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

TIG · 20 May 2015, 11:50

OK...

Don't worry about the '_without_BOM' - on a PC UTF-8 encoding is described as either 'UTF-8_without_BOM' || 'UTF-8' - on a MAC I thick it's either 'UTF-8' || 'UTF-8_with_BOM'
Sounds like the encoding is OK...

You should not have a FREDOTOOLS_DIR_12 at all in your Plugins folder[s].
It's very old...
Remove it.
It might be causing an issue by loading something...

You never actually said if you had the old Traductor.rb file loading from Plugins - it needs removing if you do have it...

Fredo6Trace.txt should also be made elsewhere
On a PC it's in the now made in the form ' LibFredo6Trace*_15_1432118951285*.txt', with multiple versions...
Do you have any of those elsewhere on your MAC ?
If you read the Fredo6Trace.txt one you do have what does it say ?
What date does it include ?
Does it say any error messages ?
Remember that it can be deleted afterwards...
I suspect it's a very old file.

If none of this helps after a SketchUp restart... then can you post a list of all files in your Plugins folder... On a MAC use these steps:
= Open the "Plugins" folder you want to list.
= Press Command+A (Select All) followed by Command+C (Copy)
= Now launch TextEdit [or TextWrangler].
= Pull down the "Edit" menu.
= Select "Paste and Match Style", or press Command+Option+Shift+V
= Save the listing as a .txt file.

spookydd · 20 May 2015, 19:24

@tig said:

Don't worry about the '_without_BOM' - on a PC UTF-8 encoding is described as either 'UTF-8_without_BOM' || 'UTF-8' - on a MAC I thick it's either 'UTF-8' || 'UTF-8_with_BOM'
Sounds like the encoding is OK...

Seems like. But the error is there, so maybe it's somewhere else.

I'm attaching an other screenshot with the choices of encoding available, the UTF-8 being the one already selected...

@tig said:

You should not have a FREDOTOOLS_DIR_12 at all in your Plugins folder[s].
It's very old...
Remove it.
It might be causing an issue by loading something...

I wouldn't know if it was the one causing the issue, but I removed it.

@tig said:

You never actually said if you had the old Traductor.rb file loading from Plugins - it needs removing if you do have it...

Sorry about that oversight, but there isn't one. At least not in SU2015, however I do have a LibTraductor.rb in the SU8 config, which has it in the system level library/applications support area and not in the ~/... area. I wouldn't think SU2015 would go look in there...

@tig said:

Fredo6Trace.txt should also be made elsewhere
On a PC it's in the now made in the form ' LibFredo6Trace*_15_1432118951285*.txt', with multiple versions...
Do you have any of those elsewhere on your MAC ?

Not that I can find. Where else should I look, just in case?

@tig said:

If you read the Fredo6Trace.txt one you do have what does it say ?
What date does it include ?
Does it say any error messages ?

Here's what's in that one:

RUBY_PLATFORM = i686-darwin8.10.1
0.00672602653503418: RDC End Palette
0.00482702255249023: RDC End Palette
0.00492215156555176: RDC End Palette

Nothing else in it. I have no idea what this is.

@tig said:

Remember that it can be deleted afterwards...
I suspect it's a very old file.

Apparently so: last modified date is 2 years ago...

I'll just delete that too.

@tig said:

If none of this helps after a SketchUp restart... then can you post a list of all files in your Plugins folder... On a MAC use these steps:
= Open the "Plugins" folder you want to list.
= Press Command+A (Select All) followed by Command+C (Copy)
= Now launch TextEdit [or TextWrangler].
= Pull down the "Edit" menu.
= Select "Paste and Match Style", or press Command+Option+Shift+V
= Save the listing as a .txt file.

After those deletes, a restart still causes the loading error for libfredo.

I'm attaching the text file with the listing of all contents in the plugins folder.

plugins contents

I did re-install several plugins that I had on hand and was using before in SU8. Installed them mostly via the preferences extension install facility, and some via the auto-install from sketchucation. But if a plugin is too old and incompatible, this wouldn't work would it?

thanks

fredo6 · 20 May 2015, 19:40

@spookydd

The error you get comes from an old file with extension .plugin.

This is probably located in an old subfolder of my plugins that was not deleted (must be quite old now)

The best would be that you post a screenshot of your whole Plugins folder so that we can tell you which one is faulty.

Otherwise, delete all the files and folders of my plugins, and then reinstall fresh copies from Pluginstore.

I don't think this is at all related to other plugins.

Fredo

Note to TIG: in latest version of LibFredo6, I am forcing the UTF encoding by inserting the following

line = line.force_encoding("UTF-8") if defined?(Encoding)

But apparently it does not work as expected.

TIG · 20 May 2015, 21:32

@didier

As Fredo says...
You clearly do have some old files loading, so look for these .plugin files and remove them...

In passing I note the following issues [albeit not extensive] which have arisen because you HAVE copied files/folders from and earlier SketchUp version ! ...

BZ_Dir_14 = not sure if this is still current ?? Fredo's Bezier stuff ???

CURVILOFT_Dir_12 = OLD Fredo folder !

DEFPARAM_Dir = old Fredo folder

DOCUMENTATION_Dir = what in this ???

eagleUp_ files/subfolder = what are these ???

examples = file/subfolder NOT compatible with >v2014 ! - find su_ equivalent...

FREESCALE_Dir_10 = old Fredo folder

layer_manager_extension.rb = is this the latest version of Didier's tool ???

ocean_extension = file and subfolder NOT compatible with >= v2014 - find su_ equivalent...

OSCoolean / Oscar = file and subfolder contents are known to be NOT compatible with >= v2014

RDE_Dir = probably out of date Fredo folder ???

ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23 = old Fredo folder

Sketchup.rb = DELETE IT !!! This file must NOT be in Plugins, but another newer version of it MUST be the one shipped with SketchUp - it is in the Tools subfolder.

SoapSkinBubble = might well be out of date !

SURFACEGEN_Dir = probably out of date Fredo stuff ?

TOS_Dir_18 = old Fredo folder

Utilities = this stuff is probably not compatible with >= v2014 - find su_ equivalent...

As I said... this in not a FULL list - BUT it clearly shows your v2015 Plugins folder is in a sorry state !
It didn't get like that on its own.
Take responsibility for it and fix it...

spookydd · 20 May 2015, 22:06

@fredo6 said:

The error you get comes from an old file with extension .plugin.

This is probably located in an old subfolder of my plugins that was not deleted (must be quite old now)

There are such files in many subfolders but not in the root plugins folder. I do see one in each of the Fredo6_!LibFredo6 , Fredo6_FredoScale and Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface but all this stuff was just installed lately and that's when I started having the error popping up.

Since all of those are recent, and even much be very latest, since I installed all this using the automatic install from the sketchucation plugin and the load single plugin menu option (.rbz files), those should be fresh enough. Should I remove all of that again and re-install them all?

Maybe there are more such files somewhere else in some other subfolder. Which ones I don't know, but how would those be related enough to interfere?

@fredo6 said:

The best would be that you post a screenshot of your whole Plugins folder so that we can tell you which one is faulty.

I thought posting the text file with the complete list from the plugins folder would do this, but of course that doesn't list anything in subfolders.

Since I'm deleting a bunch of stuff now, things are changing. For now I still do get the error popup though.

Deleting some of those things will also remove plugins I may still want to use, so I'll have to reinstall again later...

@fredo6 said:

Otherwise, delete all the files and folders of my plugins, and then reinstall fresh copies from Pluginstore.

Not all the needed plugins are in that store. That would be so great, but we're quite far from that situation. So I could only re-install the few available on the store, and I'd still be stuck having to install the others with other methods.

thanks

spookydd · 20 May 2015, 22:30

@tig said:

You clearly do have some old files loading, so look for these .plugin files and remove them...

If I remove those files from the freshly installed folders, I will remove those plugins. Those are freshly installed and should be latest versions.

Not sure which to remove, but if I dump those from Fredo6_!LibFredo6 , Fredo6_FredoScale and Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface, none of those will work and will have to be reinstalled again, which would put those files back in anyway.

I will remove those things you list as being too old.

@tig said:

BZ_Dir_14 = not sure if this is still current ?? Fredo's Bezier stuff ???

CURVILOFT_Dir_12 = OLD Fredo folder !

DEFPARAM_Dir = old Fredo folder

DOCUMENTATION_Dir = what in this ???

Don't know which plugin installed this, but that subfolder was empty, so no harm in dumping that one.

I did reuse some .rbz files I had on hand and for which I didn't have a newer version handy. Most of that was installed using the preferences' install extension facility.

@tig said:

eagleUp_ files/subfolder = what are these ???

That one works and I definitely don't want to give it up. This is the eagle to sketchup plugin, so eagle cad's pcb designs can be built in 3D in sketchup. I use this a lot and don't want to give it up.

It works and I don't think it would interfere anyway.

@tig said:

examples = file/subfolder NOT compatible with >v2014 ! - find su_ equivalent...

FREESCALE_Dir_10 = old Fredo folder

Alright, removed, but I'm sure I'll want freescale back in some time...

@tig said:

layer_manager_extension.rb = is this the latest version of Didier's tool ???

That one I remember installing several weeks ago. Looks like maybe some v6 or something, from what I see inside that .rb file, it has layer_manager_extension_v6.rb in there, but I don't see that layer_manager_extension_v6.rb file anywhere...

@tig said:

ocean_extension = file and subfolder NOT compatible with >= v2014 - find su_ equivalent...

OSCoolean / Oscar = file and subfolder contents are known to be NOT compatible with >= v2014

RDE_Dir = probably out of date Fredo folder ???

ROUNDCORNER_Dir_23 = old Fredo folder

I do use round corner often as well, so I am removing this too, but I'll want it back. This is really something so basic, and sketchup should have such things built-in. We really need the plugins to compensate for those missing basic tools.

@tig said:

Sketchup.rb = DELETE IT !!! This file must NOT be in Plugins, but another newer version of it MUST be the one shipped with SketchUp - it is in the Tools subfolder.

No clue how it got there, I don't remember dealing with that one, but it's gone now, I hope nothing serious breaks as a result of all my dumping...

@tig said:

SoapSkinBubble = might well be out of date !

SURFACEGEN_Dir = probably out of date Fredo stuff ?

TOS_Dir_18 = old Fredo folder

Utilities = this stuff is probably not compatible with >= v2014 - find su_ equivalent...

It's good that all this gets on a discussion thread, as it can help others. I couldn't find enough such info to troubleshoot this before...

Let's see if that much dumping will at least calm things down for now, but I know I'll be hunting for replacements for several of those removed things soon.

Thanks much,

TIG · 21 May 2015, 10:58

What Fredo was saying is that you probably have some of his OLD .plugin files loading - causing these issues.
These are most likely in the folders I highlighted as 'old Fredo folders' [these are usually with CAPITAL letters in their name]***.
Fredos current .rb and matching folders usually start with 'Fredo...'
There are new [compatible] versions of ALL of Fredo's plugins in the SketchUcation PluginStore.
The only ones I can think of that might confuse you are that 'FreeScale' was renamed 'FredoScale' some years ago, and it's now recast as Joint PushPull 'Interactive'...
There are good Search tools for the PluginStore - by author, by word match etc...

***When you remove the OLD Fredo folders note down the name, then install fresh compatible ones from the PluginStore - any one of these OLD Fredo plugins could be trying to load an incompatible file and causing errors.
You need new versions of all of them.
With the SketchUcation PluginStore dialog you can easily Auto=Install these Plugins without recourse to downloading an RBZ at all...

There are no known issues with the 'eagle' stuff... I just wondered what it was...

NOT having the old 'sketchup.rb' file in the Plugins folder is a recipe for success.
Having the proper version load from the Tools folder is the right way to go.
Anything else is asking for trouble...

The old @Last/GoogleOcean and Utilities stuff is superseded by the Trimble EW's 'su_' versions...

Once you have a tidied Plugins folder and replacement Fredo plugins reinstalled restart SketchUp to ensure everything is in sync.
See what errors you get if any...
Running plugins with the Ruby Console open can sometimes show error messages you wouldn't otherwise be aware of if the tool fails silently...

Good luck

tibet · 17 Jun 2015, 06:56

hi guys,

so incredible plugin with so many troubles

unfortunately, i´ve got an error message too.

is there please any other tool to delete all "old and troublemaking" files?

i´ve already done:

-uninstalling all libfredo plugins with sketchucation tool.

-purged absolete files

-auto installation of libredo plugins with sketchucation plugin store , but get this

nasty message again.

%(#FF0000)[Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:716:in `match'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:716:in `block (2 levels) in load_from_config'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:715:in `each'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:715:in `block in load_from_config'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:713:in `foreach'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:713:in `load_from_config'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1099:in `block in load_all_plugins'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1099:in `each'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1099:in `load_all_plugins'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:786:in `load_from_config'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:188:in `startup'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:338:in `module:LibFredo6'
C:/Users/tibet/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:34:in `<top (required)>']

any chance to get rid of it please?

thanks !

TIG · 17 Jun 2015, 18:30

@tibet

This shows you have some old Fredo files still loading...
If you copied Plugins over, then this is a common symptom.
Look for the very-old files in the Plugins folder - like Traductor.rb - which are obsolete - and delete them...
There have been several posts about this, search backwards...
Only a few posts back it's discussed at length.

fredo6 · 9 Jul 2015, 13:43

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v6.8b - 09 Jul 15

LibFredo6 6.8b is a major release for

RoundCorner 3.0
FredoTools::ReportLabelArea (handles glued comps and cut opening)
FredoTools::SolidVolume (accept solids with holes)

See main post of this thread for Download of LibFredo6.

Fredo

fredo6 · 16 Jul 2015, 14:14

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v6.8c - 16 Jul 15

LibFredo6 6.8c is a minor release fixing a blocking bug in FredoTools::Convexify

See main post of this thread for Download of LibFredo6.

Fredo

rombout · 23 Jul 2015, 18:29

Hi there,

Since 2-3 weeks i have a macbook pro with retina screen. Though the screen is very nice it does not work like you want with all applications.

In SU a lot of interfaces of plugins which rest in a corner for user interface are very small. In this screen shot its blown out cause retina doubling pixels, on real dimensions its very small.

Is there a method i can scale this up?

rombout · 23 Jul 2015, 18:40

Sorry hadnt tried a search first ... I noticed there's this Retina option, i checked and the menu is bigger. But font in menu is still very small. Can i enlarge this some how?

fredo6 · 24 Jul 2015, 10:19

@rombout said:

Sorry hadnt tried a search first ... I noticed there's this Retina option, i checked and the menu is bigger. But font in menu is still very small. Can i enlarge this some how?

Unfortunately, the Ruby Sketchup API does not gve any control on the size of texts.

But in some OSX Retina set up, it is possible to enlarge the character size by a system parametrization. So the Retina option of LibFredo6 is simply there to double the size of the graphical drawing, not more.

There is a discussion at http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=56028%26amp;hilit=retina.
you can also search for Retina keyword in the forum.

Fredo

gonchai · 27 Jul 2015, 15:56

thanks

valerostudio · 30 Jul 2015, 20:01

Having an issue with Curviloft and this update. Toolbar doesn't open and I get this box. When I exit out of Curviloft and open ToolsOnSurface, the same Curviloft box now opens. Same issue happens with RoundCorner as well.

Dave R · 30 Jul 2015, 20:37

Someone else contacted me about this and it turned out they had a lingering file from an older version of LibFredo6 still in their Plugins folder. Is it possible that the situation for you?

fredo6 · 30 Jul 2015, 20:40

@valerostudio said:

Having an issue with Curviloft and this update. Toolbar doesn't open and I get this box. When I exit out of Curviloft and open ToolsOnSurface, the same Curviloft box now opens. Same issue happens with RoundCorner as well.
[attachment=0:1ncmm8gs]Tools on.JPG[/attachment:1ncmm8gs]

Could you open the Ruby console and check if there are errors displayed.

Thanks

Fredo

gurnani · 2 Aug 2015, 13:52

how do i download this? i can't see a download link

Dave R · 4 Aug 2015, 17:08

From the first post of this thread it's pretty clear.