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    • Didier BurD Offline
      Didier Bur
      last edited by

      Hi all,
      I've released a new set of icons at the depositary (same post than the main prog).
      Tell me if this one works for you 😒
      Reagards,

      DB

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      • EdsonE Offline
        Edson
        last edited by

        didier,

        sorry, but I could not find them.

        edson

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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        • jujuJ Offline
          juju
          last edited by

          emahfuz, go to the link in the post at the top of this thread, look for the attachment called hb_icons.zip and download. Next find your SU installation folder, go to plugins > housebuilder folder, copy icons extracted from the zip file provided into said folder. 😉

          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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          • J Offline
            Jan Vdb
            last edited by

            Hi, Didier

            Sorry to say that the new icons don't make any difference

            Greetings, Jan Vdb

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            • D Offline
              Daniel S
              last edited by

              Hi Didier,
              I install the new icons but still no lucky...
              i´m runing SU in PC with windows (but spanish version, maybe that´s the problem)
              The absolute path by default to the SU executable is:
              C:\Archivos de programa\Google\Google SketchUp 6\SketchUp.exe
              I think that everyone has "Program Files" instead "Archivos de programa"

              Daniel S

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              • Didier BurD Offline
                Didier Bur
                last edited by

                What's going on with these icons
                ❓
                Still searching.
                Anyone has my layer manager script with similar problems ???

                DB

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                • kmeadK Offline
                  kmead
                  last edited by

                  Didier:

                  On a Mac the path will always be:

                  /Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6/Plugins/Housebuilder/housebuilder_sections.txt

                  if that helps.

                  Many thanks, I haven't been by earlier so my apologies for taking so long to post the info.

                  I was looking at the old housebuilder and the ruby wasn't encoded like it is now or I would have tried chasing this myself.

                  Many thanks and have a great day.

                  Karl

                  I created Dilbertville, sorry about that...

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                  • jujuJ Offline
                    juju
                    last edited by

                    I've installed ruby as directed, activated the housebuilder menu under the view functions, also replaced the images with the new - still no icons though...

                    Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                    • Didier BurD Offline
                      Didier Bur
                      last edited by

                      SORRY all for the inconvenience (related to icons) 😳
                      I think I've got the solution: for an unknown reason scrambled extension code doesn't seem to work OK on some platforms (wether PC or Mac).
                      I'll publish in a few hours a "non-scrambled" main script to replace the 'offender'.
                      Regards,

                      DB

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                      • Didier BurD Offline
                        Didier Bur
                        last edited by

                        💭 I'm sure this one will work !!!
                        Please download it at the depositary and re-install ALL files.
                        Regards,

                        DB

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                        • D Offline
                          Daniel S
                          last edited by

                          Now I can see the icons!!!
                          Thank you Didier!!! 😄

                          Daniel S

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                          • A Offline
                            azuby
                            last edited by

                            Didier, some hint for the encrypted/scrambled version: The code is executed through "eval" and so some file infos are missed. If you want to build a nearly fully encrypted version, you can write a simple non-encrypted Ruby file, which only sets a global constant (make sure you are not using a variable) like

                            MY_FILEDIR = File.dirname(__FILE__).gsub(/[\\\/]/, File;;SEPARATOR) << File;;SEPARATOR unless defined? MY_FILEDIR # all in one line
                            

                            Within the encrypted file you -> require the non-encrypted file and are done. Say you have

                            • my.rbs
                            • my/mypath.rb
                              than you require like this:
                            require 'my/mypath.rb'
                            

                            The "defined?"-thing is done to avoid possible redefiniton of the constant - that would raise an error (or give a warning, not sure).

                            edit: One regular expression and one gsub is enough 😉

                            azuby

                            *error initus :: Blocks | CurrentDate | d/Code | extensionmanager | FFlipper | HideEdges | MeasuredArea | ModelHistory | PluginsHelp | PronButton | SAWSO | SCP | SU²CATT

                            Bad English? PM me, correct me. :smile:**

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                            • kmeadK Offline
                              kmead
                              last edited by

                              Didier:

                              I still get:

                              Error Loading File HouseBuilder_extension.rb
                              private method `split' called for nil:NilClass

                              When SU starts and although one can bring up the House Builder tool pallette, it won't actually do anything when one clicks on the buttons.

                              Sorry for being a wet blanket

                              Karl

                              I created Dilbertville, sorry about that...

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                              • J Offline
                                Jan Vdb
                                last edited by

                                Hi Didier,

                                Works now perfectly!! Thanks 😄

                                Karl,

                                Had the same problem as you, removed every housbuilder script from the plugin folder and did a re-install with the new script. Problem was solved.

                                [Jan Vdb]

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                                • Didier BurD Offline
                                  Didier Bur
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Kmead,

                                  I noticed that the path to HouseBuilder is wrong:
                                  /Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 6/Plugins/Housebuilder/

                                  Please rename the Housebuilder folder to HouseBuilder, because pathes are case-sensitive.
                                  Hope this will solve the problem 😉

                                  DB

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                                  • D Offline
                                    Daniel S
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi again Didier...
                                    It woks perfect but everytime when i do a right-click on a selection it makes an annoying "beep" sound.
                                    I remember that was a problem (?) of previous housebuilder´s versions, so i search in the old forum for an answer...
                                    if i put in the console:
                                    module UI; def self.beep; p caller; end; end
                                    the problem is solved... but when i restart SU6 i have to put it again in the ruby console.
                                    Another solution found in the old forum was to replace:
                                    UI.beep
                                    by
                                    #UI.beep
                                    in housebuilder. But i think that part is encrypted. Could you make this change for me?

                                    Thanks in advance,
                                    Daniel S

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                                    • Didier BurD Offline
                                      Didier Bur
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Daniel,
                                      Done. See depository and replace houseBuilderTool.rb in your HouseBuilder folder.
                                      Cheers,

                                      DB

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                                      • D Offline
                                        Daniel S
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you Didier! I have no more the "beep" 😄
                                        And all the rest works perfect.

                                        Thank you again,
                                        Daniel S

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                                        • kmeadK Offline
                                          kmead
                                          last edited by

                                          Still not enjoying the love. Still suffer the same error on a Mac. Its no fun being a minority... 😉

                                          I created Dilbertville, sorry about that...

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                                          • Didier BurD Offline
                                            Didier Bur
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Kmead,
                                            Let's try something else:
                                            Could you open the Ruby console and type:

                                            a = Sketchup.find_support_file("Sketchup.exe") ENTER

                                            and then type:

                                            a + "Plugins\HouseBuilder\" ENTER

                                            Please post the 2 results you've got, just to check if really it's a path problem or a backslash string problem or ❓
                                            Let's debug online... 😆

                                            DB

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