How to install plugin tt_comp_prop.rb?
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I downloaded the plugin tt_comp_prop.rb to the Sketchup 8 plugin folder. However, the plugin is not listed in the folder contents. I tried reinstalling the plugin; but a message states that the plugin is already installed. I tried installing the plugin using "install extensions" but that failed. I love the way Sketchup can make me fell stupid.
Thanks for your help, Bob -
It sounds as if you didn't get the required TT_Lib2 file as well. See Thomthom's first post here.
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Hi Dave,
I downloaded the TT_comp_prop.rb plugin from the post you indicated. Does it make a difference that extension on the plugin file is .rb and not rbz? I checked before installing the TT-comp_prop.rb plugin and I had TT_lib2_2.8.0.rbz already installed in e my shetchup 8 plugins folder. Will the 2.8.0 version work or do I need to install version 2.0.0? I install the plugin with the hopes that it might help me with correcting my problem with components glue to situation and allow me to edit the glue to condition.
Thanks again for your help, Bob
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So you put the RBZ file into the Plugins folder? That will be your problem. You can't just dump RBZ files into Plugins and have them work. At this point, open SketchUp. Go to Preferences (Windows menu on PC, SketchUp menu on Mac) and choose Extensions. click the Install Extension... button and navigate to the Plugins folder. Select the RBZ file and choose Open. Continue with the installation.
I expect you'll be fine with the newer version of tt_Lib. Close SketchUp and reopen it to look for errors that might pop up when SketchUp loads the plugins.
In the future you should install and use the Sketchucation Plugin Store for downloading and installing plugins.
It might help with your gluing issues but I don't think you should need a plugin to do what you need to do.
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I did install the tt_lib.rbz plugin from the plugin store using the window>preferences>extensions>install extensions procedure and did not
just put the plugin direcly into the plugin folder. I when back and tried to
reinstall the pluging, but it would not let me reinstall the plugin.However in the process I did find an updated version of the tt_comp_prop.rbz
plugin in the plugin store and installed it. The plugin is now part of my
content menu. I was able to edit a component glue property from "none" to
"any". At least the check mark located in front of "move" relocated to in
front of "any" in the menu. Is that a correct procedure and did it really
change the glue option for the component. Can someone come up with an answer.Thanks for your help, Bob
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Bob, as we discussed last night, you can test the gluing properties of your components after you've changed them by inserting a new instance of the component in your model. Also, as I tried to tell you before our connection was cut, I don't think gluing is going to solve the "instability" issue you've been experiencing. That's not what SketchUp's gluing is for.
Gluing is used as an aid for positioning components on faces but it doesn't prevent them from being moved after they've been placed. For that you need to lock them or at least avoid them with the Move and/or Rotate tools.
As I told you last night when we were chatting, I would like to help you sort out what is happening in your drawing process that causes what you describe as instability. I'm convinced there's something fairly fundamental that can be fixed.
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