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      orchard collie
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      Thanks TIG at least I know why I can't do it!
      Many thanks
      Orch

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        arjunmax09
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        I'm having a problem using Elev45shadows and vray for sketchup 1.5.30 combined....I need to change the location of my model to any city but not boulder to get 45 shadows io.....but vray doesn't accept this..It only remembers the default location settings that is of boulder colorado...what should i do to fix this......I'm using Sketchup Pro 7.1

        when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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          thomthom
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          @arjunmax09 said:

          but vray doesn't accept this..It only remembers the default location settings that is of boulder colorado...what should i do to fix this......I'm using Sketchup Pro 7.1

          I've never had problems with this in VfSU 1.05.30. I always worked with it where the location where set to Trondheim, Norway.

          What do you mean it doesn't "accept" it?

          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            arjunmax09
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            @thomthom said:

            What do you mean it doesn't "accept" it?

            it means that vray uses the default settings i.e. boulder colorado......if i change my north axis by going to model info.....it also doesn't support the north.....for example if i rotated the north angle by 30 degrees ....vray will not know that the north direction has been rotated by 30 degrees

            when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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              thomthom
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              Not even if you reload the model?

              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                arjunmax09
                last edited by

                @thomthom said:

                Not even if you reload the model?

                yes the problem persists even if i reload the model...have you ever experienced it i mean with boulder, colorado??

                when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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                  martinez001
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                  TIG,

                  I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?

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                    TIG Moderator
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                    @martinez001 said:

                    TIG,
                    I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?
                    Open the Ruby Console and type $e45s=0 then press <enter> this changes the angle.
                    And using $e45s=1 changes it back... 😕

                    TIG

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                      pbacot
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                      @martinez001 said:

                      TIG,

                      I am trying to flip my shadows. I have the Ruby Console open and type in the values that you state and run the plug-in and nothing happens. Am I not running the ruby console properly?

                      You can also flip shadows with the "enter North angle" tool under the Solar North tool palette--after using this EXCELLENT plugin. We always fudge on the north elevations (northern hemisphere) for presentations sake but I assume if the west elevation is wrong I'll hear from my clients!

                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        CGulland
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                        Anyone know if Elev45Shadows.rb will work in SU 2013? Or can direct me to an alternative plugin for creating 45 degree shadows for architectural elevations?

                        Many thanks

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                          TIG Moderator
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                          It should work 😕 , but NOT with geolocation set, AND also you'll now need a separate SKP set up for each elevation - in earlier SketchUps you could have different locations in different Scenes...
                          This tool has to set the location, time etc for each elevation in turn to achieve a proper 45 degree shadow []which obviously can't be done in a fixed geolocation - so it's not possible with just one fixed [geo]location...

                          TIG

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                            dem
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                            dont work in su 2014(
                            45.png

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Set sun for shading ?
                              Set UTC to 0 and it then works...
                              I'm looking at why it differs from earlier versions.
                              It is ~8 years old !
                              The default template has UTC-7 ?
                              The shadowinfo "TZOffset" should be forced to 0 ?
                              There's a typo in the ancient code - it says "TZoffset" NOT "TZOffset", so you currently still have to manually change the UTC = 0 😒

                              At least you can force it to work, I'll look at how it might be auto-run right...


                              Capture.PNG

                              TIG

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                                dem
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                                Thanks, UTC was whong in template))) default was 7 or 8

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                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  BUT I am working on an improvement fix to auto-set UTC=0...

                                  TIG

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                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Version v1.4 is now available at the PluginStore http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Elev45shadows
                                    Please read the guidance accessed via 'More Info'

                                    TIG

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                                      Cubcrafter
                                      last edited by

                                      Is there an easy way to change the shadow angle from 45 to some other angle with this plugin?

                                      Larry

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                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        No.
                                        Not unless you do some mind-numbing trig/geometry/maths...
                                        I couldn't do it !

                                        TIG

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                                          putnik
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                                          TIG, we quite often set correct Geo location for our models. It would be great if there was an option in this amazingly useful script to revert back to the previously set Geo location.

                                          I find it's easy enough to apply Elev45 temporarily to a select scene, and then revert the model back to the proper geo location, rather than fiddle with the importing files into a new SKP file etc. At the moment I manually type in the Geo location after letting Elev45 have its way with my model. A 'revert to previous geo location' button would be better. Is this possible to do?

                                          http://keshas.info

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                                            johndoe1982
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                                            I can't get this plugin working on my mac/SU 2015....I thought I just needed to put the .rbz file in my plugins folder

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