After you click Load IRender, do more IRender functions appear at the bottom of the Plugins menu? If so, then the application is loading, but the toolbar is not visible.
If this is the problem, try this:
It's a problem we've run into since SketchUp 8 was released.
We've found that you can fix by doing the following:
Using the SketchUp View/Toolbars menu:
See if "IRender_nXt" is checked.
If it is not, check it, and see if the IRender nXt toolbar appears.
If it does not, on the Toolbars menu, uncheck "IRender_nXt", and toggle the Large Buttons checkbox once and close the menu.
Then go back to the Toolbars menu, toggle the Large Buttons checkbox once, and check "IRender_nXt".
Then the IRender nXt toolbar should appear.
Once we get it to appear in SketchUp 8 once, it seem be OK from then on. If it ever doesn't appear again, you should just need to check it on the View/Toolbars menu again.
If that is not the problem, load the SketchUp Ruby Console before loading IRender nXt and send me any messages that display to: al.hart@renderplus.com
Replies
I'm glad that thingsseem to be working again.
What I did today was installing Google Sketchup 8 and reinstalling iRender into the Sketchup 8 folder, and the iRender icons are gone....
Anyways, thanks!
If not, then make sure the folder: C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta does not exist on your machine. (Rename it or remove it)
here is what the Ruby console says
loading IRender_nXt BETA Beta Release
loading IRender_nXt: C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta LOAD MODE: 13
load('C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ardll_start.rb')
***** Loading: ardll_start.rb
File loaded: C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ardll_start.rb
***** Loading: comm_dcl_routines.rb
***** Loading: ardll_dcl.rb
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ardll_dcl.rb:107: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
start_irender: $irender_nxt_load_mode: 13 which: nXt Beta
IRender nXt VERSION: JA26nxt
***** Loading: ardll.rb
***** Loading: ar3_dcl.rb
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ar3_dcl.rb:64: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ar3_dcl.rb:85: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ardll_materials.rb:178: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
***** Loading: ardll_materials.rb
***** Loading: ardll_plants.rb
***** Loading: ardll_rpc_objs.rb
***** Loading: ardll_lights.rb
***** Loading: ardll_environment.rb
***** Loading: ardll_sun.rb
***** Loading: ardll_options.rb
***** Loading: ardll_map_materials.rb
***** Loading: ardll_map_plants.rb
***** Loading: ardll_animation.rb
***** Loading: raydll_send_model.rb
***** Loading: raydll_send_options.rb
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/raydll_texturewriter.rb:199: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
***** Loading: raydll_texturewriter.rb
***** Loading: raydll_entities.rb
***** Loading: raydll_pages.rb
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/IRender_preset.rb:11: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/IRender_preset.rb:12: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
***** Loading: IRender_preset.rb
Error: #
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/comm_dcl_routines.rb:80:in `dll_call_preset_global_COLORREF'
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/comm_dcl_routines.rb:80:in `preset_global_COLORREF'
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/IRender_preset.rb:87:in `preset_globals'
C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/ardll_start.rb:132:in `start_irender'
C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/Irender_base.rb:171:in `load_irender'
C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/Irender_base.rb:252:in `load_irender_nxt_beta_release'
C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/Irender_base.rb:332
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/comm_dcl_routines.rb:80:in `call'
C:/Program Files/Render Plus Systems/IRender_nXt_Beta/ruby/comm_dcl_routines.rb:80
If this is the problem, try this:
We've found that you can fix by doing the following:
Using the SketchUp View/Toolbars menu:
See if "IRender_nXt" is checked.
If it is not, check it, and see if the IRender nXt toolbar appears.
If it does not, on the Toolbars menu, uncheck "IRender_nXt", and toggle the Large Buttons checkbox once and close the menu.
Then go back to the Toolbars menu, toggle the Large Buttons checkbox once, and check "IRender_nXt".
Then the IRender nXt toolbar should appear.
Once we get it to appear in SketchUp 8 once, it seem be OK from then on. If it ever doesn't appear again, you should just need to check it on the View/Toolbars menu again.
If that is not the problem, load the SketchUp Ruby Console before loading IRender nXt and send me any messages that display to: al.hart@renderplus.com