@dave r said:

Matthew, I'm still interested as to where you learned that plugins have to be in the RBZ format to work in SU8.

Sorry I didn't answer in my other post.

I had tried to find the solution to the problem and in reading how to install plugins on the Trimble website (here: http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/download/rubyscripts.html) it wasn't clear that I was able to use the copy method as well as from an rbz. The text reads 'installing on version 7 and earlier' and 'installing on version 8', when it should read 'installing with a .rb' and 'installing on version 8 (and later?)with a .rbz'

Of note is that the Google website (here http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=38583) causes the same effect.

Thanks to both of you.

It was a problem in using the script (it's the first extension I've used), the right click advice worked a dream.

Am I able to use this .rb in SketchUp 8? From what I've learnt .rb is for version 7 and .rbz is for version 8. I've done a search on teh thread for mention of .rbz and haven't found anything. I've tried copying the file to the relevant extensions folder in the programe file (as you would for SketchUp 7) however it doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas?

Thanks