[Plugin] Put shadow on current day and hour
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This is my solution for version 6 Free users:
http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/01/plugin-model-location.html
Version 7 Free does include the Location settings.
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Thx for all these tricky solutions
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Aah, ok... Pilou uses V6!
You are completely out, man!
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Yup,Location was not put into the free (Windows*) SU 5 and 6 but now with SU 7 it's there. Nevertheless by taking a GE snapshot, you can always "geolocate" your model (or use Jim's plugin)
*Interestingly, it was only a Windows "(un)feature" only, as the Free SU 6 for the Mac has location.
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Ok, thank you Gaieus!
@watkins said:
A brief explanation would be useful. I take it that your plugin updates shadows to the current, local time when selected. So, if I select the plugin at 15:25 Oxford UK time, the shadows show correctly for that location and time. Is that correct?
Exactly, watkins
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i would at this to your script:
Sketchup.active_model.shadow_info["DisplayShadows"]=true
This will immediately also show the shadow in the model.
Otherwise one will not see the shadows if the are not set on -
Pout, turning on shadows as soon as you set them could be a little annoying, as it would lock SU up in a large model. Better to leave them off (if they are already off) and let the user turn them on, i reckon.
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Yep, that's why I didn't set shadows on in the code...
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@remus said:
Pout, turning on shadows as soon as you set them could be a little annoying, as it would lock SU up in a large model. Better to leave them off (if they are already off) and let the user turn them on, i reckon.
True, but isn't it also a bit confusing for the user? The user sets the shadow to 'now' and i suppose that when a user does this, he wants to see the result of that action. Not?
I don't know if there are any guidelines an what to use as default behaviour on functions like this... It would be usefull to know so i can adjust some of my functions according to that guideline.
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I suppose if the user is using this plugin they already have a good idea of what its going to look like, so showing them isnt neccesary.
More generally, most people just use common sense.
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