[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v15.4a - 13 May 25

whitelock · 1 Aug 2012, 13:22

hi I need to install the fredo 6 plugin for round corners and unlike other plugins where its just been a simple drag and drop into the plugins folder. this download seems to be full of lots of files and I am not sure which ones to put in the plugins folder!!! I am not very computer savvy when I read the installation instructions (im on a mac) it said:

Unzip ‘RoundCorner 2.0.zip', by doing a Select All and then Extract in the Plugins
directory of Sketchup, answering YES to all prompts for file overwriting, in order to
make sure you reconstruct the folder hierarchy. NEVER change the name of files or
move them from their folder. The footprint should be (Windows environment):

I have no idea what I should do!! can anyone plese help

Dave R · 1 Aug 2012, 16:59

All of the files in the ZIP file should go into the Plugins folder but they need to maintain the same footprint as they have when you open the ZIP file. Fredo has outlined this very clearly in his first post of this thread. Go back and look at that. It's really quite simple and you should wind up with a folder and a Ruby file when they get installed.

whitelock · 1 Aug 2012, 17:15

Thanks for the reply, however I mean to stress I dont know what un-zipping files means. the file on my desktop is a blue folder. I open that and I have a .rb script and another blue folder. I open that and its filled with loads of .rb scripts, some pdfs some pngs and more blue folders with more pdfs and pngs. So waht do you do from here. I tried dragging the whole folder over into my plugins folder and when I opened sketchup it had a warning error loading plugins message, so I closed SU, went back to plugins folder and moved the file back to my desktop. I then tried moving all the .rb files over and got the same message when I opened SU. So again I removed all the files and put them back in the blue folder on the desktop. I then deleted the files and tried downloading the plugin again. It is then that I saw you need the additional lib fredo 6 plugin. i downloaded this first and was confronted with the same problem, I have a blue folder inside which there is a .rb script and another blue folder containing a mass of .rb scripts, png, pdfs etc. I gave up at this point!!!!
normally I am used to just dragging one .rb script across the plugins folder and it works.

So to reiterate my point what is unzipping? and what items do i drag over?.
I did read the instructions fully several times and they make no sense unless you are fluent in computer speak. which I am not I am a complete philistine so I need laymans terms if possible.

thanks

Dave R · 1 Aug 2012, 19:22

@unknownuser said:

I open that and I have a .rb script and another blue folder.

Stop right there. Copy the file and the folder to the Plugins folder and you're finished.

"Zipping" is a method of compressing files so they are smaller for transferring from one computer to another. Unzipping is decompressing. By opening the ZIP file on your Mac you are gaining access to the files inside and that is enough.

fredo6 · 1 Aug 2012, 21:05

@whitelock

As you are on Mac, you should follow the specific instructions for Mac. Note that this is because OSX hides the process of Un-zipping and shows the resulting files and folders in the dedicated Download Window.

On Mac OSX

Click on the Zip archive on Sketchucation
This should open the Download box with highlight on the folder LIBFREDO6_Dir_46 and LibFredo6.rb
Copy this folder and file to the Sketchup Plugins directory
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins

The footprint on Mac OSX in the SU Plugin Directory must be:

Fredo

PS: It would be helpful if a Mac users with a video capture software could make a short video on how installation can be done on Mac

thomthom · 2 Aug 2012, 07:33

Or, use Simple Installer which is a single .rb that needs to be placed in the plugins folder.
Then use that to install RBZ, ZIP, RB or RBS plugins.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=42315

whitelock · 2 Aug 2012, 07:49

thank you all for your help and patience!!! I will let you know how I get on.

vittete · 16 Aug 2012, 12:17

hi,
i got a small problem.
whenever i press on round corners in 3D, it crashes imediatly.
any suggestions?
thanks in advance

Dave R · 16 Aug 2012, 12:30

What is "it"?

vittete · 16 Aug 2012, 12:31

hei, sorry. everything works. thanks! it's a great and easy tool!

zick · 30 Aug 2012, 16:48

ty sir

pyeng3 · 19 Sept 2012, 17:49

wow thank you very much I'll try it.. hai I am Newbie, I just came registered here because ma sketchup program always produce bug splat. but I m also want to learn a more skill about this great program..

cacowan · 21 Sept 2012, 23:49

Issue with it crashing SketchUp Pro 8. Now running OS 10.8.1. Crashes on even the simple things. Can it be fixed? Is it the OS? I'm only trying to use Fredo Scale.

TIG · 22 Sept 2012, 08:58

@cacowan said:

Issue with it crashing SketchUp Pro 8. Now running OS 10.8.1. Crashes on even the simple things. Can it be fixed? Is it the OS? I'm only trying to use Fredo Scale.
Have you installed everything into the correct Mac HD.. 'plugins' folder?
Reread the download details.
Have you kept everything inside the subfolder in which it was packaged as a zip ?
If you have files loose inside the Plugins folder that ought to be inside the Lib's subfolder you must remove them as they will now be auto-loadings and causing all kinds of weirdness...

On a MAC it's possible to setup Safari to auto-extract zips into a folder - this causes confusion because all guidance assumes that the zip files are intact and you will manually extract them, keeping files inside any subfolders etc.
If you do have a 'zip' file [or any other downloaded format for that matter] then the safest way of installing its contents is to use thomthom's simple installer - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=375454#p375454 it works in v8 PC AND MAC - you do need to install this first from the RBZ file using the clear instructions ... using Preferences > Extensions > Installer button...

Good luck.

How do you mean 'crash' - are there messages in the Ruby Console?
Is it a Bugsplat! etc ? ...

cacowan · 22 Sept 2012, 13:23

ShetchUp crashes. Shuts down. Closes. Work reverts to last saved version on reopening SketchUp. I've learned to save before trying to use the tool so I don't have to go dig out the autosave file.
Fredo Scale and all the Fredo Tools were downloaded exactly as detailed in the user download and installed and working perfectly before I upgraded the OS from 10.7 to 10.8, so I can only assume its the upgrade.
I'm going to try a reinstall later today, but wondered if anyone else was having this problem after upgrading. If not, I may have another issue going on...OR the tools need tweaking in order to work with 10.8. I'd just like to have an idea which it is before I go messing around with files that used to work... And waste more time.
I tried updating LibFredo6 to v4.6c, and that did nothing. (previous to the upgrade I had 4.6a working). Purging the outdated files in the folder via the upgrade screen didn't help either. Kind of frustrated because I've come to rely on the ability to correct sizing on my construction drawings with the ability to choose where the stretch or shrink should occur.

Dave R · 22 Sept 2012, 15:28

Others are using FredoScale with OS 10.8.1 so it isn't likely to be Fredo's files. Others have reported that the permissions for the Plugins folder have changed after upgrading the OS. Perhaps that's what has happened in your case. Make sure the Plugins folder isn't set to be Read Only.

TIG · 22 Sept 2012, 15:36

Very good point
Fredo's tools [and some other tools too] write log or temporary files etc into the Plugins folder, so if that folder's 'write' permissions are not set properly [Read/Write for all] then a tool can fail - seemingly catastrophically in your case.

cacowan · 22 Sept 2012, 23:19

I checked the read and write settings, and changed "everyone" to r&w just in case it didn't see me as admin. first two tries, it worked. Then crashed the next 6 times. Went to the sketch up root folder above plugins... Made sure it and all it's contents are r&w... Rebooted sketch up... And crash. It allows me to select the tool, position the grid, and the as soon as I select the toggle on that axis... Sketchup closes. Same as always... But for two brief seconds I was smiling...

I'll try a complete system reboot and check to make sure it's still all r&w... But any other suggestions?

Dave R · 22 Sept 2012, 23:59

What other plugins do you have? Perhaps there's a conflict. Do you have Sketchy Physics by any chance? It is known to wreak havoc on other plugins.

TIG · 23 Sept 2012, 09:20

Make sure the full R&W permissions 'permeate' into the changed folder's "contents" - files/subfolders/their-files etc.
Just fixing a folder's permissions might not be enough - if for example it were to leave a log-file with read-only permissions, when it needs read AND write permissions, will cause issues...