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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by

      why not add it here too?

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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      • HornOxxH Offline
        HornOxx @Rich O Brien
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        @Rich-O-Brien πŸ˜‰ because I don't know how to do it

        never trust a skinny cook

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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          Go here sketchucation.com

          Click Dev Tools

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          Have a go getting it listed

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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          • HornOxxH Offline
            HornOxx
            last edited by HornOxx

            sorry, I have really no idea what or how to do there. Just saw this page for the first time πŸ˜‰

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            never trust a skinny cook

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              Give it a name aka Plugin Identifier in this instance ViewportBuster

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • alexpacio2013A Offline
                alexpacio2013 @HornOxx
                last edited by alexpacio2013

                @HornOxx Congratulations on your plugin, I wanted to ask you something though. I have a widescreen monitor and I would like to understand if I can capture the images I see on the monitor, but when I try to increase the length of the capture, it still doesn't go beyond 16:9. Is there a solution? That would be even more fantastic.! Sketchup 2025![SketchUp_dhLwQGAoOj.png](/assets/uploads/files/1748525771610-sketchupviewport_4800x2700.png _dhlwqgaooj-resized.png)SketchUp_dhLwQGAoOj.png

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                • HornOxxH Offline
                  HornOxx @alexpacio2013
                  last edited by HornOxx

                  ...Hi alexpacio2013 and thanks for the congratulations.
                  Yes, of course, there is a solution, and obviously I didn't make that clear enough 😊 No one has to work with my default settings; you can set your own prefered Preset-settings as you like.
                  I assume you exported the image using one of my preset settings, all of which are actually in HD aspect ratio πŸ˜‰ These are the settings I always prefer.
                  Now I've imitated your viewport proportions. Let's say you have approx. 2100px x 730px (you can see this when you use SkUp's native exporter).
                  You can now use these aspect-ratio-values from your given viewport in my plugin, for example as Preset 1 and Preset 2, and also save them so that they remain as consistent exortsettings for you.
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                  And just to check – ViewportBuster exports Preset 2 exactly as it should and even with the correct automated PNG naming :
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                  I hope I have understood your question correctly and that my answer is helpful to you.

                  Best

                  never trust a skinny cook

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                  • alexpacio2013A Offline
                    alexpacio2013 @HornOxx
                    last edited by Rich O Brien

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                    @HornOxx "I can't do it, look, I tried to put in module 4 the total dimensions of the monitor which are the same ones also reported by V-Ray, but it keeps saving in 16:9 format."
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                    • HornOxxH Offline
                      HornOxx @alexpacio2013
                      last edited by HornOxx

                      @alexpacio2013
                      Hi
                      I am sorry to hear that you are having difficulties using the plugin.
                      I am still unable to reproduce your issue – please see the screenshot of my retest with your values. The Viewportbuster is doing exactly what it should.

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                      Let's check whether Viewportbuster is saving your desired values correctly. In the plugin directory of your SketchUp, you will find this TXT file (screenshot). This TXT file saves your desired ViewportBuster-settings and actuality your txt file must also display these values now.
                      Please check whether your TXT file looks like the one in my screenshot.

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                      πŸ™‚ I'm sure we'll figure out what the problem is!

                      (A silly question from me – why are you trying to export your randomly given viewport size of 5189 x 1750? Imagine you change your SkUp setting with any new plugin toolbars. The result would be that your viewport would change again and again and you would then export any different image ratio than today. - The purpose of the ViewportBuster plugin is to overcome these random factors and to replace them with your desired β€˜standard’ values that remain constant, so to speak)

                      Best

                      never trust a skinny cook

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                      • alexpacio2013A Offline
                        alexpacio2013 @HornOxx
                        last edited by

                        @HornOxx Thank you, you've been extremely helpful. I practically discovered that if I don't save the parameters, even if I go and change them manually and then export the image, it doesn't save the image with the correct parameters. If I save the parameters instead, it works. Anyway, I want to compliment you again because the utility is small but very, very useful, at least for me.

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                        • HornOxxH Offline
                          HornOxx @alexpacio2013
                          last edited by HornOxx

                          @alexpacio2013 thanks for the nice compliment!
                          Yes, saving your own needed presets for having them available further on is the essential benefit from this tool 😜 and was my intention for making this tool (in a much easier version) about a year ago.
                          By the way, having easy access to standardized export settings is an underestimated point because it makes live so much easier in any downstream workflow such as layouting or so. And you don't have to care about your own sketchup setup anymore. You or even anyone else will be able now to reproduce your own absolute identical export results again and again any time you want.

                          Best, and I'm glad that everything is going well now.

                          Ps: don't forget to setup AND SAVE your remaining 7 possible presets 😜
                          Hitting the Save button saves ALL your done settings, not only W x H.
                          When you close sketchup and reopen it any time later, your ViewportBuster will then open with YOUR own presets...

                          never trust a skinny cook

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