[Plugin] HouseBuilder
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@blood said:
I have Sketchup 2021 Pro
Please update your profile. It shows you are using 2020.
@blood said:
It appears to be installed, but says unsigned
This makes no difference as long as yoou have the loading permissions set to allow unsigned extensions to load.
@blood said:
in the program the tool bar for it is missing.
Try quitting SketchUp and restarting it.
When you installed SketchUp did you do so properly? That requires right clicking on the downloaded installer and selecting Run as administrator from the Context menu.
Keep in mind this extension is old and has not been updated. There are newer, better, and more powerful extensions for modeling framing.
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Follow Dave's advice - it's always good...
To recap...
Being 'unsigned' is not an issue if you have your Extension Manager > Extension Loading Policy set to 'Unrestricted'.
Many older extensions have not been kept up to date by their creators - if they are free there's no incentive to do time consuming extra work, and some authors have simply stopped developing their creations...
If you reset the Loading Policy and restart SketchUp it should load with its menu items and toolbar - you'll need to 'tick' its toolbar for it to display... -
@blood said:
I have Sketchup 2021 Pro and installed house builder as described in the above post using the extension manager. It appears to be installed, but says unsigned and in the program the tool bar for it is missing. Not sure if the unsigned has anything to do with it. This is my first time using Sketchup. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Just gave it a try on my 2021 Pro version and it seems to be working on my end. Showing unsigned for me as well.
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As I said, because it's a very old extension [and no longer supported by this creator] it isn't signed to the latest standards - however, it doesn't mean it won't work in newer versions of SketchUp, if your Loading Policy is not strict...
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Hello!
The metric version of TIG in Sketchup 2021 works well for me, only when inserting windows and doors there are errors. The columns supporting the bridge slide together.
Does anyone know of a plugin that works well?
Thx -
Hello!
The metric version of TIG in Sketchup 2021 works well for me, only when inserting windows and doors there are errors. The columns supporting the bridge slide together.
Does anyone know of a plugin that works well?
Thx -
@rezsici said:
Does anyone know of a plugin that works well?
For what version of SketchUp? Your profile shows you are using 2021 Free/Make. There is no such version. The only free version would be SketchUp Free 2023 which is web-based and doesn't have any facility for using extensions.
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when i need quick - i use the HouseBuilder plugin, when i need construction plan level details i either use my own dynamic components and/or the Medeek plugins. the HouseBuilder plugin (extension) is working in SU 2023 Pro just fine.
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@gullfo Hoi, nog een starter. House geinstalleerd en werkend. Enkel de optie genereer materiaaloverzicht niet. Die geeft aan: app kan niet worden geopnd, -50. Iemand een idee?
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LONG TIME SKETCHUP USER HERE, RECENTLY UPDATED TO V 2026 MIGRATED OVER ALL MY EXTENSIONS JUST FINE EXCEPT HOUSEBUILDER. iT OPENS BUT THE TOOL BAR IS JUST A B UNCH OF GREEN BOOXS WITH X'S IN THEM. TRIED UNINSTALLING, DOWNLOADED A FRESH COPY, WONT INSTALL THROUGH EXTENSION MANAGER. REALLY FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT, I'VE BEENT RYIONG FOR AN HOUR AND I USE THIS TOOL ALMOST DAILY ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIAT4ED. AS I AM CONSTANTLY ON THE VERGE OF HAVING AN ANURISM OVER THE CONCSTANT ISSUE IN SKETCHUP LIKE THIS. THANX, UNHAPPY CUSTOMER SINCE 2017
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What's your loading policy set to?
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...and is your CAPSLOCK button stuck?
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You seemingly haven't installed it from its RBZ.
If you simply copy the ../Plugins/HouseBuilder_extension.RB file over to the newer SketchUp version it misses the images to make the toolbar-buttons [and worse!]...
Unfortunately the original author was in the dim past [20years ago] and made a half-baked extension loader file, and he didn't give his subfolder the same name as the RB file.
The new[ish] auto-migration tool assumes this file/folder naming convention and so it misses out copying the subfolder of images [and some other vital support files that are in that folder].
To fix it you need to find the whole HouseBuilder folder [and its contents intact] in your older version's Plugins folder and copy that whole folder over into the newer SketchUp version's Plugins folder.
When you startup SketchUp it should now find the subfolder and load the buttons' images and the other vital support files...
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