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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      I recall that thomthom has devised something that stops Vray auto-running with Sketchup unless you specifically tell it to, or simple activate it when needed...
      Why not post in the SCF Vray forum... or PM TT to see what's involved.
      I expect that you won't want Vray running ALL of the time ?

      TIG

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        @tig said:

        I recall that thomthom has devised something that stops Vray auto-running with Sketchup unless you specifically tell it to, or simple activate it when needed...

        Here, V-Ray Toys. Has other, cool features, too.

        Gai...

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        • shannakaeS Offline
          shannakae
          last edited by

          One last note on this topic, I ended up taking my Mac back and getting an ASUS gaming laptop. I have not had this issue with my new computer... so i am assuming it was something to do with Mac... could have been the retina display or something... Anyway, just thought I would throw it out there as I am using Vray again on my new computer without any issues (knock on wood).

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            I recently got an Asus g75VW..... nice machine and great for CAD

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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            • shannakaeS Offline
              shannakae
              last edited by

              @rich o brien said:

              I recently got an Asus g75VW..... nice machine and great for CAD

              Got the G75V, It is pretty great so far and super fast! Quite a beast though : ).

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              • dkendigD Offline
                dkendig
                last edited by

                V-Ray doesn't use web dialogs, and I am unable to reproduce the issue at all on my machine. We don't handle multiple windows of SU being open on OSX at all, because they have an entirely different way of doing things under that environment. It's something we would like to address soon, but so far have found no simple solution for it. We support 1 SU window open on OSX at a time. If you do open a second window, you will corrupt your scene, get crashes, and other horrible things. Thomthom's utility will likely not be helpful at all with the way the OSX version of SU works.

                Devin Kendig
                Developer

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                • D Offline
                  driven
                  last edited by

                  @dkendig said:

                  It's something we would like to address soon, but so far have found no simple solution for it. We support 1 SU window open on OSX at a time. If you do open a second window, you will corrupt your scene, get crashes, and other horrible things.

                  That's bad, can't you address the child process.

                   pid = Process.pid
                  
                  # Get the child pids.
                  pipe = IO.popen("ps -ef | grep #{pid}")
                  
                  child_pids = pipe.readlines.map do |line|
                    parts = line.split(/\s+/)
                    parts[2] if parts[3] == pid.to_s and parts[2] != pipe.pid.to_s
                  end.compact
                  
                  # Show the child processes.
                  puts child_pids
                   
                  

                  Each new window on mac generates a separate child process.

                  so 3 windows... returns
                  ` 63486
                  63490
                  63493
                  nil

                  `
                  john

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

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                  • dkendigD Offline
                    dkendig
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                    The issue is our asset table that is connected to the scene. We rely on being loaded to do some initialization stuff. Since our plugin is only loaded once, we only have one asset table. Then when a second window is opened, everything from that second instance is tossed in to our asset table, and there are tons of references to things that don't exist in the new model. When you switch back to the first model, everything from the second model messes up the first one... it's just awful. The longer you work with more than one window open, the worse it gets. Eventually you end up with an awful scene, or a bug splat.

                    Devin Kendig
                    Developer

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                    • M Offline
                      make
                      last edited by

                      I get the same thing on my Mac all of the time.

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                      • M Offline
                        make
                        last edited by

                        "V-Ray doesn't use web dialogs, and I am unable to reproduce the issue at all on my machine. We don't handle multiple windows of SU being open on OSX at all, because they have an entirely different way of doing things under that environment. It's something we would like to address soon, but so far have found no simple solution for it. We support 1 SU window open on OSX at a time. If you do open a second window, you will corrupt your scene, get crashes, and other horrible things. Thomthom's utility will likely not be helpful at all with the way the OSX version of SU works."

                        Would you send an email to all Mac OS users explaining this?

                        It would be very helpful!!!!!

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                        • dkendigD Offline
                          dkendig
                          last edited by

                          Most of our OSX users are aware of this, but you're right, the information isn't really in anyone's face. It needs to be fixed! The info is out there somewhere for the 1.49.01 version, I know our support guys are aware of it at least. It's been an issue since our first OSX version. I would like to have this issue resolved prior to releasing 1.6 as a final release though.

                          Devin Kendig
                          Developer

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                          • M Offline
                            make
                            last edited by

                            Screen-Shot-2013-07-03-at-2.19.jpgI get the blank screen now with only 1 file open and it is in the finder too. It disappears when I quit Sketchup.

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                            • dkendigD Offline
                              dkendig
                              last edited by

                              can you reliably reproduce this issue by following certain steps? I can't fix what I can't reproduce, I'm still not getting this error in my tests.

                              Devin Kendig
                              Developer

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                                make
                                last edited by

                                @dkendig said:

                                can you reliably reproduce this issue by following certain steps? I can't fix what I can't reproduce, I'm still not getting this error in my tests.

                                I'll give it a shot.

                                Thanks!!!

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                                • P Offline
                                  Phiebelo
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi,

                                  I am having the same issue with the white rectangle. I'm on an iMac with sketch up 8 and Vray 1.49.
                                  I can reproduce it. If I edit a rectangular light, without having the options window open and then press the 'OK' button in the "light editor" it leaves a rectangle the size of the "light editor" window.
                                  If I keep the options window op Vray open and then do the same, I don't have the issue.

                                  To make the white rectangle go away I have to render a complete scene. I mean, if I close the render window before it finishes the render, the white rectangle stays.

                                  To by pass this utmost irritating issue, I keep the Vray options window open and just press the yellow round button to make it go to dock. Sometimes I forget and close the window by pressing the red one...

                                  Also (just found out) sometimes when the white rectangle is there and I open the Vray options window (really open it, not bringing it back from the dock), the white rectangle disappears.

                                  Menno

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                                  • dkendigD Offline
                                    dkendig
                                    last edited by

                                    what version are you using? We fixed many causes for this issue in the 3rd release candidate.

                                    Devin Kendig
                                    Developer

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                                    • P Offline
                                      Phiebelo
                                      last edited by

                                      @dkendig said:

                                      what version are you using? We fixed many causes for this issue in the 3rd release candidate.

                                      I'm using the free version of Sketchup 8 (8.0.16845) and downloaded the Vray demo version for OSX version 1.49.01 with core 1.90.03. Downloaded it a few days ago from the Chaosgroup website. I have a lot of models and scenes to render, so I'm in a hurry! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                      Just discovered that when I had the preferences window open and not any Vray windows and used cmd+[tab] to switch between applications, then I also had the 'white window' issue. I got a white empty version of the Vray window I had last open in Sketchup. This can add up with different windows. After I let Vray render until it finishes completely, the windows disappear.
                                      Again, when I leave the options window open and then open up the preferences window and switch forth and back, I don't have the issue.

                                      Let me know if you need anything more or I can test something else.

                                      Menno

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                                      • dkendigD Offline
                                        dkendig
                                        last edited by

                                        ah, yeah the beta version should have a fix for this

                                        Devin Kendig
                                        Developer

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                                        • P Offline
                                          Phiebelo
                                          last edited by

                                          @dkendig said:

                                          ah, yeah the beta version should have a fix for this

                                          How can I get this Beta version?

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                                          • dkendigD Offline
                                            dkendig
                                            last edited by

                                            a final release will be rolling out in a couple of weeks. The beta testing period has ended.

                                            Devin Kendig
                                            Developer

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