Kerkythea.............???

[Tanster]

I need Help with Kerkythea..!
I've had Kerkythea for like months now and still dont know how to use it
I downloaded the exporter put it in its plugin folder

(C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins.)
So i did and nothing happen SKUP is the same

So I downloaded a Tutorial page and....
The tutorial says to click on "Plugins" next to "Help" on the top Menu

I took a ScreenShot
it goes from
File Edit View Camera Draw Tools Window then to Help wheres the PLUGIN button???
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/07-11-2007_01-41-38-2.jpg

Is it not supposed to be their??
Do I need SKUP 6 pro???

Sorry to start a thread on this but Im really getting MAD:hell:
so can someone help :) ??
Im so close!!!
So if anybody knows share your knowledge and educate me.......

[foxmtbr]

You did something wrong when pasting the files. They should be pasted in the 'Exporters' folder, not 'Plugins'.

When you do it right, there will be a 'Plugins' tab on the top bar in SketchUp.

[Tanster]

how do i find the exporters folder??

[FREKI]

Try "tools"... I believe that's where my ended up... :)


I can't get the damn thing to work right once exported ( reminds me of my days with 3D Studio Max )... half the textures are missing and the lighting is imposible..

Read the manual you say... way too much work - all I want is something fun and relaxing ( why I started with SU to beging with - so I stopped trying :D

[Patrick]

Read the manual you say... way too much work

Kerkythea has a manual!?!? do go on!

Really though, Kerkythea might make some good renders, but its a total pain, I was really close to throwing the computer out the window.

[foxmtbr]

how do i find the exporters folder??

C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Exporters

It's the same place where the Plugins folder is.

[Tanster]

edit

[Tanster]

Is this right ??

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/07-11-2007_02-16-20.jpg
I just pasted those folders

[foxmtbr]

Yes! :tup:

[Mocholate]

if you have already tried doing it you will have to delete what you did first

but just copy what fox just displayed iinto the 'unzip to ' box

i just made like 15 screenshots to help someone else out:haha:

[Tanster]

I still Dont see a plugins Tap??

[Mocholate]

ah you got it :haha:

[FREKI]

Kerkythea has a manual!?!? do go on! Well, it has some online guides ( PDF ) in it's forum... one is specificly about SU6 and Kerkyderky

I got to step 2 :haha:

[Mocholate]

yep , the manual sucks my ass:haha:

[Tanster]

Yes! :tup:
How will i know if it works?????

[foxmtbr]

Hmm, I don't know what to say if the Plugins tab didn't show up... :koko:

[Tanster]

THANKS!! I'll keep trying

[Mocholate]

when you first unzipped the file - did you just click 'ok'

if so it means it went into 'temporary internet files'

you have to erase that before you try again

erase by clearing your temporary internet files :cheers:

[Mocholate]

:previous: I posted that in the 'kerkythea help' thread that i made

but you didnt return to the thread :P

[Mocholate]

off topic , but is this the worst hair crime you have ever seen
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/choppdat/JamieBB.jpg

:haha:

[Patrick]

^Well, highlighting yo hair is pretty common here in the US.

But then again, 1984 ended a really long time ago ladies!

[Tanster]

when you first unzipped the file - did you just click 'ok'

if so it means it went into 'temporary internet files'

you have to erase that before you try again

erase by clearing your temporary internet files :cheers:

so i have to erase the temporary intenet files?

Okay this is what i did
>Download the Kerkythea exporter
>Put the files in the exporter file

Is that it

[Peter]

Tanster, I was also trying to get the plugin tab to show up. I finally figured it out though. What you have to do is unzip the file. It should unzip two folders, one is Plugins the other is Components. Go to your main SketchUp folder (such as C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6) then drag those two folders right into that window (the SketchUp folder).

There may already be a Plugins and Components folder in the main SketchUp folder. If so, it will ask to overwright the folders. Just say yes, because it won't delete anything inside. It will only add the new stuff to them both.

To make it simple. Files do not go to:
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Exporters\Plugins"
and "C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Exporters\Components"

Instead, they just go to:
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins"
and C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Components"

That's how it worked for me at least.

[Mocholate]

:haha:Patrick ,and thank god the 80's are over- i told the Lady that it looks like Jimney Glick was growing out of her head :haha:

I spose it sepends on what unzip tool your PC is using

what i mentioned worked for me , it doesn't hurt to ersase temporary internet files anyway , so may aswell try it - but what i mean is that while the misdirected file was there in temporary internet files no matter what i did to re-download it just didn't work untill all the previous traces were removed

[Austin55]

:help: :hell: :mad: :pissed: :eviltongue: :breakcomp: :gaah: Same problem!!!

[Tanster]

Tanster, I was also trying to get the plugin tab to show up. I finally figured it out though. What you have to do is unzip the file. It should unzip two folders, one is Plugins the other is Components. Go to your main SketchUp folder (such as C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6) then drag those two folders right into that window (the SketchUp folder).

There may already be a Plugins and Components folder in the main SketchUp folder. If so, it will ask to overwright the folders. Just say yes, because it won't delete anything inside. It will only add the new stuff to them both.

To make it simple. Files do not go to:
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Exporters\Plugins"
and "C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Exporters\Components"

Instead, they just go to:
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins"
and C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Components"

That's how it worked for me at least.

it worked yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS THANKS Everybody

[Peter]

Glad to help. :)

Now the hard part is learning how to work this Kerkything, which is where I'm stuck at. :shrug:

[Mocholate]

what part?

[Tanster]

so am I

[Austin55]

Are their any other good things (free) like kerkythea?Kerk refuss to work for me:hell: .

[Mocholate]

what is going wrong with it - there are others but they don't work :haha:

[Austin55]

q:help: :hell: :mad: :pissed: :eviltongue: :breakcomp: :gaah: Same problem!!!

[Mocholate]

try again and copy this into the path window as Peter mentioned



C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Components

edied ^^^^ oops

[Austin55]

Ok i hit download then open and then something called winzip came up. thats were I stopped:shrug:

[Austin55]

What now?

[Austin55]

ive got kerkythea now but i need the exporter and its not downloading.?

[Austin55]

ive got kerkythea now but i need the exporter and its not downloading.?

:hell: AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! help!!!!

[rbowk]

lol hahahahHAHAHA

[Mocholate]

not again , aye carumba :gaah:

[Tanster]

carumba?^^ LOL

[Austin55]

ok,so you click download,then open,then somthing comes up and you click extract all files,copy paste what peter said,is that right so far?

[Mocholate]

:yes:

[Austin55]

so what could I be doing wrong?

[Mocholate]

When i had problems with it , it was because my firt attempt at downloading i unzipped it into the default folder (the one that is already displayed)
which directs it to unzip into 'temporary internet files'

I had to clear my temporary internet files and then download and unzip it to the right folder

tool>internet options > browsing history >delete all

[Austin55]

I had to clear my temporary internet files and then download and unzip it to the right folder

tool>internet options > delete browsing history

problem is,I cant do that. my mom is a teacher and needs those websites:(

[Mocholate]

ahh, well i think that if you just do the option at the top 'delete temporary files' it just means that the pages will load a bit slower for the first time they are viewed (but don't quote me on that !!!!!)
but honestly Kerk is a pain in the ass anyway

[Austin55]

whats all this stuff?Ive never seen it afore,
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x111/austin5555/kerk.jpg

[Mocholate]

eh , thats just the program files for the components that are inside sketchup

[Austin55]

ok,so you click download,then open,then somthing comes up and you click extract all files,copy paste what peter said,is that right so far?

so what after this? anything?
I deleted the T.I.F. anyway.

[Mocholate]

then you click unzip and it should work

[Austin55]

wheres the unzip button?:haha:

[Mocholate]

show me screenshot

[Austin55]

[IMG]http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x111/austin5555/kerk.jpg[/IMG

pretty much all of it.
oops,its the same as 3or 4 posts up.

[Mocholate]

click , go - start - unzip - tally-ho , wtf its says to run that mo-fo :tup:

[Austin55]

go just goes to that site:shrug:
so I think its the unzip button givin me probs.

[Mocholate]

i dunno whats wrong ,it sounds weird , i'll do some screenshots and try and make it clearer :tup:

[Austin55]

Thanks,you have alotta patince!!!

[Aleks]

ummm... I can't use this!! Do I click save or run when I first download the model?

[Austin55]

so you go to kerk-open-Extract all files-insert C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Exporters-yes to all-finish? but the file info tan says its zipped?!?

but lets forget alex's Q,


ummm... I can't use this!! Do I click save or run when I first download the model?

[Aleks]

actually I extracted all files from C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins I.D.K if that has anything to do with it.

[Austin55]

ive extracted em to several places.:shrug:

[rbowk]

i dont get this ???????????

[Aleks]

It's O.K. I don't get it either. Too confusing. Why can't they just show an easy way to install it?

[rbowk]

lol yeah why not

[Mocholate]

Keep trying guys , it took me about a month of trial and error to work it out :haha:

[rbowk]

lol

[rbowk]

i have been on sketchup for about a year now and i still suck

[Austin55]

:previous: I ot it february.

Ivhead rumors google is ddeveoping SU7,it will suppsidly have a supe up ruby thing. maybe itll be eay to use.

my kyboad is broke:haha: :yuck: sry

[Aleks]

O hate kerk. Isn't there any other rendering program out there that easier to use? Well this is easy but I cant get my S.U. models into Kerk.

[Austin55]

podium. but yo gotta reverse the faces.

[Aleks]

Is that easy? Can't you just paint over the reversed faces?

[Austin55]

sorta,some oneelse could better explain:)

[Aleks]

Any other programs? Besides these two. and one where you dont have to add a ruby console or whatever its called.

[Austin55]

there's bryce,but i dunnoo what that;s for.

id go with podium for starters.

[Austin55]

i discovered my proble. my computer doesnt have an unzip tool:(
could i download one from the internet?

[FREKI]

^Both Windows and OS have a build-in unzippers - so unless you are running linux you should be good!


In XP if you right click on a zipped folder you get the option to "unpack" it ( may be called something else as I'm using the Danish version )

You can also just open the folder like a normal one - then just copy the file you need and paste it elsewhere in a non zipped folder

[Aleks]

O.K. here is what I did. Let me see if it's right

1. I went to Sketch Up 6 folder.

2.I went to plugins

3.Clicked on Plugins again

4.Tried to open this file that says su2kt.

5.A small window pops up saying the file is not a sketch up model!!!

6.Panic!!

7.Try 3-9 times

8.Quit.

9. Come here and ask for help.

So did I do it right?

[Aleks]

O.M.G!!! I finally got Kerk to work!!! I don't know what I did but when I turned my computer on today I noticed a button at the top that said Plugins so I clicked on it and the Kerkythea Exported button was there!!!!

So Happy!!!

[Austin55]

I feel so left out:(

[treras93]

:previous: hey austin i think all u need to do after u install kerk and put the plug ins in the SU folder is to restart your comp cuz i did that and now finally after weeks of trying and trying...


I GOT IT TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:notacrook:

[Aleks]

I think I copied the files in the folder that pops up right after you finish downloading Kerk. Then I pasted them into the first plugins folder in the SketchUp file.

If you go to the SketchUp file you will notice that there's a plugins folder. If you click on it there should be another plugins folder. All you need to do is transfer what's inside plugins folder #2 into plugins folder #1.

Is it confusing?

[Austin55]

argh:hell: oh well:(

where is everyone?
Mocholate,rbowk hasvnt posted lately,boiseairports missing,I think Flyersfan is like,dissapered or something?peter's gone to!

[Aleks]

I noticed that too!! Must be school and work because almost nobody visits Cityscape since school started!!!

[Aleks]

Actually Mo. is on right now!!!

[Austin55]

but he just logged on and sat there,hes been lookin at La Corte for 10 Minutes now. He did that this mornin to:shrug:

[Aleks]

Maybe his keyboard doesn't work like your a while ago. Or maybe he's making a sandwhich in the shape of one of his towers and keeps forgetting he's logged on!!!:D :haha:

[Mocholate]

:haha: the thing kept timing out

well done getting Kerk to werk :cool:

[Aleks]

what thing?:sly:

[Mocholate]

My log-in timed out :D