[Plugin][$] Tools On Surface - v2.6a - 01 Apr 24

Dave R · 14 Mar 2016, 18:35

Endpoints and Extensions are controlled in the Styles window which you can get to via the Window menu or in the Default Tray in SU2016 for PC.

there are many more style setting options available in the Styles window than you can access through the View menu.

jgb · 14 Mar 2016, 18:54

Thank you Dave.

I looked quickly at Styles, but not at that level below.

AsiaStarArt · 9 Sept 2016, 02:05

谢谢！

Hannessy · 10 Oct 2016, 20:28

Hello,

I was excited finally to use this wonderful tool, but then this:

ToolsOnSurface 2.2a: Error starting up plugin (creating menus and icons)
undefined method declare_topmenu' for #<Traductor::Plugin:0x007fe1c8dcf6e8> [in bootstrap_OnSurface.rb: - #startup(): line 324]

/Users/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:959:in `rescue in block in effective_load_part2'

can someone help me? Thank you!

Greetz

Hannessy

TIG · 13 Oct 2016, 17:29

Did you install it from the latest downloaded RBZ using the Preferences > Extensions > Install Extensions... button ?

Did you also install the latest LibFredo ?

This Library is needed by almost all of Fredo's tools...

Install and restart SketchUp to see what happens...

TIG · 13 Oct 2016, 17:33

If you have copied older files over from another SketchUp version you might have some old files ?
I suggest you open your Plugins folder and manually delete any subfolders and loader RB files that clearly relate to Fredo's tools/lib and reinstall them all.

Fredo will probably chip in when he reads this...

rmsnmz · 9 Nov 2016, 00:48

I get an error when I install this: "Installation of fredo6_ToolsOnSurface is probably incorrect. Subfolder is missing." Any insight from anyone?

Dave R · 9 Nov 2016, 00:51

How are you attempting to install it? What version of SketchUp? What operating system? Your profile doesn't say. If you want help you have to give us some useful information.

rmsnmz · 9 Nov 2016, 17:27

@dave r said:

How are you attempting to install it? What version of SketchUp? What operating system? Your profile doesn't say. If you want help you have to give us some useful information.

Yes, trying to install this extension. Su 2016 + Windows 7 Pro. And I see the same error message when try to install some of the Fredo's other extensions as well; topo shaper, visu hole and the animator. Others install ok.

Dave R · 9 Nov 2016, 17:53

Unfortunately you failed to answer my question about how you are attempting to install it. Please tell us HOW you are installing them. And give us the exact text of the error message you are getting. Help us help you.

rmsnmz · 9 Nov 2016, 22:56

@dave r said:

Unfortunately you failed to answer my question about how you are attempting to install it. Please tell us HOW you are installing them. And give us the exact text of the error message you are getting. Help us help you.

Trying to install through the sketchucation extension store 3.0... See the warning popup... Each time I try to install the extension this error message pops up. I tried installing through using the *.rbz file as well (with the skecthucation archive installer) but the same result. This same error message pops up when i try to install Fredo's Visu hole, toposhaper and animator extensions as well. Any more information?

ganhorg · 2 Dec 2016, 19:53

FZSarasota · 14 Dec 2016, 20:59

Ok, Just tested it on SU2017, works great (found no bug splats so far). To have more control over primitives in SU isn't only a major time saver, but a necessity most of the time. Yea, I'm new to SU (came over from the VFX industry, modeling with different packages -LW, Maya, MAX, etc...). Don't get me wrong, SU is wonderful, but some it's tools are a bit lacking (user control wise) IMHO... Sure, SU is geared towards a different market (I get it).

That being said, I'm really glad you (and others) have taken the time to develop these plugins & tool sets that improve upon SU's functionality.

So far I've DL'ed and installed 3 of you're plugins (will DL all of them this weekend).

Joint Push Pull.
RoundCorner.
Tools On Surface.

All are doing their thing in ver.2017 without issues

Thanks again,

-Terry

jgb · 16 Dec 2016, 01:03

FZSarasota » Wed, 14 Dec 2016 4:59 pm
That being said, I'm really glad you (and others) have taken the time to develop these plugins & tool sets that improve upon SU's functionality.
Take a good look at Curviloft and its associated tools.

ursulaod · 29 Dec 2016, 21:01

@dave r said:

Unfortunately you failed to answer my question about how you are attempting to install it. Please tell us HOW you are installing them. And give us the exact text of the error message you are getting. Help us help you.

I also have this same problem and error- install through sketchucation extension manager 3.0, sketchup pro 2016, windows 10 Pro

The sketchucation manager shows they're installed, but no drop down in windows- extensions, and no toolbar.

There are other extensions downloaded through trimbles extension manager in the same plugin folder that work fine, so it's not the location.

Thanks!

Dave R · 30 Dec 2016, 09:55

@ursulaod said:

I also have this same problem and error- install through sketchucation extension manager 3.0, sketchup pro 2016, windows 10 Pro

The sketchucation manager shows they're installed, but no drop down in windows- extensions, and no toolbar.

There are other extensions downloaded through trimbles extension manager in the same plugin folder that work fine, so it's not the location.

Thanks!

Did you also install LibFredo6 on which this extension depends?

From the first page of this thread:

And from the SCF Extension Store page.

aaahn · 5 Feb 2017, 04:43

I can't find the download button for Tools on Surface. Do you still offer it?

Dave R · 6 Feb 2017, 14:33

@aaahn said:

I can't find the download button for Tools on Surface. Do you still offer it?

Really? See my post immediately above yours. downloading the extension is very clearly spelled out under the word Download with the red arrow in the yellow box in the first post of this thread.

Dave R · 25 Mar 2017, 12:46

@fletch said:

The other thing I was careful to do is to choose the same plugin folder every time (C:/ProgramData/SketchUp...). I think what happened to get the error the first time is that I somehow chose the wrong plugin installation location for Libfredo6.

This time around I installed them all into a single location and they all show up ONLY under the "SketchUcation Extensions Manager" they do NOT show up at all now under the "Plugin Manager"

The correct location for all user-installed extensions including the ones by Fredo is In User/App Data/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins. You should not install into the Program Data directory.

There are several reasons for this. Unless you modified the security settings for the directory, the extensions won't be installed correctly. This is the problem we had back when the Plugins folder was in Program Files/SketchUp... and which they got around by moving it to the user/App Data...

If you ever have any need to reinstall SketchUp, the Program Data Plugins folder will most likely get overwritten and you'll lose anything you added to it. You can even uninstall SketchUp entirely and the User/App Data plugins folder will not be touched.

Fletch · 25 Mar 2017, 17:30

good tip, Dave
however, it did solve the problem.
I think the answer is that the Fredo collection must all be placed in the same folder, not split up among the two folders.
I'll modify my post above to match your suggestion.