SU8 - WISHLIST
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Third party plug-in manager and new guidelines for developers where you can activate, verify version compatibility, show flash demo and developer info if available. Nomenclature or folder system for plug-ins to group them in your plugins folder to facilitate uninstallation when needed.
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Parametric textures mapping
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More primitives
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Better 2D drawing tools and line editing
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Nurbs surfaces
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Specific light objects management
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Basic modular functions system for non programmers to add basic dynamics to objects, similar to some multimedia applications. I mean flowchart based similar to Macromedia/Adobe Authorware. Third party developers can extend this modular library.
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@remus said:
@mpowell1234567890 said:
That would be cool, especially they can fix the clipping bug in large models that are more then 6000' in diameter.
Thats an openGL thing, if i remember correctly, so could be tricky to fix.
Is there a way to find updates for OpenGl? I looked everywhere on the net but cannot find it..
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You can update your graphics drivers, but it wont fix the large model clipping thing.
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I have aired the idea before to make a community "OpenUp" opensource SketchUp replica and more.
The reason would be that Google probably never will release a opensource version of SU.
As litte as they seem to be interested in making it a modern app.
Making SU skins for other appz in a great idea but that would make all great rubys non functional.
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@pixero said:
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Making SU skins for other appz in a great idea but that would make all great rubys non functional.But it is a great backup plan isn't it?
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My SU wishlist:
- Multiple view window (front, rear, perspective views all open at once)
- Ability to select vertices
- Ability to use Onix tree storm as plugin
- Ability to handle onix trees without crushing
is it to much to ask? i think yes....
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My wishlist:
- Import functions, I'd like to import .vrml's, etc.
- Multi-core support.
- Plug-in window? (similar to the 3D Warehouse window but shows popular plug-ins, etc)
- Orthographic view
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I'd like a full-screen viewing mode, and a few more rendering options (i.e. shader settings for materials). And yeah, selecting vertices would be useful
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@wacov said:
And yeah, selecting vertices would be useful
I think it would be fantastic to have both - the current selection mode (where you can select all geometry) and specific selection modes, which let you highlight faces, edges or vertexes only.
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@wacov said:
I'd like a full-screen viewing mode, and a few more rendering options (i.e. shader settings for materials). And yeah, selecting vertices would be useful
Cool, I like the idea "For the free version especially".
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Any more news about Sketchup 8? Haven't been seeing new post's lately..
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Nope, its been as quiet as ever.
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@remus said:
Nope, its been as quiet as ever.
Cool, must be a surprise awaiting to come. I like surprises.
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Here's my wishlist:
Curved text tool
Artificial lighting (lighting components give off light) - I know that's a big ask
Fix the (still existing) bug that doesn't allow exporting animations at 16:9, only 4:3 which is terrible!
Fix the buggy .dwg importer
Better search in the Component Browser (local, not internet)
Better general performance overall
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@dragon029 said:
- Plug-in window? (similar to the 3D Warehouse window but shows popular plug-ins, etc)
SketchUp App Store (?)
A centrally organized repository (like it is standard in linux) of plugins with easy install and update.- search plugins
- try out plugins
- and eventually uninstall
It is sometimes frustrating to test new plugins when I have already many installed. Unzip, copy files into plugin folder, close SketchUp, restart SketchUp, search the plugins in the menus. Especially for uninstalling I have to search which files belong to which plugin because the file names often don't correspond to the names in the menu.
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An option to re-load plugins without restarting SketchUp would save a little time.
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My wish-list would be as follows;
- Better management of layers!
When a group or component is highlighted, the layer it's on really should highlight in the layers window. How many times do I start a new group on the wrong layer? Also iron out the bug (is it a bug or just me?) that prevents some entities not moving to the new selected layers, even though they have been selected to do so!
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A proper chamfer/ fillet tool (with a push/pull style controller- ala SpaceClaim), rather than that goddamn awful ruby script, which always goes the opposite direction to what you want it to!!
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New Ruby scripts to be dropped into Ruby Console window, and SU places them automatically (rather than tearing one's hair out trying to figure out why they don't work).
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SketchUp for Linux (so the next computer I buy, is a (cheaper than a new Mac), PC, running a free operating system!)
I'd be happy just for these for now
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@tfdesign said:
- A proper chamfer/ fillet tool (with a push/pull style controller- ala SpaceClaim), rather than that goddamn awful ruby script, which always goes the opposite direction to what you want it to!!
Are you using this plugin for filleting/chamfering http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=20485 ?
There were a few dodgy ones before this but i've found this one to do everything i need.
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@remus said:
There were a few dodgy ones before this but i've found this one to do everything i need.
Thanks Remus. I'll give it a spin. I was having so many problems with getting certain plugins to work, that I had decided not to use them, but I will give this a try, because it is such a useful function to have.
Tom
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The 2D Toolset includes a fillet/chamfer tools that works in 3D too...
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