Hi all, Here is an update of line2cyl.rb: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=12354 Selectable material, grouping, follow-me when possible, and some other enhancements. Regards,

Ok. I'll keep an eye on when Podium 2 is released then. Any time frame for it? If there is anyone else interested in making this exporter let me know.

Or what if you export the coloured parts separately (with a transparent background for instance) and overlay it onto the greyscale parts in PS? (I know it's just a workaround but easily doable).

Nothing, sad to say.

A while ago I wrote the Plugin SCP. There you only would need to add your chat URL to the favorites list. azuby

That is a known bug unfortunately. The way around is to make a style and set it to "Display Shaded Using All Same". Then turn front an back face default color to white in this style. There was another workaround too, but I forgot it. Seemed like it was a little better for some reason..... Chris

I have the same problem, i cannot place lights, and sometimes I don't have access to the dialog box about pov-ray materials? what's wrong?

Xref Manager script for PC only... http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=7329

Thanks Jim. I missed that thread somehow. I am just thinking of ways to have better (and more realistic) camera behaviour in SU animations

@ Whaat. This is indeed one of the finest plugins for Sketchup. Your work is a credit to you and i appreciate it. Thanks

I've split this thread at the attachments and moved it to it's own thread. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11745

K-tools does the same job Use the Round Edge function. I have it assigned to a shortcut key. Works great!

When it will be finished...

@unknownuser said: @edson said: this could be a script on its own but perhaps it could be part of fredo's Tools on Surface. if a single line polyline is possible and it is there why not have a double line tool as well? Edson, I am working on this (I call it 'Rail'), but it would be a function that you apply afterward to a contour. The reason is that if you draw directly in Rail mode, then you would have no clean junction for a next portion of contour that would be drawn afterward. Also, you often use several tools to draw a contour (ex: Line and Arcs) and you may want to Edit it before transforming it into a wall. This should be in Version 1.4 of ToolsOnSurface. Fredo thanks, fredo. one more great thing to thank you for. look forward to using it.

Unfortunately, DrapeOnSurface would take a planar drawing and just drape it onto the surface. To adjust volumes along a shaped surface requires much more work and a very different approach, since basically you would need to deform the whole 3D shape, with changes to the original geometry (just imagine a cube falling in the bowl!)

Didier, Sorry, I didn't mean to argue - it wasn't about winning a debate. You were right that there IS a solution possible, and you made it happen Good job! BTW, the test for a scene in a slideshow is page.label==page.name

@unknownuser said: Soften Edges panel Yes, I've forgotten it... I look forward to the holidays!

Your going to have to do a bit of guesswork in merging the 2 faces together anyway, so i dont think adding a row or so of extra geometry would make much of a difference in the majority of cases. You could always do a bit of plating around with the terrain afterwards.

Todd, I hope this makes sense. [image: image1.jpg] Activate the script and pick the point you wish to be the origin. In this case the lower left corner of the top face. I didn't quite know how to illustrate it but the next step would be to drag along the two edges for X and Y directions. It would be a bit like dragging for the ellipse plugin or the Tools on Surface rectangle or ellipse. A total of three mouse clicks would be required: origin, anlong X direction and along Y direction. [image: image2.jpg] Script generates guidepoints at the centers of all circles and arcs on the face that lies on plane defined by the X and Y from the previous step. (In the interest of time I didn't put all the points in these screen grabs. [image: image3.jpg] Leader text callouts applied to centerpoints and a CSV (or Space separated?) is generated with callouts and point coordinates. A 1.1835 3.20931 B 1.3825 3.261931 C 1.5815 3.316931 and so on. The holes on this part were originally genetated from a table similar to this. I created a TXT file and imported it with Didier's Points Cloud plugin. I just want to come up with the reverse. In my example there's no need for a Z value. CLear as mud?

I think something could be possible after import...