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Discussion in 'SketchUcam Help' started by tigertank1963, Oct 8, 2015.

  1. tigertank1963

    tigertank1963 New Member

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    Hi all. I am running sketchup make 2015 and the sketchucam extension. I am running it with windows 7 32 bit. My laptop is very small......like a "chrome" net book, maybe a 10" screen. My problem with the screen being so small is that when I open the parameters window in the sketchucam extension, the window cuts off at the bottom and some information is not visible. I don't have this problem on my other computer which has a full size monitor. I have tried moving and resizing the window but that doesn't work for this particular parameters window. I have downloaded a window resizing program but it doesn't work.So I can't figure out how to resize the window in order to see the info that's cut off. Any suggestions? Thanks
     
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    use the 'compatibility view' instead.
    tools|phlatboyz|options|misc options

    this gives you a standard menu instead of the html based dialog.
     
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    Thanks very much for the response swarfer. That changes the format but it still leaves the "comment remarks" window and the "ok", "cancel" and "restore defaults" buttons out of view. So either format omits the bottom most information.
     
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    hmmm. ok, go back to the web parameters dialog format, then while it is displayed you can move it around by doing this
    press ALT+SPACE
    press M
    use arrow keys to move it, enter to stop moving.
    now you should be able to get to the buttons.

    but really, that screen is just too small (-:

    oh the other thing you can try is your windows screen settings, if you have your fonts magnified, setting them to 'normal' may do the trick.
    of course, the text may then be too small to read <-:
     
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    seems the moving thing does not work with the webdialog but does work with the compatibility menu.

    however, I found another solution after trying this on a small notebook....
    in the file ParametersTool.rb
    change the line
    Code:
    params_dialog = UI::WebDialog.new(PhlatScript.getString("Parameters"), false, "Parameters", width, height, x, y, false)
    to
    Code:
    params_dialog = UI::WebDialog.new(PhlatScript.getString("Parameters"), true, "Parameters", width, height, x, y, false)
    this will allow the dialog to have scrollbars.

    To find the ParametersTool.rb file, do this
    open Sketchup
    click Tools
    select Phlatboyz
    select 'Display Profiles Folder'
    in that folder you will see a folder named 'Sketchup 2015'. go there
    then Sketchup
    then Plugins
    then Phlatboyz
    then Tools

    full path will be something like
    C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Sketchup\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp\Plugins\Phlatboyz\tools

    after editing the file restart Sketchup

    and, I was right, this problem is caused by having 'enlarged fonts' selected.
     
    swarfer, Oct 9, 2015
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    Wouldn't it be advantages to have it as a default?
     
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    I am really hesitant to do that due to the long history of the webdialog not working (randomly) and in particular on Macs <-:
    must do a bunch of testing I think.
     
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    Hi Swarfer,
    First let me thank you for trying to help. The 3 options that you relayed to me didn't seem to work. The first option which was using alt+space M does engage the move tool but it wont allow me to move it high enough to access the bottom of the window. The second thing you suggested was font magnification. I checked and I am at the regular magnification. It has 2 settings 100% and 125%. I tried to manually set it below 100% but won't go below 100%. The third option was editing the rb file in question. I edited it in notepad by changing the parameter from false to true. I saved it and restarted sketchup but I still have the same situation.
     
    tigertank1963, Oct 9, 2015
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