Sketchucation Tools 5.0.4

TIG

@ntxdave
There's an Uninstall Manager dialog in the Extensions > SketchUcation submenu.
This renames the selected RB files RBX so that after a restart they no longer load, appear under the Plugins Manager dialog etc.
However, they are still there and can either be ignored, reinstalled using that manager, or manually deleted later.
To delete them open your Plugins folder and ensure that folder settings show file extensions.
Sort by Type so that all of the RBX files are together.
Delete them one at a time, noting the name so that you can also delete the associated folder - e.g. some_script1.rbx and its subfolder some_script1.
The Plugins folder is hidden by default - but there's a tool in the Extensions > SketchUcation submenu to open it for you...

TIG

@gullfo

Thanks for the info - so it's probably not a Unicode /U issue ?
However, have you tried renaming your user-account in case ?
I'm assuming your Windows user-account name contains only ASCII characters and some limited punctuation, as instructed by Microsoft ? If you are unsure you can use the chat speech-bubble tool to PM it to me privately...

We are investigating this because there are thousands of users without this error, so we need to do some detective work...

tsur

@TIG I have indeed edited (only) my user name from the original lowercase < tsur >

TIG

@tsur
Thanks for the update - so we can rule out an old Unicode /U glitch.
But what it might be otherwise is currently a rare mystery...

TIG

@gullfo @tsur
Can you open the Ruby Console and Copy/Paste this in +<enter>
It lists the RB files you have in your Plugins folder and their text encoding within them - all of mine return UTF-8 but yours might not ??

puts "\nFile Encodings...\n\n";
lp = Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins");
rbs = Dir.entries(lp).find_all{|e| e=~/\.rb$/ };
rbsf=[];
rbs.each{|rb| rbsf << File.join(lp, rb) };
rbsf.each{|p| puts "#{File.basename(p)} = #{File.read(p).encoding.name}" };
puts "\n";

Reply with the results...

tsur

@TIG

File Encodings...

curic_deep_select.rb = UTF-8
clf_loose_to_groups.rb = UTF-8
MaterialResizer.rb = UTF-8
3DxSketchUp.rb = UTF-8
s4u_explode.rb = UTF-8
DM_ProfileBuilder3.rb = UTF-8
1001bit_freeware.rb = UTF-8
s4u_layer.rb = UTF-8
Slicer.rb = UTF-8
tt_cleanup.rb = UTF-8
3dshapestool.rb = UTF-8
DM_BoolTools.rb = UTF-8
!!Fredo6_LordOfTheToolbars.rb = UTF-8
s4u_frame.rb = UTF-8
TIG-Smart_offset.rb = UTF-8
TIG-Fracture.rb = UTF-8
tt_bitmap2mesh.rb = UTF-8
clf_random_painter.rb = UTF-8
s4u_copy_follow_objects.rb = UTF-8
5d_round_vertices.rb = UTF-8
curic_axes.rb = UTF-8
3dbazaar.rb = UTF-8
projection_extension.rb = UTF-8
asm_faceup.rb = UTF-8
clf_components_onto_faces.rb = UTF-8
curic_stretch.rb = UTF-8
ams_ClothWorks.rb = UTF-8
tt_edgetools.rb = UTF-8
dbs_animate_rotation.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_HoleEditor.rb = UTF-8
curic_la.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_TopoShaper.rb = UTF-8
su_solarnorth.rb = UTF-8
s4u_import_camera.rb = UTF-8
s4u_resize_texture.rb = UTF-8
ene_unfold_tool.rb = UTF-8
clf_extrapolate_colors.rb = UTF-8
DM_PlaceMaker.rb = UTF-8
clf_perpendicular_face_tools.rb = UTF-8
ene_uprightExtruder.rb = UTF-8
select_pp.rb = UTF-8
DBUR_DimTools.rb = UTF-8
vbo_mep_piping.rb = UTF-8
s4u_pickup.rb = UTF-8
as_flatten.rb = UTF-8
UnrealDatasmithSketchUp.rb = UTF-8
s4u_export_scenes.rb = UTF-8
s4u_delete_overlap.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Pic2Shape.rb = UTF-8
tt_vertex2.rb = UTF-8
curic_face_array.rb = UTF-8
Eclate_Deplace.3.0.2_EN.rb = UTF-8
as_scaleby.rb = UTF-8
curic_single_text.rb = UTF-8
ladb_opencutlist.rb = UTF-8
su_diffusion.rb = UTF-8
curic_section_view.rb = UTF-8
TIG-TextureTools.rb = UTF-8
cmd_auto-invisible_layer.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_MoveAlignMe.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface.rb = UTF-8
Tax_Engineering.rb = UTF-8
rtches_IfcTag.rb = UTF-8
curic_paste_to_comp.rb = UTF-8
DM_zorro.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Curviloft.rb = UTF-8
5d_auto_info.rb = UTF-8
TT_SUbD.rb = UTF-8
s4u_scale.rb = UTF-8
curic_sun.rb = UTF-8
curic_mirror.rb = UTF-8
habitat_site_context.rb = UTF-8
ene_fractalTerrain.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_MrHide.rb = UTF-8
dm_taper_maker.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoTools.rb = UTF-8
tt_uv_toolkit2.rb = UTF-8
s4u_curve_to_arc.rb = UTF-8
s4u_panel.rb = UTF-8
Roof.rb = UTF-8
s4u_crop_selection.rb = UTF-8
DM_Skimp.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoSpline.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoGuides.rb = UTF-8
curic_safeclean.rb = UTF-8
VolumeCalculator2.rb = UTF-8
lines2tubes.rb = UTF-8
ene_random_selection.rb = UTF-8
s4u_attach_to_face.rb = UTF-8
bezierspline.rb = UTF-8
ExtrudeTools.rb = UTF-8
DBUR_NumberingText.rb = UTF-8
ene_texturepositioning.rb = UTF-8
engineeringtoolbox_tools.rb = UTF-8
su_annotations.rb = UTF-8
as_randomtools.rb = UTF-8
s4u_slice.rb = UTF-8
curic_scene_manager.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoSketch.rb = UTF-8
s4u_connect.rb = UTF-8
DM_cutter.rb = UTF-8
curic_face_knife.rb = UTF-8
clf_color_by_slope.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Animator.rb = UTF-8
tt_shell.rb = UTF-8
DM_SketchUV.rb = UTF-8
asm_orienterexpress.rb = UTF-8
Bolt MakerXII.rb = UTF-8
clf_color_by_z.rb = UTF-8
SoapSkinBubble.rb = UTF-8
FixReversedFaceMaterials.rb = UTF-8
s4u_multi_slice.rb = UTF-8
tt_milling.rb = UTF-8
identic_ai.rb = UTF-8
curic_dim_scale.rb = UTF-8
curic_rotate.rb = UTF-8
s4u_align.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_JointPushPull.rb = UTF-8
adebeo_pushline.rb = UTF-8
s4u_offset.rb = UTF-8
habitat_space_use_plugin.rb = UTF-8
s4u_hide_line.rb = UTF-8
ams_FixIt.rb = UTF-8
holygon_landshape.rb = UTF-8
jwm_shapes_loader.rb = UTF-8
s4u_makebox.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Curvizard.rb = UTF-8
s4u_importdxf.rb = UTF-8
tt_material_replacer.rb = UTF-8
s4u_weld.rb = UTF-8
su_sandbox.rb = UTF-8
su_extension_migrator.rb = UTF-8
PipeAlongPath.rb = UTF-8
get_dimensions.rb = UTF-8
s4u_linetool.rb = UTF-8
s4u_makeface.rb = UTF-8
tt_truebend.rb = UTF-8
ene_random_scale_and_rotate.rb = UTF-8
tt_material_tools.rb = UTF-8
lightbeans-plugin.rb = UTF-8
SKMtools.rb = UTF-8
clf_scale_and_rotate_multiple.rb = UTF-8
dp_flat_text.rb = UTF-8
s4u_find_gap.rb = UTF-8
su_dynamiccomponents.rb = UTF-8
SketchUcation.rb = UTF-8
s4u_tocomponents.rb = UTF-8
SU_Podium_V26.rb = UTF-8
s4u_divide.rb = UTF-8
curic_lengthsnapping.rb = UTF-8
s4u_linetoface.rb = UTF-8
s4u_reset_axis.rb = UTF-8
sj_batch_export_scenes_to_thumbnails.rb = UTF-8
dm_curve_maker.rb = UTF-8
ene_unroll_surface.rb = UTF-8
Mirror.rb = UTF-8
clf_shape_bender.rb = UTF-8
Helix-along-curve-tool-0.9.rb = UTF-8
s4u_filter_selection.rb = UTF-8
s4u_scaletool.rb = UTF-8
deBabelizer.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoScale.rb = UTF-8
fur_en.rb = UTF-8
tt_groups2comps.rb = UTF-8
smustard_DropGC.rb = UTF-8
s4u_paint.rb = UTF-8
curic_measure_pp.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_ThruPaint.rb = UTF-8
tt_solid_inspector2.rb = UTF-8
tt_camera.rb = UTF-8
tt_text_editor.rb = UTF-8
curic_gizmo.rb = UTF-8
5d_library.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_VisuHole.rb = UTF-8
TT_Lib2.rb = UTF-8
ene_solids.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb = UTF-8
voxelizebeta04.rb = UTF-8
xformclone.rb = UTF-8
latticeMaker.rb = UTF-8
curic_axis.rb = UTF-8
TT_QuadFaceTools.rb = UTF-8
curic_se.rb = UTF-8
_jhs01_powerbar.rb = UTF-8
DM_Bevel.rb = UTF-8
s4u_transformer.rb = UTF-8
curic_align_view.rb = UTF-8
curic_teleport.rb = UTF-8
CAUL_Flowify.rb = UTF-8
as_shapestoolbar.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoCorner.rb = UTF-8
s4u_mirror.rb = UTF-8
flattery.rb = UTF-8
s4u_stair.rb = UTF-8
DM_SketchPlus.rb = UTF-8
!LordOfTheToolbars_seed.rb = UTF-8
dbs_move_rotate_open_close.rb = UTF-8
Architextures_SUExt.rb = UTF-8
clf_component_stringer.rb = UTF-8
TIG-DualDims.rb = UTF-8
5d_auto_measure.rb = UTF-8
curic_linepp.rb = UTF-8
ene_fog.rb = UTF-8
SLB_JWM_draw_angle_dim.rb = UTF-8

=> nil

gullfo

@TIG my user name starts with a "g" lowercase. been in use for, oh, 25 years now on all systems... and Sketchucation plugin proir to 5 working fine.

gullfo

File Encodings...

#FlattenToPlane.rb = UTF-8
#WorkPlane.rb = UTF-8
#xLine.rb = UTF-8
#xLine2Line.rb = UTF-8
1gs_slatfunc.rb = UTF-8
1gs_slattool.rb = UTF-8
2DTools.rb = UTF-8
addfaces.rb = UTF-8
ae_attribute_inspector.rb = UTF-8
ae_textureresizer.rb = UTF-8
applyTo.rb = UTF-8
ArcCurveTests.rb = UTF-8
array_to.rb = UTF-8
asm_oldsave.rb = UTF-8
as_randomtools.rb = UTF-8
bezier.rb = UTF-8
bezierspline.rb = UTF-8
CADup.rb = UTF-8
CB_TimberFraming.rb = UTF-8
CenterPointAll.rb = UTF-8
clinetool.rb = UTF-8
ConsDeleteContext.rb = UTF-8
cratetool.rb = UTF-8
DBUR_LayerManager.rb = UTF-8
deBabelizer.rb = UTF-8
Deck Builder.rb = UTF-8
default_layer_geometry.rb = UTF-8
delauney2.rb = UTF-8
delauney3.rb = UTF-8
deletecoplanaredges.rb = UTF-8
Dezmo_save_to_older_skp.rb = UTF-8
dimsvis.rb = UTF-8
divide_cpoint_golden.rb = UTF-8
DM_BoolTools.rb = UTF-8
dm_curve_maker.rb = UTF-8
DM_ProfileBuilder3.rb = UTF-8
DoorTools.rb = UTF-8
ene_attribute_editor.rb = UTF-8
ene_buidling_instructions.rb = UTF-8
ene_component_to_group.rb = UTF-8
ene_deDCify.rb = UTF-8
ene_deep_make_unique.rb = UTF-8
ene_face_creator.rb = UTF-8
ene_flatten_to_plane.rb = UTF-8
ene_line_up_axes.rb = UTF-8
ene_material_extractor.rb = UTF-8
ene_ro_menu.rb = UTF-8
ene_scaled_perspective.rb = UTF-8
ene_unroll_surface.rb = UTF-8
ene_uprightExtruder.rb = UTF-8
ene_viewport_resizer2.rb = UTF-8
engineeringtoolbox_tools.rb = UTF-8
extrudealongpath.rb = UTF-8
ExtrudeTools.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Curviloft.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_Curvizard.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoCorner.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoGuides.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoScale.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoSpline.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_FredoTools.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_JointPushPull.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_RoundCorner.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_ThruPaint.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_ToolsOnSurface.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_TopoShaper.rb = UTF-8
Fredo6_VisuHole.rb = UTF-8
Generate Ceiling Grid.rb = UTF-8
goldilocks.rb = UTF-8
habitat_site_context.rb = UTF-8
Helix-along-curve-tool-0.9.rb = UTF-8
Hide_Tags_In_Scenes.rb = UTF-8
HouseBuilder_extension.rb = UTF-8
jwm_shapes_loader.rb = UTF-8
ladb_opencutlist.rb = UTF-8
Latticeizer.rb = UTF-8
LibTraductor.rb = UTF-8
lines2tubes.rb = UTF-8
massmaterialimporter.rb = UTF-8
materialconsolidator.rb = UTF-8
MaterialResizer.rb = UTF-8
medeek_electrical_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_engineering_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_floor_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_foundation_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_hvac_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_project_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_truss_ext.rb = UTF-8
medeek_wall_ext.rb = UTF-8
mesh_additions.rb = UTF-8
move_to_origin.rb = UTF-8
parametric.rb = UTF-8
parametric_grid.rb = UTF-8
parametric_opening.rb = UTF-8
PipeAlongPath.rb = UTF-8
PointTool.rb = UTF-8
progressbar.rb = UTF-8
PurgeAll.rb = UTF-8
PutOnLayer.rb = UTF-8
RandomPushPull.rb = UTF-8
recurve.rb = UTF-8
remove_inner_faces.rb = UTF-8
Roof.rb = UTF-8
SectionCutFace.rb = UTF-8
skelion.rb = UTF-8
Sketch-Int.rb = UTF-8
SketchUcation.rb = UTF-8
SKMtools.rb = UTF-8
Stair Maker.rb = UTF-8
su_advancedcameratools.rb = UTF-8
su_create_layout_file.rb = UTF-8
su_diffusion.rb = UTF-8
su_dynamiccomponents.rb = UTF-8
SU_Podium_V26.rb = UTF-8
su_sandbox.rb = UTF-8
su_shapes.rb = UTF-8
su_solarnorth.rb = UTF-8
su_trimble_connect.rb = UTF-8
su_webtextures.rb = UTF-8
su_windows.rb = UTF-8
TIG-LayersFromList.rb = UTF-8
TIG-LayersToList.rb = UTF-8
TrueTangents.rb = UTF-8
tt_bezier_surface.rb = UTF-8
tt_cleanup.rb = UTF-8
tt_comp_prop.rb = UTF-8
tt_draw_bb.rb = UTF-8
tt_edgetools.rb = UTF-8
tt_flatten.rb = UTF-8
tt_guide_tools.rb = UTF-8
tt_layertools.rb = UTF-8
TT_Lib2.rb = UTF-8
tt_material_replacer.rb = UTF-8
tt_material_tools.rb = UTF-8
TT_QuadFaceTools.rb = UTF-8
tt_raytracer.rb = UTF-8
tt_rota-scale.rb = UTF-8
tt_selection_toys.rb = UTF-8
tt_select_curve.rb = UTF-8
tt_shell.rb = UTF-8
tt_smoothhidden.rb = UTF-8
tt_solid_inspector2.rb = UTF-8
TT_SUbD.rb = UTF-8
tt_text_editor.rb = UTF-8
tt_text_tools.rb = UTF-8
tt_truebend.rb = UTF-8
unhide_all.rb = UTF-8
universal_importer.rb = UTF-8
ViewportBuster_11_6_1.rb = UTF-8
VoronoiConic_loader.rb = UTF-8
weld.rb = UTF-8
WindowTools.rb = UTF-8

all seem to be UTF-8 encoded

ntxdave

@Rich-O-Brien said in Sketchucation Tools 5.0.1:

@ntxdave

Is there a way to find out which plugins I installed yesterday?

Use the Filters dropdown and choose Installed

How do you go about deleting/uninstalling a plugin?

Use Extensions > Extension Manager

I do not see any link to be able to remove one of the plugins on the list of plugins in the list. Am I missing something?

You can't remove extensions from the current device's Bundle

Thanks a lot for the reply/ Somehow, I missed it yesterday. I wish that the Installed list would show when the plugin was installed. I think I figured out that I had only installed one new plugin and thanks to you and @TIG I was able to identify it and remove it.

gullfo

anyone know what plugin this is from? it's (so far) the only one that pops up when i uninstall the Sketchucation plugin (via extension manager).

Dave R

@gullfo
Screenshot - 10_1_2025 , 11_08_35 AM.png

As you can see, it requires the Sketchucation ExtensionStore.

gullfo

weird because i don't think i ever installed this plugin... searching my plugins - nada... downloading it and looking at the content - definitely never. maybe some other plugin bundled it? or worse, copied the warning message into their own plugin of course the only new plugins - the sketchucation, open cut, and su diffusion...

ntxdave

@TIG
Thanks for your reply and instructions. Sorry I missed your post yesterday.

I think I was able to identify that I had only added one plugin and via your instructions, I think I was able to delete it. It is no longer showing up.

TIG

@gullfo @tsur

I don't think it's the username - BUT clutching-at-straws...
The MAC system encoding is always UTF-8 as expected.
My PC is too.
@gullfo reported the same !

So now I need t look at why in just two cases reported to date there's an encoding error when none seem to be there...

Watch this space...

TIG

@gullfo @tsur

Thank you for your help and patience so far.
I've prepared an RBZ with new encoding code to hopefully sidestep the issue. I'll send you a copy by PM [chat], please install it and see if it helps. Let me know what's what...

TIG

@gullfo @tsur

The new version is attached to a PM for you.
We are very keen to earn of your results...

gullfo

that worked! no sketchucation errors. just some previous initialized messages in the console for FileUtils.

TIG

At last !!
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds good to go ! I'll get something ready for Friday...
Are these FileUtils messages in anyway associated with SketchUcation stuff ?
Or is it something else entirely ??

i5963c

Sketchucation Tools 5.0.1. is broken on my system (Windows 11, Sketchup Make 2017). The Sketchucation menu only has the following entries:

Screenshot 2025-10-03 021134.png

Next: everytime I launch Sketchup, I get the following error messages
Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_Curviloft/Curviloft.plugin>
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:892:in readlines' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:892:in block (4 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:883:in each' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:883:in block (3 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:868:in each' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:868:in block (2 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:865:in each' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:865:in block in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:864:in each' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:864:in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_loader.rbe:99:in <module:SCF>' c:/users/xxx/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_loader.rbe:13:in <main>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in eval' C:/Program Files/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:173:in register_extension'
C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:173:in <module:SCF>' C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:17:in <top (required)>'

i5963c

OK, just a small update on the previous post. I noticed at the top of the error chain, that a specific extension would be missing (curviloft). It's an extension that I acquired quite a while ago, but it's not installed (certainly not at this moment, unsure whether it may have been installed on this machine in the past). I acquired that extension as part of a bundle. But, apparently, the simple fact that this extension is not installed, triggers the error with Sketchucation's new version. After manually adding the 'missing' extension, and relaunching Sketchup, the same error popped up, but this time about a different extension. Only after having installed ALL missing extensions of that bundle that was acquired quite long ago, Sketchup returned to a normal way of working when being launched. I nevertheless still find that this is a bug.