@mtanure1234 also check su4you paint not free but very pleasant

@Nicolla

If you try it with the Ruby Console [Extensions > Developer submenu] open do you see any error messages, or do you get any other error message dialogs when trying it ?
If you attach a simple SKP, with the problems you are experiencing, and a step by step of instructions, it would help us understand your problems...

What are you looking for in the Tools menu? Note what it says in Usage.

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Tutorial 53: Multi-Landing Stairs (10:21)

https://youtu.be/I4uSjlKXheU

as a note though, it's also common to stagger the shorter joist sets to get more purchase on the supporting beam, certainly with plain wood or lam joists. thus one set of joists is shift to one side or the other of the opposing joists so they each extend to the full width of the beam.

probably not something you need to code though. if i needed to represent this, i would just create separate floor sections and nest them - so leave it as is now.

@Prorab

It says you already have three seats allocated to computers using those licenses., so there are none free
If you have changed the name of a computer, then that counts twice etc.
You can log in and manage your licenses using
https://sketchucation.com/webshop/my-licences.php
Remove what's not needed and then validate again...
Also ensure you have the latest versions of the extensions, LibFredo6 and the SketchUcation toolset [for licensing] installed and SketchUp restarted to sync everything...

NEW RELEASE: ElevationProfile v1.1f - 01 Dec 24

Requirements:

LibFredo6 14.8a

ElevationProfile v1.1f is a release including:

Bug fixing of a problem when importing some KML files

Home Page of ElevationProfile for information and Download.

Main post of this thread.

@Chelmite
You hold the shift key to select more components.

@ZG53
If you read all of the thread and the guidance notes...
The JAR files that ImageTrimmer uses must run/open in Java.
So firstly you need to have Java installed [if you don't already have it, the it's freely available off the www...].
Next you must ensure that the JAR files are set to open with Java, many unZIP/decompression tools like WinRar hijack that file type and open it themselves [uselessly]. Go into the associated filetypes in WinRar and untick .JAR...
ImageTrimmer should now run as intended, although to do need to ensure it's working on a PNG file Image with fully solid and transparent areas...

Just a quick update on my previous message:

After struggling with this 'bug' on my main desktop, I tried to install the ThruPaint extension also on my tablet PC. On that machine, the extension did not have the problem of the missing material browser.

I then decided to completely shut down the desktop PC and restart it (so, not just quiting Sketchup and relaunching the application).
Bizar, but then the ThruPaint extension worked again, including showing the material browser part.

So, please disregard my previous message!!!
This problem thus 'disappeared' without understanding why it happened in the first place, and how it was 'mysteriously solved'.

However, there is something else now that bothers me: When I select a material in the ThruPaint material browser, this selected material also becomes 'active' in the large material box on the upperleft side of the material browser. However, once I move the mouse beyond the borders of the ThruPaint dialog box, the material in the upperleft box always returns to the 'default' material (see: green box in image below).

I would expect that the selected material in the browser (red box in figure below) would remain 'active' in the upperleft material box when painting faces, edges or objects in the Sketchup viewport. From what I remember, I believe that this was the behaviour in the past, but it's no longer the case now. I'm also not sure whether my memory is right...

Currently, with the default material always shown in this upperleft box once the mouse is no longer over the dialog box, I don't see much value for this box, and it's also quite difficult to know what is the active/selected material that is being used for painting.

Can you please let me know whether the behaviour as described above is intentional of whether it is an 'error'?

Basically, this question relates to the meaning/purpose of the different material boxes shown in the UI while painting (see figure below).

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The red box (with the red material) is the one that is selected for painting. The green box (with the 'default' material once the mouse is no longer hovering the dialog box), The blue box is linked with the mouse cursor (and also shows the default material...), The black box (also with the default material) is shown as long as the ThruPaint extension is active).

Three boxes, all with the default material, while another material is selected for painting: in all honesty, the logic behind this escapes me a bit... But, probably, I miss something fundamental in my understanding of how this extension is intended to be used?

Furthermore, in case of a long list of materials in the material browser, the material that is actually selected may be hidden because it's not in the visible area, based on the position of the scroll bar.

I've searched online for documentation that helps explaining this, but I've not been able to find an answer.

I would really appreciate if somebody could shine a light on this in order to help me understand the use of this otherwise marvellous extension better.

@Rich-O-Brien
Does the problem of resize happens when you do it again?

I have a problem with the MINDSIGHT STUDIOS plugins suddenly not appearing in my toolbars. I realized they also disappear from the Master Toolbar Manager.
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@fredo6
It is V-Ray
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@GLEZKO said in Flowify:

@Rich-O-Brien Gi, thanks for the feedback. So am I able to turn it into a png texture and bend that onto the riser or would i just intersect the face of the pattern onto the tread. UI am essentially trying to get this pattern on the tread to make it light up when I render the whole staircase. How would I reduce the geometry?

Yes, you could make it a png and just texture the riser. You can drive emission at render time using an emissive map.

To reduce geometry I would remove the Z height to leave just flat planar shapes. Then use Vertex Tools 2 Merge by Distance tool to nuke vertices.

@spring-freediver said in MSPhysics 1.0.3 (16 October 2017):

Is there any news on MSPhysics being updated for newer versions of SketchUp?

I would like to offer to help with work getting it updated. I wrote the infamous plugin sph4bar in 2006 which models spherical 4 bar mechanisms. I also wrote GeoSketch, a plugin used by aerospace companies.

In a previous life, I worked for Cadsi, and integrated DADS (Dynamic Analysis and Design System) in to CAD systems such as CATIA and Ideas Master Series.

Now I am retired and have time to kill.

Hi. That would be amazing! How are there not enough SU tools to help check the operability of moving elements, that is, kinematics.

@sashapepperspray
I have installed an older version of the plugin (1.1.9) and I now can do poligon reduction, but I can't import, I get the following error messageScreenshot 2024-11-21 201114.png Screenshot 2024-11-21 201155.png
do you have any ideas?

NEW RELEASE: Please2D - v1.0b - 20 Nov 24

Requirements

LibFredo6: v14.7a or above Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

Please2D 1.0b is a maintenance release including:

Bug fxing

Home Page of Please2D for information and Download.

Main post of this Please2D thread.

Great work! For not large model work perfectly! But for big models (see attachment) unuseble, because too slow. Аннотация 2024-11-19 141452.png
Sending changes - 5 minutes
Receiving changes - 30 minutes
Link to model:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lk5D2pn70A17AFaocPMWhC5-Oh9nTlNf/view?usp=sharing

Sketchup 2023
Windows 10
RTX 2080 super 11 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
RAM 128 GB

@mtanure1234, just use the 'B' button on the UI, which will color only the backside face. Then, use the 'All adjacent faces with the same material' button to map material to all of them in that object.

@mtanure1234 Try Fredo's Thru Paint.