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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      I quote from the 'flattery' site http://www.pumpkinpirate.info/flattery/
      Installation
      To install Flattery, simply copy the file "flattery.rb" and the folder "flattery" into the SketchUp plugins folder.
      On Windows, this folder is usually C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins.
      On Macs the folder is usually /Library/Application Support/Google/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/plugins.
      Once the files are copied, start SketchUp.
      You should see the Flattery toolbar.

      To check where your version of Sketchup is actually installed open
      Menu > Window > Ruby Console
      and type/copy+paste this
      Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
      Typically you substitute '8' for '7' for a newer version of Sketchup.
      'Flattery' is an Extension and needs switching on in
      Menu > Window > Preferences > Extensions > Flattery
      If the 'Flattery' toolbar is still not showing check
      Menu > View > Toolbars > Flattery
      is ticked...

      TIG

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        mckinnell
        last edited by

        TIG,

           Cheers and thanks for a swift reply; will take a look later on this evening and, hope, all will work out fine........Regards to you and yours...............
        
                                    Tom......... :smile:
        
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          tfdesign
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          To be honest, I am finding this plug-in extremely difficult as well as baffling to use. It doesn't seem to behave in the way the instruction suggest- and they are not the best instructions either, especially as you can't even see the cursor on the animated gif's. 😡

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            tfdesign
            last edited by

            Hmm- I think I've got it. Still baffling though! 👿

            My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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              sketchyarchitect
              last edited by

              Hi I am having the same problem. the plugin appears ticked in the system preferences (window tab) but it is not on the toolbars option (view tab), I tried changing my sketchup folder name from 8 to 7 but was not allowed. how'd you get yours to work?

              kind regards,

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                mckinnell
                last edited by

                😄 Hi all, well, i finaly got it to work, just re installed my O/S,(win xp pro sp3), and it loaded in first time; must have been an overall system O/S problem, and i got a clean system by doing this as well 😆 ..........

                                   Cheeers all.
                
                                      Tom...........
                
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                  tvor
                  last edited by

                  @mckinnell said:

                  🙂 Hi all, well, i finaly got it to work, just re installed my O/S,(win xp pro sp3), and it loaded in first time; must have been an overall system O/S problem, and i got a clean system by doing this as well 😆 ..........

                                     Cheeers all.
                  
                                        Tom...........
                  

                  Oh surely not! I have Win7 and SU8 pro, hope you not suggesting to re-install OS every time some plugin will not show it's menu 😮

                  I'm experiencing same issue as "sketchyarchitect" - plugin menu will not show ❗

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Pavel, is your problem only that the Plugins menu doesn't show? If that is the case, go to Preferences>Extensions and tick the boxes you find there. Then click on OK.

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                      sdismukes
                      last edited by

                      Thank you so much! This was really helpful—I hadn't been able to figure out how to get this extension installed.

                      @tig said:

                      I quote from the 'flattery' site http://www.pumpkinpirate.info/flattery/
                      Installation
                      To install Flattery, simply copy the file "flattery.rb" and the folder "flattery" into the SketchUp plugins folder.
                      On Windows, this folder is usually C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins.
                      On Macs the folder is usually /Library/Application Support/Google/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/plugins.
                      Once the files are copied, start SketchUp.
                      You should see the Flattery toolbar.

                      To check where your version of Sketchup is actually installed open
                      Menu > Window > Ruby Console
                      and type/copy+paste this
                      Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
                      Typically you substitute '8' for '7' for a newer version of Sketchup.
                      'Flattery' is an Extension and needs switching on in
                      Menu > Window > Preferences > Extensions > Flattery
                      If the 'Flattery' toolbar is still not showing check
                      Menu > View > Toolbars > Flattery
                      is ticked...

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @sdismukes said:

                        Thank you so much! This was really helpful—I hadn't been able to figure out how to get this extension installed.
                        I see you are on MAC with v2015.
                        This thread is somewhat old.
                        I recommend you get the latest version of "Flattery" from the SCF PluginStore...
                        http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Flattery
                        It has been updated to work with >= v2014.
                        Auto-Install it into your Plugins folder using SketchUp > Preferences > Extensions > Install... button
                        Check that its Extension is ticked in the Preferences, then check that its Toolbar is active etc...

                        TIG

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                          Lizartin
                          last edited by

                          Tried to add the Flattery extension in Sketchup and it isn't showing up...can't find it. Any suggestions?

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            @lizartin said:

                            Tried to add the Flattery extension in Sketchup and it isn't showing up...can't find it. Any suggestions?

                            Could you explain what you've done? Did you get it from the Sketchucation Plugin Store? Did you use the Plugin Store tool? If not, what did you do after you downloaded it?

                            Etaoin Shrdlu

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                              Lizartin
                              last edited by

                              I actually figured it out finally....only took me 2 days! Thanks!

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @lizartin said:

                                I actually figured it out finally....only took me 2 days! Thanks!
                                Explaining what you actually did to avoid ignominy might have helped other users who might be similarly challenged...

                                TIG

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