| Cannot find Plugins folder | PurpleMonkey | 1/15/11 5:55 PM | SketchUp version:8.0.3161 Operating system:10.6.6 Explain your issue in full detail here: I am trying to install the Involute gear plugin. It said that I needed to put in the plugins folder. I have looked everywhere. No plugins folder. I activat |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Dagobertman | 1/16/11 5:55 PM | I couldn't find it either... looked everywhere... Saw the same info you did... and then I thought... Why not add one... which I did : Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins And I grabbed a few .rb(s) which were lying about and |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | PurpleMonkey | 1/18/11 12:30 PM | I will give it a go. Thanks! I am totally new to this too and really have no experience/comfort level with programming types of things. |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Jeff_Hammond | 1/18/11 9:53 PM | you're in the user~/ library/ app support etc..instead, go: Macintosh HD/ Library/ Application Support/ Google SketchUp 8/ SketchUp/ plugins @dagobertman.. suMac can infact run plugins from two different folders (the one at the path listed above whic |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Tony Jackson | 1/21/11 4:23 PM | I just downloaded projection_extension.rb from http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=671 Their Read-me specifically advises against using the |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Jeff_Hammond | 1/21/11 5:01 PM | well, i think they got it backwards.. all of google's own plugins that come with sketchup are at the / location.. creating a new folder at the user location, moving google's plugins into there, then deleting the plugin folder at the root level is a b |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Jeff_Hammond | 1/21/11 5:09 PM | oh wait, i forgot.. actually, it will work out ok like that if you have both folders, the problem rubies must go in the user location.. if you only have the one original Su plugin folder (at the macintosh HD location) then the problem rubies will run |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Tony Jackson | 1/21/11 8:35 PM | Hi Jeff, Thanks for your help! I don't have a User plugins folder. As it is, with the plugins in the root folder I cannot call them. I've checked 'Utilities' in the prefs, but no sign. Or is it better to put them in a User plugins folder (as the |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Jeff_Hammond | 1/21/11 9:54 PM | iirc, the projections toolbar doesn't auto-activate itself upon installing.. you have to turn it on via: View -> Tool Palettes -> Projections if projections isn't showing up as an option under tool palettes then something is wrong with the installati |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | catamountain | 1/21/11 11:02 PM | How is it that autosave doesn't work? |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Tony Jackson | 1/22/11 2:04 AM | Hi Jeff, Thanks for your help. No, no sign of Projections in Tool Palettes; three groups - Large Tool Set and Solid Tools, Google (doesn't seem to do anything), and Dynamic Components, Shadow Strings Fix, Solar North. Catamountain, I wish I knew |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Jeff_Hammond | 1/22/11 10:00 PM | hey tony.. here are the steps to install projections on mac. -- download the file from the link you posted above-- unzip the download (unless your browser is set to do it automatically)-- open the resulting folder titled "projection_v2"-- the two nec |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Tony Jackson | 1/23/11 7:10 AM | Hi Jeff, Good call! You describe exactly what I did... But I thought I'd check before replying. I had in fact put them in the adjacent 'Resources' folder! After a fresh restart I now have Projections, icons and all, available. Now just need to |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Dan Rathbun | 1/28/11 2:51 AM | And that's where they should stay, so they can be updated by the Installer when Google releases a Maintenance Release. If you don't like them (or use them,) you can turn them off through the Preferences dilaog > Extensions panel. |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | SUGOD | 2/6/11 9:00 AM | Yes i'll agree this a great idea and one that i have been employing for quite some time. All my scripts live safty away from the SkechUp plugins folder and i only throw one loader script into the plugins folder. Another great aspect is that you can t |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | mpinner | 11/19/11 6:20 PM | i found the issue. i was having the same problem and seeing a lot of folks using plugins and others using Plugins. I problem is I have a mac filesystem that is case sensitive. i quite like it that way. good news! there is a work around: http://www.g |
| Re: Cannot find Plugins folder | Baia | 3/21/12 2:54 AM | hi guys i have a mac too and had the same problem. The solution was just changing the sketchup number version on the location.delete 7 and write 8! |