thanks to gasmasher i was pointed to this forum
thank you gasmasher
so i was attempting to download the phlatscript the otherday and i watched the toutorial
but i didnt quite get it to work
i opened the google sketchup location and looked into the plugins and there was nothing there
when i thought i was finished i didnt see a tab for plugins so i knew i did something wrong
i then tried it again and still saw no tab for plugins
i was wondering if there was something i had to download to get any plugins
or do i just download one and they will just work
help please

 

You just need to unzip the Phlatscript files into the root of your sketchup folder. Generally, it's "Crogram FilesGoogleGoogle SketchUp 7" . Basically, the two important things it copies over is two folders "Resources" and "Tools". If you are get a message, that those folders already exist (and they do) and do you want to replace them?, say "yes" replace all.

Then start up sketchup. I don't think you need to activate the phlatscript extension anymore. [but you can go and check if it's there and activated(checked), in sketchup go to Window/preferences/Extensions] So you really just need to make the phlatscript tool bar visible. Goto Views/Toolbars and put a check by "Phlatboyz" (near the bottom). And the toolbar should appear. That should be it.

-Kwok

 

Follow Kwok's instructions and you should be fine. Some installations it activates properly and sometimes not, I haven't figured out exactly what is happening. At any rate, the two steps he mentioned should take care of it if the toolbar doesn't show up in the View|Toolbars menu in SU.