Ruby Plugins For Sketchup 8

Sketchup allows users and programmers to create their own tools called extensions or plugins by using the ruby script programming language.

Ruby plugins for sketchup 8.

They introduced a new file format rbz which means that you can install plugins from within sketchup itself. The demo version has all the features of the full version except for a limited resolution. Unzip the rbz file into sketchup plugins. Ruby plugin improvements.

Click on the open button. Extensions can greatly extend how sketchup functions. Library application support sketchup 2014 sketchup plugins for google sketchup 8 and earlier. Since the release of sketchup 8 m2 the clever folks at sketchup made installing plugins a one click operation.

If you are using sketchup 7 please change it to sketchup 7. Ruby extensions typically consist of several files so ruby developers had to zip up those files into a standard zip file and then give their users instructions on how to unzip them and where to place. Finally make sure to check out the guidelines and manuals by the developers to understand the full potential of these sketchup plugins and good luck with your modeling. This version of sketchup has a simple ui to install and upgrade ruby extensions.

Simply extract it and run setup. Rbz file format. On mac the plugins is user folder. It creates buildings merges them and deals with contours and terrains imported from 2d cad files.

Under the window menu select preferences to display the following dialog box. Download fluidray for sketchup demo. This plugin can be helpful with advanced or urban scale uses. On pc the plugins folder is.

Installing rbz files in sketchup. The ruby plugin appears in the list of extensions.