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    • sfto1S Offline
      sfto1
      last edited by

      I placed a .rb file in each of the appropriate plugin folders for each of the versions, and in either instance the plugin does not show up in any menu.

      It is a scene rename plugin by Todd Burch

      Thoughts?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        What do you mean by "appropriate plugin folders"? Which folder, actually? And how did you put it there?

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        • sfto1S Offline
          sfto1
          last edited by

          I pasted the .rb file in C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            OK. It looks like this plugin has the same issue as some of the tools by Didier Bur. There's some editing required to the end of the file. I'm looking for the exact text but it was covered dozens of times in threads about didier's plugins.

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Try the following:

              Edit the plugin's .rb file using Notepad.
              At the end of the code it says:
              .unpack("m").to_s
              change the end part to read
              .unpack("m")[0]
              Save and restart SketchUp...

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                I installed the plugin after editing it and it showed up for me and it seems to work just fine. Did you edit the text exactly as shown and restart SketchUp after saving the file? What program did you edit in?

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                • sfto1S Offline
                  sfto1
                  last edited by

                  No luck, It's not that critical either. Thanks for the help.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Check your PMs.

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                    • sfto1S Offline
                      sfto1
                      last edited by

                      Notepad

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Hmmm.....

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                        • BoxB Offline
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                          @dave r said:

                          Check your PMs.

                          It's about defcon two at the moment and if I don't cook her dinner soon who knows where it will end up..

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            I knew you'd be along.

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                            • TIGT Offline
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                              last edited by

                              I also confirm that making that simple change to the end of the code should make it load [under the View menu !] and it works fine...

                              TIG

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                              • sfto1S Offline
                                sfto1
                                last edited by

                                Thank you to all. Dave R helped get it straight.

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                                • DDKD Offline
                                  DDK
                                  last edited by

                                  trying to figure out how to add this rb file, its not showing up in the install list but is in my downloads .... I don't know code so im not changing it.. can anyone help with newb terms? πŸ˜•

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    What rb file?

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                                      driven
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                                      @ddk said:

                                      trying to figure out how to add this rb file, its not showing up in the install list but is in my downloads .... I don't know code so im not changing it.. can anyone help with newb terms? :?

                                      there is no 'auto-instal' for any .rb files, only .rbz...
                                      notice the 'z', it's stands for 'zipped', so if you 'zip' any .rb then rename it's extension from .zip to .rbz, it will appear in the add extension list...

                                      john

                                      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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