Soap Skin and Bubble Plug In

cattz · 4 Jan 2013, 14:43

I've noticed that this plugin (soap skin and bubble) is not listed on the plugin resources.
Is there any reason for that?

Rich O Brien · 4 Jan 2013, 14:44

It is not hosted here either by link or physically.

Lots of plugins aren't on the index. Look at Smustard for instance.

Dave R · 4 Jan 2013, 14:45

Yes, there's an excellent reason for that. It isn't hosted here on SCF. The author has his own website for it.

cattz · 4 Jan 2013, 15:09

Thank you.

nicnac01 · 4 Jan 2013, 17:50

Many Thanks for your reply, unfortunately i've done all of the above but am still receiving the same install error message!!
I don't know how relevant this is but within the control>users>security tab i noticed i had full access but was unable to tick the special permissions box?? Could this be preventing the download??
Many Thanks

Dave R · 4 Jan 2013, 17:54

Very probably that is the problem. Can you log in as administrator and make yourself an administrator with full privileges and then try again?

cattz · 4 Jan 2013, 19:18

This is probably not going to be very helpful to you now but when Win7 first appeared I was always advised not to install anything to the c:\program files or C:\program files (x86) folders
Instead make a new folder, eg: 'C:\sketchup' to avoid all sorts of admin problems.

Anssi · 5 Jan 2013, 13:37

I never download anything from the Web directly to a program folder but have a separate folder under Documents to store my downloads. As to the plugin you are installing, if the download is in zip format it won't even work before you unzip it. If you haven't turned off notifications in the User Account control settings, Windows 7 will not let you download anything directly to the Program files folders.

download the .zip to somewhere else, the default downloads folder created by your browser is OK
unzip it
move or copy the contents of the unzipped folder to your sketchup plugins folder. Windows 7 should at this point ask for confirmation or for an admin login and password.

Anssi

Dave R · 6 Jan 2013, 23:25

Problem solved. It was an extraction error. Fixed with 7-zip.

nicnac01 · 8 Jan 2013, 13:04

Many Thanks

Dave R · 8 Jan 2013, 14:01

Any time.

sprockett · 3 Jun 2013, 16:31

Any solution on how to install soap skin bubble on Sketchup 2013?

I tried, and i get error message saying there is a new version with installer for Sketchup 9. However, on their site, I can't seem to find the "installer" file?

Dave R · 3 Jun 2013, 17:20

Looks like you'll have to wait for the author to get his new version out.

goostin · 20 Dec 2013, 01:42

Hi guys

also my soap skin not working corectly, when i use there is massege "time limit finish"
what is that mean? what can i do? pls helf

Thank's

Dave R · 20 Dec 2013, 10:18

@goostin said:

Hi guys

also my soap skin not working corectly, when i use there is massege "time limit finish"
what is that mean? what can i do? pls helf

Thank's

Yes, that happens from time to time. The author has made the plugin so there is a time limit and you must reinstall it to continue using it. Go to the author's site, download and install it again.

goostin · 24 Dec 2013, 02:25

Ok Many thank's for your explanation

thank's