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    • O Offline
      OG1
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      @michaelv said:

      As for creating plugin for the VW crowd, I think it's a matter of use. It is hard to create a plugin for something one either doesn't need or doesn't understand(see the simplicity issue above). Some can create plugin on demand, and it happens. But I think each group of user has to organically refine its own set of tools.
      Granted ruby is not as "simple" to use as one may wish. I wish there was a simplicity rule applied to programming languages too, it has been tried many times too (and there are scripting languages too), but it is just a very very complex task. Ruby is very much going in the right direction, and is already quite an achievement, that is why I'd wish that in SU it didn't become replaced by C (C++, Java, etc..) or other more "technical" languages, even if arguably they are more powerful (or more widely used by programmers). Now they still could be a secondary option for the most advanced programmers, to do the most powerful features. Again a design issue.

      Sorry, I forgot to respond to this. You're right Michaelv. It is, and I didn't really expect the architectural programmers to make them. It was more a "wish" for me. Also why I wished those who had made plugins for the VW area would share them in here as I'm sure there are other VW creators in here besides me and Opal. Thanks for the excellent read!

      I got my bill for paying attention. I got robbed!

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        andybot
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        @alan fraser said:

        I would agree that SU is far more intuitive to learn and user-friendly than Blender. Blender might seem user-friendly to those that have already mastered it; but as far back as a decade ago it had the reputation in the 3D community of being the most unintuitive modelling program out there...and I don't see that's much has changed since then, powerful though it may be

        Well, you haven't tried Blender recently. They've fixed a lot of the awful usability issues in the recent (2.5 and higher) versions... I had thought the same as you because I had tried to learn it before and hated it.

        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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        • opalO Offline
          opal
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          Just a short note about blender. To learn blender, one must be able to SEE the interface.. it's just too small for those of us that are visually challenged which is why sketchup is the program of choice for me.. a UI that is both user friendly and visible with crappy eyesight.
          I gave blender a shot about 3 years ago.. failed and someone told me that a lot had changed/updated since then so a couple months ago, I tried again and could not find any way to make text and buttons large enough to make the program user friendly for me.
          I hope the new owners choose to leave the interface alone.

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            jpalm32
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            Interesting Free BIM Software from Trimble

            http://www.teklabimsight.com/

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              ArCAD-UK
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              @jpalm32 said:

              Interesting Free BIM Software from Trimble

              http://www.teklabimsight.com/

              Now that's an interesting pointer to SUs future...

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              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                Mike Lucey
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                Maybe SketchUp could leverage LeapMotion to bring the modeling experience forward? http://news.sketchucation.com/leapmotion-just-like-star-trek/

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                • michaliszissiouM Offline
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                  @unknownuser said:

                  Just a short note about blender. To learn blender, one must be able to SEE the interface.. it's just too small for those of us that are visually challenged which is why sketchup is the program of choice for me.. a UI that is both user friendly and visible with crappy eyesight.
                  I gave blender a shot about 3 years ago.. failed and someone told me that a lot had changed/updated since then so a couple months ago, I tried again and could not find any way to make text and buttons large enough to make the program user friendly for me.
                  I hope the new owners choose to leave the interface alone.

                  Well, the first I check on a new app is the preferences panel
                  Please, try DPI=100 for instance.
                  Don't forget to click "save as default" if you're happy.


                  Screen shot 2012-05-21 at 4.01.31 PM.png

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                  • Rich O BrienR Online
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                    @michaliszissiou said:

                    Please, try DPI=100 for instance.

                    great tip πŸ‘

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                    • michaliszissiouM Offline
                      michaliszissiou
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                      @Rick
                      πŸ˜†
                      I know, where can we find all these tips? An endless search my friends. And lot of questions on http://blenderartists.org/forum/index.php
                      Seriously, under preferences panel, you'll find a lot of interesting parameters that will make blender a lot more friendly and familiar to SU users.
                      I'll say it again, it's a powerful application. I just found an interesting post and I like to share it with you. On this topic, because beside my love to SU, I can't stay and read all these against blender. Probably, I'm not serious now, I know πŸ˜†

                      A blender modeling, octane renderer.
                      http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?255681-Urban-appartment

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                      • daleD Offline
                        dale
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                        @mike lucey said:

                        Maybe SketchUp could leverage LeapMotion to bring the modeling experience forward? http://news.sketchucation.com/leapmotion-just-like-star-trek/

                        Man Mike, nice find, pre-order for $75.00. WOW! http://www.leapmotion.com/

                        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                        • Mike LuceyM Offline
                          Mike Lucey
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                          @dale said:

                          @mike lucey said:

                          Maybe SketchUp could leverage LeapMotion to bring the modeling experience forward? http://news.sketchucation.com/leapmotion-just-like-star-trek/

                          Man Mike, nice find, pre-order for $75.00. WOW! http://www.leapmotion.com/

                          Not my find, Tavi put me on to it. I just did the follow up. I'd really like to try the LeapMotion out as I think SketchUp would rock with it πŸ‘

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                            Mark H.
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                            Hey all,

                            We've noticed that the discussion on this thread has been moving towards what you all hope for in SketchUp. We're still waiting for the Google/Trimble deal to be approved by Uncle Sam, but we're eager to start a dialogue about the future of SketchUp. This Wednesday, we're planning to host a community chat session on Reddit, so that multiple folks on our team can comment on some of the suggestions that the SketchUp community has offered here and across the web.

                            We've submitted our request to the Reddit moderators, who should approve our event soon and put it on the broader Reddit calendar. Right now we're shooting to run this chat for four hours this Wednesday from 11:30 - 3:30 pm (Mountain time).

                            I'm starting a new thread on to announce this more broadly on SketchUcation, but I thought the folks on this thread would be especially interested. I'll chime in here again with any relevant links and updates on this chat, but the best place to keep track of it is on the other thread.

                            Cheers,

                            Mark

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                              Starling75
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                              @mike lucey said:

                              Maybe SketchUp could leverage LeapMotion to bring the modeling experience forward? http://news.sketchucation.com/leapmotion-just-like-star-trek/

                              πŸ˜„

                              [flash=560,315:b5bmk60f]http://www.youtube.com/v/V5cZtxfeSwg?version=3&amp[/flash:b5bmk60f]

                              http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                                thomthom
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                                ( Mountain Time = GMT -7 )
                                18:30 - 22:30 GMT

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

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                                  pbacot
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                                  @starling75 said:

                                  @mike lucey said:

                                  Maybe SketchUp could leverage LeapMotion to bring the modeling experience forward? http://news.sketchucation.com/leapmotion-just-like-star-trek/

                                  πŸ˜„

                                  [flash=560,315:l98ohx7p]http://www.youtube.com/v/V5cZtxfeSwg?version=3&amp[/flash:l98ohx7p]

                                  That will liven up the architects' offices. Should be quite aerobic at deadline time.

                                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                  • opalO Offline
                                    opal
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                                    @michaliszissiou said:

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    Just a short note about blender. To learn blender, one must be able to SEE the interface.. it's just too small for those of us that are visually challenged which is why sketchup is the program of choice for me.. a UI that is both user friendly and visible with crappy eyesight.
                                    I gave blender a shot about 3 years ago.. failed and someone told me that a lot had changed/updated since then so a couple months ago, I tried again and could not find any way to make text and buttons large enough to make the program user friendly for me.
                                    I hope the new owners choose to leave the interface alone.

                                    Well, the first I check on a new app is the preferences panel
                                    Please, try DPI=100 for instance.
                                    Don't forget to click "save as default" if you're happy.

                                    WHOA! nobody ever told me that DPI had any relation to something besides printing. I'm thrilled! Now I can actually SEE what I don't understand (yet)

                                    tysm!

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                                    • JClementsJ Offline
                                      JClements
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                                      So, how the heck can we get a hold of the "3D Web Viewer" used in the http://www.google.com/sketchup/showcase?

                                      I'd like to create some web pages to display various models.

                                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                        it's using some viewer embedded with...

                                        <iframe src="http://pompidouviewer.appspot.com/viewer.html?Pompidou/nomeclatura_torrecildosimplificada12.dae" scrolling="no" width="645" height="460"/>
                                        

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                        • S Offline
                                          Starling75
                                          last edited by

                                          @rich o brien said:

                                          it's using some viewer embedded with...

                                          <iframe src="http://pompidouviewer.appspot.com/viewer.html?Pompidou/nomeclatura_torrecildosimplificada12.dae" scrolling="no" width="645" height="460"/>
                                          

                                          nice .. http://sites.google.com/site/sandboxdae/

                                          I wonder whether the pompidouviewer app could be converted into google gadget.. it would be very useful for web presentation of models..

                                          http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                                            Mark H.
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                                            Tagging back in, the SketchUp team is now live on Reddit. We'll be posting for the next two hours or so; hope you can join to talk about some of the features that you all have proposed here!

                                            Mark

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