Well, everything is fine now. It is obvious I have along way to go in this venture. Thanks to all who provided assistance. I don't know how or when my profile was changed.

......joe

So I am running ver 8, there is no extension warehouse that I can find. So how do I get a
functioning copy of Shape Bender?

....joe

Well, still lost.
Downloading progressbar.rb from Smustard.com gives me an error msg. Is it code?
What is EWH...?
Just curious, how did Smustard get its name?

...... joe

Help;
I am experiencing this problem.
Downloaded Shaper Bender to plugins. Is progressbar.rb suppose to be preloaded?, does it come with Shaper Bender?. I am having no issues with any other plugins.

.... joe

How can I store my sketchup work on Google Drive so that I can logon with a different computer and a different location? AS a benefit, it would also give me backup.

.....joe

Forums like this can provide the perfect "stone soup" talents to make it happen. All it takes is a vision, realistic goals, some organization and some commitment. The rest is just code and a licensing model. Instead of being a forum for an application that appears to be headed for a developmental "dead end", consider investing in a different future and "roll your own".

Just tossin' it out there ...

I like it...

...joe

If that table base is not anchored to the floor, chances are it will tip over.

....joe

Well, it happened again; This is info I would like to have.
Isn't this the purpose of a forum? Do we have secret a society here.

O.K. great
downloaded it and viewed it.

as an aside, why is this placed in plugins? and am I supposed to know about notepad++?

.... thanks for help..

congrats on the twins.

......joe

So I am trying to learn Ruby, I am not able to view the examples in plugins, mentioned in Dan Rathbun's post

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(6) Read the code examples in your plugins/Examples folder.
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The entry is in the plugins folder and I can see it via the SketchUcation plugins manager.

What is the magic sauce?

..... joe

So as I am getting into cnc I thought I try this plugin, but I am not having much luck.
. reloaded the plugin cnc2.5d v05
. arc_offset_true is installed(with new download of cnc2.5d) under Tools
. Tig_smart_offset is also installed but greyed out
. made the part(24",3",1") with mortise(1",3",.5")a group
. got the option menu, filled in the appropriate values and hit O.K.
. that's as far as I got
. where is the script?

now what. I know I did something wrong(it is usually me)

. it says file stored in the plugin folder, can't find it

......... thanks .....joe

So what is the answer? I also do woodworking, it would be nice to know.
I hate these pm solutions to general questions.

.....joe

Hi Dave;

What is the history(story) of the Limbert?

usually the end stiles go to the top;is this your design?,or common to Limbert?

...... joe

Where was that another post? I missed it.I look at this site at least twicea day.

..... joe

The following is what I can grab from the SKETCHDATA SITE using copy and paste:

REDRAW DYNAMIC COMPONENTS PLUGIN - PLUGIN WILL REDRAW A SELECTED DYNAMIC COMPONENT OR ALL DYNAMIC COMPONENTS IN THE MODEL. THESE FUNCTIONS ARE NEW TO THE FREE VERSION OF SKETCHUP AND ALL THE FEATURES ARE NEW TO SKETCHUP PRO. (Sketchup version 7.0 or later required.) <DOWNLOAD>

In downloading this plugin,one of the four is a text document "install sketchdata" when opened, states the following:

Unblock the ZIP file before extracting.

Unzip this file in the "Plugins" sub directory of the SketchUp program.

Folder and File Structure

\Plugins\sd_loadsketchdata.rb
\Plugins\sd_sketchdata\sd_menubuild.rb
\Plugins\sd_sketchdata\sd_dcredraw.rbs

The questiion is how to perform this unblocking????

.....thanks for looking -- joe

Thanks for your reponse(s).
The cabinet and the tomatoes plugins look promising - I'll check them out.
Cabinetsense seems overvalued - I would prefer to pay for something once; not having a recurring bill every month.

However I saw Sketchdata on the Web this weekend and it looks very promising.As I am still trying to get my footing with computers ans software, I run into roadblocks.
One of their plugins - Redraw Dynamic Components Plugin - says - "unblock and then unzip".
How is unblocking done in this case? ......

......thanks.....joe

I have a one man woodworking shop and just started using Sketchup and so far everything is great.I am looking for a plug-in to build a box(basically a cabinet is a box).The input should have variables for length,width,depth,and (wall)thickness.
Is there such a plug-in? If not, how would I go about to write one?
Can I input info from a spreadsheet with the above info plus no of shelves(len and width),face-frame dimensions,style of door,etc

This is great,but I would like to see more of the cabinets and one or two more perspectives.
--- joe