[Plugin] SketchUcation Tools 2.6.1
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@tig said:
That error report is very helpful.
It is failing on this:
pd = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
Can you then try this:
pd.downcase
Can you try it in the Ruby Console a report back...It seems strange that your SketchUp cannot find your Plugins folder ?
pd = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
C:/Users/leminilab/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins
pd.downcase
c:/users/leminilab/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2015/sketchup/pluginsI should have mentioned I have created a symbolic link for C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\Tools pointing to a folder on another hard drive. I thougt this Tools folder was containing the rubies. Could this be the cause of all this?
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Yep, the symbolic link was the cause! I deleted it, repaired the installation and it's working now!
Sorry for the trouble...But making a symbolic link from C:\Users\leminilab\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins to another location doesn't work anymore though...
Thanks a lot TIG!
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Aaargh!
The SketchUp/Tools folder just comes with a few files that SketchUp needs by default.
It should never contain your own files.
It also has limited permissions by default.
Your User's Plugins folder [in the AppData path] is where all Plugin files are installed by default.
Your symbolic link messing on might have messed up something...
If you have messed around with the folders, then little wonder that SketchUp can't find it in the SCF dialog code...
Although weirdly using the snippet in the Console seemed to work as expected.
In the rbs code it's 'Nil' so it fails...
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@tig said:
Aaargh!
The SketchUp/Tools folder just comes with a few files that SketchUp needs by default.
It should never contain your own files.
It also has limited permissions by default.
Your User's Plugins folder [in the AppData path] is where all Plugin files are installed by default.
Your symbolic link messing on might have messed up something...
If you have messed around with the folders, then little wonder that SketchUp can't find it in the SCF dialog code...
Although weirdly using the snippet in the Console seemed to work as expected.
In the rbs code it's 'Nil' so it fails...
Is your User's Plugins folder an ordinary folder or a 'link' ?I tried both: ordinary folder works, symbolic link doesn't.
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You can try making a Plugins folder somewhere else [linked à la Dropbox?]... and use Fredo's AdditionalPluginsFolder script [in default Plugins] to link it into the
$:, so its files are loaded as SketchUp starts.With a 'custom' folder you CANNOT use the Extensions Warehouse OR the Preferences > Extensions > Install... auto-installer methods on RBZs. BUT you can use either the SCF PluginStore dialog's AutoInstall OR the SketchUcation submenu's Archive Installer, which will process an RBZ [or ZIP] and when it spots the 'custom' plugins folder it asks you if you want to install into that instead of the default User's Plugins location.
Not sure how it fares with the 'linked' folder option... but it ought to work...
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I am having an issue with this new version.
I am logged in and it recognizes me on the profile tab. However when I go to installs, downloads or bundles all I get are blank windows.This is in v2014 as I was going to try the bundles to migrate over to 2015
Thoughts?
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Did you install your plugins using the pluginstore plugin? It displays your installs only if they were installed by the tool.
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I believe I did. when I go to the profile tab it has my login and statistics listed there.
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Hi Rich,
is 2.6.1 is done to working with SKP8?
i'm on skp8 and with 2.6.1 "updates" dont work?
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@bimbachi said:
Hi Rich,
is 2.6.1 is done to working with SKP8?
i'm on skp8 and with 2.6.1 "updates" dont work?
regards
SketchUcation toolset works with all versions of SketchUp from v2015 back down to v8,
BUT v8 must be the current version - the earliest version was not compatible with auto-installing...
You must have FULL security permissions to read/write/modify files in the default Plugins folder...The PluginStore tool's 'My Updates' function only lists items if you have previously installed plugins using this tool, or you have downloaded RBZ files directly from the SCF PluginStore using the same SCF member-name that you are now logged in with...
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I've just downloaded and installed the current version of the Tools in SU2015 Pro 64 bit, on Windows 7 64 bit.
When I tried to AutoInstall TIG's Mirror 4.2 plugin, I get a window popping up saying I have a choice of installation folder - the default, and a custom folder.
Nothing happens when I click on either, or select either and press {Enter}. Does this version of the Tools not work on 64 bit SU?
After it first happened, I restarted the machine in case that might help. No difference.
I can install the Mirror plugin by download of the RBZ file, but I'm curious to know if AutoInstall ought to work, and if there's anything I can do to make it work.
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@johnwmcc said:
I've just downloaded and installed the current version of the Tools in SU2015 Pro 64 bit, on Windows 7 64 bit.
When I tried to AutoInstall TIG's Mirror 4.2 plugin, I get a window popping up saying I have a choice of installation folder - the default, and a custom folder.
Nothing happens when I click on either, or select either and press {Enter}. Does this version of the Tools not work on 64 bit SU?
After it first happened, I restarted the machine in case that might help. No difference.
I can install the Mirror plugin by download of the RBZ file, but I'm curious to know if AutoInstall ought to work, and if there's anything I can do to make it work.
It's probable that your 'folder-choice' dialog has initially got made 'too small'.
This has been reported on a handful PCs - for a while, not just in this version, it tries to set a minimum height but on some setups it seems to balk.
In that dialog, as well as the top drop-down list of installation destinations - from which you can choose a folder other than the initial default of your user's standard Plugins folder - there should be a button at the bottom of the dialog, which you need to click to submit your choice - otherwise it thinks you have canceled !
Drag the bottom edge of the dialog down to reveal all.
Then it should work with a selection from the list [or leave the default highlighted] and then a simple button click...
Its new size should also be remembered in future usage...
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Thanks so much - that has solved my problem. The window is indeed too small, and I didn't realise there was a button to click. It is visible when I drag the bottom border of the window down, and a click on it then completes the installation.
Could a double click on an element in the list perform the same action? That way, it wouldn't matter if the button is invisible.
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Hi all,
Is there a way to edit the bundles created? I'm trying to delete a bundle and create a custom one with the extensions I want but I can't see how.
Thanks
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@antonio.calvo said:
Hi all,
Is there a way to edit the bundles created? I'm trying to delete a bundle and create a custom one with the extensions I want but I can't see how.Thanks
Can you not 'copy' a Bundle and edit that ?
You cannot [currently] 'add' to a Bundle - you can only 'clone' an existing Bundle, and then remove unwanted items from the new Bundle...
You can delete any Bundle you have made [the preset Bundles relate to what you had/have installed on a given Computer/SUpVersion, so they are 'fixed'... they can be 'cloned'...]
I appreciate that if you accidentally remove a plugin from a Bundle's list you can't reinstate it !
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@tig said:
@antonio.calvo said:
Hi all,
Is there a way to edit the bundles created? I'm trying to delete a bundle and create a custom one with the extensions I want but I can't see how.Thanks
Can you not 'copy' a Bundle and edit that ?
You cannot [currently] 'add' to a Bundle - you can only 'clone' an existing Bundle, and then remove unwanted items from the new Bundle...
You can delete any Bundle you have made [the preset Bundles relate to what you had/have installed on a given Computer/SUpVersion, so they are 'fixed'... they can be 'cloned'...]
I appreciate that if you accidentally remove a plugin from a Bundle's list you can't reinstate it !
That's life...Thanks TIG,
I have "clone" the bundle and now I'm able to edit it. That is what I was trying to do. Still haven't figure out how to remove old bundles, I suppose I just leave then there.Just one last comment, It will be great if there were only ONE "extension shop/store" where you could backup ALL your plugins. Is a bit of a mess, some plugins from extension warehouse, some from plugins store, some independents, some pro plugins like Profile builders where you can only download the free version and doesn't recognize that you own a pro license,,
Nothing again you guys, I really think all of you guys at Sketchucation are doing a fantastic work but, there is always room to improvement and it'nice to get new challenges!Keep up with your fantastic work
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A 'frozen' Bundle relates to an existing Computer-name or SUp version, and it has three buttons:
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AutoInstall the Bundle's list
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Duplicate [i.e. Copy] the Bundle
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Expand the list so you can see what's in it...
A 'copied' Bundle has those buttons too, but it also has one extra button [it's a circle with an X] -
Used to Remove the [copied] Bundle [i.e. delete it ! ]
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I used to have only the plugins that do not run in other than the primary plugins in the primary folder (C:\Users\jamesb\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins).
The rest I had in a Dropbox folder and used !AdditionalPluginFolders.rb.At the moment I have all of my plugins in the primary folder as the first step in cleaning up my plugins.
I would like to go back to the original scheme, but using SketchUcloud in place of Dropbox.
Also, my bundles are a Hodge-podge mess. How can I delete ALL of my bundles and start over again?
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There are a plugins manager and an extensions manager--both in Sketchucation tools. A plugin can be disabled in either and would not show disabled in the other. Or a plugin disabled in one might not even be listed in the other. What is the method to use these and avoid confusion?
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@pbacot said:
There are a plugins manager and an extensions manager--both in Sketchucation tools. A plugin can be disabled in either and would not show disabled in the other. Or a plugin disabled in one might not even be listed in the other. What is the method to use these and avoid confusion?
A Disabled Plugin will not load when SketchUp restarts [right-column/red].
A Loaded/Enabled Plugin will always load when SketchUp starts [left-column/green].
A Plugin that is already Disabled can be Temporarily Loaded for that session only [right-column/orange], when SketchUp restarts it will be Disabled, and so it will not load.In the latest versions of the toolset, if a Plugin is loaded but its related Extension is disabled its entry in the dialog is highlighted in gray.
Some Plugins are made as 'Extensions'. They are all still 'Plugins'...
Disabled Extensions will not load when SketchUp restarts [right-column/red].
A Loaded/Enabled Extensions will always load when SketchUp starts [left-column/green].
An Extensions that is already Disabled can be Temporarily Loaded for that session only [right-column/orange], when SketchUp restarts it will be Disabled, and so it will not load.In the latest versions of the toolset, if an Extensions is loaded, but its related Plugin is disabled its entry in the dialog is highlighted in gray.
So... if a Plugin is Disabled it never gets a chance to create its related Extension [if any]...
If you have Extensions you use quite often, but you do not want them loaded every session Disable them and then Load or Temporarily-Load them as needed.
If you have Plugins you use quite often, but you do not want them loaded every session Disable them and then Load or Temporarily-Load them as needed.
Another point is that in the SketchUcation Uninstaller submenu dialog any Plugin entries that have duplicate entries - in any custom-plugins-folders - are highlighted in pink, and so you can choose the folder from the drop-down and Uninstall the duplicate version you do not want loading, which of course would slow SketchUp's startup, and could even cause issues/errors if both of the scripts' versions were different !
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