Need help installing extensions.

Mobius8041 · 1 Sept 2009, 13:28

Hey everyone.

Believe it or not, I am actually on a school computer and I need some assistance installing the extensions. I need to be careful as to how I do it since it is school property, but the project I am doing for my class requires a few extensions. Anyone care to give me a rundown as to how to install the extensions?

I need the Pipe Along Path and Bezier Curves extensions to be more specific.

Jim · 1 Sept 2009, 13:48

Hi Matt,

If you are concerned about putting anything on the schools property, are you able to use USB memory sticks? If so, you should be able to copy the plugins on a memory stick and load them from there.

Copy the files on the memory stick, start SketchUp. Open the Ruby Console and type in these lines, one after another:

require 'sketchup'
require_all 'z:/path/to/your/plugins'

(You may not even need the first.)

I have not tried this, but it should work in theory, and maybe a little tweaking of the plugins.

Mobius8041 · 1 Sept 2009, 13:51

It's alright to download the files directly. I just need to know how to get the files from the extension index and make them ready to use in SketchUp.

Jim · 1 Sept 2009, 14:29

In that case, after you download the files, move them into SketchUp's Plugins folder:

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Sketchup 7\Plugins\

or

Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 7/SketchUp/Plugins/

Assuming version 7.

And restart SU.

Mobius8041 · 2 Sept 2009, 13:36

Alright great, Pipe Along Paths seems to work well but I'm having a couple problems with the Bezier Curves Tool. When I clicked the link offered in the index, it opened up the coding in another web page. I saved the web page as an rb file and placed it into plugins folder. Specifically, I'm trying to do the intermediate Create a Sofa tutorial but when I highlight the edges the Round Curves by Bezier option is not available. Did I move the file or save it wrong or is there something else I need to do?

Gaieus · 2 Sept 2009, 13:47

Sometimes the browser saves text files (which rb files are actually) with a wrong coding. Don't click on it and open it but right click and save (target) as... (into your plugins folder). Make sure it also keeps the rb extension.
Some plugins have more pieces than just the rb file so also watch for additional subfolders and such.

angryjr · 9 Sept 2009, 19:22

Also having a very hard time with the BezierSpline v. 1.21 by Fredo6. This is the link it is directing me to for downloading:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13563

How do I download this plugin? I'm very confused...

Gaieus · 10 Sept 2009, 05:21

Hm. I thought we've fixed the redirect issue. Try this link:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13563

angryjr · 10 Sept 2009, 18:50

Thank you, that link worked. Took me a while to find the "attachments" box - I was right-clicking everything!

Gaieus · 10 Sept 2009, 18:57

OK, now the "old" link should also work.