Style Thumbnailer
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About
Style Thumbnailer was created for monsterzero (blog), who asked for...
@unknownuser said:
...the ability to automatically render out a shot/scene with several pre-set styles (incl shadows on/off).
This plugin exports 2 images of the current scene for each "In Model" Style - one with and one without shadows.
Usage
- Start the Thumbnailer (Plugins > Style Thumbnailer)
- Select the image size.
- The "Image count" shows the number of images that will be created. Click refresh to update the image count. (currently calculated as 2 * number_of_styles_in_model)
- Click the Export button to export the images. You will be presented with a dialog to select the target folder.
- The Browse button opens the target folder with the file manager. If you haven't exported yet, it does nothing.
- Clicking the Styles header opens/closes the Styles dialog. Same with Scenes.
Installation
Download, extract, and move the files into your Plugins folder. Restart SketchUp.
Feedback
This plugin is being released with limited functionality. I want to test the fundamental operation in order to solicit feedback. Once it is accepted as being stable, I can add features.Screenshot
Download
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=1540
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Isn´t working well in my machine...
This plugin exports images of the current scene for the current in use Style only (one with and one without shadows).
It detects with "Image count" the number of images that will be created, but exports only the style i´m using and not all the styles "In Model".
If i have 3 styles "in model", it only exports the current style 6 times (3 with shadows and 3 without them).
Daniel S
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Hello Daniel,
Since it exports at least one image, I am wondering you have any custom styles installed whose name contains unusual characters? Also, if you open the Ruby Console window before running the plugin, does it report anything? What about Mac or PC?
Thanks.
@daniel s said:
Isn´t working well in my machine...
This plugin exports images of the current scene for the current in use Style only (one with and one without shadows).
It detects with "Image count" the number of images that will be created, but exports only the style i´m using and not all the styles "In Model".
If i have 3 styles "in model", it only exports the current style 6 times (3 with shadows and 3 without them).
Daniel S
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The Ruby Console doesn´t report anything. I´m using Windows Xp but i don´t update to the latest version of Sketchup yet... i´m using SU 6.0.312.
And I have custom styles installed that maybe contains unusual characters... I try not to use them for testing the plugin (but i didn´t uninstall my styles) and i have the same error (exports the current in use style only). -
@daniel s said:
The Ruby Console doesn´t report anything. I´m using Windows Xp but i don´t update to the latest version of Sketchup yet... i´m using SU 6.0.312.
And I have custom styles installed that maybe contains unusual characters... I try not to use them for testing the plugin (but i didn´t uninstall my styles) and i have the same error (exports the current in use style only).Daniel, I just don't know. I've been going over it and I don't have any idea about why it only outputs one a single image for you, when it works for me.
Have you examined the code to see if what might be the problem?
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@daniel s said:
Isn´t working well in my machine...
This plugin exports images of the current scene for the current in use Style only (one with and one without shadows).
It detects with "Image count" the number of images that will be created, but exports only the style i´m using and not all the styles "In Model".
If i have 3 styles "in model", it only exports the current style 6 times (3 with shadows and 3 without them).
Daniel S
This is confusing to me. What are the filenames of the 6 exported images?
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It works all fine (image count image size, shadows, the names, the export and browse buttons too) ... but i get only one style exported... here i attach what i do and what i get.
Not a problem, i download the script to view how it works only..
Daniel S
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Jim, the thumbnailer works fine on my computer but I can't seem to change the shadow selection from Both and I can't change the exported file name. It appears to be set to the SKP file name only. If this is the case, perhaps you could set it to show in the Save dialog?
Interesting idea for a script. I might be able to find an application for it, too.
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@dave r said:
Jim, the thumbnailer works fine on my computer but I can't seem to change the shadow selection from Both and I can't change the exported file name. It appears to be set to the SKP file name only. If this is the case, perhaps you could set it to show in the Save dialog?
Interesting idea for a script. I might be able to find an application for it, too.
The shadow selection is disabled on purpose. I wanted to see if the plugin was going to work before adding features.
I can set the base filename to appear in the save dialog. Good idea, thanks.
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Thanks Jim, very useful for me.
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