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    • A Offline
      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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        thomthom
        last edited by

        Not even if you reload the model?

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          arjunmax09
          last edited by

          @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
            last edited by

            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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              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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                pbacot
                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?

                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
                  last edited by

                  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
                    last edited by

                    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
                      last edited by

                      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...


                        Capture.PNG

                        TIG

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                        • demD Offline
                          dem
                          last edited by

                          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
                                    last edited by

                                    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
                                      last edited by

                                      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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                                        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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                                            Krisidious
                                            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

                                            Take TIG's advice and get the Plugin Store Installer http://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download

                                            You'll get easy installs and uninstalls, sets, updates, plugin backups... and lots more.

                                            By: Kristoff Rand
                                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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