martijnberger / pyslapi

Python bindings for the official Sketchup API
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A suggestion for some install instructions #13

Open duianto opened 8 years ago

duianto commented 8 years ago

Summary

It would be useful if there were some install instructions.

I made the mistake of unpacking the .zip and trying to load the __init__.py file, that didn't work, so i searched for a solution, and discovered that one could unpack it into Blenders addons or addons_contrib folder, and that worked, but a better solution was to just load the .zip directly.

Possible Instructions

Here's an attempt at some install instructions, fell free to improve on them and make them clearer.

For instance the current file name in the instructions: sketchup_importer_0.15_win64_fix_2.77.zip

maybe it could be written more generally and/or a link could be added to the releases: https://github.com/martijnberger/pyslapi/releases

with a suggestion to download the latest version.

The final instructions should probably be added to: https://github.com/martijnberger/pyslapi/blob/master/README.md

Here's the system and versions the instructions were tested on, but i'm not sure if / how they should be included in the instructions.

Tested 20160629 windows 10 version 1511 build 10586.420 blender-2.77a-windows64 blender-2.76b-windows64 Sketchup_importer_0.15_win64_fix_2.77

Install instructions

Start Blender From the top left menu, choose: File > User Preferences...

Click on the tab: Add-ons

At the bottom, click on the button: Install from File...

Browse to: sketchup_importer_0.15_win64_fix_2.77.zip

In the top right corner, click on the button: Install from File...

In the left panel of the add-ons tab, under: Categories

Click on: User

The add-on should be listed: Import-Export: Sketchup importer

Click in the empty square to the left of the name to enable it.

To keep the add-on loaded and enabled the next time Blender starts.

Near the bottom right corner, click on the button: Save User Settings

Close the Blender user preferences window.

To import a .skp file:

From Blenders top left menu, choose: File > Import > Import Sketchup Scene (.skp)