Yes, thank you Dave - very useful

Well, I gave up trying and just made my own pull. Thought I was taking a short cut, but that missed so I'm moving on. Thank you both, nonetheless.

I imported a drawer pull from a SU 3D warehouse. I copy the drawer pull to my working drawing. I see it. I select it. I select a corner of the base then try to attach it to the drawer face in my model. I get it to the face - it is usually buried in the drawer face. I pull it out on the green axis to the appropriate depth from the face. Looks OK. Every time I let it go it completely disappears. I can't seem to lock it in place. This can't be that difficult. Please help.

@simonoz said:

There is no sign of Fredoscale in the extensions folder of SU preferences after restarting SU.[attachment=0:3hohlqbz]<!-- ia0 -->SU preferences window.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3hohlqbz] I must be missing something else? [attachment=1:3hohlqbz]<!-- ia1 -->Screen shot_finder window.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3hohlqbz]

Pretty much the same questions as posted by "Simonz" but your answers to him have not lead me to a conclusion. Also on a Mac, using SU version 8. My first attempt at using rubyscripts. Have been trying to open Curviloft & LIBFREDO6. It is my understanding that just dropping the downloaded folders into my plugins folder will unzip them. Is that correct? If so, how do I access them in SU?

If they are still to be unzipped, how do I go about doing that? The instructions provided by FREDO don't translate to a Mac - I have no EXTRACT command.

When I launch SU and open extensions I don't see Ruby Examples or anything related to the newly downloaded plugins. Obviously missing something but I'll stop writing now and open my mind to your instructions. Thank you very much for being willing to help us out of our SketchUp/computer quagmires.

@tig said:

@rpem said:

I'm sure that that is what I should find, but I assure you that following that path does NOT lead me to plugins. Should I reload SU8? Have been using it for at least 6 months with no issues until trying to download ruby scripts.
Thank you both, nonetheless for taking the time to assist.
There's nothing wrong with Sketchup.
It's 'PEBCAC'...
As others have tried to explain the path /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins is where your 'Plugins' should go.
On a MAC the 'HD' is not returned at the start of the path... so the full folder-path is actually
HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins
PLEASE DO NOT start searching from your own 'User' starting point with HD/Users/RPeM + /Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/... as there will NOT be a 'Plugins' folder there [unless you have erroneously made it!]
See wind-borne's screen-shots if you don't believe us...

My Newbie badge is glowing. Yes indeed starting the search from my "user" starting point leads to no plugins folder, but starting from "DaDisk" – the Mac HD – the path follows just as you all told me it would. I won't ask why - it's a computer thing. Again, I thank you all for your patience and contributions. Yikes!

I'm sure that that is what I should find, but I assure you that following that path does NOT lead me to plugins. Should I reload SU8? Have been using it for at least 6 months with no issues until trying to download ruby scripts.

Thank you both, nonetheless for taking the time to assist.

@tig said:

OK
Reread what I said.
Paste the 'red' text into the Ruby Console + <enter>
This then shows you the path to the Plugins folder.
Open that folder to install new scripts into it...

IF you haven't got a Plugins folder then I'm puzzled as Sketchup should make one there ??

I did just what you instructed the first time. This is what I saw.

Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
Sketchup.find_support_file("Plugins")
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins

Just as in my previous post I follow the path but it never ends with Plugins. I can't even find it with " Finder". I'm puzzled too.

Hi TIG, thank you for your help, please bear with me as I ask still more -

I copied the line highlighted in red. dropped it into the Ruby console window of an open SU file. Closed SU then restarted the computer. Where did the SU PlugIns folder go? Not in my applications library in the SU main folder.

Once I find it - when I download the ruby script "curvlioft" do I just drag it to that plugin folder? Will that "unzip". I select all as instructed by Fredo6 but my Mac doesn't provide the same next steps as Fredo6's PC for me to follow.

Thanks again. RPeM

This is the Newbie Forum so I stand unashamed and ask - In SU version 8 being used on a Mac - where do I find the Plugin folder? Is this something that needs to be downloaded? The only things I have in my Google SketchUp8 folder from the computer Library are: a folder titled SketchUp in which 3 Folders titled: Autosave, OldColors, Templates.