Problem about ruby searching path in sketchup

wikii

When I install Sketchup in folder on other drive like d:/sketchup2014.
I found the searching path is wrong.

$:
["C:/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib", "C:/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/platform_specific", "D:/SketchUp 2014/Tools", "C:/Users/wikii/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins"]

"RubyStdLib" and "platform_specific" direct to

And Encoding.aliases return very few
Encoding.aliases
{"locale"=>"ASCII-8BIT", "external"=>"UTF-8", "filesystem"=>"ASCII-8BIT"}

that leads lots of error like
Encoding::Converter.new("GBK", "UTF-8")
Error: #<Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError: code converter not found (GBK to UTF-8)>

that is so depressed！

any way？

wikii

tt_su

This is a bug in SU2014 M0 where the load paths will be incorrect if you launch SketchUp via a shortcut or SKP file that is on a drive different from where SketchUp is installed.

There should be a fix in the next release.

Until then the workaround is to launch SketchUp via a shortcut on the same drive SketchUp is installed to.

Brighter3D

I just ran into the same problem by myself.
Thanks for explanation.

wikii

@tt_su said:

This is a bug in SU2014 M0 where the load paths will be incorrect if you launch SketchUp via a shortcut or SKP file that is on a drive different from where SketchUp is installed.

There should be a fix in the next release.

Until then the workaround is to launch SketchUp via a shortcut on the same drive SketchUp is installed to.

Thank you！
Wish next release come soon.

wikii

tt_su

Me too!
Sorry for the inconvenience.

ken

@tt_su said:

Me too!
Sorry for the inconvenience.

You answered my question in another post. I use XnView to find models I wish to insert into others projects. I will from now on, open Sketchup first. This may clear up some problems I have that others don't appear to have.

Thanks for your rely

Ken

wikii

@tt_su said:

This is a bug in SU2014 M0 where the load paths will be incorrect if you launch SketchUp via a shortcut or SKP file that is on a drive different from where SketchUp is installed.

There should be a fix in the next release.

Until then the workaround is to launch SketchUp via a shortcut on the same drive SketchUp is installed to.

I want to write a patch in ruby to solve the problem.
I put path.rb in Sketchup tools folder.

path.rb

drive=$;.clone.delete_if{|x| !(x=~/Tools$/)}[0][0]
   path=$;.clone
   $;.clean
   path.each{|x|
      if x=~Regexp.new("C;/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib") or x=~Regexp.new("C;/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/platform_specific")
          $;.push x.gsub(/^C/,drive)
      else
         $;.push x
      end
   }

But it seems too late.
But it seems Sketchup has missed launching something before loading "path.rb".

Dan Rathbun

I've already written a patch, and TIG has updated it twice.

See: Re: Sketucation plugin load error

wikii

@dan rathbun said:

I've already written a patch, and TIG has updated it twice.

See: Re: Sketucation plugin load error

Thank you!

I use the patch,but there is still different.

when sketchup install in drive c,and start with shortcut in desktop

Encoding.find("locale")
#<Encoding;GBK>

when sketchup install in drive c,puts the patch file in tools folder,then start sketchup with shortcut in desktop

Encoding.find("locale")
#<Encoding;ASCII-8BIT>

This different will lead some error if filename uesed some Chinese character.

The patch file is still missing something？