[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v15.4d - 14 Aug 25

manoamo

I'm having a " invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 error "
I watched your installation video 4 times, Searched about this error for days.
I found out that this might be a encoding problem, but I have no idea how to solve this problem.
please help .. Below is error log(?) when I restart SU after Libfredo6 installation.

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in gsub' c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in get_dir_from_ENV'
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:425:in su_appdata' c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:443:in dir_appdata'
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:206:in startup' C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:62:in process'
C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:69:in <module:LibFredo6_Loader>' C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:30:in <top (required)>'

fredo6

@manoamo said:

I'm having a " invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 error " .

It's definitely related to your Windows user name not in ascii.

Difficult to fix as there are so many situations.

If you agree, we could try to troubleshoot together the problem (I would send you some small lines of Ruby to test).

In the Ruby console, can you type (just copy / paste the statement and Enter)

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect

Then tell me what you see as a response

Fredo

manoamo

Thank you so much for your kind help! Much appreciated!!

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect
#Encoding:CP949

This is what I got !

fredo6

@manoamo said:

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect
#Encoding:CP949

This is what I got !

Could you now execute the following commands in the Ruby console, one after the other

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

a.encoding.inspect

Thanks

manoamo

Thank you so much for your kind help!

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect

#Encoding:CP949
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
C:\Users\￈ﾫ﾿￬ﾺ￳\AppData\Local
a.encoding.inspect
#Encoding:UTF-8

This is what I got

fredo6

@manoamo said:

Thank you so much for your kind help!

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect

#Encoding:CP949
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
C:\Users\￈ﾫ﾿￬ﾺ￳\AppData\Local
a.encoding.inspect
#Encoding:UTF-8

This is what I got

Then, can you try the following commands

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub(/\\/, "/")

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub("\\", "/")

and then this command

LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV "LOCALAPPDATA"

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v11.4d - 27 Nov 20

LibFredo6 11.4d fixes two issues for Animator (VRay5 rendering of apparation and rotation with variable speed)

Requirements: SU2017 and above

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

manoamo

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect
#Encoding:CP949
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")
C:\Users\￈ﾫ﾿￬ﾺ￳\AppData\Local
a.encoding.inspect
#Encoding:UTF-8
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub(/\/, "/")

Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
<main>:in gsub' <main>:in <main>'
SketchUp:1:in `eval'

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub("\", "/")
C:/Users/￈ﾫ﾿￬ﾺ￳/AppData/Local
LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV "LOCALAPPDATA"
Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant LibFredo6>
<main>:in <main>' SketchUp:1:in eval'

I followed every step that you told me!
but still same errors occur

fredo6

@manoamo

Thank you. Very useful.

I think this is a bug in the core ruby engine.

I'll see what I can do in order to overcome the problem.

Fredo

fredo6

@manoamo

Could you try

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\\/, "/")

Thanks

Fredo

manoamo

I tried the last typing but I failed again
I typed the codes in this sequence

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

a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub(/\/, "/")
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8").gsub("\", "/")
ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\/, "/")

LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV "LOCALAPPDATA"

Thanks

fredo6

@manoamo

Could you tell me what is the erroryou get with this statement

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\\/, "/")

manoamo

This is my ruby console

ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].encoding.inspect
#Encoding:CP949
a = ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.force_encoding("UTF-8")

C:\Users\￈ﾫ﾿￬ﾺ￳\AppData\Local
a.encoding.inspect

#Encoding:UTF-8
ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\/, "/")
C:/Users/￭ﾙﾍ￬ﾚﾰ￫ﾹﾈ/AppData/Local
LibFredo6.get_dir_from_ENV "LOCALAPPDATA"
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in gsub' c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in get_dir_from_ENV'
<main>:in <main>' SketchUp:1:in eval'

This is what I get after restart

Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in gsub' c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:45:in get_dir_from_ENV'
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:425:in su_appdata' c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:443:in dir_appdata'
c:/users/홍우빈/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2020/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:206:in startup' C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:62:in process'
C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:69:in <module:LibFredo6_Loader>' C:/Users/홍우빈/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2020/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:30:in <top (required)>'

fredo6

Ok. Thanks I think we progress.

Can you try this statement (only this one)

File.directory? ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\\/, "/")

if there is an error, can you try this one

File.directory? ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub("\\", "/")

Many thanks

Fredo

manoamo

Good to hear!

These are what I got back

First,

File.directory? ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub(/\/, "/")

true

Second,

File.directory? ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"].dup.encode("UTF-8").gsub("\", "/")
true

fredo6

OK. Thanks.

I will publish a fix and it should hopefully work for you.

Fredo

manoamo

Thank you so much for your kind help

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v11.4f - 02 Dec 20

LibFredo6 11.4d provides fixes

for handling some cases of non-ascii Windows username
for a bug in some tools (MoveAlong and a few others)

Requirements: SU2017 and above

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

Fredo

1409 douglas

I have your latest version as of 02 december 2020 of libFredo6. I have SketchupPRO 2021.
I believe I have followed your instructions to load libFredo6 and Curvizard v2.4b.
There is libFredo6 under Window, but no Curvizard under Extensions. I have restarted (several times).
Any Ideas?
Thank you
rj

Dave R

@1409 douglas said:

but no Curvizard under Extensions. I have restarted (several times).

No matter how many times you restart SketchUp, Curvizard isn't supposed to show up under Extensions. It shows up in Tools>Fredo6 Collection. Or you can turn on its toolbar button under View>Toolbars.
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