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    • halroachH Offline
      halroach
      last edited by

      @edson said:

      thanks. this is what I had done before. and it worked.

      what is happening is that when I try to instal Component Finder the installer installs the whole package. this installer is ft1.6.1_component_finder_pack_0.6.0. I am probably not being able to download the correct installer. how can I get it?

      You have the correct RBZ - ft1.6.1_component_finder_pack_0.6.0

      Before installing make sure the C:\ProgramData\F3d_FlexTools folder is gone.
      After restarting Sketchup and reinstalling you should have a toolbar called FlexTools with 2 icons on it.

      It should look like this:

      component_finder_flextools_toolbar_07.png

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      • EdsonE Offline
        Edson
        last edited by

        ok. problem solved. there were parts FlexTools in more than one location and I had to delete all of them for the installation to work.

        thanks.

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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        • halroachH Offline
          halroach
          last edited by

          @edson said:

          ok. problem solved. there were parts FlexTools in more than one location and I had to delete all of them for the installation to work.

          thanks.

          Ok great. Glad it worked out.

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          • sallyS Offline
            sally
            last edited by

            Hello,

            I too have installed the rbz file, have the toolbar and component browser window but can't load any components or folders. I'm on a Mac running Mojave 10.14.1. No messages on the ruby console.

            Thanks, kind regards, Sally

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            • EdsonE Offline
              Edson
              last edited by

              @sally said:

              Hello,

              I too have installed the rbz file, have the toolbar and component browser window but can't load any components or folders. I'm on a Mac running Mojave 10.14.1. No messages on the ruby console.

              Thanks, kind regards, Sally

              Depending on the number of components you have in your computer, it seems to take a long time to load them.

              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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              • halroachH Offline
                halroach
                last edited by

                @sally said:

                Hello,

                I too have installed the rbz file, have the toolbar and component browser window but can't load any components or folders. I'm on a Mac running Mojave 10.14.1. No messages on the ruby console.

                Thanks, kind regards, Sally

                Hi Sally,

                1. Was ComponentFinder(CF) working at any point in time, or it wouldn't work when you first opened it?

                2. Is the CF screen completely gray, or do you see the interface normally?

                3. Please check if purging the model (Window > Model Info > Statistics > 'Purge Unused') helps in any way.

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                • sallyS Offline
                  sally
                  last edited by

                  Hello Yoni (?)
                  1 it has never worked
                  2 I see the interface normally
                  3 purging made no difference

                  When I click on add folder, I can navigate to the folder I want, but all the SKP files within the folder stay greyed out. And nothing loads. I think I will uninstall and re-install the rbz file.

                  Thanks, Sally

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                  • halroachH Offline
                    halroach
                    last edited by

                    @sally said:

                    Hello Yoni (?)
                    1 it has never worked
                    2 I see the interface normally
                    3 purging made no difference

                    When I click on add folder, I can navigate to the folder I want, but all the SKP files within the folder stay greyed out. And nothing loads. I think I will uninstall and re-install the rbz file.

                    Thanks, Sally

                    What versions of Sketchup is it on?
                    Can you please post a screenshot?

                    Yes, this is Yoni

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                    • sallyS Offline
                      sally
                      last edited by

                      Hi Yoni,

                      when I looked at the CF screen and clicked on all the icons, (I think it was the eye one) I saw a message saying please re-start SU to rebuild the toolbar. So I restarted and voila, there they all were. I had 6 lots of the same folder, presumably they had loaded each time I had tried but just didn't show. Su version 18.0.16976 by the way.

                      Happy bunny now, looks like a great tool. Many thanks, best, Sally

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                      • halroachH Offline
                        halroach
                        last edited by

                        @sally said:

                        Hi Yoni,

                        when I looked at the CF screen and clicked on all the icons, (I think it was the eye one) I saw a message saying please re-start SU to rebuild the toolbar. So I restarted and voila, there they all were. I had 6 lots of the same folder, presumably they had loaded each time I had tried but just didn't show. Su version 18.0.16976 by the way.

                        Happy bunny now, looks like a great tool. Many thanks, best, Sally

                        Not sure what caused the folders not to show, but great to hear it's working fine now 😄

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                        • halroachH Offline
                          halroach
                          last edited by

                          Glad to announce ComponentFinder was updated to version 0.8.0 😄

                          The highlights:

                          • Folder scanning depth is now increased from 5 levels deep to infinity! (and beyond...)

                          • The maximum number of components in an open folder tab is now up to 6000!

                          • When opening a new folder tab, the scanning will be going on in the background so you can continue working while it's scanning. Components will be added as they are discovered.

                          • You can now cancel the scan anytime.

                          • Faster loading of open folder tabs during CF startup.

                          • An additional larger zoom level was added.

                          • You can click on the folder name and it then shows the full path instead.

                          • When hovering over components, a tooltip appears with the full path.

                          • The annoying bug where components' thumbnails would suddenly break? Squashed! 👊

                          To see the full list of release notes => https://flextools.cc/release-notes/

                          How to update => https://flextools.cc/learn/updates/

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                          • halroachH Offline
                            halroach
                            last edited by

                            @jkoll66 said:

                            Hello, Component Finder is a great extension. In a future release could you please allow a way to see the file path somewhere?...

                            Done! 😎
                            Check the 2nd and 3rd points before last in the previous post.

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                            • pbacotP Offline
                              pbacot
                              last edited by

                              Does this show components in model or only saved libraries?

                              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                              • halroachH Offline
                                halroach
                                last edited by

                                @pbacot said:

                                Does this show components in model or only saved libraries?

                                Currently only saved libraries. ‘In model’ is on our list...

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                                • halroachH Offline
                                  halroach
                                  last edited by

                                  Here is a new video explaining ComponentFinder by TutorialsUp:

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                                  • halroachH Offline
                                    halroach
                                    last edited by

                                    Good news!

                                    You can now browse and search through your In-Model Components and Groups with ComponentFinder!

                                    Read more details on the FlexBlog.

                                    https://flextools.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CF_In-model_01_05-800.gif

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                                    • P Offline
                                      pibuz
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Halroach! Thank you for your wonderful plugin!!! It's extremely useful!!
                                      I have a small issue though: sometimes the "loading you rlibrary" phase doesn't stop, so basically I can't use the plugin. If I restart the pc, everything works fine.

                                      I'm rurring on a SU2018...

                                      WEB (ita) - https://filipposcarso.wixsite.com/ordinentropico

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                                      • halroachH Offline
                                        halroach
                                        last edited by

                                        @pibuz said:

                                        Hi Halroach! Thank you for your wonderful plugin!!! It's extremely useful!!
                                        I have a small issue though: sometimes the "loading you library" phase doesn't stop, so basically I can't use the plugin. If I restart the pc, everything works fine.

                                        I'm rurring on a SU2018...

                                        Hi Pibuz,
                                        Are you able to pinpoint in what situations this happens? Does it happen if specific folders were open in a previous session? Does the loading phase happen in the middle when you're working or only when Sketchup starts?

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                                        • P Offline
                                          pibuz
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Hal! Thanks for your reply!
                                          I'm actually using the plugin to visualize one single folder (with all its subfolders obviously) and I have about 60 models to report, not so much. I still haven't mapped the cases in which I encounter the issue, but I will in the next days! I'll let you know immediately!

                                          Thank you so much!

                                          WEB (ita) - https://filipposcarso.wixsite.com/ordinentropico

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                                          • P Offline
                                            pibuz
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi! I'm back with some additional info: this morning I had this issue when opening a new sketchup project, while in the previous file I had the "component finder" window active with an ongoing search word.

                                            WEB (ita) - https://filipposcarso.wixsite.com/ordinentropico

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