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    • Didier BurD Offline
      Didier Bur
      last edited by

      Am I stupid or missing something ?
      There's no other way to set the North in GS6_free than loading Google Earth, select the town, capture the view with GE plugin to set Lat/lon coordinates, etc, etc.

      So here is a little tool to do it without Google Earth, simply enter the north angle relative to the green axis, clockwise. The script will temporarily display the current North if not displayed.
      The command is in the "View" menu.

      Get the latest version from the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=gs6_north


      This is the OLD version !
      Get the latest RBZ from the PluginStore...

      DB

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        And what about the localisation?
        Is it automatic from the time zone of the computer system or it's not possible on the SU6 free?

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • Didier BurD Offline
          Didier Bur
          last edited by

          Pilou,
          Pas d'onglet "Emplacement" dans GS6 Free... πŸ‘Ž

          DB

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            So it's always same shadows with the ruby North?

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • J Offline
              Jim
              last edited by

              I need to advertise more.

              Link Preview Image
              Plugin: Model Location

              * This plug-in was made for SketchUp version 6 Free because it lacked the dialog (which Pro had) to change these settings. This has become ...

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              (sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

              Hi

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              • F Offline
                Fletch
                last edited by

                Yes you do, Jim, you rock!
                Thanks to you too, Didier! (for like the 100th time...) What would we do without you?

                Fletch
                Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                • F Offline
                  Fletch
                  last edited by

                  Didier, your tool for setting custom north angle still works perfectly in SU8 free.
                  😍

                  Fletch
                  Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                  • Didier BurD Offline
                    Didier Bur
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    still works perfectly in SU8 free
                    πŸŽ‰ 😍

                    DB

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                    • irwanwrI Offline
                      irwanwr
                      last edited by

                      does it still work with SketchUp 8?

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                      • andybotA Offline
                        andybot
                        last edited by

                        @irwanwr - did you see this? This one works great and does work in SU8 free

                        @jim said:

                        I need to advertise more.

                        Link Preview Image
                        Plugin: Model Location

                        * This plug-in was made for SketchUp version 6 Free because it lacked the dialog (which Pro had) to change these settings. This has become ...

                        favicon

                        (sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

                        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @irwanwr said:

                          does it still work with SketchUp 8?

                          This doesn't really give much helpful information back to the developer. What "doesn't work"? Error message? Unexpected results from usage? Please provide more information when reporting problems - it's is impossible for us ( developers ) to guess what the issue is - could be any number of reasons.

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • irwanwrI Offline
                            irwanwr
                            last edited by

                            πŸ˜† sorry people. i was wondering.
                            since in the SketchUp 8 Free version it seems that the "set north angle" doesn't work.
                            unless i missed something there.
                            that's why i've been wandering around the Plugin Index. looking for something to replace that Pro feature for the Free version.
                            it's quite tiring now, to set latitude and longitude manually every time and then realising that you need to rotate the whole model to adjust the position for the correct illustration.

                            any info or hint? thank you.

                            [ed] thank you, andy. πŸ‘ no, i didn't see that. it's a link with not much of description what it was πŸ˜› .. but, that's look like it. funny though i visited Jim's site for his cline before πŸ˜„
                            erm... but Jim said there;

                            @unknownuser said:

                            • This plug-in was made for SketchUp version 6 Free because it lacked the dialog (which Pro had) to change these settings. This has become obsolete since SU 7.

                            what's that supposed to mean? i am planning to use only SU 8 now.

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                            • GaieusG Offline
                              Gaieus
                              last edited by

                              I do not know about Didier's plugin (never used) but yes, Jim's plugin works in SU 8 free, too.

                              Gai...

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                              • irwanwrI Offline
                                irwanwr
                                last edited by

                                @jim said:

                                I need to advertise more.

                                Link Preview Image
                                Plugin: Model Location

                                * This plug-in was made for SketchUp version 6 Free because it lacked the dialog (which Pro had) to change these settings. This has become ...

                                favicon

                                (sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

                                now, i understand what was that supposed to mean
                                Jim should've make that Model Location instead πŸ˜†

                                thank you andybot, Thomas, and Csaba πŸ˜„

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                                • andybotA Offline
                                  andybot
                                  last edited by

                                  @irwanwr said:

                                  erm... but Jim said there;

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  • This plug-in was made for SketchUp version 6 Free because it lacked the dialog (which Pro had) to change these settings. This has become obsolete since SU 7.

                                  what's that supposed to mean? i am planning to use only SU 8 now.

                                  In SU7 free, you could set the north direction (like the plugin does,) which Google then took away in the SU8 free version... it's only available in SU8 pro

                                  http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                  • irwanwrI Offline
                                    irwanwr
                                    last edited by

                                    hi everyone,

                                    i am back. Didier's and Jim's plugin both works well in SketchUp 8! πŸ˜„
                                    with Didier's "Set North" i can change the north angle orientation. and
                                    with Jim's "Model Location" i got the full feature of geolocation

                                    sorry for rushing around and replying without even checking what others have to say up there. especially Jim's and Fletch's post.

                                    you people couldn't stop to amaze me yet with this forum πŸ˜„
                                    i regret those days -erm.. years- without SketchUp 6 and this forum πŸ˜›

                                    SketchUp 8.0.4811 currently.

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Didier has agreed that I might update some of his scripts in the PluginStore.
                                      This is an oldie but it now compatible with all SUp versions [useful in Free/Make where there is no Geolocation...] http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=gs6_north

                                      TIG

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                                      • S Offline
                                        ssw
                                        last edited by

                                        I am using SU 8 free. I am trying to install a plugin that allows me to change north.
                                        Tried Jim's plugin (http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/01/plugin-model-location.html), but it requires inputbox.rb which is not available on jim's site.
                                        I get a message "works on free version only" when I tried Didier's plugin

                                        Any help greatly appreciated

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          I you install the latest version of Didier's tool it does NOT give a message box with that message !
                                          Please get the RBZ that contains the latest version from the Download link button in the recent post [or even the first post] - it's in the SCF PluginStore !
                                          The old RB file in the first post IS out of date [as it says]...

                                          The new version works in all SketchUp versions...

                                          TIG

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                                          • R Offline
                                            robinpecha
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi, great tool, but...
                                            Im using last version available in PlayOnLinux tool which is Google Sketchup 8.0.15158 free.
                                            After installation plugin works.
                                            But from first restart of application it allways show:
                                            "Error Loading File gs6_north.rb
                                            undefined method `file_loaded?' for DBUR:Module"

                                            I must erase plugin manualy. And each time I wont set north, Im installing plugin, setting and then erasing.

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