# Accessing installed plugins **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070 "2020-12-14T16:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/1 "2020-12-14T16:03:58Z")
I have several plugins installed and shown as active in the extension manager but I cannnot access them from the toolbar??? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/2 "2020-12-14T16:04:43Z")
What plugins are they? Maybe they don’t have toolbars to access. Or maybe they don’t show up in the menu you’re looking in. ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/3 "2020-12-14T17:27:13Z")
Depends on the plugin. Some don’t have a toolbar, or don’t have it turned on by default. Some show in a menu other than Extensions. Some only have a Context menu, and need to have an object selected then a R-click to show their action(s). As DaveR says, what plugins are they? ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/4 "2020-12-14T17:28:50Z")
These extensions were accessible in the main toolbar until I had to reinstall Windows on my PC. The Ruby files are still there and installed with the sketchup extension manager but, unlike in the past, I cannot find them anywhere in Sketchup… ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/5 "2020-12-14T17:29:42Z")
Is there some reason you are keeping these extensions a secret? If you want help sorting this out you need to tell us which ones they are. ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/6 "2020-12-14T17:34:07Z")
No secret at all, but the extension I have loaded are from a french editor and not from the extension warehouse… I could send you the rbz file if you want (how can I do that?) Thanks for your assistance! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/7 "2020-12-14T17:34:42Z")
You could upload the .rbz files here. ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/8 "2020-12-14T17:35:36Z")
Probably a silly question, but have you restarted SU since you reinstalled the extension(s)? And what ‘toolbar’ did it/they used to show in? Have you checked in View/Toolbars to see if there is a toolbar that isn’t turned on which might be the one you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/9 "2020-12-14T17:36:06Z")
Here is one of these plugins: [.\_bouvetage-2.0.rbz](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/gZOHY7bVfjXqHk1AFdVsx9Tk9Qt.rbz) (4 KB) ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/10 "2020-12-14T17:37:36Z")
That file doesn’t appear to be complete. ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/11 "2020-12-14T17:39:11Z")
I[bouvetage-2.0.rbz](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/emtX8DtYLrGsp3zyR6CTh6IBv9O.rbz) (150.8 KB) may have sent you a bad version; try this one! ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/12 "2020-12-14T17:43:41Z")
That one works. When I install it in Make 2017 (in English) , it shows as _Tongue assembly_ in the Draw menu. And I didn’t have to restart SU. It doesn’t appear to have a toolbar at all. ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/13 "2020-12-14T17:47:25Z")
Thanks John, I have indeed found it in the Draw menu! Before I reinstalled Windows, this extension appeared as an icon in my tool bar and that is where I was hoping to find it… ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/14 "2020-12-14T17:47:38Z")
By the way, please update your profile to show the Windows version, and your graphics card - ‘cc’ isn’t a graphics card. That will help others to help you better in future. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/15 "2020-12-14T17:49:00Z")
Looking at the website from which it comes, it would appear that it would be included in a toolbar from another extension. Maybe you should make sure you have the entire set of extensions from the author. > **[Télécharger et installer les plugins BLB-bois | Bois+ Le Bouvet](https://www.blb-bois.com/dao/tutoriel-sketchup/tutoriel-sketchup/telecharger-et-installer-les-plugins-blb-bois)** > > Voici ci-dessous plusieurs vidéos expliquant la façon de télécharger les plugins SketchUp BLB-bois et de les installer dans SketchUp, pour différentes versions du logiciel. Interesting that you need a plugin to do that. ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/16 "2020-12-14T17:50:55Z")
I put"cc" for the graphics card because I do not know where to find the name of the one I have… ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/17 "2020-12-14T17:50:57Z")
> [@lescazes](#): > > this extension appeared as an icon in my tool bar Well, I don’t fully understand that. What toolbar did it appear in? It doesn’t appear to have one of its own - at least, nothing like it shows when (on Mac) I look at View/Tool palettes. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/b/b/bbf74b3f324a5c961b569aa2da0420a282338ab7.jpeg) Did you add a shortcut to it somehow and add it to a customizable toolbar? Maybe, if you added other plugins from the same source, they add a toolbar for this one? PS. I tried restarting SU before checking again if it has its own toolbar. It still doesn’t show - see image above, taken after restarting SU. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/18 "2020-12-14T17:54:01Z")
> [@DaveR](#): > > Looking at the website from which it comes, it would appear that it would be included in a toolbar from another extension. Looking at the plugin file itself, there is no toolbar associated with it. To get a toolbar button for it you need the parent extension. ---
**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/19 "2020-12-14T17:59:01Z")
My spoken French isn’t good enough to understand the explanation of what the plugin(s) do, except that this one seems to be for making loose tenons (in English), including the proprietary Festool Domino ones. Is that about right? To find more about your graphics card, look for example at > **[Checking the Graphics Card Specifications on Your Computer (Published 2016)](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/03/technology/personaltech/checking-the-graphics-card-specifications-on-your-computer.html)** > > If you have no idea what kind of graphics card is under the hood of your computer — PC or Mac — there is an easy way to find out. or just google for “how to find graphics card details windows” ---
**Author:** ![lescazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@lescazes](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lescazes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070/20 "2020-12-14T18:45:47Z")
Thanks John for your help! Yes this plugin and a few others from the same editor are about joining. As for my graphics card, I now have included a correct reference (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family) in my profile. Have a great day! [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/accessing-installed-plugins/146070.md?page=2)