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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      @arjunmax09 said:

      but vray doesn't accept this..It only remembers the default location settings that is of boulder colorado...what should i do to fix this......I'm using Sketchup Pro 7.1

      I've never had problems with this in VfSU 1.05.30. I always worked with it where the location where set to Trondheim, Norway.

      What do you mean it doesn't "accept" it?

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

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        arjunmax09
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        @thomthom said:

        What do you mean it doesn't "accept" it?

        it means that vray uses the default settings i.e. boulder colorado......if i change my north axis by going to model info.....it also doesn't support the north.....for example if i rotated the north angle by 30 degrees ....vray will not know that the north direction has been rotated by 30 degrees

        when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          Not even if you reload the model?

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

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            arjunmax09
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            @thomthom said:

            Not even if you reload the model?

            yes the problem persists even if i reload the model...have you ever experienced it i mean with boulder, colorado??

            when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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              martinez001
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              TIG,

              I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                @martinez001 said:

                TIG,
                I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?
                Open the Ruby Console and type $e45s=0 then press <enter> this changes the angle.
                And using $e45s=1 changes it back... 😕

                TIG

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
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                  @martinez001 said:

                  TIG,

                  I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?

                  You can also flip shadows with the "enter North angle" tool under the Solar North tool palette--after using this EXCELLENT plugin. We always fudge on the north elevations (northern hemisphere) for presentations sake but I assume if the west elevation is wrong I'll hear from my clients!

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                    CGulland
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                    Anyone know if Elev45Shadows.rb will work in SU 2013? Or can direct me to an alternative plugin for creating 45 degree shadows for architectural elevations?

                    Many thanks

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
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                      It should work 😕 , but NOT with geolocation set, AND also you'll now need a separate SKP set up for each elevation - in earlier SketchUps you could have different locations in different Scenes...
                      This tool has to set the location, time etc for each elevation in turn to achieve a proper 45 degree shadow []which obviously can't be done in a fixed geolocation - so it's not possible with just one fixed [geo]location...

                      TIG

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                      • demD Offline
                        dem
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                        dont work in su 2014(
                        45.png

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Set sun for shading ?
                          Set UTC to 0 and it then works...
                          I'm looking at why it differs from earlier versions.
                          It is ~8 years old !
                          The default template has UTC-7 ?
                          The shadowinfo "TZOffset" should be forced to 0 ?
                          There's a typo in the ancient code - it says "TZoffset" NOT "TZOffset", so you currently still have to manually change the UTC = 0 😒

                          At least you can force it to work, I'll look at how it might be auto-run right...


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                          TIG

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                          • demD Offline
                            dem
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                            Thanks, UTC was whong in template))) default was 7 or 8

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              BUT I am working on an improvement fix to auto-set UTC=0...

                              TIG

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Version v1.4 is now available at the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Elev45shadows
                                Please read the guidance accessed via 'More Info'

                                TIG

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                                  Cubcrafter
                                  last edited by

                                  Is there an easy way to change the shadow angle from 45 to some other angle with this plugin?

                                  Larry

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    No.
                                    Not unless you do some mind-numbing trig/geometry/maths...
                                    I couldn't do it !

                                    TIG

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                                      putnik
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                                      TIG, we quite often set correct Geo location for our models. It would be great if there was an option in this amazingly useful script to revert back to the previously set Geo location.

                                      I find it's easy enough to apply Elev45 temporarily to a select scene, and then revert the model back to the proper geo location, rather than fiddle with the importing files into a new SKP file etc. At the moment I manually type in the Geo location after letting Elev45 have its way with my model. A 'revert to previous geo location' button would be better. Is this possible to do?

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                                        johndoe1982
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                                        I can't get this plugin working on my mac/SU 2015....I thought I just needed to put the .rbz file in my plugins folder

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                                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                                          Krisidious
                                          last edited by

                                          Just a reminder... I love this plugin. it's great having an architecturally astute plugin developer like TIG making these gems for us. Thanks TIG.

                                          By: Kristoff Rand
                                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @johndoe1982 said:

                                            I can't get this plugin working on my mac/SU 2015....I thought I just needed to put the .rbz file in my plugins folder
                                            You thought wrong !
                                            It's Extension/Plugin RBZ installation 101...
                                            Use the SketchUp > Preferences > Extensions > Install... button
                                            The contents of the selected RBZ are automatically extracted into the correct folder locations for you, and loaded...
                                            There after when SketchUp restarts an installed tool will also load...
                                            If you are computerly-challenged... then perhaps get the SketchUcation PluginStore Toolset from the link in Resources menu above [installed from the RBZ you can download] - thereafter you can use that to AutoInstall any of the Plugins listed in the PluginStore from within SketchUp via a simple to use dialog, without even worrying about getting their RBZ etc... It also gives you loads of other goodies too...

                                            TIG

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