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    • V Offline
      vizier
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      How do I reset everything? I seem to have set some materials to emitter status then forgotten which ones. I just want to start over.

      Also my point lights dont seem to do anything. THe emiitter works "ok" but the point lights never emit light. Any ideas?

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        AdamB
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        @vizier said:

        How do I reset everything? I seem to have set some materials to emitter status then forgotten which ones. I just want to start over.

        You can choose the menu item Tools->LightUp->Remove All LightUp Info to strip all LU markup from your model.

        @vizier said:

        Also my point lights dont seem to do anything. THe emiitter works "ok" but the point lights never emit light. Any ideas?

        If you hover over the PointLightSource with the Query tool, does it show the radius of light and a tooltip showing the lux power? If so, perhaps its just not powerful enough. LightUp uses physical units for lights so you'll need to ensure you don't have a 60 watt bulb in a room a mile wide etc.

        Adam

        Developer of LightUp Click for website

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          vizier
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          I lost the post but thanks for this info!

          I tried jacking up the lumines(?) of the bulb exponentially but as far as I can tell they just are not "on". This is highly annoying for obvious reasons. Maybe the component im using is broke / wrong? Where can I get a known good point light component?

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            AdamB
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            If you open a new Sketchup document, LightUp automatically adds a new (good) Component Definition for PointLightSource. So open the Component Browser and you'll see it there.

            Adam

            Developer of LightUp Click for website

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            • V Offline
              vizier
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              Im still having a lot of problems with light up.

              -Lightup changes the colors of a lot of my textures
              -Lightup seems to have problems rendering some of my components, some houses have transparent roofs, some entire buildings are missing. As soon as I turn off light up everything looks fine again.
              -I still cant make the points light work in my city. Do they have to be a part of the components them selves or can they just be free floating??

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