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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      @jeffbrad said:

      And secondly, how come the Tools on surface and Library won't work on my version 8? I only have a short time left on the Version 7 installation before it does something like locking it, so need to sort this out soon...Any suggestions??

      Regards

      Jeff

      Can you turn the Ruby Console on and check if there is any message when you launch a Tool on Surface tool.

      Fredo

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      • J Offline
        jeffbrad
        last edited by

        Hi Fredo. Just cuta % Pasted what happens in the Ruby Window. The same no matter what I click on....

        Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method +' for nil:NilClass> C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/MatchboxPlugin/Population.rb:174:in +'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Config.rb:148:in selected_folders' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:402:in picture_selected_folders'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:1020:in create_cursor' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/ShapeOnSurface.rb:714:in get_id_cursor'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/ShapeOnSurface.rb:69:in initialize' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/ShapeOnSurface.rb:47:in new'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/ShapeOnSurface.rb:47:in launch_shape' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/PaletteOnSurface.rb:100:in action__mapping'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:131:in call' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:131:in launch_action'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/bootstrap_OnSurface.rb:313:in launch_action' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/TOS_Dir_18/bootstrap_OnSurface.rb:374:in declare_command_shapes'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:919:in call' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:919:in command_invoke'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Plugin.rb:901:in build_config_commands' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Traductor.rb:948:in call'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/LIBFREDO6_Dir_42/Lib6Traductor.rb:948:in add_command' C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/MatchboxPlugin/Population.rb:174:in call'
        C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/MatchboxPlugin/Population.rb:174

        Hope this helps to fault find...Many thanks in advance

        Jeff

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Please remove the 'Matchbox' plugin from the folder - it is known to cause several issues, as it ill-advisedly overwrites some standard methods! 😒
          Retry and publish any error messages if it recurs... 😕

          TIG

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          • J Offline
            jeffbrad
            last edited by

            Awesome....That did the trick. Thank you so much for sorting this out. It is very much appreciated. Just got to sort out the menu madness now...funny, sure everyone does the same when they get started...download everything to see what they do and end up with so many menu items that you don't know what's where and what does what. Great fun though!

            Regards

            Jeff

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            • E Offline
              Elora
              last edited by

              FAIRLY NEW USER, can anyone help. I have installed ([Plugin] Joint Push Pull - v2.0b - 17 Jul 11), and (LibFredo6 4.3c - 31 Jan 12) as instructed to (On Mac the SU plugin directory should be:
              Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins). I am having difficulty locating the toolbar. It is not under TOOLS>fredo6collection>toolsonsurface.
              Any suggestions where else to look for these cool tools.

              Mac os 10.6.8 goole sketchup pro8

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                Show us a screen shot of the Plugins directory, please. And did you get LibFredo 6 installed, too?

                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Are you activating the Extension?
                  There are no menu or toolbar items unless it's activated [one time only]...
                  Are you then looking for the toolbar in the View > Toolbars list [this menu's name is slightly different on a MAC for some arcane reason]...

                  TIG

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                  • T Offline
                    tannoy8888
                    last edited by

                    THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FREDO6.

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      [off:24nvuvci]
                      @tig said:

                      [this menu's name is slightly different on a MAC for some arcane reason]...

                      i think it's because mac apps already have something referred to as 'toolbar' and it's in most apps including sketchup.. there's also a View -> Customize Toolbar & View -> Hide Toolbar in mac sketchup (and again.. most other apps as well) which refer to the toolbar at the top of a mac window.

                      so the sketchup devs probably changed it to 'Tool Palettes' as a means to try to avoid confusion… (and if they called it 'tool palettes' on windows, that too could lead to confusion on that OS..)
                      hence the different names

                      ?[/off:24nvuvci]

                      dotdotdot

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                      • N Offline
                        Nentautako
                        last edited by

                        just a month i've been playing with tools on surface by freddo. how do i erase the dots left by "arc" tools [included on tools on surface]...

                        see dots on hood on this model... 😄

                        Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

                        favicon

                        (sketchup.google.com)

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                        • massimoM Offline
                          massimo Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Just go to edit-->delete guides.

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                          • R Offline
                            rv1974
                            last edited by

                            I have problem: I can't offset the preselected curve on the face, the offset tool always select the whole face (with unwanted additional edges). How to disable this mode?
                            Thanks.


                            11.JPG

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              Where's the unwanted edge? I get what you show in the second view. The edge that didn't get the offset is divided at the intersection of the neighboring edges but that's normal behavior for the native Offset tool as well.

                              Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Curious, I don't see any problem : Just no select surface only edges! 😄
                                If I select the 3 edges, Offset Tools works like it must work! 😄

                                Curious.jpg

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

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Curious, I don't see any problem : Just no select surface only edges! 😄

                                  SketchUp's native Offset tool - or Tools on Surface Offset tool (which is the topic here).

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

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                                  • T Offline
                                    thall26
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    I am really excited to use your tool for Sketchup but this message appears when I start up Sketchup. (see attachment) Let me know what can be done. Thanks!


                                    ErrorMSG3.JPG

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      Quell your excitement long enough to go back and thoroughly read the first post in this thread and then install the required LibFredo files as clearly spelled out there.

                                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                      • T Offline
                                        TheIsingGuy
                                        last edited by

                                        When I put this into Sketchup 8, I get the following Error message:

                                        Error Loading File ZLoader__OnSurface.rb
                                        no such file to load -- LibFredo6.rb

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          Please, go back to the first post and under the download section, re-read what's needed. In this case:

                                          "IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 3.6 or higher if not already installed"

                                          Install this library as well.

                                          Gai...

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            Also - the second post before your post contained the exact same question.

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

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