[Plugin] SketchUcation Tools 2.6

kaas

While performing a heavy backup task that uses almost all of my internet connection I noticed very long (20 to 30 seconds) startup times for Sketchup.
Sketchup's native interface almost instantly appears, some empty spaces on the toolbars are there (location of several plugins), Windows 7 busy-circle appears and after 20 to 30 seconds everything is normal again and I can start using Sketchup.
Normally I have the same behavior but it's just a few seconds like that.

I emptied SU's plugins folder - SU opens instantly
Only installed SkecthucationTools.rbz - still have v2.5.1 rbz on my drive - SU opens instantly
Updated Sketchucation tools to v2.6 - 20 to 30 second delay is there.

So my guess is: v2.6 tries to connect to internet at startup of Sketchup and that's interfering with the startup of the rest of the plugins. If that is the case, could that be avoided somehow?

edit: same delay occurs after installing a plugin from the SketchUcation Plugin Store and closing the Plugin Store window. Backup is finally finished now...speed back to normal with only short delay.

Bob James

SketchUcation Plugin Store V2.6.0
When I try an autoinstall, when the AutoInstall: Choose Folder dialog comes up and I select a folder nothing happens. The AutoInstall: Choose Folder dialog stays there after I click on the folder????

What happened to V2.5.2?

TIG

@bob james said:

SketchUcation Plugin Store V2.6.0
When I try an autoinstall, when the AutoInstall: Choose Folder dialog comes up and I select a folder nothing happens. The AutoInstall: Choose Folder dialog stays there after I click on the folder????
What happened to V2.5.2?

This is odd.
Can you try it with the Ruby Console open and post any error messages.
You highlight the desired folder and press the 'Select' button at the bottom of the dialog... then what happens ?
Is there anything unusual about the chosen folder ?
What does it do if you choose the main [default=first] Plugins folder ??

Bob James

@tig said:

Can you try it with the Ruby Console open and post any error messages.

Nothing in Console

@tig said:

You highlight the desired folder and press the 'Select' button at the bottom of the dialog... then what happens ?

What "Select" button?

@tig said:

Is there anything unusual about the chosen folder ?

Nothing new

@tig said:

What does it do if you choose the main [default=first] Plugins folder ??

Nothing happens

![No "Select" button](/uploads/imported_attachments/s7ry_auto.PNG "No "Select" button")

nothing in Console - selecting first one

Bob James

@bob james said:

What happened to V2.5.2?

I meant 2.6.2

TIG

Sorry, I edited it as I thought it was a typo... you had been beta testing v2.5.2 and the current version is v2.6.0 ?
We haven't even got to v2.6.1 yet

There is obviously something wrong with your choose-custom-folder dialog.
It should display a 'Select' button at the bottom [which says, "Choose AutoInstall Folder"].
You simply highlight the destination and click that to carry on..
The last used destination is reused next time too.

My version shows this...
So something is clearly adrift...

Initial thought...
Can you pull the bottom edge of the dialog downwards to reveal that button ?
It's size should be remembered across sessions on PC, so perhaps this is all that is needed ?

But if not, and you are confident in using regedit, then you could try deleting this Registry entry, so the next time you use the PluginStore dialog it defaults...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\WebDialog_SketchUcation-Installer

Let us know it these ideas don't resolve the issue ?

Bob James

@unknownuser said:

Initial thought...
Can you pull the bottom edge of the dialog downwards to reveal that button ?
It's size should be remembered across sessions on PC, so perhaps this is all that is needed ?

That was it

Thank you, TIG, for taking your time to help.

dukfinx

Hello. I have been in forum for a while but have not posted anything, I use SU for my hobbies with not much knowledge in designing so I'm still learning.
I'm quite happy with new feature in sketchucation tools 2.6 but I have similar problems as tommy.jhd.
Sketchup start much slower with sketchucation tools enabled. Delay time is about 5s or more, sometimes, it crashes. Disable sketchucation tools make every things normal.
Although you have explain the cause, could you show me a fix or workaround (not to disable the tools).
I'm using win 7 32bit sketchup 8 free.
Thank you,

andrear

just upgrade to the last version of the tool as request by the tool itself and SU have started to crash at every launch.
I've removed the plugin loader and folder from the SU plugin folder and the app run smoothly.
I'm on SUpro8.
any advice?

thank's,
andrea

JGA

I've always manually loaded up plugins, but the SU Tools seemed like a great idea.
It works well, but drags SKUP to a crawl, both loading the application and working - it just freezes for about a minute.
I thought it may be other plugins, so disabled them & restarted - no improvement.
I renamed the !SketchUcation_loader.rb to !SketchUcation_loader.rb! with the other plugins reactivated & all was well again.
The plugins are located at C:\Users*ME*\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins, with the Thea plugin installed at C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins.
Xeon PC with 16Gb RAM, win7 x64 OS.

Can anyone help me with diagnosing the cause?

Rich O Brien

Can you tell us your Internet speed?

3rdEye

Hi @ all,

I installed SketchUcation Tools 2.6 on a Win 8.1 machine in SU 8, when I start Su 8 the SketchUcation Tools 2.6 is creating the following file:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\temp\SCF\f_43864.vbs,

and while my firewall asks me if i want to let it access the internet - and I say yes, SuTools is creating the next .vbs with a random number which makes my firwall asking - and so on...
Why is that happening? Can I stop that?

thanks, regards,
3rdEye

TIG

@3rdeye said:

Hi @ all,

I installed SketchUcation Tools 2.6 on a Win 8.1 machine in SU 8, when I start Su 8 the SketchUcation Tools 2.6 is creating the following file:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\temp\SCF\f_43864.vbs,

and while my firewall asks me if i want to let it access the internet - and I say yes, SuTools is creating the next .vbs with a random number which makes my firwall asking - and so on...
Why is that happening? Can I stop that?

thanks, regards,
3rdEye
v2.6.0 sends small data packets to the SCF server etc.
In v2014 it can use Ruby2 methods.
But in v8 it has to make temporary vbs files to do this in your ../Temp/SCF folder.
They are automatically erased afterwards.
If you add an 'exception' to your Firewall [or AntiVirus App] 'exceptions' list] it should let them pass unchallenged ?
With a wild-card like: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp\SCF\*.vbs
I'll also PM you with some other ideas... BUT some VBS files must run to have all of the PluginStore functionality...

JGA

@rich o brien said:

Can you tell us your Internet speed?

It's fair to middling - part of a corporate network.
TIG's given me some homework to test - I'll give it a go at the end of the day.

Tweaks worked, problems relate to our internet access setup

JGA

This a great plugin, especially the manager sections. I was wondering if the My Setup section could be explained in more detail?
I don't seem to be able to download directly from the PluginStore into Sketchup with the plugin (I blame our IT security), but no bother through my browser. I then install through the archive installer. So far, so good.
However, when I look at the My Setup, it doesn't note the Installed plugins. My profile is listed but Bundles has a solitary " (I'm presuming this is paid content).
All of these I'm not fussed about, but is there a way I can manually update the list of installed plugins, so the Updates list can be used?
Thanks again for sharing a great plugin.

Tandem

Is there a page or post that explains the process of adding a plugin to the SketchUcation Plugin Store and Tools Plugin?

aadbuild

I"ll have to get PlusSpec available for everyone here.

erikB

Hi,
Finally updated from V8 pro to 2014 pro. Installed extension sketchUcation Tools 2.6, and get a lot of loading errors. Made sure (I think) all the 'rights' on the different directory's are set to 'full'. Still no luck. The toolbar appears but I can not install any plugins. Any thoughts anyone ?

System Win 7(64), SU 2014 pro

erikB

errors listing :

Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- open-uri>
c:/users/sony/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:76:in require' c:/users/sony/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:76:in module:SCFapi'
c:/users/sony/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:22:in <main>' C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:25:in eval'
C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:25:in load' C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:25:in block in <top (required)>'
C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:14:in each' C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:14:in <top (required)>'
C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require' C:/Program Files (x86)/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load'
C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:189:in register_extension' C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:189:in module:SCF'
C:/Users/SONY/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:16:in `<top (required)>'

Dan Rathbun

Did you install SketchUp 2014 on a drive other than the SystemDrive ?

It might help if you could open the Ruby Console and type
puts $LOAD_PATH
Paste the output here.

erikB

Dan,

this is the result in the ruby console :

puts $load path
Error; #<SyntaxError; cannot load such file -- rubygems.rb
<main>; syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting end-of-input
puts $load path
               ^>
SketchUp;1;in `eval'
nil

I suspect now it has something to do with the trialversion of plusspec I had running and is now removed. They needed the rubygems. Perhaps I deleted something I shouldn't have done while removing the pluspec plugin.
The installation was done in the system drive.

erikB