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      thecravatman
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      Dave can you please clarify the upgrade options if the complete 8 version is purchased now? I started with vue 3 upgraded to 4 and then have tested every version since, but never found a stable enough set up to justifying purchasing. However, I have just purchased the new exporter that I am delighted to see but unfortunately can't get to work. It produces unreadable vob files or the python script yields only a dome, both problems are noted on the cornucopia forum by others too. This is even without textures. I would like to progress to 9 infinite or xstream if I can get the export to work seamlessly.
      I use Max and Bionatics at the moment but struggle with grass, ground cover and clouds; why Bionatics didn't ever produce a complete solution amazes me. I could also do with a couple of suggested system specifications to cope with SU 8, Vue 9 & Max 2011. I hope that 2011 is going to be the year that I finally buy Vue software again!
      Many thanks in advance.
      Tim

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        Burkhard
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        Thanks Dave, all works as expexted.

        [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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          dburdick
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          @daniel said:

          Dave,

          Thanks for coming on this forum and speaking with us about Vue. I use Vue 7 Infinite - love it, and can't wait to try this plug-in, and hopefully upgrade to 9 soon. One aspect about Vue that I like is that you can generate a rendering of any of the three orthagonal views (top, front, side), but unfortunately your limited by the size and there is no way to create a large size rendering or to save it without doing a screen capture. It would be great to be able to apply the rendering settings for the perspective view to the other three views (and maybe add the other side and rear views).

          Hi Daniel,

          Yes, I agree with you - we need to add unlimited render size for orthographic view rendering. We have this on this list.

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            dburdick
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            @thecravatman said:

            Dave can you please clarify the upgrade options if the complete 8 version is purchased now? I started with vue 3 upgraded to 4 and then have tested every version since, but never found a stable enough set up to justifying purchasing. However, I have just purchased the new exporter that I am delighted to see but unfortunately can't get to work. It produces unreadable vob files or the python script yields only a dome, both problems are noted on the cornucopia forum by others too. This is even without textures. I would like to progress to 9 infinite or xstream if I can get the export to work seamlessly.
            I use Max and Bionatics at the moment but struggle with grass, ground cover and clouds; why Bionatics didn't ever produce a complete solution amazes me. I could also do with a couple of suggested system specifications to cope with SU 8, Vue 9 & Max 2011. I hope that 2011 is going to be the year that I finally buy Vue software again!
            Many thanks in advance.
            Tim

            Hi Tim,

            What version of Vue are you using? You must have Vue 8 or later (build # 51429 or higher) in order to read the exported .vob files. The problems experienced by others were those using the Sketchup 7 on the Mac which has a ruby problem. Sketchup 8 on the Mac and Sketcup 7 and 8 on the PC work just fine with the exporter.

            On the upgrade options for Vue 8 Complete, you have the ability to upgrade to Vue 9 Complete when it becomes available. There is also a trade-in path where you can trade in you Vue 8 Conplete to Infinite for $495. In your case however, given that you are using Max 2011, I would recommend waiting for Vue 9 xStream (should be released in a couple of weeks). Vue xStream can work in standalone mode or as a Plugin inside of Max/Maya/XSI/Lightwave/C4D and it's fully integrated in with the render engines of those systems.

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              thecravatman
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              Thanks for the upgrade info Dave. I used the latest down loads plus SU 7 & 8. I have had no luck reading the vob files so I have removed every vue version and cleaned my machine and intend to do a clean install when 9 is released. Max imports Sketchup really well now so with Xstream + the plugin I have two paths I suppose.
              Any thoughts on a machine spec? what do you use at e-on?

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                dburdick
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                @thecravatman said:

                Thanks for the upgrade info Dave. I used the latest down loads plus SU 7 & 8. I have had no luck reading the vob files so I have removed every vue version and cleaned my machine and intend to do a clean install when 9 is released. Max imports Sketchup really well now so with Xstream + the plugin I have two paths I suppose.
                Any thoughts on a machine spec? what do you use at e-on?

                Hi Tim, when you say "latest downloads" do mean Vue 8 or just the latest downloads of your earlier Vue versions?

                On the machine specs for Vue, I would recommend:

                64-bit multicore cpu - I like the quad cores I5 and I7 from intel
                8 GB of RAM at least
                a decent graphics card - GeForce 460 or better or Quadro 2000 or better

                Also, it might be nice to scrounge up a few machines to use as render nodes and build your own mini render farm.

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                  jpalm32
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                  I would like to see IES lighting for VUE.
                  Great for landscape applications.

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                    dburdick
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                    @prisoner said:

                    Using SU with Vue (plus l3dt for terrain creation) could be very interesting for me (rendering outdoor top view maps), but rendering with parallel perspective would be necessary. Does anybody know if Vue can do this by now? I tried Vue once 1-2 years ago and from what I can recall there was no way to render orthogonal views. Would be great if that changed. Vue master solo?

                    Hi There. You can render orthagonal views in Vue, but it's currently limited to the size of the viewport. I can render out 1600 x 1024 orthagonals on my 1900 x 1280 screen.

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                      Prisoner
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                      @dburdick said:

                      Hi There. You can render orthagonal views in Vue, but it's currently limited to the size of the viewport. I can render out 1600 x 1024 orthagonals on my 1900 x 1280 screen.

                      Thanks for the info. That's a shame because what I need is more like 8k x 8k. Could have been the perfect tool 😞

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                        Prisoner
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                        Using SU with Vue (plus l3dt for terrain creation) could be very interesting for me (rendering outdoor top view maps), but rendering with parallel perspective would be necessary. Does anybody know if Vue can do this by now? I tried Vue once 1-2 years ago and from what I can recall there was no way to render orthogonal views. Would be great if that changed. Vue master solo?

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                          thecravatman
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                          @dburdick said:

                          Hi Tim, when you say "latest downloads" do mean Vue 8 or just the latest downloads of your earlier Vue versions?

                          Thanks for the follow up Dave, I tried 8 complete and also 8.5 ple and trial version, don't tell me they only work with registered versions?
                          The pc spec is useful, I aim to start with 12 meg and move on to 24 when the system works well.

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                            dburdick
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                            @thecravatman said:

                            @dburdick said:

                            Hi Tim, when you say "latest downloads" do mean Vue 8 or just the latest downloads of your earlier Vue versions?

                            Thanks for the follow up Dave, I tried 8 complete and also 8.5 ple and trial version, don't tell me they only work with registered versions?
                            The pc spec is useful, I aim to start with 12 meg and move on to 24 when the system works well.

                            It's entirely possible the SU to Vue exporter won't work with the trial versions because they are older build numbers than the registered versions - I need to check this - thanks for pointing this out.

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                              KarolinaLundbladh
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              Hi Tim,

                              What version of Vue are you using? You must have Vue 8 or later (build # 51429 or higher) in order to read the exported .vob files. The problems experienced by others were those using the Sketchup 7 on the Mac which has a ruby problem. Sketchup 8 on the Mac and Sketcup 7 and 8 on the PC work just fine with the exporter.

                              On the upgrade options for Vue 8 Complete, you have the ability to upgrade to Vue 9 Complete when it becomes available. There is also a trade-in path where you can trade in you Vue 8 Conplete to Infinite for $495. In your case however, given that you are using Max 2011, I would recommend waiting for Vue 9 xStream (should be released in a couple of weeks). Vue xStream can work in standalone mode or as a Plugin inside of Max/Maya/XSI/Lightwave/C4D and it's fully integrated in with the render engines of those systems.

                              Hi Dave,

                              I have just purchased Vue 8 Studio + the SketchUp exporter. I'm using SketchUp 7 Pro on my Mac and Vue is not able to read the .vob files that I export from SketchUp. Can the "ruby problem" with SketchUp 7 on Mac be solved?

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                                d12dozr
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                                Hi Dave,
                                I see that Vue 9 Complete is due to be released soon, around the same time as the Vue 8 Complete sale is due to end (that makes sense, I guess πŸ˜„ ), so I want to ask for advice...

                                I'm going to purchase Complete, preferably version 9, is it going to be on sale or am I better off buying Vue 8 Complete and then upgrading to 9?

                                Also, that relighting looks awesome...will that be available in Vue 9 Artist versions?

                                Thanks,
                                Marcus

                                3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                  d12dozr
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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  there is no longer a version of SU7 available.

                                  BTW, you can still get SU7 here: http://sketchup.google.com/gsu7/download.html

                                  3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                  http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                    solo
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                                    Marcus, I believe the relight should be available with all versions as it works with the render post dialogue, I am using 9 inf (there is no lower version in the beta test group)

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

                                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                      Hieru
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                                      I'm a little confused.

                                      Is the new SU plugin compable with Vue 64?

                                      www.davidhier.co.uk

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                                        d12dozr
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                                        Sweet, thanks Pete.

                                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
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                                          dburdick
                                          last edited by

                                          @d12dozr said:

                                          Hi Dave,
                                          I see that Vue 9 Complete is due to be released soon, around the same time as the Vue 8 Complete sale is due to end (that makes sense, I guess πŸ˜„ ), so I want to ask for advice...

                                          I'm going to purchase Complete, preferably version 9, is it going to be on sale or am I better off buying Vue 8 Complete and then upgrading to 9?

                                          Also, that relighting looks awesome...will that be available in Vue 9 Artist versions?

                                          Thanks,
                                          Marcus

                                          Hi Marcus,

                                          Good question. You can save around $100 by buying either Vue 8 Complete ($299) or the Vue 8 Complete Architectural Bundle ($329) and then the Upgrade to Vue 9 complete is $199. The Standard List Price for Vue 9 Complete will be $599. There will not be a sale of Vue 9 products for quite while - probably not until mid 2011 or later.

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                                            dburdick
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                                            @hieru said:

                                            I'm a little confused.

                                            Is the new SU plugin compable with Vue 64?

                                            Yes, the Sketchup Vue Exporter runs with all Vue Platforms (Win 32, Win 64, Mac 32, Mac 64)

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