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    • plot-parisP Offline
      plot-paris
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      ...my way back into color.

      a great title for a book, Ton ๐Ÿ˜„

      hope you (and Jim) will be able to solve the problem.

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      • J Offline
        Jim
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        Ton, thanks for the feedback.

        Can you open the Ruby Console and reproduce the issue? I would like to see if any errors are being shown in the Ruby Console.

        Hi

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        • ton baetenT Offline
          ton baeten
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          Jim,

          Just a short message for now.
          Thank's, you pointed me in the right direction, the problem is solved.
          I have another larger SU project to finish first and had to solve another domestic 'grey-scale' problem at the same time.

          Will come back asap to fill you in with more details.

          greetings,
          Ton

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          • L Offline
            linea
            last edited by

            Thanks Jim

            As I reading this thread, I couldn't really see that I'd use this script but I now think it could be very useful!

            Jon

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            • utilerU Offline
              utiler
              last edited by

              You should do that Jon, it opens up a world of possibilities ......

              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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              • P Offline
                Phil Rader AIA
                last edited by

                This script is absolute genius. For working drawings which you want to print out in black and white I used to have to export color jpg images and then manually convert them to grey scale in photoshop. Now it's all internal to SU. Badda Boom Badda Bing. I love it.

                http://www.philrader.com

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                • utilerU Offline
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  Not wrong Phil, i'ts great for exactly that... some of the work I do involves planning applications and what better way to communicate surrounding environment with proposed that to greyscale existing and color proposed!!!

                  ๐Ÿ‘ to Jim....

                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  • EdsonE Offline
                    Edson
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                    @sepo said:

                    Nice ...It renders black and white in Podium but keeps the colour of the sky ( i presume ground as well)
                    It would be nice to be able to choose say one colour which could stay as colour ...
                    Thanks Jim ....

                    @dave r said:

                    Sepo, after making the model all grey, right click on a face containing the color you wish to show. Choose Revert color from the menu. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    this applies to a situation when you want to revert the color of all the faces of an element. should you wish to change the color of a single face do not choose Revert Color, just paint the face the color you want.

                    edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
                    http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                    • utilerU Offline
                      utiler
                      last edited by

                      Just posted a thread on an alternative use of this great script...

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                      hope you like...

                      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                      • J Offline
                        Jim
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                        @bellwells said:

                        Just discovered this script. What a gem, Jim! Thank you.

                        Y'er welcome, but I just wrote it down. Thank Dave R - it was his idea.

                        Hi

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                          Phil Rader AIA
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                          Jim and Dave here is an analogy

                          Having an idea is like lighting a match unless you do something with that lit match it will burn out.

                          Dave's idea was wonderful and credit for having the idea is well deserved. I'm just glad he had the foresight to do something with that idea IE: pass it on to you and allow the flames of a good idea to grow into a completed project.

                          http://www.philrader.com

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                          • plot-parisP Offline
                            plot-paris
                            last edited by

                            beautyful image, Phil!
                            (somehow it realy "matches" ๐Ÿ˜„

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                            • B Offline
                              bellwells
                              last edited by

                              Just discovered this script. What a gem, Jim! Thank you.

                              Edit: And thank you to Dave R for suggesting this script.
                              Edit: I showed this in the Gallery forums also, not sure of the appropriate venue. This is a great script. This is a house I'm working on and the image reminds me of a night shot with a full moon (ignore the blue sky!) I like the ability to use just a little color.
                              10-4-08 ImageA.jpg

                              Ron

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                                pix_zaaaaa
                                last edited by

                                good

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                                  pix_zaaaaa
                                  last edited by

                                  thank you

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                                  • M Offline
                                    Matt666
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks again jim for this awesome script ! I use it on each drawing ! Fantastic ! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜

                                    Frenglish at its best !
                                    My scripts

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                                      shoreline99
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks so much for this!

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                                        goutham
                                        last edited by

                                        great bro.....

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                                          doy
                                          last edited by

                                          thank you..this is cool

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @jim said:

                                            The plugin goes through all in-model materials and changes them to a grey value. The default face color is completely ignored as it does not appear in the in-model materials list, and this is when the material is nil.

                                            So the question is, should the plugin also change the default face color to a grey value?

                                            Does anyone have a preference for how the greyscale value is calculated? If not, I will try the method suggested by Didier.

                                            Thanks, Didier for taking the time to help.

                                            A bit late reply, but I'd prefer Pixero's formula:

                                            @pixero said:

                                            Jim: I see you use the average of r, g and b to get the greyscale color. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=12368#p88865
                                            A often used and more visually correct way is to use this formula:

                                            Greyscale = (r * 0.3) + (g * 0.59) + (b * 0.11);
                                            

                                            Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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