[Plugin Library] LibFredo6 - v14.2a - 26 Aug 23

[fredo6]

IMPORTANT: from now on, LibFredo6 and all my plugins are ONLY maintained for SU2017 and above. If you run a legacy version of Sketchup (up to SU2016), you can find the frozen legacy versions of LibFredo6 and my plugins here.
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The information on LibFredo6 is maintained on the Plugin Home Page of LibFredo6. This is also where you can download the RBZ file.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Sketchup version: SU2017 and above (for Mac M1, SU2021 and above)
• Platform: Windows and Mac OSX
• Usage: Free

If you land on this page and are unfamiliar with how to install Sketchup Extensions such as LibFredo6 or how to register on Sketchucation, please watch this video:

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LibFredo6 is a shared plugin library used by most of my plugins. LibFredo6 takes care, among others, of enriching my plugins with a few capabilities such as default parameters, language translation, Check Plugins for Update, Trace logging, etc.

It is NOT a standalone plugin. It must be installed once and updated as needed when new versions are published.

LibFredo6 User Manual - English - v5.2.pdf

[Ecuadorian]

Thank you!
Installed and running fine.

[pichuneke]

I have downloaded the plugins. I will try to look at the translation files tomorrow.

[Escargot-Archi]

Bonjour,

Comment activer l'affichage ?

[fredo6]

Escargot,

Pas d'affichage. C'est juste une librairie de code Ruby commune a certains de mes scripts, le premier de cette famille etant FreeScale.

Fredo

[sepo]

I am getting constant error when trying to extract libFredo6 3.1A
finally got it after 5 downloads....works fine.

[thomthom]

Have you tried downloading the file again?

[olishea]

fantastic work....so easy to use and effective

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1b available.
It is necessary for running the upgrade to FreeScale 2.0b.

see main message of this thread
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=145336#p144178

Fredo

[LuckyNinja99]

I followed the installation instructions on your pdf to the letter, and I'm rewarded with an amazing nothing. You installation instructions are unclear and inadequate

[remus]

You wont get anything visible after you install libfred06. Have you installed freescale?

[LuckyNinja99]

I take back my above post. I've got it to work now, I'm just a bit tired. On that note, well done sir

[remus]

Glad to hear its working

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1c
Needed for for FreeScale 2.0c
see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=144178#p144178

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1c 11 Apr 09 NOW RELEASED
Needed for for FreeScale 2.0c
see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=144178#p144178

Note: For those who have downloaded the release (c) of 9 Avril, which was available for a few minutes, please download again the version of 11 Apr.

[McGyVer]

Thank you for sharing such awesome tools! You are truly a ruby script-master!

[CouqueDasse]

Hello.

This is Korean language files of LibFredo6 & FreeScale.

I really love this awsome plugin.

Thanks, Fredo6!

[fredo6]

Hello.

This is Korean language files of LibFredo6 & FreeScale.

I really love this awsome plugin.

Thanks, Fredo6!

The 2 files seems to work, though I can't really help to check with my laptop. At least it shows up in the translation dialog box.
Does 크기 변형 means "Scaling"

If other users want to try, just extract the file and
- drop LibFredo6_KO.lang into the LIBFREDO6_Dir_31 folder
- drop FreeScale_KO.lang into FREESCALE_Dir_20 folder

Thanks very much

Fred

[ideas_arte]

a very useful tool, thank you very much.!

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1d
Needed for for FreeScale 2.0d (the previous version 2.0c had a major bug).
see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=144178#p144178

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1e
Needed for for FreeScale 2.0e
see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=144178#p144178

[COSEDIMARCO]

@Fredo6
New Italian translation is ready.

[ton baeten]

Fredo,

First of all many thanks for all your wonderfull plugins. You have brought SU to a new, unprecedented, level.
Of course I follow the topics on your plugins and try to be as updated as possible, because your plugins already make part of my daily/standard SU tools.
You have just released a new version of Freescale (v2.0e) and following your advise I also downloaded the new
LibFredo6 (v3.1e). For the first time, this release contains a new folder called DEFPARAM_Dir, containing 1 (text)item. But...this file is already in my plugins folder as part of the Cadspan plugin (to prepare SU models for 3D printing).
As usual it is impossible to have 2 files with identical names in one folder........
So here's my question: can I replace the cadspan-DEFPARAM_Dir with yours, without getting into troubles with Cadspan or not? Can both plugins use that same folder without problems??
I have put 'on hold' the update of your plugins upon further info from you, so please fill me in.

[fredo6]

Ton,

The small text file have no specific use for the script. It is there in the archive to force the creation of DEFPARAM_Dir via Unzip if not already existing.

I incorporated the DEFPARAM_Dir folder (empty with just one small file) in order to be sure this folder is created at installation.

LibFredo6 would normally create it on the fly whenever you deal with Default Parameters, but it seems that in some environments (Mac in particular) and depending on security rules, the creation of the folder from a Ruby script may not be authorized.

When you unzip, and already have a folder DEFPARAM_Dir, it is neutral. Whether you answer Yes or No to the 'Replacement' question from Unzip (or Copy), your existing folder will continue existing, as well as its content.

Fredo

PS: In general, I recommend that you always do a Yes All replacement when unzipping, so that you don't have to worry about what has changed. Also, keep in mind that file names in a ZIP archive go along the folder hierarchy (so it is not unusual to have several files with the same name in a Zip file, but associated with different folders)

Also, I introduce this change in release 3.1c or 3.1d, not 3.1e

[fredo6]

Fredo,

For the first time, this release contains a new folder called DEFPARAM_Dir, containing 1 (text)item. But...this file is already in my plugins folder as part of the Cadspan plugin (to prepare SU models for 3D printing).

Ton,

My previous post was general about the installation.

In your specific case of Cadspan, are you sure the DEFPARAM_Dir folder belongs to this script. Could you tell me what it contains?

Fredo

[fredo6]

NEW VERSION 3.1f
Includes fixes for Mac compatibility (web dialog boxes) and Italian translation by COSEDIMARCO.
Goes along with FreeScale 2.0f
see http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947&p=144178#p144178

[pecan]

When I close SketchUp, my debugger console get the following messages.


C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Core_31.rb:270: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/PutOnLayer.rb:78: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
(eval):1: warning: already initialized constant SU_MAJOR_VERSION
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Mark_31.rb:325: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Mark_31.rb:331: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Mark_31.rb:335: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Mark_31.rb:339: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Protractor.rb:154: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Startup_31.rb:58: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Tool_31.rb:325: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Tool_31.rb:437: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Tool_31.rb:653: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins/LibFredo6_Dir_31/Lib6Traductor_31.rb:47: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
(eval):3081: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
(eval):3104: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
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value = 360.0
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value = 120.0
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[fredo6]

Thanks for signaling this.
These are just harmless warnings about the ruby syntax.
I fiexed them anyway, and it will go in a further version.

Fredo

[daniel s]

Fredo..

I don´t know if this is the correct place for this request.
Can be added something like this menu to LibFredo6?:

menu.gif

(It is from: http://www.3skeng.com)

This menu can be part of your plugins...

I don´t know if your HoverSelect will be extended to select faces, groups, dimensions... but the idea is to have only one button on the toolbar and with a key you can see and select all the other options with the onscreen menu:

Selector menu.jpg

Example for JPP tool:

JPP menu.jpg

Daniel S

[fredo6]

Daniel,

This is an interesting metaphor.
There are however a few issues with the JPP suggestion, because it is not possble to drwa images (i.e. jpg) in a tool.

For HoverSelect, I am not clear on what it would give on other entity types than edges. But this would be easy to derive (Edges are the most complex actually).

Fredo