Unzip the rbz file into sketchup plugins.
Ruby plugins for sketchup 8.
On mac the plugins is user folder.
Many are specialized tools that can save you hours of work or perform tasks beyond sketchup s native tool set.
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.
Ruby plugin improvements.
On pc the plugins folder is.
It creates buildings merges them and deals with contours and terrains imported from 2d cad files.
It must be installed in sketchup s plugins directory.
They introduced a new file format rbz which means that you can install plugins from within sketchup itself.
This plugin can be helpful with advanced or urban scale uses.
Extensions can greatly extend how sketchup functions.
Click on the open button.
This version of sketchup has a simple ui to install and upgrade ruby extensions.
Since the release of sketchup 8 m2 the clever folks at sketchup made installing plugins a one click operation.
Installing rbz files in sketchup.
Rbz file format.
The demo version has all the features of the full version except for a limited resolution.
Under the window menu select preferences to display the following dialog box.
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.
Sketchup allows users and programmers to create their own tools called extensions or plugins by using the ruby script programming language.
If you are using sketchup 7 please change it to sketchup 7.
Library application support sketchup 2014 sketchup plugins for google sketchup 8 and earlier.
By default the installer will set the install directory to sketchup 8.