tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298294642024-03-07T01:18:01.662-05:00SketchUp Plugins and BlogMy SketchUp Plugins list, and blog about the world of plugins for SketchUp.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-40285044856908985212014-04-13T15:23:00.000-04:002014-04-13T15:23:40.208-04:00Plugin: Mover 2<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspHx8Haf1J-nOC2FEUu7Rau7ftjNjeA1L_hD_f62WHUoOFeRzQFHW358BQO6hQr3WZ0JccDCOO_VKFN_yeRAvuU4ePtZ9g2Mx1eEwfghgtLuqaxThKfaI0g2mLO4LL_TvSCnMUQ/s400/mover2.png" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095979450366027954" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /><br />
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Apr 2014<br />
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* Renamed to <a href="http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=jf-moveit" target="_blank">MoveIt</a>, and available in t SketchUcation Plugin Store <br />
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Aug 16, 2009<br />
* Released update fixing possible bugsplat.<br />
* Added support for Organizer.<br />
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Mover2 can be installed along side of the current Mover plugin. You can install Mover2, and still keep and use Mover.<br />
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I've made a few changes to the dialog as you can see to the left, plus I've added a couple new operations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Compatibility</span><br />
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I developed this plugin using SketchUp free on a PC. I do not have a way of supporting Mac users at this time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Moving and Copying</span><br />
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The arrow buttons move the selected Group or Component in the direction of the arrow. Up and right are the positive directions, while down and left are negative.<br />
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Hold the Ctrl key to leave a copy when moving. Moving works with a single selected entity.<br />
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The "0" button moves the entity to the ORIGIN.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Key Shortcuts</span> are supported for moving. Select the entity, move the mouse over the Mover dialog to give it focus, and use the arrow keys to move. PageUp/PageDown move the entity Up and Down (Z axis)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Sliding</span><br />
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Hold the Shift key while clicking a (red or green) button to slide the entity against a wall, if one is found. Sliding works along the X (Red) or Y (Green) axes, but not the Z (blue.) Good for moving furniture against a wall.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Dropping</span><br />
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The Drop button <img align="middle" src="http://lh4.google.com/jim.foltz/RriRBnnB6NI/AAAAAAAAFlk/4xoJwdLgkIc/s144/xyplane.png" width="12" /> drops items onto the XY plane. If the entity is already below, it is moved up. Hold the Ctrl key to drop entities onto a surface (good for dropping trees onto a terrain.) Dropping works with multiple entities.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Rotating</span><br />
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Enter an angle for the rotation and select an axis of rotation.<br />
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CCW rotates the selected entity Counter Clock Wise around the selected axis.<br />
CW rotates the selected entity Clock Wise around the selected axis.<br />
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RAND rotates the selected entity a random amount limited by the amount in the text box, so using the image, pressing RAND will rotate the selected entity anywhere between -15 and +15 degrees around the Z axis.<br />
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Rst will Reset the entity's rotation and align it to the global axes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Installation</span><br />
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<li>Download <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/mover2/mover2.zip?attredirects=0&d=1">mover2.zip.</a></li>
<li>Extract the files and place them into your SketchUp/Plugins folder.</li>
<li>Restart SketchUp.</li>
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/_/rsrc/1295016787938/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/mover2/1051.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/_/rsrc/1295016787938/sketchup/my-sketchup-plugins/mover2/1051.png" width="180" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Feedback</span><br />
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Feedback is appreciated. Thank you for your interest.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Bugs</span><br />
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<li>I've noticed the Shift key "sticks" on when it is not pressed. To fix, move the mouse over the dialog, and toggle the Shift key a few times.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-85119738581680518532014-04-09T03:20:00.000-04:002014-04-09T03:20:54.292-04:00Plugin: Add Hidden LayerUpdate Apr 2014 - Version 1.0.1<br />
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Add a Layer to your SketchUp model and control its visibility on existing and new Scenes.<br />
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<b>Use</b><br />
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Activate Add Layer from the Plugins menu.<br />
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<b>Install</b><br />
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Add Layer is available on the <a href="http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=jf_add_layer" target="_blank">SketchUcation Plugin Store</a>. <br />
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or install manually:<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/files/jf_add_layer-1.0.1.rbz?attredirects=0&d=1">jf_add_layer-1.0.1.rbz</a>
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Selection Memory is a Toolbar analogous to the Memory buttons on a calculator. The 4 buttons allow you to Store (<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MS</span></span>) the current selection, Recall (<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MR</span></span>) the stored selection, Add (<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">M+</span></span>) the current selection to memory, and Subtract <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(M-</span></span>) the current selection from memory.<br />
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You can turn on and off the Toolbar from the View > Toolbars menu.<br />
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The plugin will not allow entities that are inside a Group or Component to be added to the selection memory. This is due to a bug in SketchUp.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/my-sketchup-plugins/selection-memory/selection_memory.rbz">selection_memory.rbz</a><br />
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(Updated 2013-02)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-16253582807908724782013-02-16T20:59:00.000-05:002013-02-16T20:59:52.956-05:00Plugin: The Homer ButtonThis plugin does... well it doesn't really do anything useful! It puts a little Homer on your Toolbar and plays a sound file. Just a fun little thing for when you have a Homer moment.<br />
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Download <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jimfoltz/my-sketchup-plugins/homer-button/homer-button.rbz">homer.rbz</a><br />
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(Jan 2013 - Link Updated.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-22043729438364556912012-05-28T08:28:00.001-04:002012-05-28T11:03:14.504-04:00Section Properties Plugin<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<a href="http:/#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Pq_GzRvAy7qNaO50ga4OfVAAXdNhFBaSIouTxMYnrKnoqCCuXvz4IJWJqC8Mjkk_b02cNr3vPH4qPwUHAfQepqHLuS0unVgDZoPNgL-w2UVGuz5qff8-yWhkHAaMqhoMUeLbIQ/s200/skpengineering.png" /></a> Here's a new engineering plugin by engineer and SketchUp user Osvaldo Salas. There is both a limited Free version and a Pro version which is $26. The Pro version includes more functionality, a toolbar, and reporting.<br />
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<a href="http://www.skpengineering.com/" target="_blank">SkpEngineering</a>: Section Properties Calculator is an engineering plug-in designed for SketchUp. The plug-in locates the centroid, plastic neutral axis and calculates mechanical properties of any closed planar face defined in SketchUp. Some common applications of the calculated properties include structural design of aluminum extrusions, steel, wood and light gauge metal steel members.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-87828709589018259452012-04-15T08:12:00.000-04:002012-04-15T08:12:26.792-04:00Loading Portable SketchUp PluginsAt work I do not have admin access to the PC's but still wanted to use a number of SketchUp plugins. Fortunately, SketchUp is able to load plugins from any directory. This, along with a little-known command-line option allowed me to automate starting SketchUp and loading my plugins from a portable location.<br />
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I posted a small set of <a href="https://github.com/jimfoltz/SketchUp-Portable-Plugins-Loader">files at github</a>.<br />
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I'm no Windows scripting expert, so if there's a better or more portable way then please let me know.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-56367218116857724682012-02-05T10:06:00.001-05:002012-02-05T10:06:57.995-05:00Small Update to STL ImporterI was alerted to a minor "off-by-one" error in my <a href="http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2010/03/sketchup-stl-importer-redo.html">STL Importer plugin</a>. The error has been fixed, and the updated file can be found by following the link.<br />
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To update, over-write the current file named <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">jf_stl_importer.rb</span> in SketchUps Plugins folder. Don't forget to restart SketchUp.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-51425037218942070612011-12-03T05:10:00.001-05:002011-12-03T06:34:44.928-05:00SketchUp Maintenenace Release 2Google SketchUp 8 Maintenance Release 2 (M2) is available - here's an overview of what's new.<br />
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<b>Support for Mac OS X Lion</b><br />
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SketchUp now officially and fully supports Mac OS X Lion. If you have experienced any of <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=6434175f414af277&hl=en" target="_blank">these issues</a> on Lion, then you are sure to benefit from upgrading to M2.<br />
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<b>COLLADA Improvements</b><br />
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SketchUp's COLLADA import/export is compliant with 90% of the official COLLADA test suite, but the good news in this release is that <i>SketchUp now preserves texture names in exported files</i>. This should make for a smoother workflow when exchanging models with other applications.<br />
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<b>Plugin Installer</b><br />
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SketchUp 8 M2 includes a new "Install Extension" button. The button is located in the Preferences/Extensions dialog. When you press Install Extension, you will be able to select a <a href="http://sketchupapi.blogspot.com/2011/12/rbzs-in-sketchup-8m2-distribute-your.html" target="_blank">SketchUp Plugin file</a> (.rbz) to be installed to the Plugins folder. When installed, the plugin becomes immediately available for use.<br />
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<b>License Changes and SketchUp Pro Evaluation (</b>Or why you may not want to upgrade right away)<br />
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SketchUp Pro has an evaluation period of 8 working hours. In previous versions after you use the 8 hours, the Pro version would automatically revert to the Free version.<br />
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Beginning with SketchUp 8 M2, the Pro version simply expires without reverting to the free version. Once expired, you need to download and install the Free version to keep using SketchUp or purchase a Pro license.<br />
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However, this change (or some other license change) has also apparently changed the behavior of SketchUp Pro on a network. According to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5684885087366507074&postID=4859361325159135709&isPopup=true" target="_blank">the comments</a> on the Official SketchUp Blog:<br />
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The problem that arises now that you have made Sketchup not automatically switch from Pro to Free is that all of us using a floating license can't run Sketchup 8 at all when the Pro license is in use on another machine. Sketchup 8 would revert to free features when Pro was being used elsewhere in the office allowing us to still be able to work on our models.</blockquote>
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What makes this situation worse is that I can't even use Sketchup 8 Free now because it won't allow me to install unless I uninstall Sketchup 8 Pro first. Come on guys, this has got to be fixed!</blockquote>
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if I open Sketchup 8 Pro using my shared license server, I cannot open another instance of Sketchup 8 on my computer. Being able to open separate files in two Sketchup windows and compare them on two monitors is a must at my office.</blockquote>
If you think these changes will affect your workflow, you are encouraged to contact <a href="http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=sales" target="_blank">Google SketchUp Pro Sales</a>. I might also bring it up on the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/label?lid=393b7df4a33c8136&hl=en" target="_blank">SketchUp Pro Forum</a> so others may benefit from the discussion.<br />
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That about covers the big changes in SketchUp 8 M2. I didn't mention the more than 150 bug fixes and performance tweaks, nor the Ruby API changes (which will be covered in another post.)<br />
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Please read the <a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-important-update-for-sketchup-8.html" target="_blank">Official Google SketchUp Blog</a>, the <a href="http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs" target="_blank">Release Notes</a>, the <a href="http://sketchupapi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SketchUp API Blog</a>, and <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=23077b23e79c7266&hl=en" target="_blank">this SketchUp Forum topic</a> for more detailed coverage and discussion of what's new in SketchUp 8 M2.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-20162099728185875602011-10-02T13:33:00.000-04:002011-10-02T13:33:18.087-04:00LightUp 2.3cIt has been some time since I posted about <a href="http://www.light-up.co.uk/index.php?vc=US&c=USD">LightUp</a>. Since then, LightUp has passed version 2 and is currently at version 2.3c sporting many great features and fixes.<br />
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From the LightUp site:<br />
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LightUp for SketchUp is a SketchUp plugin that adds realistic, realtime lighting to your sketchup models.<br />
Add lights, add windows, and watch your SketchUp scenes glow with gorgeous reflected light, soft shadows, subtle shading. Gone are the flat, boring surfaces of old. When you're ready, you can export you lit model to a compress file containing your Model, textures and Scenes and share it with others using the free LightUp Player or LightUp Web Player.<br />
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The new release of LightUp (v2.3) is now available, in demo and retail form.</blockquote>
If you would like to try LightUp yourself, visit the <a href="http://www.light-up.co.uk/">LightUp site</a> for a free 30-day trial, and also the <a href="http://www.lightup4sketchup.com/forum/">LightUp forum</a> for announcements and support.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-16111683326131520522011-09-16T18:46:00.000-04:002011-09-16T18:47:44.113-04:00New Version of gModeller from greenspaceLiveDerek from greenspaceLive wanted to announce the latest version of gModeller, an energy analysis plugin for Google SketchUp:<br />
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greenspaceLive <a href="http://www.greenspacelive.com/">www.greenspacelive.com</a>) are proud to reveal the latest version of gModeller, the only gbXML plug-in for Google Sketchup. <br />
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gModeller is a gbXML plug-in for Google SketchUp, and has been very popular within both the SketchUp and gbXML communities for its gbXML functionality. gModeller produces a gbXML file which is useable in many different energy analysis engines including gEnergy, IES, EDSL TAS and TRANE TRACE.<br />
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In this new release, gModeller offers to help you move your modelling into the Cloud as gModeller has now been integrated with gWorkspace, greenspaceLive's cloud storage service. gModeller now gives you to the option to backup, store and sync your SketchUp model and gbXML file automatically to gWorkspace within the cloud.<br />
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Once you have chosen to use gWorkspace with gModeller, you also now gain access to versioning of your model. gModeller will sync to gWorkspace every x minutes, and each of the previous versions of your model are available. <br />
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By using gModeller with gWorkspace, you now gain great productivity. Never again will you lose a model, and, by using gWorkspace's added functionality, you can now access previous versions of your model or gbXML and access them anywhere (provided you have internet access). <br />
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In addition to this, gWorkspaces sharing capabilities also allow you to share models with other greenspaceLive users, who you can connect with and share your models, including the latest versions. <br />
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gModeller and Google SketchUp just got more powerful. </blockquote>
Thanks, Derek!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-46582818135531378202011-09-04T11:02:00.001-04:002011-09-04T11:04:41.664-04:00WebDialog#set_html fails under Safari 5.0.6It seems Safari 5.0.6 has broken SketchUp plugins that use the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">WebDialog#set_html()</span> method. SketchUcation moderator ThomThom has summarized the issue and posted a work-around:<br />
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<a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=39842&p=352375#p352375"> WebDialog.set_html fails under Safari 5.0.6</a>:
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Thom has also released an <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=30503">updated TT_Lib2</a> which resolves the issue for<a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28782#thomthom"> his many plugins</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-618162978273290122011-09-02T16:38:00.000-04:002011-09-02T16:39:21.844-04:00Self-Serve Google+ InvitationsGoogle+ is telling me I have 145 invites, so click <a href="https://plus.google.com/i/EFagzNRbraQ:XlAIo30CCFQ">this link</a> if you're interested.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-6281067237048022402011-08-16T18:16:00.003-04:002011-08-16T18:16:57.857-04:00Today in SketchUpland<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Check out Keyframe Animation at its new home at <a href="http://regularpolygon.org/">http://regularpolygon.org/</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=11055&start=0">SkIndigo 1.0.15</a> beta was released today: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Many big changes here including major export speedups. Please consider this a test release. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Requires Indigo 3.0.X.</span> "</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="http://sketchupapi.blogspot.com/2011/07/turn-your-plugin-into-extension.html">SketchUp API Blog </a>is "highly recommending" developers of plugins for SketchUp use the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchupextension.html">SketchupExtension</a> class for their plugins.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thomas has recently released a couple of interesting new plugins and updates including <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=39308">Shell</a> and <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=39442">Quad Faces</a>. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">LimitlessComputing released <a href="http://limitlesscomputing.com/SightSpace">SightSpace</a> 3D which "e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">nables mobile viewing of Google SketchUp™ models."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A couple of interesting new plugins under development - <a href="http://code.google.com/p/bim-tools/">bim-tools</a> (<a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=34007">scf topic</a>) which creates walls from lines and hopes to be able to export to IFC, and <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=38637">Hatchfaces</a> which applies a hatch pattern as a Group onto faces in SketchUp.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A new plugin by TIG called <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=39251">Drop Verticies</a> allows a multitude of vertex manipulations along SketchUp's Z axis. Supports moving verts to nearest object, nearest below, nearest above, lowest, highest, and more.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And finally, scf user kyyu released a <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=38888">great utilility</a> that limits the available handles when using SketchUp's Scale tool. This is a great help when modeling with lumber and sheet components.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-38114914909338514292011-07-30T10:29:00.000-04:002011-07-30T10:29:30.372-04:00PlayUp - Making it Easy to Make Games<div>PlayUp, a SketchUp plugin for exporting content to a 3D game engine is under heavier-than-usual development recently. The latest releases include initial support CryEngine 3, as well as bug fixes. </div><div><br /></div><a href="http://playuptools.blogspot.com/">PlayUp - Making it Easy to Make Games - www.PlayUpTools.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-51986860101445259602011-06-26T20:43:00.000-04:002011-06-26T20:43:05.893-04:00Kerkythea Rendering System New ForumJust a quick note to say the Kerkythea forums have a new linK: <a href="http://www.kerkythea.net/forum/index.php">Kerkythea Rendering System • Index page</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-27289596666471328692011-06-13T18:53:00.003-04:002011-06-13T18:59:12.357-04:00Kerkythea Echo Boost (Release Candidate 2.5.2)At the end of March, a new version of Kerkythea named "Kerklythe Echo Boost" was announced on the Kerkythea forums.<br /><br />At last, a release candidate has been release and is available from the Kerkythea Forum.<br /><br />Please note this version (2.5.2) is not the final, stable relase but a <span style="font-style: italic;">release candidate</span> for people interested in testing the software.<br /><br />Visit the<a href="http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=76"> Kerkythea Forum</a> for more information and download.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-61035722725504386572011-04-22T06:41:00.000-04:002011-04-22T06:41:39.563-04:00SUperPlan: 3D-based Automated Construction Planning for SketchUpOver the past few years, Mark States (<a href="http://deliverysimulation.com/">Delivery Simulation Ltd</a>) has been developing an automated construction planning plugin for SketchUp. <br />
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The plugin has not yet been released, and Mark is looking for "<span style="font-style: italic;">Quantity Surveyors</span> and/or <span style="font-style: italic;">Construction Planners</span> who use SketchUp (PC preferred to MAC)" who are interested in testing and providing feedback on the plugin.<br />
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If you're interested in helping out, please contact Mark at <a href="http://www.superplan.info/">http://www.superplan.info/</a><br />
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[ via <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=36803">SketchUcation</a> ]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-60648784283381851412011-04-02T08:42:00.001-04:002011-04-02T08:44:49.532-04:00Keyframe Animation version 1.3 ReleasedVersion 1.3 simplifies the creation of animations by elimating the need to name and select each target object in the animation. The result is more intuitive and efficient work-flow.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZmNmQ3izNnI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />[ via <a href="http://regularpolygon.blogspot.com/2011/03/plugin-keyframe-animation-13.html">Regular Polygon: Plugin: Keyframe Animation 1.3</a> ]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-84337638047906993582011-03-26T10:46:00.000-04:002011-03-26T10:46:13.924-04:00New Version of Kerkythea Under Testing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An announcement earlier this month (Mar, 2011) on the Kerkythea Forums brings some great news for Kerkythea users. A new version, named Kerkythea Echo Boost, is currently being tested and will be made available "as soon as possible" according to Kerythea developer giannis:<br />
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[the new version] comes with 2 significant improvements: 64-bit builds and speed increase of 50% or more! This is why, we decided to call the new build "Echo Boost". </blockquote>
[ via <a href="http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=76">Kerythea News Forum</a> ]<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-29262268117856821422011-01-22T19:00:00.000-05:002011-01-22T19:00:29.393-05:00Drawing gears in Sketchup. | Capolight Electronics Projects.Here's a good run-down on how to draw gears in SketchUp for 3d printing.<br /><br /><a href="http://capolight.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/drawing-gears-in-sketchup/">Drawing gears in Sketchup. | Capolight Electronics Projects.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-24791401973502283662011-01-21T08:37:00.000-05:002011-01-21T08:37:11.469-05:00Fredo6's Curviloft 1.1a (beta)Fredo6 has released <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=144178#p144178">version 1.1 of his Curviloft tools</a> for SketchUp. Curviloft is still considered a Beta release meaning it is not guranteed to be bug-free, but it does include a number of fixes and improvements:<br />
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<span style="color: #408000;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Curviloft 1.1a – 12 Jan 11</span></span>: Fourth beta version, dedicated to Loft Along Path. Main evolutions are:<br />
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<li>Some fixes in Loft by Spline and Skinning.</li>
<li>Loft Along Path should be functional and handle 1, 2 or more contours with 3 methods: Stretch, Offset and Sweep</li>
<li>Two-phase loading of the script</li>
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On top of potential bugs and geometry issues (including bugsplats), there are still some limitations and unfinished work:<br />
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<li>VCB is not active</li>
<li>No interactive edition in the floating palette</li>
<li>B-Spline and F-Spline do not close nicely in loop mode</li>
<li>No later reedition of shape generated (this will come)</li>
<li>all texts and labels are not reviewed yet</li>
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Note that this release requires <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=144178#p144178">LibFredo6 3.6</a> or higher.<br />
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Fredo also updated several other plugins to take advantage of the newer LibFred6 3.4, so you may also want to install these at the same time. I made a short-list of the most recent updates in <a href="http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=301061#p301061">this SketchUcation topic</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-80192143305734913922011-01-14T09:40:00.000-05:002011-01-14T09:40:45.710-05:00SketchUp 8 M1 (Maintenance Release 1)Google SketchUp released a Maintenance upgrade for SketchUp 8 yesterday. The upgrade includes a long list of improvements - most notably a fix for the long-standing "<a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-fixed-shadow-bug.html">Shadow Bug</a>."<br />
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Other important fixes will enable Windows users to export images at higher resolutions, and to take advantage of more memory when exporting images. Also on Windows, it is now possible to select a codec when exporting a video.<br />
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Mac users will benefit from a number of fixes to the Outliner, Scenes, Add Location, and 3D Warehouse features and dialogs. <br />
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<a href="http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs">View the complete release notes</a> for SketchUp 8 M1, Layout, and Style Builder.<br />
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The US English language version numbers for version 8 M1 are:<br />
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<li>8.0.4810 (Mac)</li>
<li>8.0.4811 (Win)</li>
</ul>
[ via <a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/01/important-update-for-sketchup-8.html">the Official SketchUp Blog</a> ]<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-12614969724843080212011-01-08T10:20:00.001-05:002011-01-08T12:38:38.457-05:00SketchUp 8 Free & DWG/DXFAs you probably know, SketchUp 8 Free does not include the ability import/export DXF/DWG files. <br />
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Although there are some free and commercial importers/exporters available, none can match the quality of SketchUp's original plugins. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Currently, the best way to exchange DWG/DXF with SketchUp is to use SketchUp 7.1 & the DWG/DXF import plugin for SketchUp 7.1 (Free)<br />
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Although SketchUp Free 7.1 also does not have the DWG/DXF import/export capabilities, Google SketchUp did release an optional installer which enables it.<br />
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As of now, both<a href="http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu8/download.html"> SketchUp version 7.1</a> and the <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/download/plugins.html#dwg">optional installer</a> are available for download. Only the Pro version of SketchUp 7.1 is available for download, but that's OK - it will revert to the Free version after 8 hours use, and you will be able to continue using it.<br />
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SketchUp 7.1 can be installed along with version 8, and the 2 versions will remain separate. However, if you install version 7 after version 8, you may need to go back and repair the version 8 installation to fix some minor issues (Windows thumbnails, file associations.)<br />
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It was also stated on the official <a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/08/coming-soon-in-google-sketchup.html">Google SketchUp blog</a> that the installer would be available for a limited time, so it's anyone's guess when it will disappear.<br />
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Downloads: [ <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu8/download.html">SketchUp 7.1 Pro</a> | <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/plugins.html#dwg">DWG/DXF import plugin for SketchUp 7.1 (Free)</a> ]<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Multisampling/Anti-aliasing</span> - v2.0 offers realtime anti-aliasing if your graphics card supports it. LightUp v2.0 and LightUp Player both leverage this GPU feature to produce realtime anti-aliased images. LightUp v2.0 will also use the GPU to significantly accelerate rendering out movie frames.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Animated Dynamic Light Sources</span> - Adding dynamic elements to you model helps produce eye-catching movies and LightUp Player files without requiring complex authoring.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Material by Layer Rendering</span> - New in v2.0 is the ability to render using the SketchUp <i>Color By Layer</i> mode as well as existing normal rendering, lighting-only, and Lux analysis styles.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Styled Edges</span> - LightUp v2.0 introduces realtime styling controls. Your geometry can be outlined with a realtime adjustable edging to complement the lighting you've added to your model.<br />
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Visit LightUp Home for more info and images: <a href="http://www.light-up.co.uk/index.php?t=story&p=54">LightUp - LightUp v2.0 sneak peek (part 1)</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29829464.post-34352029572071440932011-01-07T07:28:00.001-05:002011-01-07T12:02:08.782-05:003D File Format CheatSheet -As much as we all love SketchUp, it isn't always the right tool for every job. Designer and educator Evan Troxel has made a really nice 3d File Format Cheat Sheet to help when sending models to other applications.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getmethod.com/cheat-sheet/">Cheat Sheet - method digital training for architectural designers</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1