More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions

Rich O Brien

Hi Fredo6,

I don't know what I did wrong, but it took me a very long time to find the purchase page for your bundle, I only found a link inside this thread provided by Rich.
Maybe you could make it easier in your plugin descriptions and provide a direct link like "buy here".
Just saying...
Thanks for your work anyway!
Emilie

Yeah, its a case of the cart before the horse. But we are working on evolving the buying element in the site.

First was make sure the licensing worked they users wanted it to. In 99% of users this is the case.

So expect better 'discoverability' in the coming weeks as we move towards a better shop listing.

eqc1

Great!

fredo6

@eqc1 said:

Hi Fredo6,

I don't know what I did wrong, but it took me a very long time to find the purchase page for your bundle, I only found a link inside this thread provided by Rich.
Maybe you could make it easier in your plugin descriptions and provide a direct link like "buy here".
Just saying...
Thanks for your work anyway!
Emilie

For each plugin, there is a menu entry "License..." in the plugin menu (in Tools > Fredo6 Collection... > <plugin_name>).

This shows the License dialog, where there is a button 'Obtain License' which direct you to the Purchase page.

SCFLicense Dialog - Obtain License.png

The license dialog can also be called from the message box informing you that the Plugin needs to be licensed.

What else do you need?

eqc1

Hi,
Thank you for mentioning this!
Indeed, I didn't see this option which is very convenient, but not that obvious (in my opinion). I didn't get the prompt within Sketchup (with all extensions up to date), and usually, purchases are also available in the developer's website or the host platform, so I did search for an hour on Sketchucation where to purchase rather than in Sketchup settings.
My suggestion is just to add a purchase box or a link within the plugin description, or even the description you just gave me
This is just my experience, and I assume it could be more convenient for others as well

TampaPowers

Maybe I missed something so please correct me, but from what I gather these newer versions mean whenever someone now updates they are suddenly greeted with a prompt to buy a license after 30 days when their previously installed version was perpetually free.

While I agree that work should be compensated and the plugins are quite good for their pricing, essentially pulling the rug out underneath people that might have used these plugins quite often is what I would call a "dick move".

I get it, there weren't many donations coming in and the level of work required to maintain the plugins and do support for them is quite something and doing that for free is a lot to ask, but equally I suspect if the plugins weren't free to begin with they likely would never have grown to that point. In a way it also alienates a lot of users that otherwise might not have the capacity to purchase the licenses. At least setting up another payment gateway to allow more international purchases. Coincidentally that's usually part of the reason people do no donate as they otherwise cannot use the particular gateway provided.

It's strange to watch this unfold and get a lot of attention while other portions of the forum seem to sit abandoned almost. I posted the other day about something and didn't get a response for two weeks now. I'm not entirely on board with Sketchucation expanding into the realms of paid things when it has been a bastion and counter to the inherent commercialization Trimble has embarked on with Sketchup. For this place and the plugins and resources it provided to just follow that notion is sad to see.

Rich O Brien

@tampapowers said:

Maybe I missed something so please correct me

No probs...

Fredo has archived the free versions and commercialized newer versions. Having support retroactively for SketchUp versions is getting harder and harder to maintain.

Fredo and Sketchucation are separate entities. Fredo has hosted his tools here for years and we are happy to continue to do so. If he choses to monetize his newer tools after many years that is his choice.

It is your choice to purchase or not. Our motivation is and always has been to support plugin development. How developers roll out tools is beyond our control.

As for a rug pull....its been 10+ years of free use. You may have not noticed the many announcements and threads Fredo has posted to inform users of his move to paid tools. Many have supported his move and are happy to support him in future.

There are still 100s of free extension here and anyone can create a free account. As for Trimble's strategy in making money I've no knowledge about it. We are not affiliated to Trimble.

giuntolinicolo7

Hello Fredo6, I've bought the pack of the plugins and installed them on my Sketchup 2020, they all work except "ToolsOnSurface" (it appears on the ketchup but when I try to click on the icons nothing happens) Do you know why and how to fix this problem?
Many thanks
Nico

fredo6

@giuntolinicolo7 said:

Hello Fredo6, I've bought the pack of the plugins and installed them on my Sketchup 2020, they all work except "ToolsOnSurface" (it appears on the ketchup but when I try to click on the icons nothing happens) Do you know why and how to fix this problem?
Many thanks
Nico

Before launching a tool of ToolsOnSurface, could you open the Ruby console to check if there are errors displayed when launching ToolsOnSurface. If so, could you report them.

giuntolinicolo7

Hi everyone, I'm having problems with the plugin of Tool OnSurface from the pack of the Fredo6 that I have just bought!
All the plugins have been normally installed and all licenses have been applied all the other plugins are working and the only one that isn't working is Tool OnSurface, (which appears on display) but when I'm clicking on it, it isn't working.
Could someone help me fix this problem?

Many thanks
Nico

giuntolinicolo7

@fredo6 said:

@giuntolinicolo7 said:

Hello Fredo6, I've bought the pack of the plugins and installed them on my Sketchup 2020, they all work except "ToolsOnSurface" (it appears on the ketchup but when I try to click on the icons nothing happens) Do you know why and how to fix this problem?
Many thanks
Nico

Before launching a tool of ToolsOnSurface, could you open the Ruby console to check if there are errors displayed when launching ToolsOnSurface. If so, could you report them.

I checked the ruby console and no error messages, also in the extension manager the plugin is correctly installed and signed In with a license, it don't allows me even to update it (on the screen it's shown also with the new icons designs as updated).
Previously worked and now all of a sudden stopped, I've tried even to uninstall it and to install it again but nothing happen, the same issue.

fredo6

Could you be more precise on ToolsOnSurface 'not working'?

Do you see the toolbar?

Do you have a menu entry Tools > Fredo6 Collection > ToolsOnSurface?

cldjr

Problem to validate the RoundCorner licence. Some help will be welcome

licence RoundCorner.jpg

Box

You have a License for Fredo Corner and you are trying to use it to activate Round Corner.
They are two different extensions.

scbilen

Hi,

İ need curviloft plugingin its no free anymore but i cant buy from Turkey (because paypal isnt use). How can u help me? Credit card isnt working

İf other buyament option please send me link

Rich O Brien

See here...

https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=75165

I encourage all Turkish users to comment there if they have a solution to offer that makes sure you pay the same as rest of world.

In the meantime we continue to try and find solution on our side

TheGetGo

Hello,

I purchased the 'Fredo6Bundle2022 Full Unlimited Licenses' back in April of this year.

I have a continuous issue, where sporadically, I need to either validate the licenses.

I'm currently trying to validate the 'Curviloft' plugin, but receive the message "Sorry - An error occurred in the communication with Sketchucation"

Any solutions to this issue?
Thanks in advance.

TIG

Have you installed the newest version of the SketchUcation Toolset [v4.2.9] ?
That has the latest SCFlicensing set up...

TheGetGo

I've updated to 4.2.9 and will report back if the issue persists.

Many thanks.

boofredlay

@rich o brien said:

Fredo has his bundle here to make bulk purchases easier...

https://sketchucation.com/purchase.php?plugin=Fredo6Bundle2022

I fill out the fields and click credit card and nothing happens. I try Paypal and nothing happens.
Hmmm

Rich O Brien

@boofredlay said:

I fill out the fields and click credit card and nothing happens. I try Paypal and nothing happens.
Hmmm

Try a different browser. Things like adblock, malware etc can stop PayPal working. Try on a browser without any addons running