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    • J Offline
      jalsina
      last edited by

      Dave R,
      Sorry, my post was unclear. I don't have any other sdmitch plugins loaded. I have other non-sdmitch plugins loaded that work normally. Is there a "master" sdmitch plugin that produces the SDMtools menus? I'm not seeing it in the list of plugins, but maybe I'm missing it.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Concentrate on getting polygonmaker.rb installed correctly first.

        Have you got the permissions for the Plugins folder set to Full for your username?

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        • J Offline
          jalsina
          last edited by

          Yes, I have full permissions for the Plugin folder.

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            And the plugin is installed in the folder? Can you post a screen shot of the Plugins folder?

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            • J Offline
              jalsina
              last edited by

              Sorry to be dense, but how do I post a screenshot? I've got the screenshot; I just don't know how to post it here.

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                There's an 'Upload attachment' tab below the text window.

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                • J Offline
                  jalsina
                  last edited by

                  here's the shot, I think.


                  screen shot of plugins folder.jpg

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Have you closed and restarted SketchUp? You don't see the SDM Tools menu in Plugins?

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                    • J Offline
                      jalsina
                      last edited by

                      Honest, there's not a trace of it. I've closed and restarted Sketchup multiple times, and I've also shut down and restarted Windows.

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                      • J Offline
                        jalsina
                        last edited by

                        Dave,
                        Is it possible that Sketchup 2014 isn't looking for plugins where we think it's looking? I have Sketchup 2013 on my machine, too.
                        John

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Maybe it's not looking at the folder yet. Try this: go to Window>Preferences>Extensions and tick the little box for Dynamic Components. Click OK, close SketchUp and reopen it. Check the Plugins menu.

                          Al alluded to it in his post but I was too groggy last night to pick up on it.

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                          • J Offline
                            jalsina
                            last edited by

                            Al, Dave,

                            Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') returns:

                            C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2013/Plugins

                            Aha! Now, how do I change the path?

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                            • Al HartA Offline
                              Al Hart
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                              Can you run SketchUp again and load the about dialog to make sure you are running the proper version?


                              aboutn sketchup.jpg

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                              • Al HartA Offline
                                Al Hart
                                last edited by

                                Open the ruby console, and type in:

                                Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') [and tap enter]

                                I suspect it may not point where we expect.

                                We expect it to return:

                                C:/Users/John Alsina/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/

                                Then try

                                Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins/polygonmaker.rb')

                                If it does not return a fill path, then polygonmaker.rb is not in your plugins folder.

                                Al Hart

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                                • J Offline
                                  jalsina
                                  last edited by

                                  Well, my face is red! I can invoke SK from the start menu, the taskbar, and from a desktop shortcut. One of them - the taskbar - pointed to SK2013. The icons for SK14 and SK13 are identical, so I didn't notice.

                                  That fixes the mysterious SK14 plugin "problem." Thanks.

                                  BTW, is there an easy way to import all my old SK13 stuff - styles, preferences, etc. - into SK14, or do I have to re-create?

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
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                                    So it was there all along? Excellent! 😉

                                    As for importing your "old SK13 stuff", you can copy styles and materials--those folders will be in Programs X86/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/... so make sure you set permissions to Allow before copying them. Shortcuts should automatically be picked up. If you made a custom template, the easiest way to get it is to open SU2013 and immediately save the file to somewhere like your desktop. Then open SU2014, open that file and immediately do a File>save as template.

                                    DO NOT copy plugins from the 2013 Plugins folder to SU2014. Download fresh copies.

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                                    • Al HartA Offline
                                      Al Hart
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                                      We have to keep lots of old versions of SketchUp around to test our plugins.

                                      I really wish they would return to the old habit of changing the icon with each new version.

                                      Al Hart

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                                      • J Offline
                                        jalsina
                                        last edited by

                                        Al,
                                        I see you are a Plugin Store author. I get the impression that the new Extension Warehouse doesn't have many plugins in it. Is that right, or am I missing something? Thx. JA

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
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                                          The Extension Warehouse has a lot of plugins. At the bottom of the EW window it shows 242. But there's a little overlap between the Plugin Store and EW.

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