Switching to Mac

I have a irender nxt for the pc version of sketchup and am switching to a mac and want to install to Sketchup 8. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on July 3, 2011 at 2:44pm

Somehow you've got an old Beta version installed, which is not compatible with SketchUp 8.

We need to get rid of the file IRender_Nxt_Beta_loader.rb in the plugins folder.

There only need to just be one "IRender*" file in the Plugins folder, "IRender_loader.rb".

There does have to be a file there called "Win32API.so" and a folder called "Render Plus", containing the other ruby file(s?) that we need.

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Permalink Reply by Kim Vedros on July 4, 2011 at 7:34am

I've gotten rid of the other Irender_loader files but how to I get the Irender folder and Woin32API.so files? Can you send these to me?

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on July 4, 2011 at 8:27am

Those get installed when you install the latest version.

Are you able to install the latest version on any computer?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Vedros on July 4, 2011 at 9:14am

I've reinstalled SU8 and reinstalled nxd irender. The error mewssage I get now is:

Error Loading File C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/Render Plus/IRender_nXt2.rb
126: The specified module could not be found. - C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt\bin_nXt/IRender_nXt.dllError Loading File IRender_Nxt_loader.rb
126: The specified module could not be found. - C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt\bin_nXt/IRender_nXt.dll

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on July 4, 2011 at 9:23am

Did you copy files to do the install, or did you actually install IRender nXt on the Mac?

If you installed it, what version was it, or what was the file name of the install file?

And did you notice the locations where IRender nXt was installing?

Finally, do those files and folders in the error messages exist on your machine?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Vedros on July 4, 2011 at 9:47am

I'm using a mac with dual platform with windows XP service pack 2. So I am installing on Windows XP (can't install on mac operating system right?)
I install it, not copied.
IRender_3_KF28nxt is the iinstall file

In the Plugin folders there is a Renderplus folder with four files in it.
There are four loaders:
Irender_loader.rb
IRender_nxt_beta_loader.rb
Irender_nxt_loader_rb.sav
Irender_loader_ar3rb.
There is also the Win32API file and a few others not associated with Renderplus

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on July 4, 2011 at 10:10am

In the error message, it says:

126: The specified module could not be found. - C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt\bin_nXt\/IRender_nXt.dll

Does that folder exist on the Mac?

C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\IRender_nXt\bin_nXt

If so, is that file, IRender_nXt.dll, in it?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Vedros on July 4, 2011 at 10:28am

This folder does not exist under program files.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on July 4, 2011 at 10:38am

I wonder where the files went?

Could you uninstall and reinstall IRender nXt, and notice where it says is is putting the files?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Vedros on July 4, 2011 at 11:16am

I installed and reinstalled and Render Plus Systems folder is now under program files. Plugin menu is in place in SU as well as "nxtrender - irender load" in the drop down but IRender does not load in SU