[Plugin][$] 3D Tree Maker - New version 1.10.14

ppoublan

Hi Lee05,
Currently 3D Tree Maker can only be setup into the Plugins folder of Sketchup, and cant be installed in other directory with AdditionalPluginFolders.
Seems the same issue than Bob James
see http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=52540%26amp;start=150#p509692
Yours
Pascal

ppoublan

Oxer,
As I understand, you correctly got the new tree webdialog.
Then you select a tree and clic on "Ok"
Here nothing happens.
Then if you clic somewhere on the model(do not clic escape or another toolbox at this time as it will exit from tree tool and go back to the other tool) to place the tree, still nothing drawn.
Does the Sketchup status text (on the left bottom) display a message from Tree Maker, like "Clic to place tree, Esc to cancel" or other message ?

Can you confirm when you open the Ruby console before calling "New Tree", that you got no error displayed in the ruby console ?

Does not seems to be an installation problem, so maybe I need to make a "debug" version with some logs in this case, but I will need a little time to prepare this.

ppoublan

Oxer,
I made a test on my PC changing show_modal by show, and got the same problem. So I suspect this is linked to the fact that modals webdialog are not working the same on PC and Mac.
I will need to get advice from experts on this in the developer forum.
Will come back to you as soon as possible.
Pascal

Oxer

Thanks for the reply!!
I sent you a PM two hours ago but it's in the Outbox still.

ppoublan

Oxer, (and Mac Users)
Just published in the Sketchucation Plugin Store a new version that should fix the problem of nothing happens after "New Tree..." webdialog.
But as I have no Mac available, if Mac users may test and give feedback ?
Yours
Pascal

Oxer

Yes, it works now on Mac.
I tried to send you a PM yesterday, but it's in the Outbox still, so I put here the Spanish Language Translation.

Spanish Language file

These are some strings not included in the original language file

Menu Plugin

License...

Registration Popup window

Unregistered Product
username:
keycode:
unregistered@nowhere.com

UI.messagebox

Waiting...
Working...
Clic to place tree, Esc to cancel
Building...
Building tree...
Building tree stems...
Building tree leaves...
Building tree leaves level 1...
Building tree leaves level 2...
Building tree flowers...
Commit...
Tree built.
Building tree proxy...
Commit tree proxy...
Tree proxy built.

Description Tree for trees of previous version

tree converted from old

Lee05

Hi Pascal,
the plugin is setup into the Plugins folder of Sketchup, as installed by
plugin store.
Error still the same.

Toni

ppoublan

Hi Lee,
Looks like Sketchup does not see the file.
Check the permissions as described here : http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=56005
Could you provide a screen capture of your Plugins/3darcstudiotree directory to check the files are there.
You should have something like this :

Lee05

Hello Pascal,
Here's the print screen. In my opinion the plugin is properly installed.

Toni

ppoublan

Hi Lee,
I do not understand why the file is not loaded by SU if it exists in the right place.
To see what happens from SU, can you run this commande from the Ruby Console :
File.exists?(Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins/3darcstudiotree")+"/3darcstudiotree.rbs")
Does it return true ?
You can also make a try to run SU as Administrator.
Pascal

ppoublan

@oxer said:

Yes, it works now on Mac.
I tried to send you a PM yesterday, but it's in the Outbox still, so I put here the Spanish Language Translation.

[attachment=0:101urpzm]3darcstudiotreees.txt.zip[/attachment:101urpzm]

These are some strings not included in the original language file

tree converted from old

Thanks a lot Oxer for that work and pointing out some strings are missing. I will add them to the code in order to be able to localize them as well.
Yours
Pascal

Lee05

I run command in Ruby Console, it returns true.
SU is running as administrator, error still there.

I've installed home the plugin, here works fine.
Toni

Oxer

I seen a curious plant in the templates, the tree26

ppoublan

@lee05 said:

I've installed home the plugin, here works fine.
Toni

hi Toni,
So it works fine now ?
You copied files to Plugins/3darcstudiotree folder to solve it ?
Just want to know if it was a pb of security rights or files beeing in the right folder.
Yours
Pascal

Lee05

Hi Pascal,
3D Tree Maker works fine on computer from home, there I've installed it from SU plugin store, I did'nt change anything, just leave it how installed itself.

On my office computer I still get that error. SU runs as administrator, everything is at it's place and security settings are the same as for all other plugins.
When running the command in ruby console returns true also.

TIG

Have you read and fixed things as this?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=508319#p508319

Also your SketchUp installation path looks a bit 'non-standard' ?
Did you allow the SketchUp-installer to choose the path or did you 'customize' it ?
To check where SketchUp thinks Plugins should be and where they are please type or copy+paste these lines of code in the Ruby Console + <enter>

p = Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')
should return the path to you plugins folder.

$LOAD_PATH
should return an array of paths, including the same one to the Plugins folder [p].

File.exist?(File.join(p, '3darcstudiotree'))
should return true if that folder exists in Plugins.

File.exist?(File.join(p, '3darcstudiotreeloader.rb'))
should return true if that file exists in Plugins.

Lee05

Hi TIG,

I have read that topic and everything looks ok.
The installation path for SU is a little non-standard on both PC home and office but only at office I got the error. The installation was made from Sketchup Plugin Store v.2.5.1 as other plugins that work fine.

I run the lines of code in Ruby Console it returns at it should, see image.

Ruby console.png

TIG

@Lee05

Your results are fine.
Now recheck that Plugins folder's properties > security against the FULL permissions, as mentioned in my previous post...

The main rbs code is encrypted so we can't see exactly what it's doing...

The tool perhaps writes some temporary data files that it has a permission issue with ?

Can I suggest you contact the maker of the tool directly...

ppoublan

@lee,
If the error message is "file not found", I do not think it is due to the content of the file itself. But maybe I'm wrong...

Do not have many other ideas to solve the issue. Here are 2 options you may try :
-delete the file 3darcstudiotreeloader.rb
-delete the directory 3darcstudiotree and all its content

run SU
reinstall the plugin from Sketchucation pluginstore
and see if you got the same error

If the problem is still there, copy all the files that are in the plugins directory somewhere else (to be able to put them back later).
Delete all the files in the plugin directory except 3darcstudiotreeloader.rb
Run SU and test

Just to be sure, when you move from SU8 to SU2013, did you reinstalled your plugins or just copied the files from SU8 to SU2013 ? cause I have seen some errors linked to copy of old SU8 files into the SU2013 plugin dir.

Lee05

@ppoublan

I removed everything from plugins menu but 3darcstudiotree folder and 3darcstudiotreeloader.rb and plugin was loaded adn working.
When extensions.rb is back in plugin folder, error is back too.