@mayoketchup said:

I noticed it doesn't work with native lines only with freehand and arcs.
I downloaded your bezier spline plugin and now it works perfect with these curves 👍 .

To create a Sketchup curve out of a sequence of edges, you need a Plugin, as this is (still) not provided by SketchUp in native, even in 2019!

The most popular plugin is TIG Weld. You have also some others: one by Eneroth3 and also Curvizard.

Anyway, Animator will not run with Sketchup 2015

So this has happened a few times after first rendering a sequence and changing view to render another:

Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method include?' for nil:NilClass> c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatordialogvideogeneration.rbe:668:in format_html_all'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatordialogvideogeneration.rbe:649:in prepare_html' c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatordialogvideogeneration.rbe:418:in dialog_create'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatordialogvideogeneration.rbe:361:in dialog_invoke' c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:2205:in movie_dialog'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:2175:in movie_clip_generation' c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorpalette.rbe:819:in block in palette_clip_name_duration_video'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3963:in call' c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3963:in execute_button'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3765:in onLButtonUp' c:/users/******/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6palette.rbe:91:in onLButtonUp'
c:/users//appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:1275:in `onLButtonUp'

https://i.ibb.co/jDpD82r/2018-12-19.png

Same as before; when I quit Sketchup the "Exit temporary to Sketchup" window have been hiding in the background.

Thnx ('',)

Actually, this is a side effect of some evolution concerning the mouse scrolling for Mac.

Animator v2.3b now support Parallel Projection.

Please advise if you still have the issue.

Fredo

Normally Animator will not works with your version!

You must load SU Make 2017 (free) here!

Bob,

As you have a Mac, could you tell me if the MouseWheel over the timeline does a scrolling of the time?

Also, if you enough track, would Option + MouseWheel scroll the tracks?

Finally, would Command + MouseWheel (or Ctrl + MouseWheel) scale the timeline?

This is relation with a Mac user who has a problem with MouseWheel.

Many thanks

Fredo

Thank you Fredo for the advice. I spend a lot of time but could not do that.let me try msphysics...

Quasi perfect! 😉
Maybe for the next release ?

GIF_fredo_pliant.gif

Je me disais qu'une animation faite d'un objet, il suffisait de la Copier / Coller/ Modifier...pour avoir un autre objet animé! 😄

So...?

Sothis.jpg

@headsmess,

A picture or the model would help to understand.

Thanks

Fredo

@durandp said:

Hi,

I've made a copy of a sketchup file, and I get all the previous movements.
How to remove them from the new file ?

I removed eveything from the timeline, but the names still appear in the movement list.

Thanks in advance

Just go to the Maintenance dialog box. Just click on the 'Wrench and screwdriver' button in the palette.
Animator - Maintenance button.png

In the dialog box, use the "Purge unused" function

This will remove the Sequences. Remember that Animator is based on a model analog to Sketchup. In Sketchup, if you delete a component instance, its definition is still there in the model.
In Animator, Elementsyou see in the timeline are like 'instances', whereas Sequencesthat you edit with the Movement or camera Editor are like definitions, and can be removed by the Maintenance dialog box (provided there are not used in any film).

Fredo

There is a button "Change direction"

Fredo

Good point.
I'll address the issue of disappeared object.

Fredo

it must be cooperation with movment and render.
chceck how to made this effect in real camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkyYanbxBg

I setup camera to long exposure but animator/vray freeze all frames like with high speed shutter.

@applemango85 said:

Is this working with a mac now?

In principle, yes, assuming Twilight works for Mac.
If so, Animator is not sensitive to the platform.

Fredo

Thanks much Fredo6. But please don't make this change for shapes only for me. It's a lot of work for just one person and I'm sure you have lots of other work to do. If there are other people who would benefit from this perhaps they can mention this in this message thread.

@sigasiempre said:

I'm having trouble understanding how to specify a path for an object movement. I've set up some curves by slicing a cone (conic section) and want to use the as paths for an object to follow. However, these curves don't show as paths when I try to set up a movement. I've attached a file with the curves and a sphere I'm trying to animate to follow these curves.

You just need to make the conic contours TRUE Sketchup curve (with TIG Weld). Then they will apear as selectable pathes in Animator.

Fredo

Great thanks.

Thanks for the feedback.

Definitely, you MUST NOT quit Sketchup when Animator is started, whther you exited temporarily. This is a limitation which I'll try to resolve.

Are you able to create cameras?

Fredo