i find SU 2026 unusable do the folder setting restrictions which make my component and material collections virtually unreadable from all the duplication and then consider that if i do modify the folders, the installer simply reverts. so i'm on 2025 until they can fix it. thankfully i don't use a SpaceMouse...

WELD_SYMBOL_EXAMPLE.layout

something like this to get started?

are you using Layout for the drawings? if so, it might make sense to just create a scrapbook with weld symbols you can quickly drag onto the drawing, then populate any text sections or have auto-text if it makes sense.

basically start with say a dozen symbols you commonly expect to use, then update the scrapbook as you go along and add the other symbols you use.

reference: https://weldingpros.net/welding-symbols/

very cool! thanks!

nice! how did it know to use your API?

one future evolution - create a separate plugin for doors and windows, etc so your plugins are focused - wall does walls, floor does floors, trusses do trusses, etc -- then doors and windows CRUD doors and windows in walls or ceilings etc, stairs probably should get their own as well given the complexities. same way you broke out electrical, hvac, plumbing... that would simplify both the wall plugin and not require as many updates, whereas doors and windows would likely get more frequent ones as you add models and options for them.

very useful. for my purposes, since most recording studio isolation is mass, i have my spreadsheet to calculate the walls, floor, and ceiling structure. this includes framing, sheath layers, insulation, and for my estimation electrical, plumbing, ducts, windows, doors, and absorption assemblies. i think the former layers in the floor, wall and perhaps truss would also be helpful (i use trusses to suspend interior ceilings on load bearing walls when i have long spans where a simple joist won't handle it, like a live room)

anyone seeing my naked through my windows is all the punishment they need... Mindwash is very expensive... LOL

so, on the white "paper" space you would have a list (slots) for entering text "kitchen light", "kitchen outlet", "garage door", "clothes washer", "clothes dryer" etc and add some parameters like voltage, amperage, single, dual, etc?

"clothes dryer", 240V, 30A, SINGLE -> voltage logic would span a 240V across both busses?
"air conditioner", 240V, 50A, DUAL -> would have two 240V splitting 25A across each for the air handler and compressor?
"kitchen lights", 120V, 20A, DUAL -> split two 10A circuits on single breaker (dual switches) for overhead and under counter lights to save breaker slots
etc

just in case you needed another rabbit hole... https://www.apawood.org/ftao

would an easy way to compare E with and without the adjustment in case it's significant enough for someone to review their parameters? e.g. https://woodengineering.com/2022/07/16/shear-free-eeee/

same it's working now across both Edge and Chrome on Win11

also on Chrome, and the vertical ellipsis is experiencing a similar malfunction

looks like the dropdown to mark things read is not displaying on W11 Edge.

any future option on framing (wall and trusses) to include the plate end marks? e.g.

also on the blocking (noggin marks?) etc.?

so, all of my folders will be on the dropdown list now? so, no more organized methodical use of the dropdown? so instead of easy navigation and using the dropdown to move up, etc, i just have everything without ordering it? really?

please fix this.

the materials dropdown list used to only show the top level folders and materials in the materials folder, clicking on the folder would expose the materials in that folder.
2025:

and subfolders:

2026: now, all folders and subfolders are appearing in one long list on the dropdown. so the hierarchy that was the previous mode has now been made into a single flat list?

not seeing this as helpful. maybe if there was a configuration option which let me decide if i wanted to see everything all at once, or just be able to walk my way though the materials...

@TIG yes that is my observation. the missing folders from the 2026 install-first-run migration process cause the errors in the sketchucation startup.

it's this line:

Sketchup.require(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'DM_ProfileBuilder3/langhandler'))

in the DM_ProfileBuilder3.rb
it's likely that the profile builder folder did not get copied. when i "migrated" my 2025 plugins to 2026, it missed 4 folders from the "required" lines. once the folders were copied over, it all works.

note on my system the DM_ProfileBuilder3 folder copied, it was other plugin folders which did not.

any timeline to fix the preferences -> file locations? regardless of the setting, it simply shows the default install folders. then i have to remove those and replace with junctions to get them to point to the locations i want (versus whatever the program wants) so materials ,components, and styles are still not responding to the settings in preferences.