[Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

Skalp

We are glad to announce Skalp for SketchUp 1.2, a nice first Christmas present to all our users!
This update looks like a minor update, but it isn't. To meet the specs of the SketchUp Extension Warehouse we had to rewrite a lot of code to workaround some SketchUp API limitations. Now this is done we get to focus on new features and improvements, but first we want to show you what we have done:

@unknownuser said:

NEW: Easy fog setting tool. From the Skalp options menu a new Fog Settings section allows to define and activate SketchUp's fog at a distance relative to an activated Skalp section. This feature only works whenever your sectionplane is parallel to the viewport.

@unknownuser said:

Changed: Way better support for SketchUp's UNDO/REDO operations. This represents some major rewrite work in Skalp's code. Changes are also made to the way Skalp links it's sectionplanes to each scene. Older Skalp models will be converted to the new format automatically. In some cases it might be necessary to relink a Skalp section to a Scene manually.

@unknownuser said:

Improved: Skalp materials for different scales are no longer stored multiple times in the model. Scales are now using applied using UV mapping. Older Skalp sections will be converted to the new format upon first recalculation.

Change: Skalp patterns are now always stored in the model at a printscale of 1:1 Different drawing scales are based on and use this same pattern using UV mapping to implement the actual print scale on the model.

@unknownuser said:

Improved: Skalp in-section edit tool now allows selection of nested component instances and groups. This eases assignment of Skalp patterns to nested objects.

@unknownuser said:

Fix: Foreign language/special characters are now supported on Skalp section names, layer names, material names, tags and Skalp pattern names.

@unknownuser said:

NEW: Save a Skalp Style to a file and load this Skalp Style to an other scene or an other model.

@unknownuser said:

Skalp is now signed as a trusted extension for use on SketchUp 2016.

We are working hard on new features and improvements. New things must be tested: shortly we'll need extra beta testers for Skalp 1.5. One major new feature in Skalp 1.5 beta will be forward views included in DXF exports. If you can help us with testing this much improved and long requested feature in Skalp DXF export, please contact us at beta@skalp4sketchup.com.
We are always looking for awesome projects and user stories. If you like to share your Skalp experiences with the rest of the world please send your coolest examples to guy@skalp4sketchup.com.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

The Skalp Team

utiler

Nice work, Guy and to all your team! You guys are really changing the way we can present documentation with some exciting things to come.
Merry Christmas to you all!!

Skalp

@utiler said:

Nice work, Guy and to all your team! You guys are really changing the way we can present documentation with some exciting things to come.
Merry Christmas to you all!!

Thank you! And nice to hear I get a team to help me developing Skalp for Christmas
If you don't know, Skalp is just a two men company and we are located in Belgium.

utiler

Even more impressive then!

juju

at SKALP:
How's version 1.5 coming along?

juju

@juju said:

at SKALP:
How's version 1.5 coming along?

cough cough

jiminy-billy-bob

At Basecamp, they publicly said that they expected v1.5 to ship within 3 weeks.
It was 10 days ago.

coty82

I just noticed in a post from last December they said that Skalp 1.5 will be able to include forward views into dxf support. Will this happend in this release? That would be really awesome!

juju

I see that SKALP version 2.0.0135 is available on the sketcUcation pluginstore, on the SKALP website the latest is version 2.0.0124 and the one on EW seems to be even older (v2.0.0062). When installing the latest version, nothing is mentioned under Release Notes about the newer version number?

I'm hoping Guy (or someone from SKALP) could elaborate here.

Skalp

@juju said:

I see that SKALP version 2.0.0135 is available on the sketcUcation pluginstore, on the SKALP website the latest is version 2.0.0124 and the one on EW seems to be even older (v2.0.0062). When installing the latest version, nothing is mentioned under Release Notes about the newer version number?

I'm hoping Guy (or someone from SKALP) could elaborate here.

Correct SketchUcation has a newer version!
We need to update the version on our own download page, but first we are doing some extra fixes.
We need to fix somethings before EW will update to the newest version , EW still has the old 1.2 version.

The Skalp Team

Skalp

Skalp is an easy to use yet powerful Live Section Tool. Packed with key features, it is the missing link to realize a long standing dream: to go all the way from preliminary design to stunning construction documents, all within SketchUp!