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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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                                      • A Offline
                                        Apollo Tuan
                                        last edited by

                                        @halroach said:

                                        Meet ComponentFinder - our new super convenient tool, designed for, not merely browsing your library, but for actually finding the components you need. Easy, fast and all within SketchUp!

                                        • Enhanced Browsing - Choose the best way to view your components (navigation or flat-files)

                                        • Powerful Search - Quickly filter through your open tabs and components

                                        • Zoom In / Zoom Out - See larger or smaller component thumbnails

                                        • Save Components - Save components into ComponentFinder directly from Sketchup

                                        • Open multiple tabs at once - Select multiple folders from your local library and add them into ComponentFinder, all at once

                                        ComponentFinder is an evolution of the FlexTools Favorites Library. It will now work with all components, not only with "flex".

                                        Coming Soon!

                                        The current version does not seem to be able to completely remove the component toolbar that has been created, and it cannot be removed from the SU view toolbar.

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                                        • A Offline
                                          Apollo Tuan
                                          last edited by

                                          @halroach said:

                                          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

                                          You need the left side to display the tree classification directory, which can only be returned level by level, which is very inconvenient. The tree folder operation is unified on the left side, and it is convenient to display only the model on the right side.

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                                          • halroachH Offline
                                            halroach
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            The current version does not seem to be able to completely remove the component toolbar that has been created, and it cannot be removed from the SU view toolbar.

                                            Hi Apollo,

                                            Sometimes it can take sketchup 2 restarts to properly update the toolbar interface correctly.

                                            Close the generated toolbar, restart sketchup. Make sure the toolbar is still closed (and was not opened again, or open in another session of sketchup) and restart sketchup again.

                                            Please let me know that it works out ok.

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