[Plugin] Superglue

Gaieus

Also, I was planning this little "tutorial" on how to install zipped plugins (as many Windows users will just press the button to unzip the files/folders and Windows tends to put them into a separate folder) so now I finally made it using your plugin thus making it "immortal"

The image is in my Picasa Albums so copying the img url will always enable everyone to add the image into a thread when someone has this issue with installing the plugins.

I know my XP is Hungarian but I hope I annotated the image enough for all language users who understand English.

pilou

Yes problem in general is the "Unzip" make a double level Folder with the same name!
it's more speedy for unpack
Then you must carreful for move the good folder

TIG

I alwaysdownload the zip to the ../Desktop/, and extract into the folder it wants to make for the extracted files/sub-folders. Then I open the newly made folder, select-all and drag/drop everything into ../Plugins/ folder. Finally I erase the original folder and zip...

Putting zips directly into the ../Plugins/ folder just clutters it up... If you want to use a ../Download/ folder to keep your ../Desktop/ more tidy - then you can leave the zip behind in it for later reference ??

pilou

If you have some place on your desktop

thomthom

@codyv1 said:

A rotatable line of glue, where you can glue things and ajust their position on a fixed base.

Can you explain/illustrate this?

thomthom

@gaieus said:

I can see the difference in quick usefulness (sweeping through) so will try out immediately but before I fully explore it, what is the difference between superglue and solvent? (Or should I not ask but try? I know...)

Solvent unglues.

thomthom

@tig said:

I alwaysdownload the zip to the ../Desktop/,

Ditto.

thomthom

@gaieus said:

Also, I was planning this little "tutorial" on how to install zipped plugins (as many Windows users will just press the button to unzip the files/folders and Windows tends to put them into a separate folder) so now I finally made it using your plugin thus making it "immortal"

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

About the glue

I used to be called Tintin at school.

pilou

About the glue

Gaieus

@thomthom said:

...Solvent unglues.

Makes sense...

@tig said:

Putting zips directly into the ../Plugins/ folder just clutters it up... If you want to use a ../Download/ folder to keep your ../Desktop/ more tidy - then you can leave the zip behind in it for later reference ??

I do have a download folder for everything else but have got used to saving plugins (zipped) straight to the Plugins folder. I have this external HD I regularly make backups on and beside my Documents folder, I included some of the folders under Program files (SU materials, components, plugins, KT materials, models, globals etc.) just in case. Much easier and faster to recover should anything go wrong.

But you know, "de gustibus non (est) disputandum" at least as far as one does not screw up his system.

pilou

Superglue is supposed to work in SU6 ?
Because nothing works!
HAve you a little animation of what must the glue's pot must do?

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Superglue is supposed to work in SU6 ?
Because nothing works!

I have not tested it. Can't remember if there was any SU7 specific code. I'll check.

@unknownuser said:

HAve you a little animation of what must the glue's pot must do?

A video of the plugin in use? Yes I'll make one once I make v1.1.0.

pilou

Same result in V7, so I must to miss something evident

thomthom

Do you get menus?
Can you start the tool?
Do you see the glue bottle cursor?
Are there error messages in the Ruby Console?

thomthom

Works like a charm under SU6.

Gaieus

@thomthom said:

@unknownuser said:

HAve you a little animation of what must the glue's pot must do?

A video of the plugin in use? Yes I'll make one once I make v1.1.0.

Here you go sir (especially, with the annotations it is pretty fast so pause it when needed):

YouTube - Superglue Plugin for SketchUp
[flash=480,385:3276ci3t]http://www.youtube.com/v/VS8-tjYTPXM&hl=en_GB&fs=1[/flash:3276ci3t]