[Plugin][$] ThruPaint - v2.9a - 21 Apr 26

Rich O Brien

@Boarder4fun ThruPaint is not part of Fredo Bundle

sentur

The material browser has stopped working for me. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling ThruPaint a couple of times now.

ThruPaint works as expected, except the Material Browser function never appears when clicking on the button in the UI toolbar.

Any ideas?

fredo6

Can you open the Ruby Console to catch potential errors ?

Also, the Material Browser is automatically shown the first time you launch ThruPaint. But then, ThruPaint only opens with the palette buttons on subsequent launches. Click on the colored button on the right to invoke the Material Browser.

sentur

@fredo6 The material browser has worked in the past. It just now no longer opens when I click the 3x3 grid button.

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Here's the output of the Ruby Console.

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4220:in `onMouseMove_zero'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3014:in `change_current_material'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmaindialog.rbe:2081:in `matbro_notify_event_exec'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmaindialog.rbe:2068:in `matbro_notify_event'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:1740:in `call'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:1740:in `notify_event'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:3626:in `matos_set_current_from_su'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:3528:in `on_material_event_exec'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:3517:in `block (2 levels) in on_material_event'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:3515:in `each'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6materialbrowser.rbe:3515:in `block in on_material_event'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4220:in `onMouseMove_zero'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:2994:in `sample_current_material'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:2047:in `handle_click_down'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4258:in `onLButtonDown'
Error: Error: nil
nil
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `entities' for nil:NilClass>
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupaintmiro.rbe:364:in `family_search_stamped_faces'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3058:in `miro_detect'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1784:in `analyze_picked_face'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1418:in `pick_current_element'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:1385:in `handle_move'
c:/users/enswlaw/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:4246:in `onMouseMove'

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: ThruPaint v2.8d - 13 May 25

Requirements:

>= LibFredo6 14.7a

ThruPaint 2.8d is a release including:

bug fixing in some situations with textures

Home Page of ThruPaint for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.

fredo6

@sentur
Thanks for reporting. It looks like there is something weird in the model, although it look simple.

Anyway, I fixed the error in ThruPaint v2.8d, just published.

sentur

@fredo6 Amazing. Thank you such a quick fix Fredo!

Archimars

Hello Fredo,

It’s a pleasure working with your plugins since 2007... I’m currently facing a major issue with the latest versions of FredoLib and TruPaint, which I just installed. TruPaint does not display the contextual texture selection window, and I also cannot access its functions, even though I have purchased a license for this product.

After reinstalling FredoLib, none of your other plugins respond anymore! I’m having trouble understanding whether this is related to a license update issue.

Could you please let me know the steps I should follow?

Thanks in advance!

*C’est un plaisir de travailler avec tes plugins depuis 2007… J’ai une grosse difficulté avec la dernière version de FredoLib et TruPaint, que je viens d’installer. TruPaint n’affiche pas l’écran contextuel de sélection des textures, et je n’ai pas non plus accès aux fonctions, alors que j’ai pourtant acheté la licence de ce produit.

En réinstallant FredoLib, tes autres plugins ne répondent plus du tout ! J’ai du mal à comprendre s’il s’agit d’un problème lié à la mise à jour des licences.

Pourrais-tu m’indiquer la marche à suivre ?

Merci d’avance !*

Archimars

Le message d'erreur en question dans la console ruby :

2022/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_thrupaint/thrupainttool.rbe:3010:in `block in change_current_material'
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `window_get_window' for G6B:Module
Did you mean?  window_get_title>
c:/users/apt201080/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2022/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6webcursor.rbe:117:in `block in compute_sub_handle'
c:/users/apt201080/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2022/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6webcursor.rbe:116:in `each'
c:/users/apt201080/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2022/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6webcursor.rbe:116:in `compute_sub_handle'
c:/users/apt201080/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2022/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6webcursor.rbe:105:in `block in create'

fredo6

It seems that the loading of LibFredo6 does not execute well (the binary does not load).

Could you use the menu entry Window > LibFredo6 settings... > Fredo6 Plugins Information for Sketchucation Support and post the output here. This is to have the details on what is loaded.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with the license a priori.

Archimars

@fredo6

It is working well now, probably fixed when I restarted my computer ! thanks !

fredo6

NEW RELEASE: ThruPaint v2.9a - 21 Apr 26

Requirements:

>= LibFredo6 15.9b

ThruPaint 2.9a is a release including:

bug fixing
Future compatibility

Home Page of ThruPaint for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.

Layer One

Is there any documentation or videos that explain how Paint Objects works? I can't get it do work.

fredo6

No written documentation. You have some help within the application. There are also many videos out there.

Layer One

@fredo6 Thank you. Maybe you can help. I'm trying to paint various groups or components with components using the Paint Objects tool, but not matter what I do, nothing happens.

bsfranza

Hi there, i would appreciate if there was an option to start directly without the initial popup of the material browser.. for me its always laggy and i cant get used to it... the top bar is enough for me ... so one vote up for a option to disable the material browser

Other than that a amazing Plugin and well worth the price and love

fredo6

@bsfranza said:

i would appreciate if there was an option to start directly without the initial popup of the material browser

Unfortunately, this would require some heavy re-engineering of ThruPaint. Normally, you get it once by Sketchup session, so it's just a smaller inconvenience.

talleycl1994

I am having issues when I try to open Thrupaint where it is just showing a blank dialogue box. How do I fix this? I made sure both Thrupaint and Fredo6 are the most up to date. I am using Sketchup 2026 on a 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max.

Fredo6 Plugins Information on 2026-09-11 11:55:52 -0400

Platform: arm64-darwin - Ruby: 3.2.2
Sketchup: 26.1.257
LibFredo6: v16.1a
LibFredo6 Binary NOT loaded
Sketchucation Tools: 5.0.7
SCFLicense: v7.3b - 72
Fredo6 Plugins

JointPushPull v4.9a
Pic2Shape v1.3a
RoundCorner v3.4a
ThruPaint v2.9a - licensed FULL: 193628 - FJ1781843308.0G
SCFLicense directory present

Signature File: 2026-06-19 00:28:28 -0400
ThruPaint: 2026-06-30 10:31:33 -0400

fredo6

There is a problem with a binary file in SU2026 on Mac
Could you try with LibFredo6 v16.1g, just published.

After installation and restart of Sketchup, please do a Window > LibFredo6 Settings... > Fredo6 Plugins Information for Sketchucation Support.

At the top in the output of the Ruby Console, tell me if you see binary loaded or Binary NOT loaded.

Also, it would be good to upgrade to Sketchucation Tools v5.0.8, although this is not related.