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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      @utiler said:

      Neat TIG!! DO you ever get time to work for money???
      This is a little like GOH's 1001Shadows, right?
      http://www.1001shadows.com/en/index.html
      👍

      Not the same thing, this shows shadows cast on selected faces by objects, I don't have that tool but I think 1001shadows projects all onto the 'ground' [of course if you have a ground-plane face selected my tool does the same]. My tool also has options of displaying the shadows - from a line, to a face, to a face with statistics...

      TIG

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
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        @d0n said:

        really useful plugin
        Would it be possible to add an option to pick the source of the shadow ? say I only want to see the projected shadow from 1 component on 1 selected face
        Select the objects you don't want to cast shadows and temporarily group them, then either put the group onto an 'off' layer or hide that group OR simply Edit>Cut the unwanted items. Then do the shadows and the unseen grouped/cut objects are ignored; then unhide the temporary group and explode it OR Edit>PastInPlace to restore the objects ?

        TIG

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        • PixeroP Offline
          Pixero
          last edited by

          Wow, thanks TIG this seem to be exactly what I wished for a little while ago. To bad it's too late for that perticular project but there will be more I'm sure.
          Thanks!

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          • StinkieS Offline
            Stinkie
            last edited by

            Cool! Thanks! 👍

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            • simon le bonS Offline
              simon le bon
              last edited by

              Hi TIG 😄 ☀

              How many smart tools from you I haven't tested? a bunch of them I guess: it's a pity (but they are carefully bookmarked 😉 ).

              This one one more time, is full of potential 👍 👍 👍


              http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/thShadowProjector_TIG_001.jpg

              +++
              http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/iSimon/759.gif
              simon

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                Perhaps it's my Christmas Present to SCF...
                I've been working on it for some time... and I finally got a moment to polish if up for its release...

                TIG

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                • mitcorbM Offline
                  mitcorb
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                  Hi, TIG:
                  Another great tool from you.

                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                  • simon le bonS Offline
                    simon le bon
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Perhaps it's my Christmas Present to SCF...

                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/iSimon/penguin-1.gif
                    👍 👍

                    😎
                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/iSimon/rul1ek75-1.gif

                    *s

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                    • jolranJ Offline
                      jolran
                      last edited by

                      Cool idea, TIG! 👍

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                      • D Offline
                        darospa
                        last edited by

                        fantastic!!!! a great help for architectural drawings instead of cheap renderings

                        thank you

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          @utiler said:

                          Neat TIG!! DO you ever get time to work for money???
                          This is a little like GOH's 1001Shadows, right?
                          http://www.1001shadows.com/en/index.html
                          👍

                          Not the same thing, this shows shadows cast on selected faces by objects, I don't have that tool but I think 1001shadows projects all onto the 'ground' [of course if you have a ground-plane face selected my tool does the same]. My tool also has options of displaying the shadows - from a line, to a face, to a face with statistics...

                          That's pretty cool, TIG. 👍

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • pbacotP Offline
                            pbacot
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                            Something cool about this but not sure how someone makes use of it. Is it only so you can export a polygon and use it in a CAD rendering (2d)?

                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @pbacot said:

                              Something cool about this but not sure how someone makes use of it. Is it only so you can export a polygon and use it in a CAD rendering (2d)?
                              It's as useful as you think up uses for it... 😕
                              For example, checking the % of solar shading on some selected glazing at a certain Date/Time.
                              Getting the area [sq'/sqm] of perhaps some selected glazing or a solar-panel that's receiving [or not receiving] direct sunlight...
                              Because faces using a translucent material don't show normal shadows you can now use this tool to add a visible translucent 'gray' shadow-group face [with no edges] onto selected window-glass etc, to fake these shadows in a Sup render...
                              DAE files etc don't contain shadow info but you can now include a faced snapshot of the shadows if desired.
                              I only invented the tool - you lot need to come up with uses for it... 😉

                              TIG

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                              • simon le bonS Offline
                                simon le bon
                                last edited by

                                Dear Tig,

                                @tig said:

                                Because faces using a translucent material don't show normal shadows you can now use this tool to add a visible translucent 'gray' shadow-group face [with no edges] onto selected window-glass etc, to fake these shadows in a Sup render...

                                That was exactly what I wanted to experiment: colored glasses and their colored shadows...

                                Glasses and bottle are drawn , but 😕 I can't make to "ShadowProjector" draw their shadows.. Probably too complex shapes.

                                http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/thShadowProjector_TIG_002.jpg

                                😒 simon

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                                • D Offline
                                  driven
                                  last edited by

                                  Simon,
                                  what scale are you trying at, is it a small triangle issue... just a thought
                                  john

                                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                                  • simon le bonS Offline
                                    simon le bon
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi John

                                    You are right in the way I never take enough care of the scale !!! 😉
                                    In this occurrence, the scale is not too small but too big: a glass of 135cm width !! You may be thirsty 😲


                                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/thShadowProjector_TIG_004.jpg

                                    ++simon

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Is the orange face 'reversed' - view in Monochrome mode to see.
                                      Shadows are only cast onto front faces.
                                      Also there is an issue with tiny faces/holes and groups/instances placed exactly onto a face and casting a shadow.
                                      I'm doing a fix now...

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Here's v1.1 http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=371243#p371243
                                        1.1 20111214 Addressed issues with tiny faces/holes and group/instance sitting on face whilst casting a shadow.

                                        TIG

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                                        • simon le bonS Offline
                                          simon le bon
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi TIG 😉

                                          This tool is a great idea ++ 👍
                                          I'm very sorry The updated rb doesn't work at all and anymore for me (and the first version is overwrited arghhh!).

                                          Please can you pick an eye on my following SketchUp 7 model ?

                                          TIG_shadowProjector002.skp

                                          Sorry for trouble 😕

                                          ++simon

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @simon le bon said:

                                            Hi TIG 😉

                                            This tool is a great idea ++ 👍
                                            I'm very sorry The updated rb doesn't work at all and anymore for me (and the first version is overwrited arghhh!).

                                            Please can you pick an eye on my following SketchUp 7 model ?

                                            [attachment=1:12he1z9c]<!-- ia1 -->TIG_shadowProjector002.skp<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:12he1z9c]

                                            Sorry for trouble 😕

                                            ++simon
                                            I can get it to work with reduced complexity [removing the 'glass']...
                                            [attachment=0:12he1z9c]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:12he1z9c]
                                            I don't have v1.0 either 😒 [lost it!]
                                            I'll investigate...


                                            Capture.PNG

                                            TIG

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