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    [Plugin] SketchUpBIM: Building Modeling made easy!

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      pjdorger
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      wow looks awesome

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        d_e_x
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        Hi All,

        The appended blog talks about the common support issues related to the installation and first-use of SketchUpBIM.

        http://sketchupbim.blogspot.in/

        Hope it helps the community πŸ˜„
        Dex

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          brookefox
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          Thank you, d_e_x, for sharing this set of integrated tools.

          Any plans for wall intersection corner clean-up?


          BIM-1.JPG

          ~ Brooke

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            eccowboy
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            I tried downloading SUBim, but when I was done the plugin wasn't in my SU toolbar,
            I'm working in pro7, does this plugin only work with Pro8.

            Thanks....

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            • brookefoxB Offline
              brookefox
              last edited by

              You checked the install and can verify that the plug and the folder are in the plug directory?

              ~ Brooke

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              • TIGT Online
                TIG Moderator
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                Assuming you do have the files/subfolder+files properly in Plugins [and not some 'compatibility files' location because you don't have 'full' properties>security-permissions to the destination folder]...
                then have you checked to see if it's an Extension that needs a one time activation from Menu > Window > Preferences > Extensions, and if so perhaps a one time activation of its Toolbar from Menu > View > Toolbars ?
                If none of this works... have you tried using the tool's own web site? where they have a support page and tutorial pages, or even try a PM to the author here...

                TIG

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                  d_e_x
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                  @eccowboy said:

                  I tried downloading SUBim, but when I was done the plugin wasn't in my SU toolbar,
                  I'm working in pro7, does this plugin only work with Pro8.

                  Thanks....

                  Eccowboy,

                  SketchUpBIM works with SketchUp 7 and 8, both Free and Pro Versions.

                  Please browse to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins"
                  on your computer, and see if the following files exist inside this folder: (i) SketchUpBIM.rbs file (ii) SketchUpBIM sub-folder. If not, then please re-install the software using the installation file. If you still cannot see the SketchUpBIM files even after re-installation, then you might not have admin privileges to install softwares into your "Program Files" folder or you might have multiple versions of SketchUp installed on your computer. If this is the case, please send me an email at support@sketchupbim.com. I can send you a link to the zip package of the plug-in (otherwise discouraged to facilitate installation upgrades). The zip package can be easily un-zipped, and the files can be copied to the SketchUp plug-ins folder.

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                    d_e_x
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                    @brookefox said:

                    Thank you, d_e_x, for sharing this set of integrated tools.
                    Any plans for wall intersection corner clean-up?

                    Hi Brookefox,

                    clean-up of wall corners, and other intersections has been requested by a number of users. it's on our list of things-to-do. Hopefully, we'll do so in one our future releases. I will notify as and when it is added to SketchUpBIM.

                    Dex

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                      etong
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                      Hi,

                      Tried to make this plug-in work but I really can't.
                      I already reinstalled my SUPro 8.0.3117 to scratch, installed only SUBIM as plugin but still no luck.
                      Running in Win7 64bit.
                      I have SketchUpBIM.rbs and subfolder SketchUpBIM in my Plug-in Folder.
                      Also did Preferences/Extensions but didn't find any SketchUpBIM there... I only have: Ruby Script Examples, Ocean Modeling, Utilities Tools, Dynamic Components, Sandbox Tools, Solar North Toolbar, Photo Textures as choices.
                      I just dunno what else to do now.

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                        thomthom
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                        @etong said:

                        SUPro 8.0.3117

                        I recommend you update to the latest service release of SU8 - got lots of bug fixes.

                        As for the plugin, can you post a screenshot of your plugin folder?

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

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                          etong
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                          @thomthom said:

                          @etong said:

                          SUPro 8.0.3117

                          I recommend you update to the latest service release of SU8 - got lots of bug fixes.

                          As for the plugin, can you post a screenshot of your plugin folder?

                          Ok, already downloaded the latest SU. Unfortunately still the same issue.

                          Here's my Screenshot of my SU8 Plugins Folder

                          Folders:

                          Examples
                          Ocean
                          SketchUpBIM
                          SU_Podium_V2
                          Utilities

                          Ruby Scripts:

                          examples.rb
                          ocean_extension.rb
                          SketchUpBIM.rbs
                          SU_Podium_Browser.rbs
                          SU_Podium_V2.rbs
                          SU_Podium_V2_Render_All.rbs
                          utilities.rb

                          Didn't made a screenshot as there's only a few of ruby plug-ins as I am trying to eliminate the probable rb in conflict with SUBIM.

                          Thanks!

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                          • micioneM Offline
                            micione
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                            SketchupBIM not allow "LightUp" to work well. It seems that the conflict concerns the layers. Has anyone noticed this problem?

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                              Pixero
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                              @micione said:

                              SketchupBIM not allow "LightUp" to work well. It seems that the conflict concerns the layers. Has anyone noticed this problem?

                              Yes, this was the reason I uninstalled SketchUpBIM.

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                                micione
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                                Thank you. I uninstalled. pity ...

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                                  d_e_x
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                                  @micione said:

                                  SketchupBIM not allow "LightUp" to work well. It seems that the conflict concerns the layers. Has anyone noticed this problem?

                                  @pixero said:

                                  Yes, this was the reason I uninstalled SketchUpBIM.

                                  Hi Micione, Pixero,

                                  LightUp / SketchUpBIM conflict has been reported by some other users as well. We will investigate this issue, and get in touch with the LightUp team to fix this issue. Apologies for the inconvenience. We'll have this fixed in the upcoming release.

                                  Dex

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                                    etong
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                                    @etong said:

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    @etong said:

                                    SUPro 8.0.3117

                                    I recommend you update to the latest service release of SU8 - got lots of bug fixes.

                                    As for the plugin, can you post a screenshot of your plugin folder?

                                    Ok, already downloaded the latest SU. Unfortunately still the same issue.

                                    Here's my Screenshot of my SU8 Plugins Folder

                                    Folders:

                                    Examples
                                    Ocean
                                    SketchUpBIM
                                    SU_Podium_V2
                                    Utilities

                                    Ruby Scripts:

                                    examples.rb
                                    ocean_extension.rb
                                    SketchUpBIM.rbs
                                    SU_Podium_Browser.rbs
                                    SU_Podium_V2.rbs
                                    SU_Podium_V2_Render_All.rbs
                                    utilities.rb

                                    Didn't made a screenshot as there's only a few of ruby plug-ins as I am trying to eliminate the probable rb in conflict with SUBIM.

                                    Thanks!

                                    Still not working for me 😞.

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                                      Ineshtine
                                      last edited by

                                      @d_e_x said:

                                      LightUp / SketchUpBIM conflict has been reported by some other users as well. We will investigate this issue, and get in touch with the LightUp team to fix this issue. Apologies for the inconvenience. We'll have this fixed in the upcoming release.

                                      Dex

                                      The problem is usually with your global variables. If you use $pluginDir = "c:/BIM" and another plugin uses $pluginDir = "c:/Other" then the last one who load will change the variable $pluginDir in all loaded plugins. So make sure you name your global variables accordingly. For example, use $bim_pluginDir instead of $pluginDir

                                      What? you haven't tried Raylectron yet?

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
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                                        @ineshtine said:

                                        The problem is usually with your global variables. If you use $pluginDir = "c:/BIM" and another plugin uses $pluginDir = "c:/Other" then the last one who load will change the variable $pluginDir in all loaded plugins. So make sure you name your global variables accordingly. For example, use $bim_pluginDir instead of $pluginDir

                                        No - the best thing is to not use global variables! Ever! Play nice with the environment your plugin live in and wrap everything in your own unique namespace module. No global variables and no global methods or constants that gets added to the Object class and inherited throughout every other class.
                                        I wrote down some guidelines for avoiding clashes with other plugins etc: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/golden-rules-of-sketchup-plugin-development/

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

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                                        • IneshtineI Offline
                                          Ineshtine
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          No - the best thing is to not use global variables! Ever! Play nice with the environment your plugin live in and wrap everything in your own unique namespace module. No global variables and no global methods or constants that gets added to the Object class and inherited throughout every other class.
                                          I wrote down some guidelines for avoiding clashes with other plugins etc: http://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2012/01/golden-rules-of-sketchup-plugin-development/

                                          TT, I was pointing out the possible problem and a simple fix using search/replace rather then changing the whole code!

                                          What? you haven't tried Raylectron yet?

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            It appear that this plugin doesn't work that well when installed to a location to anything other than the Plugins folder. Toolbar icons, webdialogs.

                                            Usually when I see this behaviour it's because the plugin uses Sketchup.find_support_file to build the paths to the resources. A better practice is to build the path relative to the file itself, using __FILE__. I see all the files are rbs files - where __FILE__ will not work. But You can instead create an unscrambled loader which stores the path it's installed to for later use by the scrambled files. That way users can install the plugin to any location.

                                            The reason people install to other locations is that they want to share plugins between SketchUp versions or computer. It's become popular to install plugins to a shared Dropbox folder. That's why it's a good thing to write plugins that work from any location.

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

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