesh_exporter.rb
          ky_Delete_Interior_Faces.rb
          ky_Group_PushPull_2DFaces.rb
          Layer Manager v6.pdf
          layer_manager_extension_v5.rb
          layer_manager_extension_v6.rb
          Layer_manager_install.jpg
          layer_manager_v5.txt
          layerbymaterial.rb
          layers.rb
          layers_materials.rb
          layers_show_hide_all.rb
          ldd.rbs
          LibFredo6.rb
          LibTraductor.def
          LibTraductor.rb
          Lines2Components.rb
          load_sketchapps.rb
          lsystem.rb
          makefaces(2).rb
          makefaces.rb
          makeNamedGroup.rb
          manifold.rb
          massmaterialimporter.rb
          Mirror_31.rb
          move_to_origin.rb
          move_to_origin_and_center.rb
          moveit.rb
          new.txt
          nudge.rb
          numbered_grid.rb
          ocean_extension.rb
          Organizer.rb
          organizerEdit.log
          pageLayers.rb
          Paint_back_faces v2.0.rb
          parking.rb
          pathcopy.rb
          perp_line_plane.rb
          PipeAlongPath.rb
          plugins_help.rb
          plugins_help_TIG.rb
          pnts2mesh.rb
          points_cloud_triangulation.rb
          ProgressBar.rb.htm
          Projection Documentation.pdf
          Projection.pdf
          projection_extension.rb
          PurgeAll.rb
          push_pull_vector.rb
          PutOnLayer_bmw.rb
          PutOnLayer_ForPublicRelease.rb
          rci.png
          read_me.txt
          reglue.rb
          rename_comp_inst.rb
          repaint_face.rb
          repair_broken_lines.rb
          Roof.rb
          roofplanfollower.rb
          rot90.rb
          rps_texturewrite.rb
          scene_rename.rb
          sceneExporter.rb
          screw_21.rb
          script_loader.rb
          SectionCutFace.rb
          simplify.rb
          SimplifyContours.rb
          skin.rb
          Small_16.png
          SmustardOrganizerExcludeFolders.txt
          SoapSkinBubbleTools.rb
          Srub.rb
          stair_maker062.rb
          stitcher.rb
          stock_maker.rb
          stray_lines.rb
          sublend.rb
          taper_maker.rb
          Terrain Reshaper User guide.pdf
          terrain_reshaper.rb
          TextTag14.rb
          tf.rb
          toolbar.rb
          trim_extend.rb
          tt_cleanup.rb
          tt_solid_inspector.rb
          unfoldtool.png
          unfoldtool.rb
          unhide_all.htm
          unhide_all.rb
          utilities.rb
          utilities_10.rb
          vector.flat_angle.rb
          viewMemory.rb
          VolumeCalculator21.rb
          weld.rb
          Win32API.so
          WindowTools.rb
          ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
          zone.rb
          zoom_selection.rb
          Zorro.rb
          
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          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            @hygicell said:

            my other plugins work fine

            WindowTools.rb
            ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
            zone.rb

            according to that list, all your other plugins aren't working fine..

            you're missing the ZLoader files that come with many of fredo's plugins.. the only one you have is tools on surface but i suspect your round corner, curviloft, and fredoscale aren't working either (amongst others?)

            screen 2011-06-25 at 10.54.52 AM.jpg

            dotdotdot

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              First:
              Only the the files inside the subfolders that have equivalents wrongly installed in the Plugins folder are to be removed... from the Plugins folder...
              What you did is correct.

              Second:
              You do seem to have several Zloader .rb files missing from that Plugins folder - like Zloader_Curviloft.rb - this might be the root cause of your problem - do you perhaps have them in another folder that might also be on your $LOAD_PATH ?
              And then they can't load other files are the paths gets tangled up...
              Did you get the $LOAD_PATH in the Ruby Console ?
              Mine says ["C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins", "C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Tools"] yours should also include the H: path ?

              ..\Plugins\LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb; line#225; txt = "T6 = Traductor::T6Mod.new(#{hmod}, '#{path}', '#{rootname}') "
              line#226; hmod.module_eval txt

              This is the code that sets the constant T6 to have a certain value and typing in the Ruby Console
              Curviloft::T6
              should show this, which is a Traductor::T6Mod object used to translate between languages; it is complex looking list of code, elements, hashes etc...

              It seems that ..\Plugins\LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb is not being run properly...
              Does the file exist ?
              If so are it's properties set so 'you' can see it and read it etc...?
              Trying typing load LIBFREDO6_Dir_37\Lib6Core_37.rb + <enter> into the Ruby Console and see if it returns true and if CurviLoft then works... it'll only be a temporary fix but at least we then step on one pace...

              If you type this in the Ruby Console +<enter> what is returned ?
              Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
              I get
              C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins
              You must include the H: path to your Plugins... otherwise Fredo's LibFredo6.rb will fail at lines#26/27
              require 'LibTraductor.rb' if Sketchup.find_support_file( 'LibTraductor.rb', "Plugins" )#Compatibility require 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb' if Sketchup.find_support_file( 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb', "Plugins" )#Compatibility
              Otherwise when it doesn't find these files they are not loaded and so the T6 constant never gets defined...
              You could rewrite those two lines using a plain-test editor like Notepad[++].exe - as
              require 'LibTraductor.rb' if File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'LibTraductor.rb'))#Compatibility require 'TOS_Dir_13/LibTraductor_20.rb' if File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), TOS_Dir_13, LibTraductor_20.rb)#Compatibility
              I think the second one is not important as the first one gets loaded anyway...
              Now it will always load the files found relative to it even on some obscure drive, rather than the default C:...

              TIG

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              • H Offline
                hygicell
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                @hygicell said:

                my other plugins work fine

                WindowTools.rb
                ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
                zone.rb

                according to that list, all your other plugins aren't working fine..

                you're missing the ZLoader files that come with many of fredo's plugins.. the only one you have is tools on surface but i suspect your round corner, curviloft, and fredoscale aren't working either (amongst others?)

                [attachment=0:ia8g6goq]<!-- ia0 -->screen 2011-06-25 at 10.54.52 AM.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:ia8g6goq]

                I had those and the Fredo plugins did't work then
                as a test I removed them as I thought they were redundant
                I will have to reinstall
                have you seen any files I have to remove?
                Frank

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Do you have another folder Sketchup with some stuff in it, say on the C:drive for example...
                  Is Curviloft somehow trying to load even when its Zloader is removed ??

                  Have you read through my last diatribe... ❓

                  TIG

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                  • jgbJ Offline
                    jgb
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    i can skin that thing with zero problems.
                    i think you might be using the wrong tool.. i think you're trying to use curviloft's Skinning when you should be using regular Loft (the first of the 3 icons in the toolbar)

                    just select the two rings then click on the Loft icon.

                    And Right you are! 😳

                    I guess I was so used to skinning my constructs I just forgot about the other 2 functions.

                    Thanks. 👍


                    jgb

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1b - 27 Jun 11

                      This is a small upgrade to handle the problem of mean curves between contours.
                      Previous versions were only able to generate the junction curves. This one adds the intermediate curves. And you get the mesh by selecting both options.

                      Thanks to Jeff Hammond for the suggestion to use Curviloft for generate mean curves between contours
                      See also discussion at this post on the question of mean curves.

                      See main post for download

                      Fredo

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        NEW RELEASE: Curviloft 1.1b - 27 Jun 11

                        This is a small upgrade to handle the problem of mean curves between contours.

                        Thanks Fredo. 👍 👍 👍

                        It seems to be such an important release however that it travelled faster than light and arrived the previous day... 😆

                        (You are in the same time zone as me if I am not mistaken)


                        cl.jpg

                        Gai...

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Thomthom also lost [gained?] a day earlier today!
                          Perhaps there's a time-warp out and about 😒

                          TIG

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Yeh see?! It's just you lot still stuck behind in yesterday! Keep with the time!

                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Maybe Earth's axis are moving during the night! ☀

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • jgbJ Offline
                                jgb
                                last edited by

                                There is a simple explanation for the time warp. Fredo, whom I believe resides in France, simply sent the update Eastward to us and when it crossed the Pacific Date line, voila, it is tomorrow. 🤣

                                Besides, Curviloft can save you far more than a day's work, so the time warp is justified. 😍


                                jgb

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  And of course in Norway they only have two days Summer and Winter...

                                  TIG

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    The climate is changing it to one intermediate state...

                                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Norway is turning into the UK ???
                                      We don't have a Climate/Seasons, we just have Weather...

                                      TIG

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Yea - we have a whole year worth of seasons in 30 minutes. Pretty much how I remember England to be like when I lived there. Just a bit colder and a tad more snow.

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • jgbJ Offline
                                          jgb
                                          last edited by

                                          In Canada, except for the left coast, we get winter then a coupla nice days.
                                          Badum boom 😆

                                          In Toronto, if you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours.
                                          Badum boom 😆

                                          Not kidding. 6 weeks ago the furnace was on, then 2 days later the air con was on for 4 days, then a week and a half of torrential rain and thunderstorms. Then the furnace was back on for 2 days, then it became almost nice out.

                                          Garfield says it best.....


                                          jgb

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks to all for being beta testers between the 26th and 27th.😄
                                            So the release should be OK by now!!

                                            Fredo

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