@dave r said:

What extension exactly? What exact version of SketchUp 8?

Version 8.0.15158. Plugin i want is Bolt Maker vXII S.D.Mitch

After i download a plugin from sketchUcation to Google/SketchUp/plugins on my computer. How do i get it to show up in the Sketchup 8 tool bar and working. This is a Sketchup 8 version downloaded from the internet some time ago.
Thank you,
Chuck

Thank you TIG. Finally got it. It is in "plugins" menu in my SU 8 screen like you said. Did you choose to do it that way instead of a tool icon like the other two I installed I know this is mainly for architectural but I do mainly mechanical modeling where this extension will help a lot with accurate tangents points? Are the instructions in the program.
Thank you for your time and patience on this.
Chuck

Cleaned up and downloaded again. Opened SU8, then clicked windows, preferences and i get the preference box. I clicked on extensions and install extension came up, picked it and it showed me the rbz file i picked that but no extract but picked unzipper to plugins. Still nothing after closing and restarting SU8. Where is the tool under Preferences to extract the RBZ's contents and then save it into your Plugins folder?
Thanks for you patience.

Hi TIG,
I downloaded it from the plugin store and moved it to my plugin folder (c:/program files (x86)/google/google SU8/plugins folder. Two files are now in the folder, True tangents.rb and True tangents_v3.0. Brought up SU8, windows, preferences, and True tangents not listed in preferences screen.

Using SketchUp 8. Downloaded Fredo Corners and Angular Dimensions extensions, both working fine. Downloaded True Tangents_v3.0 but can't get it to install. What could be the problem?
Thank you.

See comments and uploaded file.

I forgot to upload the file I refered to in my last reply. Sorry I am a new user. Does this help? Thank you again.

Thanks TIG,
I am not sure what you mean by Material Browser > Model tab [little house icon]. My real question is how do I download textures found on the Internet ( some in skp form or jpg) and change them to skm files. I have downloaded textures from the warehouse with vinyl and composition materials it is in a skp format but when I click on sample a window comes up all the textures in the same form as the sketchup paint palette but I cannot add it to sketchup. I hope this clear.

Thank you for responding. The file that I downloaded is a .skp so I assume I cannot use it. I am looking for vinyl/composition/granite countertop materials. It seems the textures featured in the warehouse are models only.

I have downloaded some new textures from the Sketchup warehouse. How do I get them onto my paint palette so I can use them in my model?