Latest versions of everything (Win 8.1, IE, Plugins, TT_LIB2). I bit the bullet and "uninstalled" anything remotely related and re-installed and it seems to be working. Thanks for confirmation and sorry about the "cry wolf".

Has anyone managed to use 3D text editor on Su 2014 under Win 8.1? I haven't been able to successfully execute the plugin under Win 8.1. All I get is a blank (black fill in) of the input dialog box. The same model can be processed in Win 7 using the same version of SU.

Hi TIG, Thanks for you prompt and greatly valued input. I think you may have nailed it (being a Sketchup issue).

I do not run SU2014 from the "standard" library "C:\Program Files...." as I try to keep my drive minimal for backup/restore of a workable Windows environment easier/quicker. Most of my applications are on my E:drive.

When I call Sketchup direct, the paths seem to be evaluated properly, however, if I click on a SKP extension, there may be library name truncation/conversion by the OS that is not addressed by Sketchup/application. It seems like something may be processing the library name as "SKETCH~2" (the 8 character DOS equivalent) instead of "SketchUp 2014". I did create a "M:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib" library to see if it would fix the problem, yet it was "not found" unless I entered yje name in full.

I was hoping to avoid re-installing into "C:\Program...",customising and installing all the ruby scripts again but it looks like that is may be the way to go unless I startup SU direct and open the SKP file manually from the program.

Can this issue be directed to the SU team and if so how?

Following are the logs for 3 different scenarios tested (as per the underlined heading). The first (and preferred method) gave me grief while the other two seemed to work;
1. Clicking on SKP extension file:
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$:["M:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools/RubyStdLib", "M:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools/RubyStdLib/platform_specific", "E:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools", "C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins"]

File.exist?("M:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools/RubyStdLib")
false

File.exist?("M:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib")
true

File.exist?("M:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/open-uri.rb")
true

require("open-uri")

Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- open-uri>
<main>:in require' <main>:in <main>'
SketchUp:1:in `eval'
nil

2. Starting with path in "Start in" properties tab (Win 7 desktop icon):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------$:["E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib", "E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/platform_specific", "E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools", "C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins"]
File.exist?("E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/open-uri.rb")
true

require("open-uri")false

3. Starting direct from installation folder:
------------------------------------------------$:["E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib", "E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools/RubyStdLib/platform_specific", "E:/Graphics/SketchUp 2014/Tools", "C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins"]

require("open-uri")false

I have just gone through a swag of plugin 1st. time installs and upgrades using the automated install features. Now when I start up SU 2014 by clicking on an SKP extension I get a heap of initialisation errors. If I start SU 2014 direct from the installation library and open the file from within the program everything seems OK. The log is meaning less to me other than it appears it cannot find files that were automatically installed (at least out of my manual control) and the finger points to Sketchucation. Can anyone interpret the messages and suggest a fix. Below is a list of the "error log".
Regards, Alex Kara

Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- open-uri>
c:/users/alex/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:76:in require' c:/users/alex/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:76:in module:SCFapi'
c:/users/alex/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2014/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/!scfapitools.rbs:22:in <main>' C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:20:in eval'
C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:20:in load' C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:20:in block in module:SCF'
C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:15:in each' C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:15:in module:SCF'
C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation/SCF_loader.rb:13:in <top (required)>' E:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
E:/Graphics/SKETCH~2/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:185:in register_extension'
C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:185:in <module:SCF>' C:/Users/Alex/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/!SketchUcation_loader.rb:16:in <top (required)>'

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Tried to attach a screen dump but did not know how.

Anyone have any suggestions?

The first time I use any of the pen tools, tool a line is automatically drawn from my starting point to the central Axis. Thereafter it behaves OK. This happens also when I change back to it.

Anyone have this issue and is there a workaround I am missing.