@anssi said:

I quite liked the original @Last forum with no eye candy at all.

We all did - and I remember very well all the discussions we had, when Google decided to move to Google Groups... (which nolonger seem to exist in the form it had when they moved all the content...)

The @Last forum was using the commercial vBulletin forum software, while the SCF is using the free Open Source phpBB forum solution...

Thanks TIG
Syd

I'm not sure what the problem is, but doubt that it's just a simple SU bug. I was playing around yesterday with seeing what a basketball court looked like using stained wood rather than just colours for the markings...so I imported a number of versions of a very large scale wooden floor texture. each one was 2048 x 1024 pixels; and I had no problem at all...well other than SU resampling the texture to a lower resolution.

👍 thanks for the tip, not dumb at all.. actually is the first thing the getting started tutorial says but I never check it, and I think many others do the same, then we get all troubles with resizing textures 😆

I have a script called scale2face.rb that stretches selected components/groups up to touch selected faces above them - used for elongating columns etc up to the underside of sloping roofs etc etc...
Here's a reworked version 'scaledown2face.rb' that scales them downwards...
(c) TIG 2009
scaledown2face.rb
Usage: Select face(s) & group/component-instance(s) located ABOVE face(s).
Unacceptable selections produce error dialogs
Pick 'ScaleDown2Face' off the Plugins Menu
or type scaledown2face in the Ruby Console.
The selected items will be scaled downwards [in the Z] until their CLs meet the face or faces.
Any intermediate faces etc are ignored; the scaling passes through them.
It has a one step undo.
Version: 1.0 20091201 First Release [based on scale2face].For the Plugins folder...

The flatten I used was a different flatten from Thom's script. I sovled the problem by editing the end points manually. I will have to try "tt-flatten" .
Thanks Thom.

Sounds like a one liner require_all("/any/folder") is all you need (defined in sketchup.rb.)

But as TIG said, not all scripts are made to work from any folder.

Is there an MSI version that I can use to push out via Group Policy?

Thanks,

Lindsay

Hi folks.

I use small icons to be able to fit more tools in less space. Being 56 do not means that I necessarily need large icons 😉

To choose the size of icons you can also use Menu Window --> Preferences --> Workspace.

Just ideas.

@tim said:

@jcharltoncarp said:

Hi Tim,

Sorry, I didn't want to step on any toes.

I very rarely use parallels and it mostly serves to remind me why I have a Mac.

😆

Lol

@eric_j said:

@ All

Actually, what StyleBuild could do is allow the user to generate architectural styles. Insert generic doors and windows. Click on "Colonial Style, and the windows are divided light double-hung numbers. "Mediterranean" and they're casements. "Ranchburger" gives you aluminum sliders with no casings.

Etc.

If it did that, it would be more than a dust collector, I think.

Sounds like Dynamic Components are a good candidate for that.

except I'm talking about not having all these features at all in the "stripped down" version for the Photorealists.

I'm glad I could help.

@alan fraser said:

Edson, You seem to have changed the sky to black. Instead of that, leave the sky turned off, turn the background to black and have the ground turned on, but a light grey.

thanks, alan. as they say here: easier than stealing from the blind.

Yikes 😮 , I had forgotten all about this! Ti's been a year or so since I was @ sketchUcation. Wow.

@thomthom said:

Thanks guys. I plan to restart the series myself.

angusog; do you have the notes in digital form?

Okay, I have a lot of his books in digital format, so I'll try to locate the description and post it here.
and figure out what part i can model..

cheers,
flyashy

@unknownuser said:

@rickgraham said:

hope to be TE for an upcoming SU book.
Rick

Sounds interesting..... is it top secret?

Yeah, can't say anything further - sorry.

Rick

well i followed the tutorial on how to do it in 3dmax, but when i open my material library, it all comes in on one material, with submaterials, and when i go to modify those sub materials i cant change the scale of the material, and also i cant change the material to Arch & design

I would think that something like this is crying to be a dynamic component. Just scale it to length and it auto-calculates the actual width. But I am a complete newbie and someone might have objections to dynamic component creation.

Rick

For the next Rendering Workshop, I have chosen some basic Kitchen items - which will "highlight" reflections. (excuse the pun).

Rendering Workshop - Reflection

This Workshop will be too easy for the master renderers on SCF. (It is intended for new users who want to learn more about reflection). But drop by anyway and offer your tips.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=37922

@unknownuser said:

If it's a ring that's parallel with the top/bottom copy the top's edges - select+move+ctrl-key, constrain copying in axis using shift-key... a new edges ring will be made.

thank you, this is nice