*"Terry, I actually know where the problem is. It comes from from a change of behavior of the API in SU2017. There is no simple solution because the change in SU2017 is itself inconsistent and makes things artificially complex vs. SU2016 and previous versions. Although I have a workaround fix for this, I am waiting on the Sketchup team on what they plan to do about it. Fredo"* Hey Fredo, I figured as much, SU2017 has caused bugs with many other plugin Devs too... I'm not worried though, I'll use Lightwave or MAX to create simple/complex curves and Export/Import .obj/.3ds objects into SU2017 (an extra 3 steps, but hardly worth whining about). I agree with ya, wait and see if Sketchup's Team fixes the API issue (It'll save you development time to focus on things more important). -Terry

Very mysterious but... Select Group(s) and / or Component(s) and Curve(s)! Then press the bottom button any time you want! [image: g7oj_GIF_myst.gif]

Nifty Plug. Doesn't update real time. It is a small step up over the original leader tool as it is possible to update. However, the fact that I have to dig in into the component to update cancels all the fun. Ideally, 1.it would place a disconnected tag (so it always floats in the corner). 2. Give real time update 3. able to reference total material area. 4. Tag without getting into the component

YES. Thank you very much. This is a big timesaver for me.

@numerobis said: I wasn't aware of your contact page. It's reachable from the menu item on the right. [image: QwMG_smustard-header.png] @numerobis said: I think you know this is nonsense since my comment is from Nov. 26 and I received your refund on Nov. 28. My comment isn't nonsense, and the dates are irrelevant, because of how you chose to see the issue. The attitude you conveyed was that you had been cheated. I was trying to resolve the issue, but you seemed intent on questioning my integrity and criticizing my attempts to help you despite my having severely limited input from you as to the root of the problem. Unfortunately, further discussion about the past is simply beating a dead horse. You've received a workable solution, you've received your money back from me, and I received the info I needed to code around the SU bug. However, if you're willing, I'd like to work with you to figure out the bug itself. @numerobis said: @rickw said: Incidentally, if you have a series of steps that you can present to replicate this particular situation, please share them so I can send it to the SU dev team. I think I already described the steps since there is nothing more involved than creating new scenes - with and without camera information. Since it doesn't happen to everyone, it's not that simple. With an obscure bug, your platform, starting point (template), and order of operations (how you added scenes) is important in determining the cause of the problem. What OS are you using? Did you start with a standard template, or have you defined a custom template? Can you re-create the bug with other templates? Does the template have a top-down default view, similar to what you saw in the exports? If not, did you create a scene with a top-down view? Did you delete any created scenes during the process? Were any scenes created from a scene that was deleted later? Did you create the camera-saving scenes first, or the shadow-saving scenes first? Can you recreate the export error starting with a new, blank model? Can you recreate the export error when opening a file from an older version of SU (if available)? If you'd prefer to take this off-forum for troubleshooting, you can contact me directly.

@dennis_n said: Can Thea bake shadows? No... Not with current available version... However, I'm sure it will be available in a future version...

@dgorman3 said: @jim said: I just tried using SketchUp Make 2015 - it worked for me. I'll check the version Iam using against what is posted here. be back later. I'm an idiot. The problem was that my component had layers within it and I was selecting those layers rather than layer 0 that the component was inserted on. Thanks so much for this extension, super helpful!! Thanks for your time as well Jim.

Go to this post and put the folder / file inside your folder Plugins that you have writed

Nah, he replied this to me: "Regarding keyboard shortcuts, unless they are listed as an option in the SketchUp keyboard shortcuts (Preferences), then it can't be done. Sorry!"

Dear Pilou, Many thanks for the helpful reply, and my apologies for this late acknowledgement. I haven't been logging into SketchUcation much lately. Kind regards, Bob

Your new version is excellent and very elegant! And surprise Spindles are components! So mad replacement or modifications are now easily possible! (trick: explode circle or polygon if they are "alone") [image: W7xt_Deckv6.jpg]

@function said: Free and open source like openstreetmap? the free question was asked previously in another thread, answer was no

@kaas said: This is actually quite a nice idea and could be useful / fun. Maybe I will give a try to make this when I find the time. Just to make it more easy for me (in case of cross platform differences)... what version SU and OS do you use? If using 2017, you could abuse the new Notifications to pop a reminder every 5 minutes instead of actually saving. It might be less annoying than having SketchUp stop responding for a second while it automatically exports the image. Then the user could choose to export or ignore the Notification. In versions 2016 and earlier, you could actually write this as a Tool and use on-screen OPEN_GL primitives for the notification.

I would also love to see this made compatible with newer versions.

@unknownuser said: Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate. True! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8aM9v40Sg

Is this plugin dead? Is there another xref management option?

I also wonder how it handles terrain. If the area being captured is hilly, is that shown/handled by the plugin?

Haha, guess that's what happens when I don't visit every day. Awesome plugin though.

@srx said: You can do it with this http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30506 thanks. It works

Excellent!