[Plugin Idea] Artificial light sources

Daniel S

I have no idea how SketchUp make shadows... but how about creating a plugin for making artificial light sources inside SU?
The idea is simple:
[flash=425,344:1lwe64ls]http://www.youtube.com/v/pp4ykackWDo[/flash:1lwe64ls]

http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/draw_eight.htm
http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/draw_nine.htm

It is fun to make it in SketchUp.. I just make this 2 quick and easy examples:
Internal lights.jpg
Internal lights.skp
For more complex objects will be great to automate the process.
What do you think?

Daniel S

thomthom

There is no control over the shadows in Ruby.

Closest thing you'd get is create faces simulating shadow...

RickW

It is possible to "construct" the shadows (as semitransparent faces) with Ruby, but with great tools like LightUp and Podium that work with SU, I don't think you'll see anything soon (though I could be wrong).