@harnstein said: Except for some specific plugins in most cases you can probably just copy the "master" plugins folder over to the two "slaves" folders which will at least save extra searching time. Won't work for some plugins related to third folders data though. And some plugins store local information (settings, custom data) you wouldn't have access to from the two "slaves" computers. never copy extensions any longer, that's asking for trouble Rather use the extension warehouse features, or the sketchUcation plugin manager, or Smustard's "My Plugins" or a combination of these. Also take a look at Rich O'Brien's CloudUp...

Hello Dave R The SketchUp 2017 installation should automatically update the "Dynamic Components" plugin, in all versions of Sketchup installed on the computer. This would avoid this kind of very unpleasant message. Here is the video solution with a little ambient music: https://youtu.be/QRt0ih_GEkM

Thanks for the thought, but that is not the case here. It happens on both my setups, one which runs two monitors, and one that is a single.

in connection with an integrated/shared (= lame) intel HD series graphics subsystem - which btw was never made nor thought to use with an OpenGL-based 3D modeler - a driver version higher than 10.18.10.4061 needs to be installed to run SU 2017, otherwise the required OpenGL functionality (as e.g. advanced transparency) is not available or faulty. You may want check if your system is compatible with the new SketchUp 2017 CheckUp tool. Check for the latest driver too by visiting the Dell support webpages resp. running the Dell System Detect support application. If no recent version avail you may also want to check if the recent orig. driver form intel can be installed... which often fails because of mods concerning power saving resp. heat emission made by the notebook maker.

@juju said: @andysvision said: @juju said: @andysvision said: C'mon at least tell me any tip how to import only the 3d model without taking match memory, the last time i did only this furniture went to a 1GB file.... show me some good tips how to lower the meshes and polys or how to import the proper manner ... SketchUp doesn't do well with high polygon count meshes. It's best to optimize the model / mesh before bringing it into SketchUp. Take a look at Mootools as a starting point. Keep in mind that some rendering apps is able to reference external meshes and replace it in the renders from SketchUp. very expensive software this ones.... any other option? With a bit of fiddling you could probably do much of the same with Blender. Also take a look at Meshlab. You'll probably have the best results from Mootools though, maybe they have a Black Friday deal coming up? I know a while ago they had it available at a discounted rate as well... Hint: first download a trial version, sometimes you'll receive an email offering you the software at a special price. In the end it boils down to how often you do this and what your time is worth to you. Many thanks my friend!

Thanks Dave for your reply, There is not any imported 3D object. The file saves ok but displays the error. I did a saved as, under a new file and still got the same error. I decided to just ignore the error and gave it the weekend too sort its self out. By the power of the unknown ( although MS seem to be updating my machine quite regularly at the moment) I have come back after the weekend and started up my machine and I can not reproduce the error in either file. Many thanks

Hi Fredo; Yes, I realized this late last night after I posted here and I gave it a try. It works perfectly, just as predicted. Thanks so much for the assistance and the excellent plugin.

You can only delete bundles that you created/cloned. All other bundles are named after the device they are associated to. The Bundle name works like this [Device Name]:[SketchUp Version] so for me I have RICH-ASUS:13 Find the setup you want to clone and use that as the master installer for other devices and SketchUp versions. There is always an element of management when dealing with multiple devices and multiple SketchUp versions. For me I've 20 bundles listed going back to SketchUp 8 on a device I don't have anymore. We don't support device bundle deletion because the next time you start SketchUp on that device the bundle will be created again. We'd happily listen to feedback on how to improve it though. We added this bundle feature to see what would happen. We haven't spent too much time refining it.

@box said: Look here http://www.ptfbpro.com/ Thanks, I'll try this application.

@dave r said: @john2 said: @autarchos said: Now, I only have to stretch the jpg render in Illustrator to match the size of the pdf. Everything then takes care of itself, i.e., the overlap. Can't you just resize the one to match the other by changing its dimensions? That's what I just did using the plugin. I entered the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the Jpeg render in the plugin and it resized my viewport so I could export the perfect pdf for vector line work.

I'm no expert by any means, but if I was to tackle something like this I would want side and front views for sure. Probably wouldn't hurt to have a top view also. good luck with the model.

Joe, you bought, why not do the labeling in layOut?

Installing SketchUp using 'Run as administrator' is not a mere suggestion, it is the correct way to do it. If it's not installed in that way unexpected flakiness and other weird things are well documented. It is the 'official' installation policy...

Fredo's Round corner would make quick work of that. It's in the PluginStore. [image: round.gif] Click on the picture.

Yeah but.... It won't stay where I want it when I restart SU.

Thanks for the heads-up! It looks quite useful, I hope they expand their database significantly to be useful to more people than just the 200 cities they currently have.

70gb of RAM usage? Are you sure?

Thanks for the tips. I'll try these methods to fulfill my requirements.

@cotty said: I'm wondering where you will get the needed info for the high dynamic range from a single JPG... How I've done it in the past is to create false exposure images and use an HDR creating software to juxtapose them into a single HDR. It's tricky and fake but you can do it. The things to take care are light sources. My theory is that if you lower your image brightness in any software like gimp, then duplicate the background layer, and screen it with the layer below, only the brightest parts will enhance. If you save the image and repeat the process, you will have several images that you can use for braketing and create an HDR. It did work for me at the time, but eventually nowadays it isn't worth the trouble, anyway I've come up with my own sky system for Thea (development stalled) that is able to render images with the sky system 4x to 10x slower than with Thea's native sky, but also allows Thea to generate any sky. Once I get the procedural right I'll give more info: Here's a couple of images rendered with the system: [image: CASCA Sky Direct Render - 10 secs render .jpg] [image: CASCA System on the fly 15 secs 2.jpg] [image: CASCA System on the fly 15 secs 1.jpg] And a gif of the system in action: [image: http://i.imgur.com/dgWOYYI.gif]

I got a same issue too. I found a very easy solution on -Unzip error -could not unzip- keeps happened which because of your "antivirus"....... I turn it off then all things running good now!!!!