Cleanup problem

hellnbak · 16 Feb 2012, 04:03

Recently I've begun to receive error msgs when trying to use the Cleanup plugin. Probably caused by something I did, but can't remember when or what the last plugin I installed was. I have a lot of plugins that I never use (actually a lot of them I don't even know what they are or why I installed them) and should probably get rid of, maybe this is a good time to clean house and get a fresh start. Anyhow, until I get around to that, any ideas?

Krisidious · 16 Feb 2012, 07:08

me too... me thinks some other plugin has broken it. I reinstalled the newest one and the new TT_lib2 and now it works. have you updated?

thomthom · 16 Feb 2012, 09:08

Yes, please post exactly what version of CleanUp and TT_Lib 2 you have installed. I'm guessing you don't have an updated TT_Lib2 veresion. (Though I thought you should get a messagebox about that...)

When posting errors for a plugin, it'd be nice if you could post int eh thread for that plugin. It's easier for the developers to keep track of the information - and even notice the post.

hellnbak · 16 Feb 2012, 23:38

Thanks Kris and ThomThom. Don't know what versions I have of these plugins, how do I find that? Have searched the forums but could find nothing about how to check my plugins for versions. Probably a dumb question and a very simple task but when you only have two active brain cells nothing is simple.

And ThomThom, you are absolutely right, I should have posted this thread in the plugin's thread. Keep all the information in one place for others benefit. I knew that, don't know why I didn't. Sorry

hellnbak · 16 Feb 2012, 23:39

If you want to move this thread to the correct plugin thread, please feel free to do so

Krisidious · 17 Feb 2012, 02:56

just over write your old clean up and tt lib2 folder.

hellnbak · 17 Feb 2012, 03:15

@krisidious said:

just over write your old clean up and tt lib2 folder.

Thanks, but is there a way to tell what version a particular plugin is? Not just this particular plugin, but any plugin. Seems like there must be, and I seem to remember reading something about this at some point, but can't seem to find anything now.

Plus, in the TT Lib 2 plugin thread, he says that you must first remove the old version. So when you say overwrite the old version, what exactly do you mean? (just trying to avoid any unnecessary complications to an already unnecessarily complicated situation )

Krisidious · 17 Feb 2012, 04:43

well at the top of every plugin or most it has the authors name and the version number.

for instance here in Thom's cleanup.rb

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Compatible; SketchUp 7.1+
#             (other versions untested)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# SketchUp versions prior to SketchUp 7.1 are highly prone to loss of geometry.
# Users are advised to not use this plugin unless they run 7.1 or higher.
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# FEATURES
#
# * Fixes duplicate component definition names ( When in model scope )
# * Purge unused items
# * Erase hidden geometry
# * Erase duplicate faces
# * Erase stray edges ( Except edges on cut plane )
# * Remove edge material
# * Repair split edges
# * Smooth & soft edges
# * Put edges and faces to Layer0
# * Merge identical materials
# * Merge connected co-planar faces
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# CHANGELOG
#
# 3.1.9 - 06.10.2011
#    * Added; LibFredo Updater support

and yes you should delete the old version of plugins first... but I didn't. since I was fairly certain I was on a recent version.

hellnbak · 17 Feb 2012, 07:48

What I mean is a way to check the versions of plugins already installed in SU, either in the plugins folder or within SU itself.

thomthom · 17 Feb 2012, 08:20

No universal way, but as for TT_Lib and CleanUp:

In the Ruby Console:

TT::Lib::VERSION

TT::Plugins::CleanUp::PLUGIN_VERSION

But as Kris said, normally there is some comment in the .rb file itself - at the top of the file. But when in doubt, just install the newest.

It is correct that if you have one of the older versions of TT_Lib2 you should remove the old. Since you're in doubt which version, just remove the old TT_Lib2 folder and install the new. Fresh clean TT_Lib!

thomthom · 17 Feb 2012, 08:20

Oh, btw, I've started adding support for Fredo's update checker for my plugins. So that's one way to get some of the versions.