Solved it without having to edit the registry.
Checked the log & figured that SU crashed while loading an outdated plugin called 'recalllasttool'.
Got rid of it & everything works.
Cheers!!

erm,
this is what I get:

Sketchup.write_default "LibFredo6", "Alternate_dir", ""
true

I also tried searching the registry for the key so I can manually delete it but can't find it.

PS.
I meant to say that I didn't find the entry with the path.
I found lots of other entries, 2 for each version of SU.

Hello,
I seem to have reached an impossible situation.
Recently installed 2017 and added additional plugins folder plugin.
After I gave a path to my old directory of 2016 plugins, SU17 loaded a few plugins and then crashed.
I guess it didn't like some plugin in there.
So I uninstalled Additional Plugins folder plugin and tried to reinstall it, it still refers to the path I had given.
I have in fact deleted the plugin files but it still refers to the same path and crashes SU17 on startup.
So I can't even give a new path to start afresh.
While reinstalling the plugin it doesn't wit for me to prescribe a path but starts to load from the old path and crashes SU17.
Where would it save the path if the files have been deleted; and how can I reset the plugin?

@driven said:

I can use it as a Shortcut key in the 'mac' version of SU on my iMac running Yosemite...

Does Bootcamp remap the keyboard?

john

Hi John,
It's not bootcamp. I've been running sketchup on windows via bootcamp since years. It's something that changed recently that's done this. I can't figure out what.
The thing is I can still use the grave key on the mac version when I run it. So it's definitely windows/sketchup issue.

Hi slbaumgartner,
Thanks for the help. I tried sharpkeys and remapped my grave key to space bar and that seems to work in sketchup but I tried to find out what keystorke it was recording and it seems to be grave itself. I'm attaching a screencap. I didn't much understand the unicode thingy you mentioned but this workaround seems to work for now.
I don't think I use the grave key for anything else so it should not be a problem (The only other time I remember using the grave was for entering the cheat mode in Doom or Duke Nukem ). Although I'll miss the tilde key for ending chapters if I ever write a book
If you or anyone else has any suggestions to permanently resolve this issue I'll be really grateful.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
flyashy

Hi Fellow Sketchuppers,
I, since years use the (grave/left tick) key as my select tool shortcut. Recently something happened and sketchup stopped recognizing the keystroke. When I try to assign the key in the shortcuts menu nothing shows up at all in the window. I have tried changing my region settings to different keyboards (US, US international) etc to no avail. The key is recognized in all other software, except sketchup. I have no idea why this should happen nor how to resolve this. If someone here has any suggestions I'll be grateful because by now I have key etched in my head as a finger memory and it is becoming really difficult to adapt to spacebar.
Please help!!

P.S. It happens in both 2014 & 2015 versions. I am using an apple bluetooth keyboard with winodows 7 on a late 2012 iMac via bootcamp.

Hello,
I had a suggestion.
Is it possible to integrate AdditionalPluginsFolders script with the sketchucation plugins manager so that the ruby scripts in the additional folders can be updated via the manager just like it finds the ones in the default plugin folder?
That would make life much much better.
Thanks.
Flyashy

Hi TIG,
Is it possible to build in a 45 degree inference? It would be such an improvement on the workflow. I do a lot of mirroring at right angles and right now I have to use the protractor tool beforehand to mirror at right angles. I do have the rotation snap enabled in options but the plugin does not seem to use the inference.
Thanks.

Everyone knows that we can enter value in both Metric and British units regardless of the model units right.
But I recently discovered that we can also combine the two unit systems !!!
That means to move an object I can enter 6'3.5mm in the vcb and sketchup accurately places the object!!!
How cool is that!!
P.S. Doesn't seem to work the other way around tho.. 6M3" seems to give an error of invalid length entered. go figure

@fredo6 said:

@macker said:

Does anyone else have sketchup crash completely when using the scale/stretch tool on groups that contain groups? I always use extensive grouping so that I can take my models into 3ds max, and this tool would undoubtedly speed up my workflow - but keeps crashing sketchup.

This may be related to the big issues of "freshly copied groups".

In your case, was one of the group a copy of another one (you should see "2 instances" in the Entity Info Window.

If this is the case, then FredoScale needs some evolutions. I have done it on Curvizard.

As a workaround for complex hirearchy of groups and components, try to perform a Make Unique before [highlight=#ffff80:1qv24jnd](Make Unique is also part of FredoScale).[/highlight:1qv24jnd]

Fredo

I didn't understand that bit about Make Unique being part of fredoscale.
Is there a hidden option in FredoScale command that allows me to make the group unique?
(I work with groups within groups within groups within.. with a smattering of components thrown in the mix and copies of them all floating all over my models, all the time and could never use fredoStretch as it gives a splat.)
Or alternately is there a way to make the copied 'group' unique? Components I know, groups I don't know how to make unique.
Cheers,
flyashy