Update Dlubal plugin End of Central Directory record could not be found

Grasshopper
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Good morning,

Kindly provide assistance in this issue.

I am trying to upgrade my current Dlubal plugin for Grasshopper from V 7.607.1.1 to V 7.607.14.1.
I am getting below error message “End of Central Directory record could not be found.”

Notes.

• Since I am also using Tekla plugin I setup Rhino to use Dot NET framework. For this reason, even though I am using rhino 8, I installed Version 7 of the Plugin as advised by Dlubal.
• I am using RFEM 6.08 at the moment.
• I recently upgraded from a previous way of manually installing the plugin by deleting the old installation folders.
• I have tried using /netcore switch in Rhino, but I am getting the same error message.
• Rebooting the PC makes no difference.

Dlubal GH error
Dlubal GH error789×598 38.2 KB

I’d really appreciate your assistance.

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Please run the Rhino command _SystemInfo and post the result in a reply.

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Thanks Nathan for looking into this.
Results below as requested.

Rhino 8 SR13 2024-11-12 (Rhino 8, 8.13.24317.13001, Git hash:master @ ca3666c3ebed2b9567e10930077bfa0884f65db9)
License type: Commercial, build 2024-11-12
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 63GB)
.NET Framework 4.8.9277.0

Computer platform: LAPTOP  - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Hybrid graphics configuration.
  Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 9-2-2022 (M-D-Y).
    > Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
        - Secondary monitor is laptop's integrated screen or built-in port
        - Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #1
        - Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #2
  Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 6GB, Driver date: 9-2-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 553.05
    > Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
        - Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
  Safe mode: Off
  Use accelerated hardware modes: On
  GPU Tessellation is: On
  Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
  Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU's maximum)
  
  Anti-alias mode: 4x
  Mip Map Filtering: Linear
  Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
  
  Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
  Render version: 4.6
  Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
  Driver Date: 9-2-2024
  Driver Version: 31.0.15.5305
  Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
  Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
  Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
  Total Video Memory: 6 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
  C:\Users\VilladM\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\ShapeDiver\1.18.1\net48\SdRhinoStargateClient.rhp	"SdRhinoStargateClient"	1.18.1.0
  C:\Users\VilladM\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\ShapeDiver\1.18.1\net48\ShapeDiverGltfExporter.rhp	"ShapeDiverGltfExporter"	1.18.1.0

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp	"Commands"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp	"Renderer Development Kit"	
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp	"Rhino Render"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp	"RDK_EtoUI"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp	"Snapshots"	
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp	"MeshCommands"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp	"RhinoCycles"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp	"Toolbars"	8.13.24317.13001
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp	"3Dconnexion 3D Mouse"	
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp	"Displacement"	
  C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp	"SectionTools"
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Nothing out of the ordinary there. The message indicates a problem with the Yak package. I guess it got somehow damaged during download. I was able to download these withut a problem. I am not aware of any fixes related to the packaging of plug-ins, perhaps @will knows if there were any in Rhino 8.14 or later.

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Thanks Nathan, I think you are right. After uninstalling and deleting all the installation folders I was able to install the latest version. I did have some help from Dlubal as they suggested to do this.

All working now.

Thank you.

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In case anyone is interested, These are the steps I followed.

  1. Close Rhino 7 and 8
  2. Delete all Dlubal-plug-in folders from following folders:

Rhino 7 (only if Rhino 7 is also relevant for you…otherwise you can focus on Rhino 8)
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Local\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins
Rhino 8:
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins
C:\Users##username##\AppData\Local\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins

  1. Please run Rhino 8 and set the required DotNet Runtime.
    Please restart Rhino 8
    Please enter now the package manager and install the dlubal plugin. Of course depending if you use .NET Framework (-> Version 7.607.14.1) or .NET Core (-> Version 8.607.14.1).
    Please restart Rhino 8

Thanks To Lukas Suhnel from Dlubal for the assistance.