At my wits end here - I've tried every iteration of installing, uninstalling LibFredo6 and other Fredo6 plugins. I'm trying to install Joint Push Pull Interactive.

When installing most Fredo6 plugins, they don't show up whatsoever. In trying to install every Fredo6 plugin, the ones that do show up reliably are Tools on Surface, Curvizard and Rounded Corners. All others say they've installed fine, but won't show up under Tools > Fredo6 Collection, or elsewhere. When starting Sketchup after installing the latest LibFredo6, I get this error message:

%(#FF0000)[Error Loading File Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:783:in `match'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:783:in `block (2 levels) in load_from_config'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:782:in `each'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:782:in `block in load_from_config'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:780:in `foreach'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:780:in `load_from_config'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:1190:in `block in load_all_plugins'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:1190:in `each'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6core.rbe:1190:in `load_all_plugins'
c:/users/michael/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:228:in `startup'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:63:in `process'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:70:in `module:LibFredo6_Loader'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:28:in `<top (required)>'
Error Loading File Fredo6_FredoScale.rb
Error: #<TypeError: can't convert nil into an exact number>
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in `-'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in `<top (required)>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_FredoScale.rb:25:in `<top (required)>'
Error Loading File Fredo6_JointPushPull.rb
Error: #<TypeError: can't convert nil into an exact number>
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in `-'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:79:in `<top (required)>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/Tools/RubyStdLib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
C:/Users/Michael/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_JointPushPull.rb:29:in `<top (required)>']

I've also tried Purging Obsolete Files under LibFredo6 options - no luck.

Please, any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated. I could really use Joint Push Pull for my office Sketchup use, but am having absolutely no luck getting it to show in my Tools area.

@dave r said:

Have you recently installed any new plugins that might be messing with this one? Maybe the Vray plugin or Sketchy Physics?

Nope, no new plugins as of late.

Was working earlier this week, now won't work whatsoever, no new plugins installed since.

Have tried everything I feel. Played with all the options, components, new sketchup files, restarting computer, blah.

Any other suggestions?

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