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  • F Offline
    fbartels
    last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 15:25

    A simulation of an active browser window within a SketchUp model.

    [flash=640,480:2uc8m7q2]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/wmMNGuoHFQI[/flash:2uc8m7q2]

    (edited by solo)

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      Burkhard
      last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 17:36

      Your active browser window is blank. I can't see anything 😎

      [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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        fbartels
        last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 19:12

        Burkhard,

        Most curious. Works fine on my computer.

        Here is the link to the youtube video.

        Fred

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          alexschreyer Extension Creator
          last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 21:46

          That looks amazing! How does it work? Where can I get it?

          Author of "Architectural Design with SketchUp":
          http://sketchupfordesign.com/

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            fbartels
            last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 22:43

            @alexschreyer said:

            Where can I get it?

            Google SketchUp 8 ... in our dreams.

            The video is just a simulation.

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              thomthom
              last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 23:07

              @fbartels said:

              The video is just a simulation.

              Like... the Matrix? hm... Red pill or Blue pill...

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

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                Gaieus
                last edited by 10 Feb 2009, 23:29

                @thomthom said:

                ...Red pill or Blue pill...

                Hm... It depends on the age... πŸ˜„

                Gai...

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                  museummaker
                  last edited by 11 Feb 2009, 00:07

                  Nice job on the video!

                  Its possible to embed video in SecondLife walls- there has got to be away...

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                    tim
                    last edited by 11 Feb 2009, 05:48

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Nice job on the video!

                    Its possible to embed video in SecondLife walls- there has got to be away...

                    Croquet ( and Qwaq Forums) manage it easily enough. Word docs, spreadsheets, etc. All within virtual worlds that are totally user programable and network sharable. http://www.opencroquet.org and http://www.qwaq.com

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                      chrisglasier
                      last edited by 11 Feb 2009, 06:45

                      @fbartels said:

                      @alexschreyer said:

                      Where can I get it?

                      Google SketchUp 8 ... in our dreams.

                      The video is just a simulation.

                      Well I am not exactly sure I get what you mean because you show the browser in perspective. But you can get this:

                      activeBrowser.jpg

                      via Google Search with this web dialog:

                      
                      #Select all; c+p to text editor; save as Machine.rb; place in plugins folder; restart SU
                      
                      def machineRb
                            
                      @dlg = UI;;WebDialog.new("Machine", true, "Machine",739, 641, 150, 150, true)
                            
                      @dlg.set_url "http://www.google.com"
                      
                      @dlg.show()
                            
                      end 
                      
                      if (not file_loaded?("Machine.rb"))
                          
                      UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Machine") { machineRb }
                      	
                      end
                      	
                      file_loaded("Machine.rb")   
                      

                      I don't see how to get the browser toolbars, menus and so forth**, but I'm sure there must be a way.

                      Hope this is helpful

                      Chris

                      **edit: maybe you don't need these, just use links in dialog or via components.

                      And there is always the context menu:

                      activeBrowserContext.jpg

                      With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                        chrisglasier
                        last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 01:26

                        If you simply want any browser, or any window to remain always on top while you work in the Sketchup display, you could use this AlwaysOnTopMaker . It's freeware. Toggling takes a bit of getting used to.

                        If you want to link what you are working on in SU to open some url then you need to have a webdialog as previously described + some ruby and javascript code.

                        Chris

                        With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 02:34

                          I think he wants the broswser to be a 3d object, not a normal browser window. So you could rotate it, walk behind it, etc. Almost like a meterial that actually is a browser.

                          Would be cool,

                          Chris

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                          All my Plugins I've written

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                            chrisglasier
                            last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 02:50

                            @chris fullmer said:

                            I think he wants the broswser to be a 3d object, not a normal browser window. So you could rotate it, walk behind it, etc. Almost like a meterial that actually is a browser.

                            Would be cool,

                            Chris

                            Maybe, but if that is the case it seems to me like technology for technology's sake. On the otherhand while working in SU having ready access to and from the "world" via a browser or some other portal like a data sharing interface seems to me a step towards my mantra below!

                            Chris (another)

                            With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                              Chris Fullmer
                              last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 03:57

                              I'd like you to start a sketchucation irc channel and then make a plugin that quickly logs the user into the chat channel so we can all sit on irc inside of SU. I tihnk that would be great πŸ˜„

                              Chris

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                              All my Plugins I've written

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                                chrisglasier
                                last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 04:06

                                @chris fullmer said:

                                I'd like you to start a sketchucation irc channel and then make a plugin that quickly logs the user into the chat channel so we can all sit on irc inside of SU. I tihnk that would be great πŸ˜„

                                Chris

                                Cripes! I have no idea how to do that. Perhaps someone else would be so kind. There's also the problem that I'm at GMT + 8. But I like the idea very much.

                                Chris

                                With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 07:19

                                  @chris fullmer said:

                                  I'd like you to start a sketchucation irc channel and then make a plugin that quickly logs the user into the chat channel so we can all sit on irc inside of SU. I tihnk that would be great πŸ˜„

                                  Chris

                                  You thinking of 3D IRC?

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

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                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 07:22

                                    πŸ˜„ I don't even need the 3d part. Just irc is good enough. Something like a direct connect to other forum memebers while I'm actually working in SU. It might be more of a waste of time than anything though. Or worse might detract from the content of the forum if we just start answering questions on irc and stuff doesn't get documented on the forum. just a thought,

                                    Chris

                                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                    All my Plugins I've written

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                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 07:58

                                      @chris fullmer said:

                                      πŸ™‚ I don't even need the 3d part. Just irc is good enough. Something like a direct connect to other forum memebers while I'm actually working in SU. It might be more of a waste of time than anything though. Or worse might detract from the content of the forum if we just start answering questions on irc and stuff doesn't get documented on the forum. just a thought,

                                      Chris

                                      There should be some existing webpage IRC packages out there, which should be pretty straigth forward to add to a webdialog.

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

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                                        chrisglasier
                                        last edited by 12 Feb 2009, 08:24

                                        @thomthom said:

                                        There should be some existing webpage IRC packages out there, which should be pretty straigth forward to add to a webdialog.

                                        I am trying mIRC .... downloading now.

                                        If I can make it work, then I think the next thing is to see if the conversation can be recorded and posted on SCF.

                                        Chris

                                        Edit: Gaieus is this kind of thing acceptable to admin?

                                        Edit: Struggling to understand ... maybe too old! Help needed if considered worthwhile.

                                        With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                                          chrisglasier
                                          last edited by 13 Feb 2009, 00:27

                                          Gaieus sent me the following messages:

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Yeah, there have been several occasions (demand) for a chat channel at SCF (we could actually implement it quite easily even in a way that all the users registerd and signed in at SCF are automaically signe in with the sme details in the chat).

                                          The only concern was that a forum will always allow the "acumulation" of knowledge while a chat is ephemeral and is easily lost.

                                          I'll have a closer look now, thanks.

                                          later:

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          I still don't see anything wrong with this, Chris (after reading the whole topic).In fact,it could be fun!

                                          This is helpful don't you think?

                                          Chris

                                          With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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