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    • PixeroP Offline
      Pixero
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      @fluid said:

      Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

      Isn't that what LightUp does?

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      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
        jiminy-billy-bob
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        @fluid said:

        Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

        Within a custom Tool, you can draw in the viewport. http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/view#draw2d

        Tomasz from Thea Render even found a way to inject the render in the assembly to be able to see the render in the viewport while using any tool. But that's another master level πŸ˜„

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        • jujuJ Offline
          juju
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          I'm trying to figure out how this differs from Visualizer...

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          • mariochaM Offline
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            Repeated BUGSPLATs, on Windows 7 under Parallels. πŸ˜•

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            • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
              jiminy-billy-bob
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              @juju said:

              I'm trying to figure out how this differs from Visualizer...

              Visualizer is a true renderer (although very limited features). This is "just" Ambient Occlusion.

              It could actually be very interesting if it was happening in the viewport. For client presentation/interaction, etc
              Sometimes you just want to add some depth to the model without a realistic render.

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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                Is the blur in the last image a part of the plugin's function or post pro?

                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                • F Offline
                  fluid
                  last edited by

                  The blur is a ray-traced depth of field done directly by the plugin (in the pro version)

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                  • FrederikF Offline
                    Frederik
                    last edited by

                    @pixero said:

                    @fluid said:

                    Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

                    Isn't that what LightUp does?

                    Thea4SU is also able to do this, hence you're wrong, Nicola...

                    Cheers
                    Kim Frederik

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                      fluid
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                      Thanks for pointing that out, we'll look into it for the upcoming release

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                        fluid
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                        We just did a new release, fixing the Bugsplat that some users were experiencing. You can get it here

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                          sepo
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                          Hmmm...The output looks like Podium version 1.x with no lighting and AO preset. I remember it well as wrote a preset and it was damn fast. If is not real time in the SU viewport it is step backward IMHO.

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                          • pbacotP Offline
                            pbacot
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                            What would realtime in the SU Viewport mean? You could view your models like this while navigating and working on them?

                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                            • olisheaO Offline
                              olishea
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                              would be cool if it baked the textures

                              oli

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                @sepo said:

                                If is not real time in the SU viewport it is step backward IMHO.

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                                • jujuJ Offline
                                  juju
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                                  @fluid said:

                                  We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here: http://www.ambientocclusion-sketchup.com

                                  This new version adds rendering directly inside the SketchUp viewport.

                                  [flash:7ci503sq]https://www.youtube.com/v/Rst3-SoYAvA[/flash:7ci503sq]

                                  nice...

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                                    fluid
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                                    We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, adding support for SketchUp 2015 for Mac and fixing some bugs. You can get it here.

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                                    • olisheaO Offline
                                      olishea
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                                      I like it; simple and effective.

                                      Would be awesome if you had an option to overlay the sketchup lines onto the render in one shot πŸ˜‰ Anti-aliased of course. Should be able to maintain the current sketchup line style too such as line extension.

                                      Many people like to make simple "clay" renders with a line overlay to help reveal details.

                                      A vignette option may also be cool. Goes really well with AO renders.

                                      oli

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                                        fluid
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                                        We just released AmbientOcclusion 1.5.0, you can get it here.
                                        In this version:

                                        • Added hard shadows
                                        • Added opacity control for xray effect

                                        Hard Shadows
                                        X-Ray

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                                          tim
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                                          I'm giving this a quick tryout and so far I quite like what I see. On my 3y.o. iMac it renders modest models very rapidly - my whole-house model is taking quite a while though, unsurprisingly.

                                          Two annoyances I noticed pretty quickly
                                          a) once you've turned on 'render viewport' I can't see a way to turn it off. closing the model window seems to be the only option, followed by reopening. Not as friendly as it could be.
                                          b) it seems to take an interesting view of what is visible and what is not. When rendering my house from a view supposedly only showing the layer for the timber frame the rendering was displaying many other layers but not all. Odd. If you would like to use it for testing I'll happily send you a copy of the model file.

                                          Oh, and I just noticed that it leaves the sliders (used by opacity setting etc) lying around on the screen.

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                                            Jim
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                                            I like it also because it's easy and fast even on my old laptop. But after I do a few renders, SketchUp gets really slow to do anything. Even just creating a box starts lagging. I'm going to guess you are using SketchUp observers inefficiently.

                                            Hi

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