I bought version 2 a while back, I thought it was awful especially how tricky it was with the orientation of faces. I stopped using it, buggy as anything. I then had a go with the Punch version (4.0) a vast improvement but still a bit "buggy" After persevering for about a year ( using now and again) Version 4.95 is very good indeed. I have tried a few (cheaper} render engines. Raylectron is the best money I have ever spent, and the support is second to none!

Hoping to revive this thread yet again. Does anyone know how to change the Focal Length rather than the Field of view? I can't figure out why that line is greyed out. I'd like to match to a Rhino camera and can only get Focal length from Rhino.

Would be great to have this functionality in Layout as well.

That looks handy. Thanks!

Got it to work. Thanks, TIG! @tig said: You can use some simple 'one-liners' in the Ruby Console... I'll explain the parts, then assemble them into a single line you can copy/paste into the Ruby Console, editing the component name 'cn'... You need to manually make the layer and assign the selected component instances to it... That process could also be included if you like... cn="^Wall" the component-definition's name pattern. note that "Wall" selects just wall, "^Wall" selects all starting with Wall, "^[Ww]all" includes those starting with upper and lower-case W, "^Wall[0-9]" limits it to those named Wall + a number 0 to 9 [and anything following]. To end a pattern use a final $ - so "^Wall[0-9]$" would NOT then match "Wall01" ! Edit this string to suit your needs... m=Sketchup.active_model ss=m.selection ss.clear as=m.active_entities cs=as.grep(Sketchup::ComponentInstance).find_all{|e|e.definition.name=~/#{cn}/} ss.add(cs) And in just one line: cn="^Wall";m=Sketchup.active_model;ss=m.selection;ss.clear;as=m.active_entities;cs=as.grep(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance).find_all{|e|e.definition.name=~/#{cn}/};ss.add(cs)

And seems you have 50% on Artisan Organic Toolset until June 30, 2017! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVR6Fa5cpaw

Have you tried my 3pt rectangle plugin? Not sure it does what you want though.

Nice.

The load vray for sketchup button of this plugin does not work with vray 3.4 for sketchup. Any fix for this?

The error is is the first like: Error Loading File C:/Users/Jaydeep Dandecha/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/vfs.rb It has nothing to do with the 'SketchUcation Plugin'. There is something incompatible with the version of Vray that you are trying to use. The Ruby version changed significantly with the last three SketchUp versions - often requiring an updated version of an extension to be installed... Your error report seems to suggest 'vfs.rb' is causing problems when it tries to load other files from its subfolder... and also tt's vray tools which needs vray loaded too... Can I suggest you download and install the newest version of Vray you can find... See if that helps. Failing that you must disable Vray - use the SketchUp ExtensionStore³ Plugins Manager - disable the 'vfs' and 'tt_vray_tools' plugins listed as enabled and restart SketchUp - the error should now be sidestepped.

Hi all, I've been looking at this problem for some time. I've now started using Afanche3D Pro (£29'ish) which is a 3D file viewer. It can import STEP files (and others) and export to DAE (and other formats). I've found it very us usfull. The STEP files I receive are usually in mm so I've set Afanche3D Pro System Length Unit to mm and the Default File Importing Length Unit to cm (these setting are found in the Options (Grey cog in tools above work area). This is so it enlarges by 10. I then export as a DAE and import this into SketchUp. Because the units in my SU are set as mm the DAE file will import at x10 (that makes it x1000 the original model size). Afanche do some other viewers that only open one file type (i.e. STEP viewer £23)

hello, i just purchased the plugin .. and im hoping i get it at the earliest. i used the paypal acount with the nick used here. please send me the plugin asap, im in somewhat of a hurry

Also take a look at Scene Exporter Pro on Smustard, I've used it since many years ago (just the other day in SU2017), works like a charm.

According to my observations there is still much work to be done to claim that "interoperability" between different BIM software is something real (not just a good intention). For now it seems like even big players in the field haven't yet figured out how to provide a way to interact (fully and safely) with objects transferred using IFC format between BIM software of each other. However progress in this direction never stops, for example I've seen recently a new interesting innovation, which allows to insert a reference to an IFC file into a project, so it is possible to collaborate with engineers, detect clashes etc: https://youtu.be/vUNxCW3weH4 Changes in a referenced IFC file can be observed in a project after refreshing (similar to a model inserted into LayOut) as far as I understood. BTW big players may deliberately restrict interoperability between products of each other to protect their market position maybe (just an assumption though). Maybe it is the reason why progress in this direction is not that fast as we all would like. I'm not sure how much time it may take to make possible to start working with some IFC file using one software package, then safely continue working with that same file using another software, then save to cloud and proceed editing using third software right in a browser window On the other hand I have to admit that different software packages perceive even simple common objects like walls, slabs, openings sometime very differently (provide different ways to create/interact/edit) and such difference obviously affects how information about even basic elements is stored. Standardized data storing format even if it is excessive like IFC still may impose restrictions on certain functionality provided by certain software. So sometimes it feels like even smooth and lossless transfer between different BIM software products is something unachievable by definition not to mention real interoperability.

I'll use a html dialog menu for selecting the column configuration. [image: foundation_su44_800.jpg]

@tammaotrinhtham said: Hello, sorry for digging up years old thread. I wonder if anyone can help this work with the newest version of sketchup. I just installed it in SketchUp 2017 and it works as described. What makes you think it doesn't work?

I don't understand how to operate this. It just creates two scenes (Default and a_-180░) then does nothing.

Thank You db11, I forgot to post back here, but I talked in PM with both TIG and Fredo, and they really kindly provide Fixes for the plugins.

I know it's not being updated anymore, but has anyone tried it with SketchupMake2017? I could really use a tool like this right now, but when I use this one to create a RAW file, the uploader tells me "There was an IO Exception loading your terrain. Please check free space." The server log for the application: "[TERRAIN]: Error Saving a terrain file uploaded via the estate tools. It gave us the following error: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Unable to read beyond the end of the stream." Is there another way to export mesh as a RAW file?

Didn't google force https for websites? I thought I read something about that a week or so ago (by Rich O' Brien) when this very website / forum was moved to https... It may (or may not) have something to do with that.