Double-click on the "2D Text" in the dialog, so it is all selected, including any spaces off to the right of it.
Then delete that and type in the new text you want - read the full usage Help on the tool - e.g. how to add carriage-returns by inserting \n
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RE: [Plugin] 2D Tools
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RE: Toposhaper fails installing on SketchUp 2026
If it is licensed you must already have the SketchUcation toolset installed to cover the licensing.
Use the SketchUcation toolset's ExtensionStore dialog to first check that you have the latest toolset version installed - if not then install it and restart Sketchup.
After that use the ExtensionStore dialog to Auto-Install the latest LibFredo6 extension, and restart SketchUp
After that use the ExtensionStore dialog to Auto-Install the latest version of Toposhaper, and then restart SketchUp.
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RE: [Plugin] ms C2C Line 2P
It's now available as an RBZ download from our PluginStore or through the SketchUcation > ExtensionStore dialog within SketchUp.
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RE: [Plugin] ms C2C Line 2P
I see you're now listed as a developer, so you just need to do the publishing steps...
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RE: [Plugin] ms C2C Line 2P
Thanks for this.
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RE: [Plugin] FredoSection - v1.5c - 30 Jan 26
There are a lot of ANSI vector hatch patterns...
Here are 900+ paid -
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1602392539/900-autocad-hatch-library-2d-cad?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-5&pro=1&dd=1&content_source=c2a30f16a8732b6e51f219c67c46c892%253ALTc4ad72921e17107e0a3f67f035a6ecc77a3039a0&logging_key=c2a30f16a8732b6e51f219c67c46c892%3ALTc4ad72921e17107e0a3f67f035a6ecc77a3039a0
These are free -
https://www.cadblocksdwg.com/hatch-patterns-download.htmlPerhaps suggest a base set of say 16 patterns ?
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RE: Thinking of our Majid today
@Mike-Amos
Not to mention that obscure and hard to detect poisons are the favorite of the KGB/FSB... -
RE: Thinking of our Majid today
@L-i-am
Probably the way those who disagree with the powerful seem to 'accidentally' fall from high windows more frequently than you'd expect ? -
RE: Help with Tools on surface plugin
Also... have you installed the latest LibFredo6 and restarted SketchUp ?
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RE: shortcuts not retained in 2026 when Sketchup restarts
On PCs in v2026.1 some nitwit swapped the order in the Preferences >Shortcuts listed for the Edit commands for Copy Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Insert, and also the Cut [+X/+Insert] and Paste [+V/+Insert] etc, so the Edit menu now gives you an illogical listing because the long established ones now come second and so they aren't listed in that menu.
They still work, Unfortunately they are hardwired and not editable in Preferences>Shortcuts.
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RE: shortcuts not retained in 2026 when Sketchup restarts
Some OSs protect/reserve certain Ctrl+Key combos, so your system might revert Ctrl+Q to Quit after changes. Try something else like Shift+Q and see what happens...
Alternatively, if you haven't installed SketchUp properly SketchUp might not be able to remember user's changes to shortcuts in their preferences file.
This will be obvious if changing a shortcut to something potentially innocuous isn't remembered across sessions.To fix a faulty installation is simple.
Exit SketchUp and find its Installer exe file, usually in your Downloads folder.
Select its icon and right-click > context-menu > Run as administrator
When the dialog opens it should offer a 'Repair' option.
Choose 'Repair' and let it run,
this will fix the permissions of various files and folders,
so that your normal user-accounts changes to things like Shortcuts are remembered between sessions.
Choosing to 'Run' the installer's exe file, or double-clicking it is not the same as 'Run as administrator', even if your user has some admin-powers.
There's no need to Uninstall and Reinstall to fix things.
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RE: Unability to activate my license
While you are preparing the info for Rich can I also ask: the A0C error means the computer name and what's in the license file don't match., so have you changed your computer name ? Or copied license files between different computers ? Or perhaps your computer-name [or even user-name?] contain non-standard characters [like accented letters or other non-standard characters] - the Microsoft requirement is for computer names to have only ASCII alphanumeric characters [A-Za-Z0-9] and a few common punctuation characters, and not following this can result in weird issues when comparing licenses and computers etc - I am guessing you are perhaps french so accents could be the issue...
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RE: 2d tools
V8.0 is released https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools
Or via the ExtensionStore dialog.It fixes a glitch with v2026 whereby some MAC users could not get the TAB key press/up to work to open dialogs in some tools, and some PC users had to press/up 4 times to make TAB work. But <=2025 users had no issues.
I've now improved the onKeyUp methods to optimize TAB use in v2026, but it can still be flaky for some users. including me needing 4x press/up!
So as an additional option I've added one press/up on the Shift key which will also open the dialogs, in certain tools like LineStyle and Hatching. The Help pages explain this dialog opening more fully.Please try and report back issues...
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RE: TIG 2D Tools Line Style and Hatch Dialog Box Not Opening
A new signed Version 8.0 of the toolset is available as an RBZ in the PluginStore https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools or for AutoInstall/Update through the ExtensionStore dialog.
It addresses the TAB keycode weirdness recently reported when trying to open a dialog for certain tools, like LineStyle and Hatching etc.
The TAB press/up was itself introduced for >=v2020 when the right-click in empty-space context-menu option was removed from the Ruby API. It had to be a TAB press/up because MAC has always ignore a simple TAB press.Recently it's been found that in v2026 on a MAC a TAB press/up sometimes fails to work at all, and other times on PCs x4 press/up were needed to get TAB to call the dialog - whilst weirdly some users experienced no issues with it at all, on either OS !
I have now error trapped the keycode capture for TAB as best I can, note that on <=v2025 there's no problems with TABx1 press/up [sadly my own PC still needs TABx4 press/up with v2026], and TABx1 may work with v2026 for some users and OSs,
BUT as a fallback I've now introduce an alternative additional key press/up - Shift - which [I hope] works with one press/up on any OS and SketchUp version. So if you have any v2026 TAB annoyance you can now just press/up the Shift key instead to open the dialogs.Please try it and report any issues.
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RE: TIG 2D Tools Line Style and Hatch Dialog Box Not Opening
Because the right-click menu issue introduced in earlier SketchUp Ruby changes, TAB was introduced as the key press/up to call various functions, like to change the Z= setting and to open the linestyle dialog.
Because onKeyDown doesn't work on the MAC with TAB and onKeyUp method was used.
Also because TAB returned a different value on PC and MAC I include a test for 9 or 15 - however, newer MACs return the same 9 code.
On my PC TAB returns 9 on key up, but in 2026 I see that I must press/up 4 or 5 times to get it to call 9 properly and open the linestyle tool's settings dialog.
I don't know why there's a reluctance to work first time.
On your MAC can you try opening the linestyle tool and press/up TAB 4 or 5 times to see if the dialog opens...
Then report back. I can't see what the issue is...PS: I've tested it in earlier PC versions and TAB works on first press/up - so it's a glitch with v2026. If several press/up works it's at least a temporary solution...
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RE: [Plugin]Unique colors for layers
My old https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_LayersFromList and https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_LayersToList
Let you import / export layers from / to a text file in the form NAME:R,G,B per line.
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RE: Sketchucation Tools 5.0...
@FlorinAp
This change was intentional.
Over time the changes to the built-in Extensions Manager made it so much like our own that there seemed little purpose in the duplication. The loss of 'Sets' for the Extensions was decided on balance to be acceptable, because changes in how the SketchUp API allowed dynamic extension status setting has meant that our version was error prone. when doing this. Also the use of 'Sets' remains possible from within our Plugins Manager - because all extensions are also plugins [loading from a .RB file] it allows you to manipulate them in the same way with 'Sets' within that dialog... -
RE: Sketchucation Tools v5.04 hangs on SU 2025 and 2026 on iMac Pro, but not M2 mac
Does your set up meet the requirements listed here ?
https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/system-requirements
The fact that it runs OK on a similar machine suggests that something is 'missing' in the set up with the problems - hardware or software ? -
RE: [Plugin] Eclate_Deplace (fragmentation-exploded view)
It might work. Just try it...
İşe yarayabilir. Bir deneyin...
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RE: [Plugin] Door-Lintel Update + Window-Sill
The linked .ZIP file is still available in the earlier post.
Download it, then just change its filetype to .RBZ as previously explained.
Then install it...