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    • M Offline
      Matt666
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      or Black & White,
      Hey !! That is exactly what I wanted to ask !! ๐Ÿ˜„ โ˜€
      The same render that "Hidden lines" tool of the "Face Style" Toolbar... But we can color some entities !!!
      Great ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜
      Thank you Jim !

      Frenglish at its best !
      My scripts

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      • utilerU Offline
        utiler
        last edited by

        wow, this is becoming bigger than i thought....

        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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        • D Offline
          DonVid
          last edited by

          Greetings Jim:

          This plugin is a great addition. We can now insert
          a pdf from Lay Out and import it into cad programs
          like Vector and make a BW presentation on the actual
          Construction Documents.

          Thanks,

          DonVid


          Constr. Docs.1.pdf

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          • utilerU Offline
            utiler
            last edited by

            too right Jim, and nice work.
            this little script portrays a nice soft presentation to both schematic and final design....

            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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              Jim
              last edited by

              I made 2 small updates:

              1. Right-clicking Groups and Components gives you the Revert Color option.
              2. Implemented the suggested grey color calculation of: color = 0.3 * red + 0.59 * blue + 0.11 * green

              Download it from the first post of this thread.

              Hi

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                Hi Jim,

                Thanks for the update. I see when opening the script that you have added the math. I don't see the Revert color option when clicking on a component, though. Is it just me?

                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                  Jim
                  last edited by

                  @dave r said:

                  Hi Jim,

                  Thanks for the update. I see when opening the script that you have added the math. I don't see the Revert color option when clicking on a component, though. Is it just me?

                  I get the Revert on Components. I honestly didn't try it until just now... but it does work. Now, if each individual Face in the Component is colored (as opposed to having the default color), you need to open the Component and right-click a face.

                  Hi

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Oh, I see. I almost never paint components. I always apply the material to the faces so I didn't understand at first. Now I do.

                    Thank you.

                    Dave

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                      sketchupjockey
                      last edited by

                      very cool, thanks

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                      • utilerU Offline
                        utiler
                        last edited by

                        thanks for the update Jim, too cool....

                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                        • ton baetenT Offline
                          ton baeten
                          last edited by

                          Jim,

                          This is really a great plugin.
                          I have already used it for some presentationdrawings and it works fine.
                          Today I was playing with it again to define a nice match between specific colors and their grey-scale-representation and now, for the first time, I tried to go back and forth between grey-mode and color-mode and..........
                          it isn't possible (my mac or my partial blindness maybe ?).
                          The color mode in the pop-up menu is greyed out (so not functional) and I cann't find any 'revert color' option anywhere under my right mouse button. Neighter when selecting a group nor when going into the group and selecting seperate faces nor within the color-picker. 'Undo' doesn't do the trick either.
                          Nowbody mentionned this 'problem' before, so I guess I must be overlooking something.
                          Please help me look in the right direction to find my way back into color.

                          By the way, I really like the fact that your plugin doesn't effect the standard face colors (back and front) so you can high-light special details in one or two vivid colors. Whatever additions you ever make to this pugin, please keep that possibility in.

                          greetings,
                          Ton

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                            plot-paris
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            ...my way back into color.

                            a great title for a book, Ton ๐Ÿ˜„

                            hope you (and Jim) will be able to solve the problem.

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                              Jim
                              last edited by

                              Ton, thanks for the feedback.

                              Can you open the Ruby Console and reproduce the issue? I would like to see if any errors are being shown in the Ruby Console.

                              Hi

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                              • ton baetenT Offline
                                ton baeten
                                last edited by

                                Jim,

                                Just a short message for now.
                                Thank's, you pointed me in the right direction, the problem is solved.
                                I have another larger SU project to finish first and had to solve another domestic 'grey-scale' problem at the same time.

                                Will come back asap to fill you in with more details.

                                greetings,
                                Ton

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                                  linea
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks Jim

                                  As I reading this thread, I couldn't really see that I'd use this script but I now think it could be very useful!

                                  Jon

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                                  • utilerU Offline
                                    utiler
                                    last edited by

                                    You should do that Jon, it opens up a world of possibilities ......

                                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                      Phil Rader AIA
                                      last edited by

                                      This script is absolute genius. For working drawings which you want to print out in black and white I used to have to export color jpg images and then manually convert them to grey scale in photoshop. Now it's all internal to SU. Badda Boom Badda Bing. I love it.

                                      http://www.philrader.com

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                                      • utilerU Offline
                                        utiler
                                        last edited by

                                        Not wrong Phil, i'ts great for exactly that... some of the work I do involves planning applications and what better way to communicate surrounding environment with proposed that to greyscale existing and color proposed!!!

                                        ๐Ÿ‘ to Jim....

                                        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                          Edson
                                          last edited by

                                          @sepo said:

                                          Nice ...It renders black and white in Podium but keeps the colour of the sky ( i presume ground as well)
                                          It would be nice to be able to choose say one colour which could stay as colour ...
                                          Thanks Jim ....

                                          @dave r said:

                                          Sepo, after making the model all grey, right click on a face containing the color you wish to show. Choose Revert color from the menu. ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                          this applies to a situation when you want to revert the color of all the faces of an element. should you wish to change the color of a single face do not choose Revert Color, just paint the face the color you want.

                                          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
                                          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                            utiler
                                            last edited by

                                            Just posted a thread on an alternative use of this great script...

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