[Plugin Idea] Artificial light sources

Daniel S · 6 Jul 2009, 17:15

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.skp
For more complex objects will be great to automate the process.
What do you think?

Daniel S

thomthom · 6 Jul 2009, 20:26

There is no control over the shadows in Ruby.

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

RickW · 9 Jul 2009, 23:40

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).