Does not support Sketchup 8 as claimed

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Does not support Sketchup 8 as claimed

TDHofstetter opened this issue 4 years ago · 7 comments

When this .RBZ script is decompressed into the underlying .RB script and left in the Plugins directory, it makes Sketchup 8 barf on startup.

This is in diametric opposition to the claim that this plugin is expected to work with SketchUp 8.

Answer 1 · 2021-01-18T09:45:05.000Z

it makes Sketchup 8 barf on startup.

Are you getting an error message? If so, what does it say?

Answer 2 · 2021-01-18T11:50:29.000Z

I've managed to resolve the situation. Thanks, Tom.

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Answer 3 · 2021-01-19T13:36:22.000Z

How did you resolve it?

Answer 4 · 2021-01-19T13:36:32.000Z

How did you resolve it?

Answer 5 · 2021-01-19T13:55:57.000Z

I... failed to notice, when I unzipped the .rbz into an .rb, that the file contained a subdirectory that needed to be moved along with the .rb; lacking that subdirectory, the script triggers a hard error in SketchUp on startup. The presence of a whole subdirectory full of support files is very unusual for a SketchUp plugin. It would have been much better if the .rbz had contained a readme.first or even a README.NOW right alongside the rb.

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Answer 6 · 2021-01-20T08:44:07.000Z

SketchUp 8 Maintenance Release 2 and newer supports installation of .rbz files via Preferences > Extensions.

Answer 7 · 2021-01-20T15:10:36.000Z

Pretty hard to be sure at this point, but I appear to have M2 and it doesn't support .rbz files. I can't be positive that the copy I just downloaded from OldVersion.com, claiming to be M2, is actually M2; it says that it's 8.0.11752 and it's exactly identical to my extant working install copy. I'll have to dig up another Windows machine (nearly all my machines have migrated to Linux, and SketchUp has never been very happy running under Wine) and try using it to install SketchUp, then verify (a) the version/revision and (b) the .rbz support.

At any rate, it's now moot for my purposes. I've successfully gotten .STL import / export set up and made a note to myself about always including directories found in .rbz files, so I think I'm probably good for the remainder of my life.

Thanks, Thomas. I don't care what your neighbors say, I think you're OK. 8)