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      optimaforever
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      @bob james said:

      Off Topic Nit Pick

      @optimaforever said:

      su4you's incredible slice

      Isn't Slice made by TIG? 😎

      TIG's "sliceR" I think.

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        Whaat
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        @rv1974 said:

        P.S. Are you planning some updates\new versions in the near future?

        Actually...yes. I am nearing the release of a significant update. Stay tuned πŸ˜„

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          juju
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          @whaat said:

          Actually...yes. I am nearing the release of a significant update. Stay tuned πŸ˜„

          Do tell!

          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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            rv1974
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            1. Multiple not connected edges as one path.
            2. Move\scale\rotate randomization for assembly parts.
            3. Easy path access.

            I'd buy the upcoming version 3 times for those ones 😎

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              Whaat
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              @juju said:

              @whaat said:

              Actually...yes. I am nearing the release of a significant update. Stay tuned πŸ˜„

              Do tell!

              very soon...I'll probably be posting a promo video within the next few days.

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                optimaforever
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                One thing that frustrates me now:

                When trying to save a profile or an assembly on the local drive (C:\userXXX\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\SketchUp\Plugins\DM_ProfileBuilder2\Libraries)
                Windows 7 never allows me to write the file there unless I launch SU as an admin (which is pretty annoying as Win7 keeps me asking "are you sure?" non stop).

                Now my workaround is to save the profile/aseembly to the desktop (which is surprisingly "writeable" through SU) and then remove the file to the right place with the help of Explorer.exe ...

                Is there a hack to enable direct file-writing in the AppData section without having to be in Admin mode?

                Another request:

                Is it possible to get a LOD approach in the profiles?
                By default in your Profiles Library, a circle is made of 24 edges.
                If I use it for a complex assembly, I end up with a very highpoly mesh.

                For Close-ups it would be a good thing.
                For long-range, it will be a total overkill.

                With a LOD option, I'd select a circle preset (instead of crawling through endless dimension-basenamed different circle presets like DIA5090 DIA5100 etc.), enter the diameter, enter the precision (number of edges) and the profile generated would be ideally suited to all types of cases.

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                  Whaat
                  last edited by

                  @optimaforever said:

                  One thing that frustrates me now:

                  When trying to save a profile or an assembly on the local drive (C:\userXXX\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\SketchUp\Plugins\DM_ProfileBuilder2\Libraries)
                  Windows 7 never allows me to write the file there unless I launch SU as an admin (which is pretty annoying as Win7 keeps me asking "are you sure?" non stop).

                  Now my workaround is to save the profile/aseembly to the desktop (which is surprisingly "writeable" through SU) and then remove the file to the right place with the help of Explorer.exe ...

                  Is there a hack to enable direct file-writing in the AppData section without having to be in Admin mode?

                  Another request:

                  Is it possible to get a LOD approach in the profiles?
                  By default in your Profiles Library, a circle is made of 24 edges.
                  If I use it for a complex assembly, I end up with a very highpoly mesh.

                  For Close-ups it would be a good thing.
                  For long-range, it will be a total overkill.

                  With a LOD option, I'd select a circle preset (instead of crawling through endless dimension-basenamed different circle presets like DIA5090 DIA5100 etc.), enter the diameter, enter the precision (number of edges) and the profile generated would be ideally suited to all types of cases.

                  The LOD feature would be cool. I'll consider that.

                  I have to advise you to please not save your profiles and assemblies in the appdata folder, especially in the DM_ProfileBuilder folder. Newer versions of PB2 will not even allow you to save here. If you install an updated version, you will likely lose all of your library files if they are saved here!

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                    optimaforever
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                    OK thanks for the reply.

                    Is there a way to keep Profile Builder from refreshing the thumbnail when tweaking an assembly?
                    During very complex assembly building, it can be quite a hassle to wait for it to refresh, even for a mm tweaking...

                    And I guess the ability to DUPLICATE an assembly's element (copy/paste the properties) would be very handy too... but I suppose a feature like this is in the pipeline already...?

                    Anyway just like Railclone in Max, nothing beats the witnessing of the automatic generation of a perfectly programmed assembly that would have taken hours of painful manual modeling... πŸ’š

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                      optimaforever
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                      One more thing...

                      If we could reverse the path for the assemblies like we can do for the profiles, it would be great!
                      Now I have to weld the lines, and revert the spline with FredoTools... quite time consuming sometimes.

                      And... πŸ˜„
                      If we could access to fast presets (let's say 3-4 presets that remain loaded in RAM without having to reload them again from the browser), it would be perfect!

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                        Whaat
                        last edited by

                        @optimaforever said:

                        One more thing...

                        If we could reverse the path for the assemblies like we can do for the profiles, it would be great!
                        Now I have to weld the lines, and revert the spline with FredoTools... quite time consuming sometimes.

                        Look for this feature in the upcoming version 2.1 πŸ˜„

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                          optimaforever
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                          Great! If you need betatesters... πŸ˜‰

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                            juju
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                            @whaat said:

                            Look for this feature in the upcoming version 2.1 πŸ˜„

                            take my money already!

                            Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                              Whaat
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                              to be released very soon... πŸ˜„

                              [flash=640,390:3u1ko8je]http://www.youtube.com/v/WTL-ykLdiAU[/flash:3u1ko8je]

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                                pbacot
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                                I need to use this tool more. I am not up to date in all it can do. Though I am not looking for BOM much, this is really impressive!

                                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                  optimaforever
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                                  @rv1974 said:

                                  Will v.2.1 deliver something besides reports (3D as we know it) ?

                                  only thing i'm sure of: reversable path on assemblies πŸ˜‰

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                                    rv1974
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                                    Will v.2.1 deliver something besides those reports (3D as we know it) ?

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                                      Whaat
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                                      @rv1974 said:

                                      Will v.2.1 deliver something besides those reports (3D as we know it) ?
                                      Yes, there are a few other small features added (like re-building multiple profile members with one operation). There will also be a new license system that will support volume licensing.

                                      There are also a ton of bug-fixes

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                                        rv1974
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                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        re-building multiple profile members with one operation

                                        Could you please post a brief gif to illustrate the feature?

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                                          Whaat
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                                          @rv1974 said:

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          re-building multiple profile members with one operation

                                          Could you please post a brief gif to illustrate the feature?

                                          If you have PB2, you know the right-click context menu feature 'Rebuild Member'? Now you can select multiple profile members and then activate this feature instead of just one.

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                                            optimaforever
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                                            Thanks Dale,

                                            One thing that could be handy is to be able to build assemblies from presets.
                                            I mean, having to reencode the railings for each assemblies is really time consuming, not to mention each tweaking needs an update of the thumbnail, which is sometimes boring...

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