sdmitch - here's the error:

Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `definition' for nil;NilClass>
C;/Users/Jim/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Deck Builder.rb;531;in `add_railing'
C;/Users/Jim/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Deck Builder.rb;225;in `onLButtonDown'

@dgorman3 said:

I know this plugin is 6+ years old, but it would be incredibly useful for me. I am unable to get it working with Sketchup 2015. Does anyone have any ideas on how to modify it to make it work, or an alternative that does the same thing? Thanks for any help!!!

The problem is that I place the components, run the plugin, select the layer, and nothing happens.

I just tried using SketchUp Make 2015 - it worked for me. I'll check the version Iam using against what is posted here. be back later.

Although I wrote it, I have an irrational dislike of this particular plugin. Lol.

I will look into it this afternoon. Please send the faulty model before making too many changes- I'm afraid it may become unrecoverable.

@laggingbehind said:

I guess the reason I wanted to go down the Schema route is because if I have a drawing with 30 components I thought it would be easier than creating the attributes each time....however I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong

That sounds about right if you don't need reporting directly in SketchUp. I don't know if there are extensions that provide Classification reporting for SketchUp - there is no reason there couldn't be one similar to "Generate Report" only for Classifications.

@solo said:

Jim, could you test something for me, I am getting errors using this with SU 2107, seems like on some groups when I move them they duplicate when moved, does not happen with components.

I have tested on 2017 and it works the same for me on 2016 & 2017.

The only time you should get a copy is when holding the Ctrl key and clicking an arrow (and/or using the cursor keys.) I don't suppose you unintentionally had your pinky on the Ctrl key?

I just remembered something about the dialog - the dialog is what handles the keyboard input. I think I remember it used to get confused as to what state the ctrl key was in. I thought I added an indicator to the dialog, but maybe it never got done. If it happens again, click on the dialog and toggle the Ctrl key to see if it clears things up.

Other than that, it's difficult to say what's happening.

@dave r said:

@driven said:

@rv1974 said:

...There must be option to disable it

If you disable the extension I believe it's notification ceases...

john

Indeed! That would easily take care of the problem for most users.

Except that it doesn't, at least for me.

You would go ahead and update the extension. Which extension is it, and why don't you want to update it?

Otherwise, you would need to uninstall the offending extension to stop the Notification.

I also posted the issue on the official forum. The more eye the better.

I took a few minutes this morning to make it work with 2017 because I was curious. I will finish it this afternoon and send it to Sam if he is interested or unless he beats me to it.

[2017] Is WebDialog.set_html broke?

I wanted to try out Sam’s Sheet Metal Bender extension but the WebDialog does not open the temp file. Instead i get these dialogs. It works in 2016. Any ideas?

SketchUp Community (forums.sketchup.com)

I get this when trying in 2017. I doubt it is the fault of the extension but probably something weird with my setup.

@pixero said:

Does this mean that all rb must be rewritten to a rbz with a loader to function in 2017?

You can still drop .rb files into the Plugins folder, but you must have the Extension Loading Policy set to "Unrestricted" or "Approve" which has computer security ramifications.

Info on Extensions Loading Policy

@kimi kimi said:

On previous versions SketchUp didn't force itself to go in front of other open programs. I mean, if I open a large file, it keeps popping up in front of my PDF viewer for example, or in front of another skp file, or whatever I use. It can be really annoying if you want to open 300 mb file, and it takes 10 minutes. You can't do anything else during that time basically. I just want it to load in the back and not force itself while I'm doing other stuff.

I thought it was just me.

There are 2 ways I know.

1 - Recreate the original favorites locations on disk, and then remove them from SketchUp. The folders only need to exists but not actually contain your components - they can be empty folders. Then you can remove them from SketchUp.

2 - Open regedit.exe and remove them from:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\UserLibrariesComponentBrowser1

If you want to clear all favorites, set the count key to 0 (zero) (see image) Be sure to close SketchUp first.

@graceae1 said:

Ah yes sorry this makes more sense:
Error: #<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: "\x81" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1252 to UTF-8>

This error is because I am guessing all DXF files are encoded using Windows-1252 which is not always correct. However, I don't know of a way to guess the encoding of the files in order to read them correctly in Ruby. From what I have found it is not easy.

If you need a quick fix you can try re-encoding the file in a text editor such as Notepad++ (see just a few posts previous).

I am interested in having the file so I can check the HEADER section. The HEADER section of DXF files may have the correct encoding. Can you share it here or in a private message?

Actually, it is the top lines that are most important. Sorry for not being clear.

@graceae1 said:

I was loving this plug-in , really useful thank you!

But...alas.. it stopped working on me this morning, it gets to the import screen and then doesn't do anything once I click import. It says at the bottom that it is 'parsing' but nothing more. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. I wonder if anyone has had the problem and if there is either something I am doing wrong, or if this is a common problem?

I am using Sketchup Make 2016. and AutoCAD LT 2017. But i have tried saving in previous dxf versions of AutoCAD.
Hoping you can help.

That's odd. Did it stop working for one particular file, or for all files?

Did you make any other changes to your setup?

Can you please try to import with the Ruby Console window open and see if any errors show up there?

@tomaszdrgas said:

Grate job. Was looking for something like that many many times..
Not set or skipped scenes could be assigned 0 angle for north.. Safes me saving many 0 for most scenes.. unless somebody wants to keep purposely previous scene angle but I've never had such a need and can not imagine what for.

Thank you. I thought about handling "not set" Scenes both ways. In the end I decided a North Angle of 0 is clearly a valid angle and using 0 as a code for "not set" was incorrect. I could however possibly add an option for a default North Angle value for "not set" Scenes. Would that help?

@bob james said:

@jim said:

Bob, if you happened to add that Layer using my Add Layer extension, it may have been set to be not visible for any new Layers added to the model. Any chance of that?

Thank you, Jim, but I just right-clicked on the scene tab

The Layers Panel extension may also have the ability to add Layers which are off on new Scenes. Did you get the model from someone else who may have used either extension? It would be interesting to examine the actual model.

@mousa_sa said:

Amazing plugin ! thanks

You're welcome. It seems like this should be the default for SketchUp.

@hellnbak said:

Thanks Jim, but if that's the one I came across when I was researching this question, didn't it have a problem working on any version prior to 2016? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

I don't think so since I never released my extension. I just tried it and it works fine in SketchUp 2015.