Thank you Pixero.

Good info. Thanks.

I Knew it was hiding somewhere! Thanks for that!

might be an issue with the OpenGL suppor of the used video driver... intel HD/Iris and AMD Radeons are known for this.... update the graphics card driver first and if e.g. a notebook with integrated and dedicated video system ensure that SU is running on the dedicated graphics card (see 3D options of graphics card control panel). You also may want to click on the "View Report Details..." of the Bug Splat application for evaluating the exact cause of the problem as e.g. an affected runtime library (DLL) denoted: [image: bugsplat-window.png]

Thank you, Anton! I used an old plugin by Rick Wilson "fixAspectRatio.rb", but it does not seem to work in SketchUp 2017. The problem is, my original scene has no gray bars. After using your line there are dramatically changes in FOV and focal length. But there are no gray surfaces in the exported 2D-image - a first success! Edit: One possible solution is to restore the old FOV values in the menu Camera Advanced (plugin tt_camera) after entering your code line into the Ruby Console.

Try this to get you started... post.skp

your model is fine in sketchup and the face orientation is correct. i saved it as version 7 and imported in max 2014 as skp.. it works perfectly, no face flipping at all. that said, i suppose the problem can be related to newer versions of max/sketchup reader.

@pixero said: It's a bit hard to know the cause of your problem with so little information. Do you get any error messages when starting SketchUp? What does the Ruby console look like? Any info there? Some plugins need other plugins (libraries) to work (like Thomthoms and Fredos). Are you using the Sketchucation Plugin Store for installation? If not I recommend it as it makes it super easy to install and update plugins for SketchUp. https://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download Hi When I install a plugin that does not work, the plug-in has been installed and I can see the plugin file in the plugins folder, but when I reopen the program I have a load error window. The window reads: Error Loading File 1001bit_freeware.rb Error: # <Encoding :: UndefinedConversionError: "\ x9E" to UTF-8 in conversion from Windows-1255 to UTF-8> / Users / Hoodia Huminer / AppData / Roaming / SketchUp / SketchUp 2016 / SketchUp / Plugins / 1001bit_freeware.rb: 23: in exist? ' C: / Users / Hoodia Huminer / AppData / Roaming / SketchUp / SketchUp 2016 / SketchUp / Plugins / 1001bit_freeware.rb: 23: in <module: GCH_1001bit_load> ' / Users / Hoodia Huminer / AppData / Roaming / SketchUp / SketchUp 2016 / SketchUp / Plugins / 1001bit_freeware.rb: 5: in <module: GCH_1001bit_free> ' C: / Users / Hoodia Huminer / AppData / Roaming / SketchUp / SketchUp 2016 / SketchUp / Plugins / 1001bit_freeware.rb: 3: in <top (required)> ' In addition to this problem, you told me to install SketchUcationTools. I installed it and it does work, but when I choose a plugin that I want to install and I click install, the software does not respond and the plugin is not installed. Unlike the previous problem, here there is no window that appears and warns of a problem but there is no response at all to click "install". Thanks

@jvenning said: Does anyone know a good plugin for size and position of window opening for daylight. You can take a look at Double Cut. @jvenning said: Also any plugins dealing with passive solar design would be great. Extension Warehouse search word "solar."

Well the way I make a surface a plane is to use the rotated rectangle, pick three points that should lay on the same plane. This makes a rectangle that is a least a flat plane to three of the points. Then I offset the rectangle until it covers the area I wish to cover, then intersect with model, and pesto, a flat plane. Note, if the flat plane does not connect to all the edges, you will need to move the plane to connect to all the other surfaces, or modify the surfaces that don't connect to the plane. Ken

@macker said: I was using multiples of 1024. What an odd issue to have. [Edit] HAH! The issue comes back if you use styles. Brilliant. Surely trimble must issue a fix for this? Well, if you change styles, then this pattern works: 1024, 2048, 4086... I have no idea but it works like this! Edit: False alarm! I had tried that in a rush and it doesn't really seem to work with styles

The advice re scaling up small objects before attempting to chamfer them then back down again after is golden. This nearly drove me nuts before I read it.

Mystery to me. So far when I use SU everything I select goes into a group. Otherwise I think I'd go mad. I especially like "Group and delete" to clean up drawings and usually the edges are contacting non-selected geometry.

Doesn't the library no load all items direct from the 3Dwarehouse? The Components Sample has some framing objects.

The blank window issue has been solved in the latest version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here

I just did some more testing and now have a clue as to what is happening. I has to do with the complexity of other objects in the model. When I started the testing, I just entered a bunch of 2D text instances. As the number of entries increased, I saw some very minor slow down so I then went and added my normal car wash equipment to the model. With the addition of each piece, particularly more and more complex ones (equipment with many component instances) adding additional text object began to slow down. It started taking even longer to edit existing 2D text instances. So, it looks like the more complex the model becomes, the longer it takes to both add and edit 2D text instances. It also seems like editing existing instances takes longer than adding additional ones. Maybe TIG will be able to address this in some way. As I said in my earlier post, I had reached a point where it can take 4 to 7 minutes to edit a 2D text object.

Just to catch up with this thread, I haven't had any issues at all since disabling Autosave. So imo it is definitely a problem with that function.

@juju said: Personally, I'm always super careful to supply the actual models / CAD files to work as it may lead to unintended use thereof. There is a plugin that ruins the model without looking like it's ruined. It triangulates it and moves every vertex a tiny bit around randomly so a pushpull can no longer be performed or every edge is out of place just enough that moving is awkward and it renders the model useless for anything else but display and measure. That might be handy on those scenarios: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=163921#p163921

@pilou said: About http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/pageExIm.rb by Rick Wilson pages = scenes @unknownuser said: Me Est-on bien en droit d'attendre, par exemple, que cela ajoute des pages "exportées" à une animation existante? Didier Bur Ben oui, c'est ça l'idée! In English Me : Can we expect , for example, add exported pages to an existing animation? Didier Bur Of course, that's the idea! But seems the "Pages Export" don't work! File "*.su" is not created! (array_to.rb is installed) It's the same for you ? PageExIm used to work fine for me but I think it has been updated to work with 2017. EDIT: I have just checked the Smustard website and PageExIm HAS been updated for 2017. Sorry!

Oh God! Such an idiot. I'm going to kill myself. And I've been painting and repainting, exploding and grouping for like 40 minutes. I feel like such a fool now. And I'll post in v6 from now on, update my profile etc. Thanks Box, thanks Pilou.