[Plugin] Camera Settings Export/Import

careca

hi Aerilius, thomthom, all.

thanks for the feedback, i have updated the script accordingly and replaced it in my original post.

regards,
martin

p.s. advanced camera tools would be great - maybe you can convince our sysadmins to install it for us

thomthom

@careca said:

p.s. advanced camera tools would be great - maybe you can convince our sysadmins to install it for us

Should be bundled with SketchUp 8... Maybe you need to enable it under you list of Extensions?

Anyway - looking forward to seeing more plugin creations!

rv1974

Could you add support for hidden geometry, visible layers, style and shadows please?

jpalm32

Is that a pro tool only? Not in my free 8.
Not in Ext. list either

thomthom

@jpalm32 said:

Is that a pro tool only? Not in my free 8.
Not in Ext. list either

Ah! Now that's a good point! Could very well be a Pro feature. Didn't think of that.

careca

@unknownuser said:

Re: [Plugin] Camera Settings Export/Import

Postby rv1974 on Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:36 am
Could you add support for hidden geometry, visible layers, style and shadows please?

thanks for your comment - but to be honest, this was not the intention of this plugin, I only wanted to transfer camera settings between files. going into "hidden geometry, visible layers, style and shadows" will require to write a script for transferring complete scenes/pages, a completely different approach...

martin

careca

"...with Maintenance 2 release, ACT installs with SketchUp 8.

jpalm32

@careca said:

"...with Maintenance 2 release, ACT installs with SketchUp 8.

Not free version! Unless I'm getting a missing module.

mirale999

Great plugin~ I was worrying how to compare two designs the very last minute~

floffy1983

Works exactly as advertised,thank you.

TIG

ACT is a Pro-only add-on...
Just like LayOut, Solid tools, some Exporters/Importers etc...

grasset17

Merci beaucoup pour ce script qui fonctionne à merveille

qazokm

Finally I found it, thanks

lsztuka

I have the same problem with going back to older designs often. The script does what it should in a fast and simple way. It helped me a lot! Thanks!

Oxer

Thanks you very much!!
Very useful for a project that I'm working on.

halroach

Would it be possible to export/import also shadow settings and layer visibility along with the camera scenes?
Basically exporting/importing whole scenes, and not just the cameras?

Oxer

Hi again,
I have installed the plugin in SU2014 on Mac OS X 10.9.4 but it doesn't work, it appears this message in Ruby Console when I try to import the cameras exported:

Error: #<ArgumentError: Cannot create unit vector from zero length vector> /Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:240:ininitialize'
/Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:240:in new' /Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:240:in block in run_import_camera'
/Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:184:in each' /Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:184:in run_import_camera'
/Users/Oxer/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/camera_export_import.rb:45:in block in <module:NN_Camera_Export_Import>' -e:1:in call'`

The plugin works fine on SU2013, the file exported with SU2013 it's opened perfectly with SU2014.
If this can help you, here the content of the SU_export_camera.txt files for SU2013 & SU2014, the cameras exported are the same for SU2013 & SU2014:

SU_export_camera.txt file generated by SU2013

Escena 1xxxxx114.776582759505xxxxx-470.759756047837xxxxx255.52670318483xxxxx-4.73467719892792xxxxx394.780293580179xxxxx-156.71068082903xxxxx-0.0583630895867597xxxxx0.42268478698106xxxxx0.904395555400768xxxxx1xxxxx35.0 Escena 2xxxxx284.515642984778xxxxx24.4839257174341xxxxx100.474199327822xxxxx-646.416139390573xxxxx156.269579438326xxxxx-121.743571298921xxxxx-0.227740570706893xxxxx0.0322396770177899xxxxx0.973187975511354xxxxx1xxxxx35.0

SU_export_camera.txt file generated by SU2014

["Escena 1", "xxxxx", 114.776582759505, "xxxxx", -470.759756047837, "xxxxx", 255.52670318483, "xxxxx", -4.73467719892792, "xxxxx", 394.780293580179, "xxxxx", -156.71068082903, "xxxxx", -0.05836308958675972, "xxxxx", 0.4226847869810601, "xxxxx", 0.9043955554007682, "xxxxx", 1, "xxxxx", 35.0] ["Escena 2", "xxxxx", 284.515642984778, "xxxxx", 24.4839257174341, "xxxxx", 100.474199327822, "xxxxx", -646.416139390573, "xxxxx", 156.269579438326, "xxxxx", -121.743571298921, "xxxxx", -0.22774057070689294, "xxxxx", 0.032239677017789896, "xxxxx", 0.9731879755113538, "xxxxx", 1, "xxxxx", 35.0]

TIG

This is because the way the data is compiled from the array into a string in Ruby1.8 is different to Ruby2. It is currently incompatible with v2014 !
Here is how to fix it...
Open the file in Notepad++ on PC or TextWrangler on the MAC.
Find line #152, which reads:
myfile.write(new_array_entry.to_s)
Change it to read

if Sketchup.version.to_i < 14
  myfile.write(new_array_entry.to_s)
else ### >=v2014
  new_array_entry.each{|e| myfile.write(e) }
end

Save it and restart SketchUp.
Now it should write the same format of data-file in all versions of SketchUp.
The import [reading] part should remain unaffected across versions...

TIG

Because the author allows future changes by others, I have made v1.2 compatible with all SketchUp versions - available here http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=camera_export_import

Oxer

Thanks TIG!!