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Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 9:08:17 AM
Can't find the plugin folder
Hello,

I'm using version 3.3 on Windows 7. I have looked for the following path :
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\eTeks\Sweet Home 3D\plugins

but under the Sweet Home 3D folder I have two other folders "work" and "recovery" along with "preferences.xml" and nothing for plugins.

Thanks for your help.

Posted by Puybaret at Jul 27, 2011, 9:14:22 AM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
plugins folder is created if needed when the user installs a plug-in (the same behavior applies to furniture, textures and languages folders where sh3f, sh3t and sh3l files are stored). You can create it yourself if you want to.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 1:07:43 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
Thanks for your answer Puybaret.
I created the plugins folder and put a test plugin I wrote (a JAR file), but it's not read by SH3D when I run it. So I downloaded some plugin to double check and it worked. However, that plugin had a ".sh3p" extension. What's the diffrenece between a JAR plugin and a .sh3p plugin and how do I make one?

Thanks.

Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 1:29:02 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
I also tried to test with the VolumePlugin from the tutorial to make sure I get everything right, but in the PluginAction.execute() method eclipse can not resolve the call to getHome(). And indeed I couldn't see where that method is declared?

Thanks in advance.

Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 1:30:55 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
Ah, it's an inner class. Sorry.

Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 1:38:53 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
I finished creating the VolumePlugin, exported to JAR, changed extension to sh3p and run. I got the message saying the plugin will work in the next run but there's nothing new in the menu :(

Posted by Cardinal at Jul 27, 2011, 2:14:40 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
I solved the problem. I was exporting with the wrong options. Sorry for spamming.

Posted by Puybaret at Jul 27, 2011, 6:34:28 PM
Re: Can't find the plugin folder
Great you found out! smile
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator