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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
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        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
            last edited by

            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
                  last edited by

                  @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
                        last edited by

                        @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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                          • ntxdaveN Offline
                            ntxdave
                            last edited by

                            @tt_su said:

                            @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.

                            That is good to know. Thanks. I will ignore that setting since I generate PNG files.

                            @tt_su said:

                            @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.

                            I have had a problem a few times when I had to create the image multiple times because of sizing issues. Sometimes I had to increase the width setting. I use AA almost every time (just a habit in creating graphics). I will have to try a couple without the AA and then compare them. I am using the tool to build a catalog/brochure/guide of the components I have built for the company I am doing the work for. I really like the capability this tool adds.

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                            • E Offline
                              Einstein
                              last edited by

                              In SU17 it exports entire model instead of just active entities 😞

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                              • V Offline
                                vidy
                                last edited by

                                @einstein said:

                                In SU17 it exports entire model instead of just active entities 😞

                                You can have it work with SU 2015, that's it, so far no update for latest sketchup from thom2.

                                Regards,
                                VD

                                still so much to learn..

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                                • jenujacobJ Offline
                                  jenujacob
                                  last edited by

                                  hi! since this has not been updated to work with the latest version of sketchup 2019, is there any other plugin that does a similar job?

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                                  • J Offline
                                    jman0war
                                    last edited by

                                    Old thread that i just came across.
                                    I have a need to export PNG with Transparent background.
                                    Found this goodie, but i get an error at load now (SU 2014).
                                    Any ideas?SUError.jpg

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      Ancient version of SketchUp. You probably need an ancient version of TT_Lib2.

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                                      • R Offline
                                        rv1974
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                                        Wow 32bit! when 64bit was introduced?

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