[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v14.9a - 06 Dec 24

TIG

Thanks Fredo.
Perhaps the odd-characters in the user-name are a "red-herring".

For the avoidance of doubt...

On a PC the only correct way to install any application like SketchUp...

Close that version of SketchUp, if necessary.***
You must then find the SketchUp installer's exe file - it's usually in your "Downloads" folder.
Select its icon.
Right-click > Context-menu >
"Run as administrator"
When prompted choose "Repair".
Let it complete the installation.
When you restart SketchUp it should work properly.

***If it's a new installation [e.g. you have previously uninstalled it, or it's just brand-new] the offered installer's option will just be "Install"...

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v8.0c - 10 Dec 17

LibFredo6 8.0c is a maintenance release dedicated to the integration of VRay 3.6 in Animator.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

MennaD

thankx

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v8.1a - 23 Feb 18

LibFredo6 8.1a is a maintenance release dedicated to bug fixing and evolutions in other plugins

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v8.1b - 25 Feb 18

LibFredo6 8.1b is a maintenance release dedicated to bug fixing and evolutions in other plugins. Please use 8.1b or above on Mac, as rhere was a problem with toolbar icons in Vector format on Mac with v8.1a.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

ChillBilla

2018? why doesn't this work? Is the latest version even available for 2018?

fredo6

@chillbilla said:

2018? why doesn't this work? Is the latest version even available for 2018?

What exactly is your problem?

Fredo

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v8.1c - 27 Feb 18

LibFredo6 8.1c is a maintenance release dedicated to bug fixing for JointPushPull, Curviloft and FredoTools. Please also upgrade to the latest versions of these plugins.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v8.1d - 04 Mar 18

LibFredo6 8.1d is a maintenance release dedicated to tentatively solving occasional bugsplats in Curviloft and FredoTools. Please also upgrade to the latest version if you have the case.

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

ali_yonder

Hello Fredo.

When i installed fredo6 8.1 for SU2017, it has failed. How can i fix this problem?

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in gsub' c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in get_dir_from_ENV'
c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:405:in dir_appdata' c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:204:in startup'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:63:in process' C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:70:in module:LibFredo6_Loader'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:28:in <top (required)>' Error Loading File Fredo6_FredoTools.rb Error: #<TypeError: can't convert nil into an exact number> C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in -'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in <top (required)>' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require' C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_FredoTools.rb:47:in module:Fredo6'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_FredoTools.rb:26:in <top (required)>' Error Loading File Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface.rb Error: #<TypeError: can't convert nil into an exact number> C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in -'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in <top (required)>' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in require' C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface.rb:47:in module:Fredo6'
C:/Users/Ali Yönder/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface.rb:26:in `<top (required)>'

Thank you

dci02081

Ce ruby Libfredo6 v8.1d n’est pas marché sur sketchup pro 2016 (win10) dans l’ordinateur portable (surface pro5). Comment je le fixe ? en fait, le ‘***’ est la différente langue (c’est la langue coréenne). C’est la raison de montrer ce bug ?

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in gsub' c:/users/***/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in get_dir_from_ENV'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:405:in dir_appdata' c:/users/***/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:204:in startup'
C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:63:in process' C:/Users/***/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:70:in module:LibFredo6_Loader'
C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:28:in `<top (required)>'

TIG

@ali_yonder said:

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/...

I suspect it's to do with your Windows user name [ali yönder] containing some invalid character [likely the 'ö'].
Ruby must be given UTF-8 encoded text strings.
I'm sure that Fredo's code will attempt to force every string's encoding into an acceptable format.
Clearly it's failing in your case...
What is your normal system encoding ?
Perhaps Fredo can comment...

The other similar post's issue is again almost certainly because of the 'langue coréenne' user-name encoding...

fredo6

This is related to the encoding of ENV["xxx"] variables, where LibFredo6 does try to convert them to UTF-8.

Could you open the Ruby console and type sequentially

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]
b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8")
b.encoding (should return UTF-8)

Can you also type

c = LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV("LOCALAPPDATA")
c.encoding (should return UTF-8)

Thanks to report if there are errors.

Fredo

ali_yonder

Thanx for reply TIG & Fredo

I am from Turkey nd there are 'ı,ü,ö' letters in my sytstem.

I've written

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]
b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8")
b.encoding

to ruby conlose.

but it has failed again.

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]

b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8")
Error: #<RuntimeError: can't modify frozen String>
<main>:in force_encoding' <main>:in <main>'
SketchUp:1:in `eval'

b.encoding
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method encoding' for nil:NilClass> <main>:in <main>'
SketchUp:1:in `eval'

then, i ve written

c = LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV("LOCALAPPDATA")
c.encoding

to ruby console, but it has failed again

c = LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV("LOCALAPPDATA")
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in gsub' c:/users/ali yönder/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:43:in get_dir_from_ENV'
<main>:in <main>' SketchUp:1:in eval'

c.encoding
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method encoding' for nil:NilClass> <main>:in <main>'
SketchUp:1:in `eval'

Do u have any suggestion?

thanx all

TIG

Try this slightly different way, which sidesteps reading in the frozen system string...

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]**+""** puts b.encoding puts b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8") puts b.encoding

Fredo needs to fix his coding, once we get to the bottom of this issue...

fredo6

Apparently ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"] is not defined.

Could you type in the Ruby console

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].inspect

@TIG: indeed, in LibFredo6 code, I duplicate the original string before forcing encoding. Just forgot this detail here.

Fredo

TIG

So whenever any of us intend to use a 'frozen reference' we need to use something like:
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]+""
to make a copy of it to work on

ali_yonder

Thanx for replies again

i've written ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].inspect

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].inspect
"C:\Users\Ali Y\xF6nder\AppData\Local"

fredo6

@ali_yonder said:

Thanx for replies again

i've written ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].inspect

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].inspect
"C:\Users\Ali Y\xF6nder\AppData\Local"

Many thanks

Then can you type the commands suggested by TIG

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]+"" puts a.encoding puts b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8") puts b.encoding

and add this one

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encode("UTF-8")

Thanks

Fredo

IMPORTANT: your profile says you use Sketchup 8. Is that correct?

ali_yonder

Thanx fredo. I use sketchup 2017. i have to update my profile.

i've written these

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]+""
puts a.encoding
puts b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8")
puts b.encoding

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encode("UTF-8")

and ruby said;

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"]+""

puts a.encoding
Windows-1254

puts b = a.force_encoding("UTF-8")

puts b.encoding
UTF-8

puts a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encode("UTF-8")
C:\Users\Ali Yönder\AppData\Local

but still my problem is not solved. maybe i have to format my pc. i do not know.