SU8 - WISHLIST

plot-paris · 9 May 2009, 21:15

I would like to see HDRI environment maps implemented - visible as model background. at the moment you can only import a watermark as a background image. but that is stationary and rotating the view doesn't affect it. an environment map would be really cool!

remus · 9 May 2009, 21:16

Seconded, environment maps would be very cool.

mpowell1234567890 · 10 May 2009, 04:03

@remus said:

Seconded, environment maps would be very cool.

Cool, same here. I like the idea - especially a stary lit sky in the back ground for example.

mpowell1234567890 · 14 May 2009, 06:03

I have another feature I like to add to the Sketchup 8-free wishlist:
~The Ability, to import GIF animated images to the models "For example: ".

Gaieus · 14 May 2009, 10:34

I think there is some licensing problem with GIF's. Video files can be embedded however as I've seen Tavi's (TBD's) post a good while ago (search in the Ruby forum).

thomthom · 14 May 2009, 10:36

@gaieus said:

I think there is some licensing problem with GIF's. Video files can be embedded however as I've seen Tavi's (TBD's) post a good while ago (search in the Ruby forum).

Not any more. The GIF patent ran out years ago. .GIF is free to be used.

Gaieus · 14 May 2009, 10:37

Thanks, good to know (me too old and only remember old things )

mpowell1234567890 · 14 May 2009, 17:57

@gaieus said:

I think there is some licensing problem with GIF's. Video files can be embedded however as I've seen Tavi's (TBD's) post a good while ago (search in the Ruby forum).

What key word do I use to search for it?

Oh - The reason I asked for it is because the pro version is way too expensive. I cannot afford $500.. Unless I can download ruby and try to create all the scripts and plugins that the pro version have and add it to the free version..

Gaieus · 15 May 2009, 14:39

Ni Michael, I didn't mean a sort of license we could buy but something that existed for GIF files and which limited its use by 3rd party applications / programs / developers mainly (not end users) - but as Thom pointed out above it's run out already

mpowell1234567890 · 15 May 2009, 16:10

@gaieus said:

Ni Michael, I didn't mean a sort of license we could buy but something that existed for GIF files and which limited its use by 3rd party applications / programs / developers mainly (not end users) - but as Thom pointed out above it's run out already

Ok. Didn't know till now. Sorry for the mix-up.

EscapeArtist · 23 May 2009, 15:56

I don't know if anyone's put this on the wish list, but here's another one I'd like to have:

A generic "STOP" button for script/ruby plugins or tools.

As I try to make more and more complex models that use some of the great plugins here that folks have made, I think I probably push the calculative ability SU too far. I wind up staring at a screen that may do nothing for several minutes, or alt-tab over to Firefox and do some browsing, come back to SU and nothing has happened 15 minutes later. Yep, it's my fault for not keeping the poly count down, but it sure would be nice to have a "Stop" capability to tell SU to quit the calculation and "undo" or ignore any changes so that I could find some other way to accomplish what I want without having to kill the SU process and cause it to crash, along with the added annoyance of having to rearrange my toolbars for the 10th ^&*(%$# time that day ("Lock" or "Save toolbar config" is already on the wish list).

mpowell1234567890 · 23 May 2009, 17:27

I like to add this to Sketchup 8 Free version list:
~The ability to create 3d games.
~Import and export 3d game level maps "Quake, Myst ETC.. for example"
~More free exporter's and importers.
~The ability to increase or decrease gravity in the collision detection.
~The best for all - more surprizes.

plot-paris · 24 May 2009, 09:41

@escapeartist said:

A generic "STOP" button for script/ruby plugins or tools.

1+
thats a great idea. or just pressing the ESC button brings up a prompt "Do you want to cancel the process" or something like that.

@mpowell1234567890 said:

~The ability to increase or decrease gravity in the collision detection.:

something really funny would be a gravity mode: with the gravity-mode switched on you can still draw as usual. but the moment you create a group/component, it is affected by gravity and falls to the ground. use the entity info window or context-click to exclude a group from the pull of gravity... so this is a bit like sketchy physics - just a lot more intuitive, because you can draw in a scene that is instantly affected by physics...

Gaieus · 24 May 2009, 09:45

Drop.rb would (well...) "drop" things onto the ground - true that not instantly, "on the fly".

I could imagine this being a pin though; you start drawing something, finish the first face and when you want to ad the second, it disappears and gets stacked on top of something metres below. Now start searching...

plot-paris · 24 May 2009, 11:22

thats why the gravity only affects groups and components. thus you can model whatever you want and then group it to 'place it in the world of gravity'

mpowell1234567890 · 24 May 2009, 16:25

Cool.

mpowell1234567890 · 25 May 2009, 18:29

Any news of when Sketchup 8 is coming? I'm very excited about it.

Wacov · 25 May 2009, 18:29

Like LittleBigPlanet!! That'd be pretty good

remus · 25 May 2009, 18:39

@mpowell1234567890 said:

Any news of when Sketchup 8 is coming? I'm very excited about it.

Nope, google never give details of planned release dates.

Gaieus · 25 May 2009, 21:33

@mpowell1234567890 said:

Any news of when Sketchup 8 is coming? I'm very excited about it.

Michael, you were very excited before SU 7 came out (not too long ago actually).

I doubt however (and it's a personal "guess") that SU 8 will come out this year so I think we can all relax a little bit and take our time to make good wishes.