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    [Plugin] SunTool - new Mar 2009

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    • facerF Offline
      facer
      last edited by facer

      Check out free plugin that shows suns path, months, hours etc:

      http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/STdwnld.htm

      Works on SketchUp7 and for SketchUp6 (In INSTALL process have to direct it to SketchUp 6/plugin - as noted in SunTool Help file)

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        DonVid
        last edited by

        Greetings:
        The installation calls for a password?

        DonVid

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        • B Offline
          bianhai
          last edited by

          Thanks! It's good suntools! 👍
          DonVid,you registration after the password e-mail.

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            SunTools
            last edited by

            Hello ALL
            Thanks for using SunTools, I'll be happy to receive your feedback and suggestions.
            Enjoy,
            Guedi

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              mattg
              last edited by

              Hey Guedi,

              the tool that plots the path of the sun around an object doesn't seem to be working whilst all the other tools are.

              Have you had any problems with this tool before?

              Im using Sketchup 7

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                sunlu4039
                last edited by

                Thanks!
                DonVid,you registration after the password e-mail.

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                  SunTools
                  last edited by

                  mattg (and others having problems with SunPath visualization)

                  (I hope) I fixed this bug....download an updated version of STbeta1.rbs and replace the existing file in Plugins/SunTools. Let me know if it worked!

                  http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/stdwnld/STbeta1.rbs

                  Guedi

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                    watkins
                    last edited by

                    Dear Guedi,

                    Shalom Aleichem, and thanks for making your sun tool available to the Forum.

                    Do you have any tutorial videos showing your plugin in action? Anything on YouTube?

                    Kind regards,
                    Bob

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                      SunTools
                      last edited by

                      Bob,
                      Sorry no videos yet. Maybe someone in the forum can prepare one? 😉
                      A --very short-- help file is available here:

                      http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/stdwnld/sunTools_help.pdf

                      Guedi

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                        MALAISE
                        last edited by

                        Hi Guedi
                        Interesting Plugin, but how to get a password ? I didn't see any link on the thread.

                        Regards

                        MALAISE

                        La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                          SunTools
                          last edited by

                          MALAISE

                          Register at:
                          http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html

                          (make sure that you write your email correctly!!!)

                          You will receive an email with the password for installation.
                          Hope it helps,
                          Guedi

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                            MALAISE
                            last edited by

                            Done, Thank you Guedi 😄

                            MALAISE

                            La Connaissance n'a de valeur que partagée

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                              Edson
                              last edited by

                              another plugin that does not run on macs... 😞

                              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                Whenever that plugin is installed I hear a 'beep' from my speakers everytime SU loads. Are you using the Beep method in your code? If so, could you please remove it as it's rather annoying. Especially when I debug my own scripts and hear that beep every time.

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

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                                  shirazbj
                                  last edited by

                                  "SunPath/Choose a day" is operated differently with other setting.

                                  After click SunPath button, I only got one orange line along an axis.Nothing else happen after i click the OK button to close the pop-up setting window.

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                                    SunTools
                                    last edited by

                                    shirazbj: see my previous post about this subject:
                                    ".....download an updated version of STbeta1.rbs and replace the existing file in Plugins/SunTools. ..."

                                    http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/stdwnld/STbeta1.rbs
                                    This will fix your problem!

                                    thomthom: sorry, yes it beeps when SunTools is loaded. I'll remove this beep in the next version.

                                    Guedi

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                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks.

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

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                                        rv1974
                                        last edited by

                                        Sorry for dumb question but what exactly "target tool" does?
                                        In my case the viewer position jumps under the ground (at the same time I get a lot of "Error: #<ArgumentError: Cannot convert argument to Sketchup::Point3d>" in the ruby panel). May be something is wrong?

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                                          SunTools
                                          last edited by

                                          rv1974:
                                          Not a dumb question at all!
                                          This tools allows the analysis of solar access in one point (inside or outside buildings).
                                          It presents a view of how your point sees the sky (and the sun), in a way that you can asses in one unique view when that point is lighted (directly) by the sun during the whole year.

                                          First, draw the path of the sun using the SunPath Tools.
                                          Second choose Target Tool:
                                          --Look at >> will define the point on the sky that you are looking at. It will be the center of the screen. To start just leave the default [December 12:00], you can rotate your view afterward to see different parts of the sky (see help file).
                                          --Select the point for analysis >> just prepare in advance a point in the space that you would like to check. Inside a building it can be a seating position, if you want to check glare sources; outside buildings it can be an open space, or a solar system....

                                          That's it. Let me know if it was clear enough.
                                          Guedi

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                                            rv1974
                                            last edited by

                                            Ooops I accidentally skipped the help file on the download page . that's why.. May be you should integrate it into setup.exe?

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