[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v15.3c - 17 Apr 25

Dave R · 29 Apr 2020, 17:47

Craig, extensions aren't opened by SketchUp. They need to be installed. Go to Window>Extension Manager. At the bottom find Install Extension. Click on it, find the downloaded file and install it. Quit out of SketchUp and restart it to make sure it loads correctly. Better, go to Resources at the top of this page, download and install the Sketchucation Plugin Store. Then use it to install extensions from Sketchucation. That will automatically install them without cluttering your Downloads folder and it'll make it easier to keep track of updates.

TIG · 29 Apr 2020, 17:56

@craigcclick said:

Trying to install LibFredo6 - v10.3a for the first time, not having installed LibFred06 before. SU Pro/Mac/Mojave. Successfully downloaded, saying it'll open with SU, but I cannot find it anywhere; neither going directly to the Sk'ucation Plug-In Manager, SU/Extension Manager, or ~/Library/Application Support/SU2020/SU/Plugins. I've restarted, quit and restarted several times. Is it my issue or SU?

As Dave R says [beat me to the draw !]
...
It's your problem...
This all depends on your browser settings on how to deal with downloaded file-types.
It looks like you have set downloaded extension's RBZ files to be opened with SketchUp.
This is completely wrong.
All RBZ downloads should be set to save - usually these end up in your Downloads folder.
You then use the native Extension Manager > Install Extension button ... navigate to/choose the RBZ file and auto-install it.
All of the necessary files/folders are downloaded into the right places without you having to do anything further...
In the case of a 'Lib' you need to restart SketchUp to get everything in sync...
A 'Lib' does nothing on its own.
It's a collection of code that add functionality to other related extensions.
So to get any useful you need to download/install one of Fredo's other extensions, which will then use the appropriate parts of the Lib to do their magic...

If you download the SketchUcation Toolset's RBZ and install that as outlined above, then it creates a menu-entry / toolbar which opens a dialog which lets you browse through all of the [hundreds of] Plugins/Extensions housed at SketchUcation - e.g. Fredo's or mine... - and then one-click auto-install them, without worrying about manually getting the RBZ file at all !
It also has update reminders etc...

fedser · 30 Apr 2020, 11:26

I found a problem with svg in SU2020. Problems were found in the registry. SU2020 does not register entries in EMU IE (as previous versions) why this is not known to me. This prevents fredo6 and SU2020 plugins from using IE resources. In order not to have this problem we need to register SU2020. Here are the keys:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"sketchup.exe"=dword:00002af8
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"sketchup.exe"=dword:00002af8

fredo6 · 30 Apr 2020, 12:40

@fedser said:

I found a problem with svg in SU2020. Problems were found in the registry. SU2020 does not register entries in EMU IE (as previous versions) why this is not known to me. This prevents fredo6 and SU2020 plugins from using IE resources. In order not to have this problem we need to register SU2020. Here are the keys:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"sketchup.exe"=dword:00002af8
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"sketchup.exe"=dword:00002af8

At least this explains the problem of not loading SVG. Thanks.

It should be th role of the Sketchup installer to do the registration however.

fedser · 30 Apr 2020, 14:34

@unknownuser said:

It should be th role of the Sketchup installer to do the registration however

yes, but the SU2020 installer does not. SU developers may have missed this or it was intended to be. I registered manually, all plugins work fine ...

Dave R · 30 Apr 2020, 14:40

SU2020 does the registration correctly for me on three different computers. Are you certain you installed SketchUp correctly?

fredo6 · 30 Apr 2020, 16:20

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v10.3b - 30 Apr 20

LibFredo6 10.3b is a maintenance release for cosmetic adjustments.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

fedser · 1 May 2020, 07:11

@unknownuser said:

SU2020 does the registration correctly for me on three different computers. Are you certain you installed SketchUp correctly?

The problem only occurs with a clean installation. If you have installed SU19 or SU19 + SU20 together or are doing an update, then there will be no problem. Keys will already be registered. Maybe my installer is broken, but other users have the same problem. Now there is a solution ...

fredo6 · 16 May 2020, 20:08

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v10.4a - 16 May 20

LibFredo6 10.4a is a major maintenance release, with bug fixing and cosmetic adjustments, some for Mac OSX.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

TBoy · 16 May 2020, 20:09

Fredo6, there is a tool in your plugin to show load times for plugins called 'Performances'.
Is it possible to track the load times for any plugin - not only yours?

fredo6 · 16 May 2020, 20:17

@tboy said:

Fredo6, there is a tool in your plugin to show load times for plugins called 'Performances'.
Is it possible to track the load times for any plugin - not only yours?

General answer is No.

If you use my plugin AdditionalPluginFolders, which allows loading extensions from alternative directories (useful to share plugins between Sketchup versions), then you could see the load time for any plugin loaded, mine and others.

You just need to go to Window > LibFredo6 Settings... > View Trace Log files, and in the dialog box, scroll and expand the item AdditionalPluginFolders. Below an example from my machine. You see that WorkPlane (by TIG) took 26 ms to load.

fredo6 · 17 May 2020, 18:49

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v10.4b - 17 May 20

LibFredo6 10.4b is a maintenance release, with bug fixing and cosmetic adjustments, some for Mac OSX and support of FredoTools 4.0a

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

masloprojekt · 19 May 2020, 06:32

I think this update caused SUClock (which is brilliant btw) to stop working. Is it possible or should i look for a reason elsewhere? Thank You !

EDIT:

It looks like the time is counting correctly, but it doesn't display the watch.

signup · 19 May 2020, 13:33

When drawing guide lines with draw tools in version 8.9b, they are divided automatically into segments like what you see in this gif

However, in the new version, there is no segment shown up in a guide line. So, is this feature deleted in the new version or is it bugged?

fredo6 · 19 May 2020, 13:55

@masloprojekt said:

I think this update caused SUClock (which is brilliant btw) to stop working. Is it possible or should i look for a reason elsewhere? Thank You !

EDIT:

It looks like the time is counting correctly, but it doesn't display the watch.

I found the problem. Very strange because it should have been present since long...

Anyway, I will publish and update to SUClock (v4.0a).

Note however that SUClock 4.0a will only be available for SU 2017 and above.

fredo6 · 19 May 2020, 14:01

@signup said:

When drawing guide lines with draw tools in version 8.9b, they are divided automatically into segments like what you see in this gif

However, in the new version, there is no segment shown up in a guide line. So, is this feature deleted in the new version or is it bugged?

The behaviour you mention with LibFredo6 8.9b (division of guide line) is weird. There has never been a feature to divide guide lines in DrawAlong.

IMPORTANT: You seems to be on SU2016. Please note that LibFredo6 v10.0 and above does not support SU2016 and previous versions of Sketchup. It should only be installed for SU2017 and above.

Fredo

signup · 19 May 2020, 15:40

@fredo6 said:

@signup said:

When drawing guide lines with draw tools in version 8.9b, they are divided automatically into segments like what you see in this gif

However, in the new version, there is no segment shown up in a guide line. So, is this feature deleted in the new version or is it bugged?

The behaviour you mention with LibFredo6 8.9b (division of guide line) is weird. There has never been a feature to divide guide lines in DrawAlong.

IMPORTANT: You seems to be on SU2016. Please note that LibFredo6 v10.0 and above does not support SU2016 and previous versions of Sketchup. It should only be installed for SU2017 and above.

Fredo

I've been using SU for 4 years and I often use this feature in any drawings of mine. It helps me divide lines equally and arrange everything quickly with divided segments.

Now, I'm using SU2019 along with new updates of LibFredo 6 which doesn't enable me to have those guiding lines and segments anymore. I hope you will figure it out and recover that feature.

Please watch my gifs carefully again.