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  • E Offline
    EDMON242004
    last edited by 14 Jul 2009, 13:02

    My SU wishlist:

    1. Multiple view window (front, rear, perspective views all open at once)
    2. Ability to select vertices
    3. Ability to use Onix tree storm as plugin
    4. Ability to handle onix trees without crushing

    is it to much to ask? i think yes....

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      Dragon029
      last edited by 3 Aug 2009, 06:06

      My wishlist:

      1. Import functions, I'd like to import .vrml's, etc.
      2. Multi-core support.
      3. Plug-in window? (similar to the 3D Warehouse window but shows popular plug-ins, etc)
      4. Orthographic view
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        Wacov
        last edited by 16 Aug 2009, 22:09

        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 πŸ‘

        http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=3096a836877fb9af6cd8ad826e9017b8&prevstart=0

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          plot-paris
          last edited by 17 Aug 2009, 05:57

          @wacov said:

          And yeah, selecting vertices would be useful πŸ‘

          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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            mpowell1234567890
            last edited by 20 Aug 2009, 06:28

            @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 πŸ‘

            Cool, I like the idea "For the free version especially".

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              mpowell1234567890
              last edited by 15 Sept 2009, 18:39

              Any more news about Sketchup 8? Haven't been seeing new post's lately..

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                remus
                last edited by 15 Sept 2009, 19:02

                Nope, its been as quiet as ever.

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  mpowell1234567890
                  last edited by 15 Sept 2009, 21:20

                  @remus said:

                  Nope, its been as quiet as ever.

                  Cool, must be a surprise awaiting to come. I like surprises.

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                    jonnygreen
                    last edited by 7 Nov 2009, 09:27

                    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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                      Aerilius
                      last edited by 7 Nov 2009, 11:34

                      @dragon029 said:

                      1. 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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                        Wacov
                        last edited by 7 Nov 2009, 12:47

                        An option to re-load plugins without restarting SketchUp would save a little time.

                        http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=3096a836877fb9af6cd8ad826e9017b8&prevstart=0

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                          tfdesign
                          last edited by 7 Nov 2009, 17:55

                          My wish-list would be as follows;

                          1. 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!

                          1. 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!! 😑

                          2. 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).

                          3. 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 πŸ˜„

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                            remus
                            last edited by 9 Nov 2009, 08:02

                            @tfdesign said:

                            1. 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.

                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                              tfdesign
                              last edited by 22 Nov 2009, 17:03

                              @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. πŸ˜„

                              Tom

                              My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by 22 Nov 2009, 17:22

                                The 2D Toolset includes a fillet/chamfer tools that works in 3D too...

                                TIG

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                                  tfdesign
                                  last edited by 22 Nov 2009, 20:17

                                  @tig said:

                                  The 2D Toolset includes a fillet/chamfer tools that works in 3D too...

                                  Oh cool! Thanks TIG πŸ˜„

                                  I'll have to have another go. I'm going to have to try out SU Animate as well during the next week, because I've got to do a 3D SketchUp 'walk-through' in front of an audience, Sunday week. I'm a tad apprehensive as this is the first time I've had to do this (apart from at university- and even then, they were stills in Powerpoint).

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                                    sketchymac
                                    last edited by 24 Nov 2009, 13:14

                                    -Built in Sketchy Physics
                                    -The ability to pick a Color from an existing colored Surface on Mac like you can do on PC.

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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
                                      last edited by 24 Nov 2009, 14:05

                                      @sketchymac said:

                                      -Built in Sketchy Physics
                                      -The ability to pick a Color from an existing colored Surface on Mac like you can do on PC.

                                      dunno about your first wish but the second one works on mac.. two options:

                                      one, use the magnifying glass icon to sample any color anywhere on your screen (sample a single pixel if you choose).. it's like this for all mac apps that use the standard color picker.

                                      sample.jpg

                                      also, while the brush tool is selected, push ⌘ and an eyedropper will replace the paint bucket.. use that to sample any color or texture within the SU window.

                                      .
                                      [edit] and a little clarification as to why you might sample a color with the magnifying glass vs the eydropper (besides the fact that you can go outside the SU window with the mag.glass).. with the mag.glass, you will be sampling a color exactly as it appears at the moment.. (depending on the orientation of the SU model and the shading, your green may appear dark green etc..). with the brush tool/eyedropper, you'll be sampling the base color regardless of the SU shading.

                                      dotdotdot

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                                      • ken28875K Offline
                                        ken28875
                                        last edited by 30 Nov 2009, 18:00

                                        Rotation gizmo - It would be nice to be able to rotate each object using a gizmo (or whatever it is called) like in other programs such as Maya or Max. It would be faster and more efficient than the current rotation method where we need a plane/surface. Having a bounding box similar to the scale function in Sketchup for rotation would help. Thanks.

                                        Follow Your Dreams.

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by 30 Nov 2009, 18:29

                                          Hi Ken,

                                          I do not know any other 3D application (this of course, doesn1t mean there aren't any) whose Rotate tool would be as intuitive and easy to use as in SketchUp.

                                          Just hold your left mouse button after you first clicked and drag it around to establish the axis of rotation (there is no need for different planes and such).
                                          Then release, grab the model anywhere and Rotate. Every gizmo I have used so far is so much clumsier than this.

                                          Gai...

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