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@Rich-O-Brien
Does the problem of resize happens when you do it again?

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v14.8a - 26 Nov 24

LibFredo6 14.8a is a major release. It includes changes related to:

• FredoBatch v1.1a
• Bug Fixing

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Requirements: SU2017 and above

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

The information on FredoBatch is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of FredoBatch. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

• LibFredo6: v14.8a or above
• Sketchup version: SU2017 and above
• Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
• Usage: Free

If you land on this page and are unfamiliar with how to install Sketchup Extensions such as LibFredo6 or how to register on Sketchucation, please watch this video or refer to the Plugin page of LibFredo6.

FredoBatch executes a set of tasks on a set of files:

• a Task is based on Ruby code, with a top method as an entry point. Task can be built-in (provided with FredoBatch) or custom (written and configured by the user).
• a Set of Files is specified as a combination of lists of files (File List) or open set of files with wild card and filtering on names and extensions (File Set).
• a Job is the combination of sets of files and tasks. This is what is executed by FredoBatch.

FredoBatch v1.1 ships with 2 built-in tasks:

• Purge Unused of Sketchup models
• Convert Sketchup models to old SU versions.

If you see other useful general-purpose tasks, please advise. I may include them in FredoBatch as built-in tasks.

Full documentation in English in the attached PDF below.

FredoBatch - User Manual - English - v1.1 - November 2024.pdf

Overview and Main Concepts

https://youtu.be/suNV8SML3tI

@uwesketch

In the Extensions menu, could you tell me what is the menu entry for VRay? Is it 'V-Ray' or something else?

@uwesketch
The menu should show 'Include VRay', so that you do not have LOTT manage the VRay commands.

Could you open the Ruby console, and copy/paste the following command and press Enter:

Sketchup.read_default('LordOfTheToolbars', 'VRayEnabled')

It should answer true or false.

@uwesketch
Vray has a special way to manage its toolbar. It might be that version 6 has changed something.

Can you pop the main menu of LOTT (click on the first button of the LOTT Vignette Stripe and uncheck the Vray option.

Curviloft, comme indiqué dans le post en anglais. Cela donne un maillage plus regulier.

Sinon, FredoScale Radial Bending ou ShapeBender par Chris Fullmer ou TrueBend par Thomthom

NEW RELEASE: Please2D - v1.0b - 20 Nov 24

Requirements

• LibFredo6: v14.7a or above
• Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

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Please2D 1.0b is a maintenance release including:

• Bug fxing

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Home Page of Please2D for information and Download.

Main post of this Please2D thread.

The information on Please2D is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of Fredo Layport. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

• LibFredo6: v14.7a or above
• Sketchup version: SU2023 and above
• Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
• Usage: free

Please2D locks the camera direction for selected scenes with camera in 2D Projection. This is equivalent to disable the Orbit capability for the scene.

Click on the toolbar icon to select scenes where you want the camera direction lock to apply.

IMPORTANT: Please2D only consider scenes with camera in 2D Projection.

No documentation. The plugin is simple to use, as per the short video below

https://youtu.be/6gCT8zypW0M

@FlorinAp

LOTT is compatible with SU2022. It even includes menu command.

So what exactly is the problem.

Can you exit SU2022 with the Ruby console opened and relaunch SU2022. The Ruby console should open at startup and log potential errors.

@FlorinAp

First thing would be to upgrade both LibFredo6 and LOTT to their latest published versions.

Second, can you describe the 'bug' you have with SU2022?

Thanks

@laurent002
The limitation of functionality as of SU 2023 is due to a change of UI framework in Sketchup (called Qt), which does not allow any longer to access menus.

It still work in older SU version and on Mac, all versions.

@GiordanoBernard92

Do you have any plugin displaying a menu in Chinese or Eastern language?

Also, old versions of some plugins made by Samuel Tallet (Universal Importer, Parametric Modeling) were cuasing problems because the menu texts included diacritic characters.

@FlorinAp

You are correct. I simply forgot to publish LOTT to adjust with necessary changes in LibFredo6.

LOTT is now published as v2.8a.

NEW RELEASE: LordOfTheToolbars v2.8a - 10 Nov 24

Requirements

• LibFredo6: v14.7a or above
• Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

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LordOfTheToolbars 2.8a is a maintenance release including:

• Fix related to the insertion of icons in palettes.

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Home Page of LordOfTheToolbars for information and Download.

Main post of this LordOfTheToolbars thread.

The information on FredoConnect is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of FredoConnect. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

• LibFredo6: v14.7a or above
• Sketchup version: SU2023 and above
• Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
• Usage: Free

If you land on this page and are unfamiliar with how to install Sketchup Extensions such as LibFredo6 or how to register on Sketchucation, please watch this video or refer to the Plugin page of LibFredo6.

FredoConnect is dedicated to allowing a team to work concurrently on a shared model, synchronizing the changes between team members and managing change conflicts.

The typical workflow implies that each team member:

• works on a local copy of the shared model,
• publishes the changes he makes to the model,
• updates his model with the changes made by other team members.

You do not have to specify what needs to be published and what needs to be updated; FredoConnect tracks the changes in contributing models to consolidate a synchronized version of the shared model.

FredoConnect provides conflict detection and management, allowing team members to be aware of what others are changing to the model, and deciding on how to resolve conflicts if two or more team members modify concurrently the same object(s).

Full documentation in English in the attached PDF below. You can also watch the videos on the overview and individual features.

FredoConnect - User Manual - English - v1.1a - November 2024.pdf

Overview and Main Concepts

https://youtu.be/mLSaRyY7-IQ

Sub-Models

You can extract a sub-model from the shared model and work on it with the benefit of synchronization with the rest of the team.

A sub-model is just a model with a selection of objects taken from the shared model.

A sub-model behaves like the full shared model for synchronization and lock, with one specific characteristic: the top-level of a sub-model cannot be published or updated

https://youtu.be/gL2z_QpHK-Q

Variants

This feature can be used to maintain different versions of the model in parallel, while sharing and synchronizing changes across the team. The principle is as follows:
** A Variant model is created from an instance model under a Variant code
** If an object is modified in a Variant model, it becomes a Variant Object
** Variant objects are synchronized between instance models registered with the same Variant Code, BUT not with regular models and models having a different variant code.
** Therefore the same objects can be modified differently in regular models and models having a different variant code.

https://youtu.be/5UOIWpoM3Ts

Shared Annotations

Shared Annotations are small messages exchanged within the team about the model. Annotations are automatically synchronized between computers and master models.

https://youtu.be/DprINy9k5eU

Information Tool

The Object Information tool allows you to browse the model in order to get details about objects.

Hovering the Team icon highlights the objects which have been last published in the instance model (somehow ‘owned’ from the instance model)

https://youtu.be/iOmtN90J8d0

Foreign Objects

Foreign objects are definitions that are imported from another software than SketchUp. The current list of data formats is based on what is supported natively by SketchUp, at least:

• Autocad: DWG, DXF
• IFC
• Collada (DAE)
• 3DS Max (3DS)
• Google Earth (KMZ)
• STL
• Elevation Model (DEM, DEF)
• SketchUp (SKP), which is actually a method to do XRef-ing

https://youtu.be/0KVbByxKCPM

https://youtu.be/MJcfAwKKkiA

Lock and Hard Lock

Locking an object prevents other team members from modifying the object.

An object can be locked

• at top level,
• optionally, with all its nested sub-objects. This option will also do a hard lock of the objects in the model of other team members (i.e. lock at Sketchup level)

https://youtu.be/xaX7KHkBTxw

NEW RELEASE: ThruPaint v2.8a - 09 Nov 24

Requirements:

• LibFredo6 14.7a

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ThruPaint 2.8a is a release including:

• Fix of a major bugs
• Future compatibility

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Home Page of ThruPaint for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.

NEW RELEASE: LibFredo6 v14.7a - 09 Nov 24

LibFredo6 14.7a is a major release. It includes changes related to:

• ThruPaint v2.8a
• New plugins
• Future compatibility
• Bug Fixing

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Requirements: SU2017 and above

See plugin home page of LibFredo6 for Download of LibFredo6.

Main Post of the LibFredo6 thread

NEW RELEASE: ElevationProfile v1.1e - 02 Oct 24

Requirements:

• LibFredo6 14.6a

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ElevationProfile v1.1e is a release including:

• **Export CSV
• **Other evolutions and bug fixing

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Home Page of ElevationProfile for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.

NEW RELEASE: ThruPaint v2.7a - 01 Nov 24

Requirements:

• LibFredo6 14.6a

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ThruPaint 2.5b is a release including:

• Fix of a major bug related to a remaining expiration date on 31 Oct.

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Home Page of ThruPaint for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.