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    • ton baetenT Offline
      ton baeten
      last edited by

      Kus,

      You certainly have a plugins folder on your mac (if GSU 7 or 6 is installed on your new mac).
      This is where to find it:
      open your harddisk --> choose Library --> Applications --> Google SketchUp 7 (or 6) --> SketchUp ---------> 'plugins' is one of the folders you find overthere.
      Copy you rubys in that folder old, new. Close and restart SketchUp.
      Please be carefull if you just copy all your old rubys from your PC to the mac.
      Some rubys are PC-only and won't work on your mac or have to be replaced by a mac version.

      Enjoy your new mac

      greetings,
      Ton

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        whataNOOB
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        HI!

        I am KUSs friend... he spent a few days trying and trying but he didn't succeed ๐Ÿ˜„ so he asked me (i'm using windows) to use this plugin. I was to make an animation with this tool. It worked fine when i was watching it IN sketchup so i exported it. But when i watched it in BS only the camera moved... the object stood still. Could someone please help me and tell me what did i did wrong.

        Steps how i did it:
        -after making a component (the object that was suppose to move)i made "scene 1"
        -i choosed "set position 1" and then i updated the scene
        -then, i made another scene, moved the object, selected "set position 2" and updated the second scene

        that was all and as i said the object only moved in SU...

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Hi WaN and welcome!

          My problem is (was) the same; I could make the animation in SU but couldn't export it. Would a screen capture video be okay? (They are generally rather bad quality though).

          Gai...

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            whataNOOB
            last edited by

            so U just made a video with a hypercam??? nothing else worked..?

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              No, I didn't make a video. I was hoping someone had a simple solution that I overlooked. ๐Ÿ˜ณ


              This is the developer: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10946&st=0&sk=t&sd=a but he hasn't been on-line since Christmas...

              Gai...

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                RedQueen
                last edited by

                Hi y'all!
                111!
                I can't figure out how to work this plugin, can anyone give me a more thorough breakdown on how it works? I'm using Google Sketchup 6.

                I tried the above posters process of tagging object as "Set Position 1" for the first scene and then moving the object across red axis and then tagging it as "Set Position 2" and then updating scene two.

                When I click scene 1 again the object doesn't go back to Position 1, and I'm not sure where Start Animation Observer and Stop Animation Observer comes in ๐Ÿ˜ž I read the txt file provided with the download and opened the "Boxes 2" skp file from the download, but for that file I didn't see an animation when I clicked view animation.

                Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I'm quiet confused right now.

                Thanks!

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Believe Pilou! Since I could do it above, I haven't played with it so I'm not ahead even a step.

                  Gai...

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    You don't read my little tut? ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    Not drawn and writed in the image but...
                    You can address all positions even you are in the scene 1 !!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                    Just don't overpass the number of scene existing for give a number to positions! โ˜€

                    Start and stop Observer will be used only when your all objects will be adressed!

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                    My Little site :)

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                      RedQueen
                      last edited by

                      Thanks for the reference!
                      I get how it works now, at the same time it didn't work for what I wanted to do. As you can see now for my avatar, I modeled a sentry gun from TeamFortress2 (cuz I love that game so much) and wanted to animated it so the body would rotate from left to right. The Proper Animation couldn't create a fixed center pt for rotation. Nevertheless this is a cool plug-in for other applications. I'm looking at SketchyPhysics now.

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        The Proper Animation couldn't create a fixed center pt for rotation

                        Why not?


                        rotation.skp

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          RedQueen
                          last edited by

                          Yeah! the way you did it is what I want. Gah, I'm missing something, here is my failed attempt. whats wrong?


                          test.skp

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Launch only Start Observer when you have finished the Address objects!
                            If you want change something! Stop Observer first !

                            I don't know what to say! ๐Ÿ˜ณ
                            If I make a new session, I have no problem for make any rotations!
                            So I must miss something also with your file ๐Ÿ˜’
                            Maybe orientation, order of Pushpulling...I am in the fog ๐Ÿ’š
                            Maybe something with the use of the rotation tool? (Click, click and drag,...? )

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              Ok I believe have found something ๐Ÿ˜‰
                              If you rotate your object with the "false second click" you will obtain the "crazy" rotation!
                              Position of the object seems the same but the axe rotation will be not for the plug!
                              So try it! ๐Ÿ˜‰(click on image if scrollbars)
                              rtool.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                                RedQueen
                                last edited by

                                yeah I'm doing my second click on the edge of the object. but still its wacky. Here is a screen capture of what I'm doing.


                                rotate2.rar

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  Bingo! ๐Ÿ’š
                                  It was a vicious thing! ๐Ÿ˜†


                                  bingo.jpg

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                    RedQueen
                                    last edited by

                                    here ๐Ÿ˜ž still doesn't work.


                                    rotate3.rar

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
                                      last edited by

                                      hum hum ๐Ÿ˜ข
                                      Your video don't show all the screen! ?

                                      When you load my first example "Why not" working and draw after a volume in the same file is that the same?

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                        RedQueen
                                        last edited by

                                        Hey.. I think I got it! ๐Ÿ˜ you have to set your component axis to the hinge point! omg finally! I tried it and it worked if I wanted an object to have a rotation point from the center, then that object has to have a component with its axis set up at that point!

                                        Thanks for your help! I did solve it by looking more closely at your file.

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          So cool for you ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                          And then use only components as I understand ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                          PS Maybe you can also try Mover.rb
                                          Some similar & more intuitive but you must go to each scenes for address your object position
                                          Maybe with this one you will have no problem ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                          Frenchy Pilou
                                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                          My Little site :)

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                                          • E Offline
                                            Ecuadorian
                                            last edited by

                                            @gaieus said:

                                            My problem is (was) the same; I could make the animation in SU but couldn't export it.

                                            It's been a month, so you probably already know this: You can export the "proper animation" with Whaat's "Smooth animation" plug-in.

                                            -Miguel Lescano
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