2D export every 5 mins

[masterpaul]

Hi,
I've been searching for a plugin that would automatically 2d export in the background every *set period" of time from a specific scene at a specific file format and resolution.

So far I've been unsuccessful but It would help a lot with trying to explain your concepts and decisions and showcase how the project evolved.

[kaas]

This is actually quite a nice idea and could be useful / fun. Maybe I will give a try to make this when I find the time. Just to make it more easy for me (in case of cross platform differences)... what version SU and OS do you use?

[Jim]

@kaas said:

This is actually quite a nice idea and could be useful / fun. Maybe I will give a try to make this when I find the time. Just to make it more easy for me (in case of cross platform differences)... what version SU and OS do you use?

If using 2017, you could abuse the new Notifications to pop a reminder every 5 minutes instead of actually saving. It might be less annoying than having SketchUp stop responding for a second while it automatically exports the image. Then the user could choose to export or ignore the Notification.

In versions 2016 and earlier, you could actually write this as a Tool and use on-screen OPEN_GL primitives for the notification.