[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v14.7a - 09 Nov 24

sahli85

libfredo6 don't work

TIG

Please check for proper installation...

BUT...

I'm not sure if this is relevant...
When SketchUp v2014 came in it should have fixed the issues with Windows users having accented characters in their user names.
Unfortunately, it was found that sometimes it still failed in some circumstances...
One issue was with a single-quote ['] in user names ! [like "B'Boss"]...
BUT I thought this had been addressed in later versions...

Also some "FILE" values etc fail if the result is not forced into UTF-8 encoding in the script itself - this is system dependent...

Any SUp guys care to comment ?
thomthom ??

fredo6

The prolem comes from the quote in the username, which clashes with string parsing.

So not a non-ascii problem, but even worse, as I never thought quotes where allowed in usernames.

Fredo

TIG

User-names and folder paths with single quotes ['] are allowed e.g. "Rich_O'Brien" [but still ill-advised!] - BUT all double quotes ["] are prohibited on PC and MAC...
As well as " - other prohibited path-name characters are /:|?¬* and an initial <space>, several others [like % and @] are best avoided...

The ' did cause some SUp 'finding Plugins folder' issues, but I think they might be fixed...

BUT any Ruby or JS string parsing should use "" around text to avoid the ' failures ?

fredo6

@sahli85
Could you test the attached fix to see if this fixes the problem of your username with a quote.

Just drop the attached file in the folder Fredo6_!LibFredo6
Lib6Core.rb

Thanks

Fredo

Spirou4D

No my Dear, your last release isn't 6.4a!!!! There are a mistake.
Take a look on your lib files and particularly the init file (you can read 6.3 and this cause error in Fredo6 updater), please!!!

TIG

I'm sure Fredo will comment...

But in the files in the Lib folder, for my v6.4a there is no reference to 6.3 ?
Also there is no ' ini' file ??
What did you mean by that ?

The RB file in the Lib folder which sets the 'version' is:
'LibFredo6.plugin'
and that contains:
VERSION = 6.4a

The only place ' 6.3' is mentioned at all is in the version-checker in the loader RB itself [ Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb] - which says:
"...UI.messagebox "You must install LibFredo6 version **6.3 or higher** to run #{f6__base}"..."

and 6.4a is > 6.3 ?

Please be more specific with the nature of this report - no one else can see your issue...

Spirou4D

Yes TIG,

When you download the LibFredo6 here: http://sketchucation.com/plugin/903-libfredo6
and you read the Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb, you read:

(Name : Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb

Original Date : 20 Aug 2008 - version 3.0

Type : Ruby Library

Description : Top loading module for all Library utilities of Fredo6's scripts

Usage : See Tutorial and Quick Ref Card in PDF format)

and
at the end:

(UI.messagebox "You must install LibFredo6 version 6.3 or higher to run #{f6__base}")

And in my SketchUp 2014, the Fredo6_updater tell me always to download the last release 6.4.
I make it with SU internal updater but always when I load SU, I Have always the 6.3a release: NO CHANGE!

Then I remove the script from my APPDATA folder and I download directly the rbz file on my desktop and I make the install with SU extension selector. BUT ALWAYS 6.3a release, NO CHANGE and always your addon that tell me to update the LibFredo6 plugin!!!!!

fredo6

@Spirou4D

The best is to check the About box for LibFredo6. You probably have 6.4a installed.Tell me if otherwise and if you have problems with the plugins (if so the best is to show a snapshot of your plugin directory)

As TIG said, the message includes reference to 6.3 and higher, but this is normal.

Fredo

bcnguyen

I need help.
I successfully installed 6.4a LibFredo6
but the tools are not displayed on the toolbar, so how to use plugins in LibFredo6, how do these tools to display and use.
thank you!

TIG

Have you restarted SketchUp ?
What other Fredo tools are installed ?
Are there any errors as SketchUp starts, or in the Ruby Console ?
What is your Windows User-name ?
Does it contain an accented character ?

Please copy/paste this text into the Ruby Console + <enter>
Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')

The returned path is to your Plugins folder, and if >v2013 it will show your user-name in that path... e.g.
C:/Users/**TIG**/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins
Where ' **TIG**' is your user-name...

Diago

Hi, Im new here so Id like to know if these plug-ins work with any problem in SU 2015 on Mac because I don't understand how to install them,thanks in advance and your plug-ins are pretty cool !

TIG

Learn how to install Plugins...
Since v8 you download an RBZ and install it using the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button
This is basic SketchUp knowhow... here's a tutorial http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/beginner/108-installing-sketchup-plugins
It applies to v2015 although it is not so new !

Almost all Plugins' RBZs hosted here... should work on all SketchUp versions and OSs... if there is a pre v2014 or OS issue it is usually highlighted in the Plugins notes...

Download your Plugins from the SketchUcation PluginStore - linked above - or get and install the SketchUcation PluginStore Toolset - also linked above - which also lets you browse and AutoInstall directly from within SketchUp itself, with no intermediate downloading steps...

You have somewhat obscurely posted in a 'Lib' thread...
There are a few Plugins that need a supporting 'Lib' installing as well...
The main ones being Fredo's and thomthom's - read the Plugin's thread about any 'helpers' it also needs...

Diago

Thank you so much TIG. Now it works pretty fine! A last question. I used to work with "Multiple Push Pull " plug-in. I don't know if it is possible to find it here for SU 2015 for Mac because I don't find it nowhere here. Thanks in advance !

TIG

JointPushPull ?
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=JointPushPull

Diago

Actually "Multiple Push Pull " it's a plug-in which extrude at the same time more than 1 faces in one shoot. I`ve already loaded this " Joint push pull" but it doesn't extrude like the another one, does it?. I have the plug-in but it has the .rb extension. So I don't know how to load it on a Mac in SU 2015, any help about it would be pretty useful, thanks in advance !

TIG

To manually install a lone .RB file you can do the following...
In the Ruby console type: Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')
It returns the path to your Plugins folder.
Use the path to open that folder, and add a copy of the lone .RB file into that folder...
On older SketchUp versions you might need to ensure that the folder [and its contents] has FULL read/write permissions... BUT in v2015 that should already be set correctly.
Restart SketchUp to load the new .RB...

Alternatively make a ZIP file containing the .RB and use the SketchUcation submenu 'Archive Installer' which works on ZIPs as well as RBZs: no need to restart as it is auto-installed AND loaded.
OR change the file ending from .ZIP to .RBZ and than use the native Preferences > Extensions > Install... button [or of course the SketchUcation equivalent auto-installer]: again no need to restart.

Bob James

I cannot get LibFredo6 to install without receiving errors when opening SU. I've tried System Preferences/Install Extensions , SU Plugin Store and Extension Warehouse. Extension Warehouse shows a big red install button, but the button is not active!

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:702:in match' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:702:in block (2 levels) in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:701:in each' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:701:in block in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:700:in foreach' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:700:in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in block in load_all_plugins' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in each'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in load_all_plugins' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:772:in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:188:in startup' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:335:in <module:LibFredo6>'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:34:in `<top (required)>'

TIG

@Bob

Do you have the very latest version of LibFredo installed ?
Do you only have it loading from one Plugins folder ??

The file:
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/LibFredo6.plugin
ought to be encoded as "UTF-8 without BOM".
Mine is, but that error report suggests that yours is not
Then the regular-expression match in line#702 of the script Lib6Core.rb is failing because of that.

If you have Notepad++.exe you could open that .plugins file, then change its encoding to the correct type and save it, then restart SketchUp to see if that's it...

If not then perhaps a file was somehow corrupted...
I've attached a copies of my LibFredo6.plugins file AND Lib6Core.rb - extract them from the ZIP and replace the old ones - see if that helps after a SketchUp restart...

LibFredo6[replacements].zip

Bob James

Do you have the very latest version of LibFredo installed ?
Yes
Do you only have it loading from one Plugins folder ??
I have no additional plugin folders

Before installing the files you provided, I compared them side by side with those already installed and they appear identical to what I had already installed.
I saw nothing in LibFredo6.plugin that mentions "UTF-8 without BOM", however the Load Error message says, " invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>" which, obviously, does not add "without BOM". Significant?

Nevertheless, I put the files you provided into:
C:\Users\jamesb\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins\Fredo6_!LibFredo6

Upon startup of SU I received the same load errors as before.

Since Lib6Core does not have line numbers I could not I could not find lines identified in Load Errors.

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:702:in match' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:702:in block (2 levels) in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:701:in each' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:701:in block in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:700:in foreach' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:700:in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in block in load_all_plugins' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in each'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:1070:in load_all_plugins' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6/Lib6Core.rb:772:in load_from_config'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:188:in startup' C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:335:in module:LibFredo6'
C:/Users/jamesb/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:34:in `<top (required)>'