How to transform a normal room into an Ames Room...?
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hi Simon,
the SU 'Scene and Stage' ruby or the updated 'Advanced Camera Tools' [Pro Only] ruby, combined with Fredo Scale 'tapering to target', is almost working...
I just don't know 'Fredo Scale' well enough, but if you set a 'line' on the "eye line" and use that for the scale orientation it seems to work.
by that I mean all components scale at once, in the right directions.
needs more playing
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Hi John,
thanks again for getting back.
I couldn't find the scene and stage ruby - I will also try the Fredo Scale one last time. Maybe it can be jinxed to behave appropriately.
Best Regards,
Simon
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it's actually the film and stage plugin, the mac version...
sorry
it was for v5, if it doesn't work for any reason post back here and I'll PM my copy that I may [or may-not] have tweaked over the years... -
i did have a bit more of a play trying to sort out a basic workflow, but when you started your new thread I gave up.
here it is if your interested.
build a new room on the wireframe then scale that to the ames room dims.having made one on a drawing-board in the past, I'm just curious to see what SU can do...
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Hi John,
Wow. I'm impressed. That looks pretty good - definately the best so far.
I tried to download the stage plugin - but it said something about PPC and crashed.
I think I will try to develop what you have already started. Thanks again for all your time and help.
Best Regards,
Simon Sieverts
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@driven said:
it's actually the film and stage plugin, the mac version...
sorry
it was for v5, if it doesn't work for any reason post back here and I'll PM my copy that I may [or may-not] have tweaked over the years...There is an update to Film and Stage available for SketchUp 8:
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/download/plugins.htmlIt's now called "Advanced Camera Tools"
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@thomthom said:
It's now called "Advanced Camera Tools"
that ones a "Pro Only" .rbs which is a real shame.
I think Google should price things like this and solid tools as free for 'Pro' or individually for 'Free' users.
The free old one still works on my Intel mac so I had a look and...
the installer Plist has v5 as the target so your better off right clicking it to show package content and then copy/paste the contents of the 'installer items' folder directly into your plugins folder.john
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The old version had many bugs which has been addressed in this new version. In addition to a few improvements. It's not just a repackage.
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@thomthom said:
The old version had many bugs which has been addressed in this new version. In addition to a few improvements. It's not just a repackage.
it looks great, but it's not free,
the mac version of the old one has never given me any grief [i.e. bug-splats],
there was a problem with exporting the camera view, but that wasn't specific to 'film and stage' and that's been sorted out in v8.it's actually one of the ones I leave permanently installed, without any obvious problems.
john
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I scanned the thread briefly, so apologies if it's already been suggested...but wouldn't the easiest way simply be to construct a perfectly normal room then apply FFD 2x2? Why work out all the trigonometry when SU can do it for you?
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