[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v14.6a - 18 Sep 24

deme63

I am having such trouble trying to install this (or any) plugins on my Mac. I have placed the downloaded extensions in the plugins folder (MacHD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 8/Sketchup/Plugins) and have made my security "read and write" but I cannot get anything to work. I am not able to get the Sketchucation Tools to function either. I have to work through an administrator so I am trying to get a very clear idea of what to do before I contact them again (third time!). I'd appreciate any help.

Dave R

If you are simply putting the files you download into the Plugins folder you are not installing them correctly. Much has been written about how to install them correctly but here it is again.

If you are downloading files with the .rbz extension, DO NOT put them in the Plugins folder. Save them to some other location you can find. Go to Preferences under the SketchUp menu, left of File. Choose Extensions and click on the button labeled Install Extension. Navigate to where you saved the .rbz file, select it, click Open and follow the prompts.

I think it was already suggested to you to install the Sketchucation Plugin Store tool. You can then locate the various plugins you're interested in and install them automatically. Do that.

TIG

If your MAC's plugins folder did not initially have FULL read/write permissions, but you had managed to manually add some files to it already, then you must do the extra step of setting its permissions to FULL, AND also choose to trickle down the changes to its contents...

To double check where your SketchUp v8 thinks its main plugins folder is... use this snippet in the Ruby Console:
Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')

Also type this into the Ruby Console to see which Plugins folder[s] are listed@
$:

BUT.... since you have v8 why not use the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button to install the RBZ archives for all available Plugins...
These will be automatically extracted, keeping files in the correct subfolders and in the correct Plugins folder too !

deme63

Thanks so much Dave and TIG. I really am trying here, I just keep hitting a dead end. I have followed these directions precisely, but when I get to the finish (Preferences/Choose Extensions/Install Extension/Open) I receive an error message: "Unable to install the Extension you have chosen for some unknown reason. Consult your Extension's documentation for additional help." The Sketchucation Plugin Store tool would be a dream come true, but I am also unable to install that for the same reason. It all ends in this error message.

Dave R

It sounds to me as if the permissions for your log in still haven't been set to Read & Write. That's the only reason I've ever seen that specific message pop up. Perhaps a screen shot of that would help?

TIG

Yes, make sure you have the correct Plugins folder - as revealed by my code snippet.
Then change its permissions to FULL Read/Write... AND choose to apply the changes to the contents of that folder too...
It should work both Dave and I have MACs that do this without issues...

john2

@bobpineo said:

Hello Fredo,
Love your Plugins, thank you!
I keep getting this message..."libfredo6 will be updated at next startup of sketchup.

I have tried reloading, deleting obsolete files etc etc.
Can you help me figure out what is going on?
Thanks
Best BP

plus the following:(after I get the initial libfredo update warning.

C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DBUR_UcsManager.rb:12:in <top (required)>' Error: c:/program files (x86)/sketchup/sketchup 2014/tools/dm_artisan/artisan.rbs:273: invalid multibyte char (UTF-8) c:/program files (x86)/sketchup/sketchup 2014/tools/dm_artisan/artisan.rbs:273: invalid multibyte char (UTF-8) c:/program files (x86)/sketchup/sketchup 2014/tools/dm_artisan/artisan.rbs:273: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end data="90¡M5lªÙ[:}¶ä^-Ú¢ßÓjt@+¡©tp}x±" #just garbage ^ C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan/artisan_load.rb:10:in eval'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan/artisan_load.rb:10:in load' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan/artisan_load.rb:10:in module:Artisan'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan/artisan_load.rb:3:in <module:DM>' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan/artisan_load.rb:1:in <top (required)>'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan.rb:18:in register_extension' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan.rb:18:in module:Artisan'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan.rb:5:in <module:DM>' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/DM_artisan.rb:4:in <top (required)>'

I faced a similar issue while copying my plugins. Download the latest rbz from artisan’s official website. Install this extension, and these errors will be fixed.

TIG

@Bob Pineo

Somewhat belatedly I read your post...
Your error messages relate to .rb files loading from the Tools folder.
Some of these, like Didier Bur's current UCSmanager, and the older version of Artisan are not compatible with v2014.
BUT you should have NO plugins files loading from the Tools folder in v2014 except the three which ship with SketchUp itself:
sketchup.rb extensions.rb langhandler.rb
and a subfolder named ' RubyStdLib', which contains dozens of Ruby2 files...
[and there might also be a lone file named something like !_fix_ruby_startup2-1-2.rb - but that is only IF you have manually downloaded and installed it yourself - it allows you to open SKPs on remote drives and thereby launch SketchUp without breaking SketchUp.exe - a known bug in v2014M0 that will be fixed within the imminent v2014M1]
If you have incorrectly manually copied these additional plugins files into the Tools folder you must remove them [and their subfolders].
They all belong in your user's Plugins folder !
To find where that is, use Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins') in the Ruby Console, BUT remember that the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button and/or the SketchUcation AutoInstall tool will extract RBZ's files and add them into the correct Plugins folder for you = without any need to manually tinker with things and break SketchUp...

Please do NOT copy plugins from earlier SketchUps unless there is no possible alternative.
Newer v2014-compatible versions for most common Plugins are available in the SCF PluginStore, Trimble's EWarehouse, Smustard.com, other Plugin's-Website etc.
Get those.

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v6.0a - 18 Jun 14

LibFredo6 6.0a is a release for:

DrawAlong 1.1a,
MoveAlong 1.2a,
which are published as part of FredTools 2.0a.

This updates provides fixes and evolutions for

DrawAlong: inferences when drawing on a plane
MoveAlong: Move with alignment

See main post of this thread for Download of LibFredo6.

Fredo

Jooles13

Disregard! All sorted

ckarch87

thax a lot

Oxer

New Spanish Language File.

Spanish Language

Stonecold

Still not working on Sketchup 2014. Here is the error, what am I doing wrong?

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- LibTraductor.rb>
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require'
C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:29:in `<top (required)>'

Hm... Renamed Lib6Traductor to LibTraductor and it worked somehow o.O

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v6.0b - 16 Jul 14

LibFredo6 6.0b is a release for the support of Section Planes in:

DrawAlong,
MoveAlong,
which are published as part of FredTools 2.0.

Section Planes can now be moved and be used as a reference for inferencing

See main post of this thread for Download of LibFredo6.

Fredo

Papapa

Hey Fredo,

Thanks for the great work you do with these plugins.

But why do you make these pages so complicated to read? Everything looks like a link that you can click or something, and all kind of bullet lists don't help. I'm trying to look for the download link, which should be recognizable in the page, and I stumble all the time with words and titles and headers which are misleading. Couldn't you simplify it so it's easier to find things? It's missing a sort of hierarchy in the page in my opinion.
Cheers

TIG

@papapa said:

Hey Fredo,

Thanks for the great work you do with these plugins.

But why do you make these pages so complicated to read? Everything looks like a link that you can click or something, and all kind of bullet lists don't help. I'm trying to look for the download link, which should be recognizable in the page, and I stumble all the time with words and titles and headers which are misleading. Couldn't you simplify it so it's easier to find things? It's missing a sort of hierarchy in the page in my opinion.
Cheers
Use the PluginStore !

fredo6

@papapa said:

I'm trying to look for the download link, which should be recognizable in the page

Precisely, as TIG highlighted, you should use Sketchucation PluginStore, which is an addon script running within Sketchup. This is where you'll see the single "Install' button.

Auto Install LibFredo6.png

The web page in the forum is primarily informative about the Plugin. It is organized in sections hoping users would read some of them prior to use the plugin and thus avoid common problems.

Fredo

architex

How do I install LibFredo 6 (new release.
I have try to install with the skechucation toolbar.. Autoinstall don't do anything. I have to install all by .RBZ (for me is the only way to install any plugins)

Any suggestions?

fredo6

@unknownuser said:

How do I install LibFredo 6 (new release.
I have try to install with the skechucation toolbar.. Autoinstall don't do anything. I have to install all by .RBZ (for me is the only way to install any plugins)

Any suggestions?

Strange. SCF Plugin Store tools works on SU2013.
Did you install some of my plugins along with LibFredo6?

Fredo

matiu

i have libfredo 6 57 says i need 58 or higher where do i get higher version??