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      Glenn at home
      last edited by

      @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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      SketchUp Pro 2025/2026 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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      • TIGT
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        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...

        TIG

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          rezsici Newcomers
          last edited by

          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

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            rezsici Newcomers
            last edited by

            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

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            • Dave RD
              Dave R
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              @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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              • gullfoG
                gullfo
                last edited by

                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.

                Glenn

                http://www.runnel.com

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                  Chili049600 Newcomers @gullfo
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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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                    jlharder89 Newcomers
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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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                    • Rich O BrienR
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      What's your loading policy set to?

                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                      • Rich O BrienR
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        ...and is your CAPSLOCK button stuck?

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                        • TIGT
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by TIG

                          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...

                          TIG

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                            greg24k
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                            Where can I find this plugin. My PC crashed and I cannot find HouseBuilder Plugin

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                              greg24k
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                              I know this post is dated back to the stone age... Is anyone still has this plugin to share? My pc crashed and lost everything.
                              Thanks in advance!

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                              • TIGT
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @greg24k
                                The attached RBZ files contain the original '/" version and a tweaked metric version.
                                They are both very old and might raise errors with newer SketchUp versions and their Ruby versions...
                                Try them at your own risk.
                                You might need to change the .RBZ to a .ZIP and extract all of its contents, then manually put them into your Plugins folder.
                                The individual files and the subfolder [intact and containing all of its contents unmoved] need to be put in...

                                HouseBuilder_extension.rbz
                                HouseBuilder_metric_12x[TIG].rbz

                                TIG

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