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    • alexschreyerA Offline
      alexschreyer Extension Creator
      last edited by alexschreyer

      11/5/2010: I just updated this to version 1.2!

      I finally got around to finishing this plugin. Everything should be working fine - let me know if you run into any problems.

      This little tool came out of a need for having plugins available in a โ€œlocked downโ€ computer lab setting (see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=16029). It also provides an easy way to browse some of the web plugin repositories and then to load any plugin into SketchUp - from any location. Because I had a recurring need for keeping some developer references handy, I decided to include several reference web links as well. The image below shows the menu:

      http://www.alexschreyer.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/screenshot-3_9_2009-21_46_18-439x235.png

      This is not a perfect "plugin management" solution. I'll leave that up to Google (or you!). It works pretty well for my needs, though. Try it out. Here's the download link:
      http://www.alexschreyer.net/projects/plugin-loader-for-sketchup/

      Thanks to Jim for helping me with some code! Let me know if I should add some more web links to the menu.

      Cheers,
      Alex

      edit by remus: new version available here: http://www.alexschreyer.net/projects/plugin-loader-for-sketchup/ read the notes carefully.

      Author of "Architectural Design with SketchUp":
      http://sketchupfordesign.com/

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      • B Offline
        bianhai
        last edited by

        Thanks! Very good job! ๐Ÿ‘

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        • D Offline
          dylan
          last edited by

          Excellent work Alex and extremely useful ๐Ÿ‘

          http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Tested! โ˜€
            Works like a charm! ๐Ÿ‘
            Why with your plug no necessary to restart the prog after loading a new plugin? ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
            That is black & white magic ๐Ÿ’š

            Just why not a "free surf" on any Net's address โ“
            For goto Smustard.com for example? A Plugs famous place ๐Ÿ˜‰

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • MALAISEM Offline
              MALAISE
              last edited by

              I find it very useful and time saver. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

              Thanks Alex.
              MALAISE

              La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagรฉe

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              • BurkhardB Offline
                Burkhard
                last edited by

                Nice one.
                @Pilou there is a script from the first ruby days, called script loader. Works in the same way.Not magical ๐Ÿ˜‰ You can find it at Didiers site.

                [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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                • alexschreyerA Offline
                  alexschreyer Extension Creator
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for the comments. I actually didn't know about the script_loader plugin. But you're right - the underlying load function is very simple, nothing fancy here. I like calling it "Plugin loader" though because the menu is the Plugin menu and I wanted to make it easily understandable even for the novice user.

                  @Pilou: I didn't include Smustard because the Sketchucation index seems to index their plugins and I wanted to keep the menu as concise as possible.

                  Two questions for everyone:

                  • Is there a way to turn on the navigation buttons in the web dialog? Apparently these are off in Windows by default.
                  • Does this work on the mac? I haven't tested it yet.

                  Author of "Architectural Design with SketchUp":
                  http://sketchupfordesign.com/

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                  • Didier BurD Offline
                    Didier Bur
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    Hem hem, it seems I must update my site asap... ๐Ÿ˜’

                    DB

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                    • alexschreyerA Offline
                      alexschreyer Extension Creator
                      last edited by

                      Hi Didier, didn't mean to put pressure on you... ๐Ÿ˜‰

                      Cheers, Alex

                      Author of "Architectural Design with SketchUp":
                      http://sketchupfordesign.com/

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                      • Jean-FrancoJ Offline
                        Jean-Franco
                        last edited by

                        Dear Alex, thank you for this very helpful plugin.
                        I've copied all my plugin folder on my USB key.
                        I've no problem with the single scripts. But if I want to load JPP plugin I've a bugslat !
                        The message box ask me to install progressbar.rb. But it already exists in my plugin folder.
                        Any idea on what could happen ?

                        Jean-Franco

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                        • alexschreyerA Offline
                          alexschreyer Extension Creator
                          last edited by

                          @jean-franco said:

                          The message box ask me to install progressbar.rb. But it already exists in my plugin folder.

                          This is a case where my loader might not work. Some (especially the more complex) plugins have dependencies that are "hardwired". It might help to have the progressbar.rb script in both locations. Dito for other standard scripts.

                          Author of "Architectural Design with SketchUp":
                          http://sketchupfordesign.com/

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                          • renderizaR Offline
                            renderiza
                            last edited by

                            Thank you very much!

                            Before this plugin I had to close & reopen my skecthup to review the changes I made to my ruby script but now I can just reload it right inside the program.

                            [url=https://www.sketchupcode.com/:z3kqsidd]My Extensions ...[/url:z3kqsidd]

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                            • gillesG Offline
                              gilles
                              last edited by

                              I'm trying to manage my plugin collection, your plugin seems to be a good way doing it.

                              Halas, when I choose "load plugins from folder" select any plugin in the folder, I have this report in ruby console:

                              load"/Volumes/USB/as_pluginloader.rb"
                              true
                              Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method as_require_all' for AS_plugin_loader:Module> /Volumes/USB/as_pluginloader.rb:164:in load_plugin_folder'
                              /Volumes/USB/as_pluginloader.rb:229

                              No plugin loaded. ๐Ÿ˜ž

                              " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                              • D Offline
                                driven
                                last edited by

                                @gilles
                                add self. at line 143, that seems to work here... [ in a quick test at least!!! ]

                                  def self.as_require_all(dirname)
                                

                                john

                                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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