Recently I’m creating an RBZ plugin for Dynamic Component Library for woodworking. When I placed the files in the sketchup plugin folder, when opening it, the message appeared that it was not possible to locate the “Loader” file. Does anyone on the forum have a script to make available? Note: I’m…

You should install the extension with the extension manager. The own rbz file will install the extension. By the way, how do you create the rbz, has it the right estructure?

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Addressing the question in the original post of your topic, the “loader” is the Ruby file within your extension’s folder that the “registrar” Ruby file tells SketchUp is the master to load the rest of your extension code (you will likely need to read what @DanRathbun linked to learn that terminology…

Thank you very much! I will make the necessary changes that you advised me.

Exactly, I am developing this plugin for learning purposes, as I have no programming knowledge, so I always get lost in some code. The fact that I placed the file directly in the plugin folder was a way for me to notice if there were any errors in the files, in VS Code I was only able to edit the co…

It is possible to set up VSCode to debug a plugin while it is running in SketchUp. Instructions on how to do so can be found on the GitHub SketchUp site. However, getting it set up and working and then using it is somewhat technical, not something I would recommend to a novice programmer.

Do you have a specific link on the subject? I have a GitHub account, so if there is an example that I can clone from GitHub it would help me a lot. In fact, what I have learned so far is from some repository examples I saw on GitHub.

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How to create a ruby extension "loader" file?

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DanRathbun October 12, 2023, 7:03pm 3

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