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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      SU's native texturing tools are indeed rather primitive. Have you seen Whaat's UV Tools?
      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=10404
      and
      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23725

      Gai...

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      • ken28875K Offline
        ken28875
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        @gaieus said:

        SU's native texturing tools are indeed rather primitive. Have you seen Whaat's UV Tools?
        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=10404
        and
        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23725

        Awesome. Thanks, Gaius for the link and Whaat for the plugin! ๐Ÿ‘

        Follow Your Dreams.

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          mpowell1234567890
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          For Sketchup 8 "Free", I like to have the ability to lighten or darken shading of models especially ones that have curves.

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          • R Offline
            remus
            last edited by

            If youve got shadows on it's already possible, just go to the shadows dialog->expand it->twiddle the light and dark sliders.

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              mpowell1234567890
              last edited by

              @remus said:

              If youve got shadows on it's already possible, just go to the shadows dialog->expand it->twiddle the light and dark sliders.

              Cool, thanks.

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                Ultimatez 32
                last edited by

                Looks like I need to put in my wishlist, so here it is:

                • high poly support
                • Object animation (would be awesome with rendering as well, but if it's a sketchy style then even more awesome! )
                  unlikely to be in su 8 though, most like su 24.. ๐Ÿ˜„

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Well, what I can say is that at least with rendering (some renderers for the time being - but hopefully sooner or later more and more will be capable) and SketchyPhysics, object animation and animation export is at least not impossible...
                  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sketchy+physics+twilight+render&search_type=&aq=f

                  Gai...

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                  • T Offline
                    tfdesign
                    last edited by

                    Google NEED to BUY Sketchyphysics, and build it right into SketchUp!!!

                    I've been playing with Sketcher's Studio, which I think is really ace. I think physics is going to be added sometime, in the not too distant future ๐Ÿ˜„

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                    • J Offline
                      jessemorton24
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                      Give me an adjustable eraser tool!!! NO, I'll buy it..

                      Parkways, Driveways, Gateways, Pathways...

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                      • D Offline
                        darospa
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                        is possible to have (in the next version)a "color by layer" options for each layers?
                        could be very important when you have to highligth something in your drawing.

                        thank you

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                          remus
                          last edited by

                          Already available: open the layers panel, click the details button (top right corner) then click 'colour by layer'.

                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                            d12dozr
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                            As suggested by user "jgb" recently, could extra mouse buttons be assigned for shortcuts in Sketchup?

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                              darospa
                              last edited by

                              thank you
                              but i mean just for a single or few layers!

                              layer
                              @remus said:

                              Already available: open the layers panel, click the details button (top right corner) then click 'colour by layer'.

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                              • plot-parisP Offline
                                plot-paris
                                last edited by

                                I find that to be an interesting idea, darospa.
                                especially if you could access this information via scene tabs. so in one scene you only highlight one layer (by it's colour). in the next scene you highlight another... would be a great tool for presentations

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                                • McGyverM Offline
                                  McGyver
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                                  Well I know most "wishlists" are fantasy anyway and rarely do any wishes get implemented in next versions of software... So I will engage in a bit of wishful thinking.
                                  1- For me the only thing I would ever buy the PRO version for would be the exporters, I don't need style builder or layout, so it would be truly, truly awesome if Google would consider giving POORER(non-professionals) the ability to purchase the exporters as separate plugins... $100...$150? I don't make any money off my models(I convert them for Poser and give them away) so $500 to continue sharing... is a little much for me... (till my lottery tickets kick in). I think if more people could export their models to other programs affordably it might entice more users to SU... This is a good thing if I'm not mistaken... Right?
                                  2-Doing something about how big models bog down SU would be a blast.... I bring my bigger models(the ones that almost give SU an aneurysm) over to programs like DAZ Studio or Carrara and they are like "so what"... no big deal for them really. It would be nice to not worry so much about how big my model is getting or will become.... then again I'd probably just keep making them ridiculously bigger anyway... Still it would be nice to be able to get a little bigger things done without worries.
                                  3-Some easier way or making organic shapes would be cool.... very cool. There are plug ins that do this(like BTM Sculpt tools) but perhaps if there was something more like what Bonzai 3D has that would be really cool.
                                  4-A UV mapping feature would be super cool....(I know about Whaat's plug in... I just can't get it to do what I think it should be doing... probably because I'm stupid or because I've got a Mac... or both)... one that works like most 3d modeling programs where you can assign seams,see it as a flat pattern,move bits around to get it all to fit good and export the map to work on in photoshop would be great.... then again would SU be able to handle higher rez textures?
                                  5-Make SU work better with higher rez textures.
                                  6-A toolbar icon that I could click on to enable World Peace and general goodwill amongst Mankind.....

                                  I figure 6 is just as possible as all the rest... after all this is a "WISH" list.... anywho, this all being said I want to stress this point: I LOVE SKETCHUP! EVERY program I use I keep saying to myself I wish it could do this like SketchUp does or I wish this was as easy as SketchUp. What makes SketchUp great is the fact that it is intuitive and EASY to learn and despite some simple flaws and shortcomings it is a mindset that most other programs should consider when being developed.

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                                  • genma saotomeG Offline
                                    genma saotome
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                                    Record the meaning of each menu selection and let me play it back when I need it, like a macro.

                                    Things like Texture/Position/rotate/270 gets really, really tedious when you have to do it over and over and over again.

                                    Even better -- come up with some keyboard codes to match your menu functions and let me setup that macro in one of my keyboard function keys ... pop! a one press solution to a tedious issue.

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @genma saotome said:

                                      Record the meaning of each menu selection and let me play it back when I need it, like a macro.
                                      Things like Texture/Position/rotate/270 gets really, really tedious when you have to do it over and over and over again.

                                      Even better -- come up with some keyboard codes to match your menu functions and let me setup that macro in one of my keyboard function keys ... pop! a one press solution to a tedious issue.

                                      However, once you have rotated a texture by 270 degrees you can sample it with the eyedropper tool off the Materials Browser, then paint the rotated material on the required surfaces - that way you only do a rotation once for each face orientation - of course you might want to move the texture over the face later ?
                                      The typical key combo on Microsoft app's on PC is Ctrl+Y for redo last operation... it wouldbe good on SUp...

                                      TIG

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                                      • W Offline
                                        Wacov
                                        last edited by

                                        Just a thought, but the SUp UI's getting kinda dated, and, if they're overhauling it for SU8, a full-screen mode would be fantastic... you know, like in browsers, with slide-in toolbars at the edges. I almost always use keyboard shortcuts and right-clicks, so I'm pretty much focused only on the 3D viewing port, and I think GPUs render faster full-screen than in a window ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                                        • S Offline
                                          su_user
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi All

                                          First I wanted to thank Google team for supporting and developing SketchUp! (and Layout!!!))

                                          By far I Have only two wishes

                                          1. please do make hatch patterns in layout !
                                            (My utmost wish would be to introduce custom scalable section patterns for DC - so that I could create a layered wall or roof and simply present it to a client via Layout without the need to manually paint over - that would be a huge help and step forward - but layout by itself needs it as well - so whichever easier for you pls do!

                                          2. pls custom, scaled linetypes in layout would be of great help!! current types show very strange scale...

                                          Some other considerations
                                          I think that 3d warehouse implementation is too insistent - and making interface inconsistent
                                          so if there's a way to revert back to version 6 components browser i vote for it

                                          another consideration - unlike some others I do not support the idea of SU go 64 bit or multi core - gradual enhancements may take place but software side not hardware.. So far, even on high rise builds everything more or less manageable.. And I believe there's no need to upgrade interface - unless new features come in..

                                          Regards and good luck!
                                          IV

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kwistenbiebel
                                            last edited by

                                            64 bit. It is about time it happens. ๐Ÿ˜ž
                                            No excuses are valid anymore.

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