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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      I recommend that people use V-Ray Tools instead. You don't need V-Ray to use it, but it has a better interface for setting the safe frame and exporting.

      http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15491

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

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      • FrederikF Offline
        Frederik
        last edited by

        Why is this plugin not in the SketchUcation plugin store...?
        Is there another plugin, which is better for making a png with alpha/transparency background...?

        Cheers
        Kim Frederik

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        • V Offline
          vojo
          last edited by

          supposedly the VRAY plugin is suppose to be better. However, my experience is that VRAY doesnt do a single thing....just sits there. So I use this plugin extensively (even modified it to get defaults the way I want them).

          Like I said earlier....this pluging works well....would recommend it....VRAY not on my recommended list (there are other plugins from various authors that I would not recommend at all).

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          • FrederikF Offline
            Frederik
            last edited by

            I can highly recommend the [SU]Ch v1.0.1 plugin by renderiza, which also enables the user to make a png-file with alpha/transparency... 😍

            Cheers
            Kim Frederik

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

              @frederik said:

              Why is this plugin not in the SketchUcation plugin store...?
              Is there another plugin, which is better for making a png with alpha/transparency background...?

              It is

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

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @frederik said:

                Why is this plugin not in the SketchUcation plugin store...?
                Is there another plugin, which is better for making a png with alpha/transparency background...?

                It has been superseded by V-Ray Tools. I know it's a bit confusing that it says V-*Ray, but there's an export 2d function there that works better than this plugin.

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

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                • V Offline
                  vojo
                  last edited by

                  oh you guys are going to love this one

                  export 2d stopped working....it would post menus...but no image written
                  (VRAY just never worked for me at all in any way on any day)
                  Tried to reload sketchup couple of times....no avail..still got menus but no actual image write
                  Went into the plugin and changed 1 text string by 1 character
                  (added a space in save file panel title)
                  Reloaded sketchup...works again
                  I suspect its the whole plugin mgmt infrastructure....not so much the actual plugin

                  Just got to love all this "free" stuff

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    It works just fine for me as it comes "out of the box". I would have to conclude that it is a problem on your end and not the plugin.

                    This was created a few moments ago using Export 2D.

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                    • Rich O BrienR Online
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
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                      @Vojo

                      You're contribution here is pretty much negative and unhelpful in every way.

                      Don't be surprised if the Mods react and you find yourself unable to access the forums/site with your account. It is pretty much inevitable at this stage.

                      Try sketchuppluginreviews.com if you want to spread your message

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        "post menus"? What you mean by that?
                        Did you get any error messages in the Ruby Console?

                        Changing the title of the save dialog should have no difference.

                        Only thing I can think of that might break with that fairly simple plugin is the usages of non-english characters - as Ruby 1.8 will then fail. Another thing is that one needs to explicitly type the file type.

                        I cannot reproduce this, so without any error messages I'm unable to do much.
                        SketchUp version and OS would also be useful. (Can be added to your forum profile.)

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

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                        • C Offline
                          crafty1980
                          last edited by

                          Does this work in SU2013? I can't seem to find out where the plugin is installed to! No errors appear when I install it...

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                          • tt_suT Offline
                            tt_su
                            last edited by

                            It works in SU2013. Did you install the RB file from this thread, or the RBZ from the PluginStore?

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                            • onidarbeO Offline
                              onidarbe
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                              If you ever could upgrade this plugin then maybe you could add these things πŸ˜‰ Thank you!

                              1. Keep settings as last used.
                              2. AutoCrop (with a amount of pixels as a border)
                              3. If anything is selected then only that will be exported.
                              4. Multiple exports, using layers or scenes or even for every selected group/component.

                              Thanks again.

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                              • B Offline
                                billiam
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                                I'm having a problem with this plugin, recently when try to export nothing actually happens. No file is ever created. It was working perfectly then all of a sudden stopped. I have already tried deleting the plugins from sketchup plugin folder and re-installing. Still no image is ever created

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
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                                  I answered this in your other post. You must edit the permissions for the Plugins folder so you have FULL administrative privileges.

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                                  • tt_suT Offline
                                    tt_su
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                                    @billiam said:

                                    I'm having a problem with this plugin, recently when try to export nothing actually happens. No file is ever created. It was working perfectly then all of a sudden stopped. I have already tried deleting the plugins from sketchup plugin folder and re-installing. Still no image is ever created

                                    If you open the Ruby Console before using the plugin, does any error messages appear in the console?

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                                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                                      ntxdave
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                                      I am getting very inconsistent results. Sometimes it does not generate and image at all, sometimes it chops of portions of the component, and sometimes the background is not transparent (I get the white background).

                                      If I have multiple components in a model and want to produce separate images of each component, I must hide the components so that only one of them is showing at a time to produce the image (maybe that is the way it is supposed to work).

                                      I have built about 100 components/models and want to build a catalog of them (perhaps in Layout or with some other software) and want to make sure I have transparent images of all of the equipment and this tool is a critical step in achieving that result. I hope there is something I am doing wrong or maybe there is a bug in the plugin.

                                      I am using SU 2014 & LO 2014 on Windows 8.1.

                                      I am attaching 2 SKP files that I consistently have problems with (do not get any image at all).


                                      TunnelHeater_FrontOfTunnel.skp


                                      RockerPanelBrush_35.skp

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                                      • Dave RD Offline
                                        Dave R
                                        last edited by

                                        The brush exported just fine for me. Are you remembering to append .png to the file name?

                                        brush.png

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
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                                          @dave r said:

                                          The brush exported just fine for me. Are you remembering to append .png to the file name?

                                          [attachment=0:2q8ziqup]<!-- ia0 -->brush.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2q8ziqup]

                                          I just tried that with both of the files I had attached and yes, it worked. πŸ‘

                                          Interesting that some times it worked without entering the .png and some times it did not. I will start over and see if I now get all of the images

                                          BTW: Can you address these two settings:
                                          Compression setting - What does it accomplish? What is recommendation?
                                          Antialias setting - Default is No and I have to set it to Yes each time. Any recommendation?

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                                          • tt_suT Offline
                                            tt_su
                                            last edited by

                                            @ntxdave said:

                                            Compression setting - What does it accomplish? What is recommendation?

                                            That applies only to JPEG. Higher value is less compression if I remember correctly.

                                            @ntxdave said:

                                            Antialias setting - Default is No and I have to set it to Yes each time. Any recommendation?

                                            Hmm.. that might be a bug. I actually never use it as I think the AA is too poor. I prefer exporting without AA in a larger size, like double, and resize down in PhotoShop. It's even faster as AA is so slow.

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