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    • BurkhardB Offline
      Burkhard
      last edited by

      @ Al, any chance to get the new version also running on a Mac?

      [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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      • MarianM Offline
        Marian
        last edited by

        AWESOME PLUGIN 👍

        http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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        • ely862meE Offline
          ely862me
          last edited by

          Very,very..interesting..Well done guys!!

          Elisei

          PS. Backplates would be awesome !!

          Elisei (sketchupper)


          Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
          Come and See EliseiDesign

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          • K Offline
            kwistenbiebel
            last edited by

            Indeed, very interesting and affordable as well.
            I am wondering: will the filesize of the obtained 3D PDF be in the same range of the native SU file?

            I had a look on their website and the OSG Composer looks handy as well. A bit like DeepExploration?

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            • MarianM Offline
              Marian
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              am wondering: will the filesize of the obtained 3D PDF be in the same range of the native SU file?

              Yes, pretty much, i didn't notice significant size differences between the two files, at least with the trial version.

              http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                Mike Lucey
                last edited by

                @burkhard said:

                @ Al, any chance to get the new version also running on a Mac?

                Hi Burkhard,

                It looks that you obviously are trying out Sim lab 3D PDF on a Mac. If so is it working okay for you? I tried it on my MacBook Pro but it would not work. I have a feeling it could be a problem on my end but I am trying to get it sorted with Ashraf so time will tell.

                Mike

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                • D Offline
                  dtrarch
                  last edited by

                  Hi All

                  I have tried both 3dPdf offerings.
                  Both do pretty much the same but the Simlab 3D PDF handled large files better with the RenderPlus version failing to finish and crashing on the same file render.
                  The Simlab version also produced a cleaner line hide for a native SU mode.
                  The shaded mode in both was just so so for presentation.
                  The two versions were downloaded last week so best to check the latest to see what new and improved today.

                  dtr

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                  • MarianM Offline
                    Marian
                    last edited by

                    Here are some interesting and cool examples of what can be done with 3d pdf, not necessarily from SU.
                    I've added the direct links to the files here:

                    http://soid.active-servers.com/pdf/tgv%20lyon.pdf
                    http://soid.active-servers.com/pdf/naturtest%20low85.pdf
                    http://soid.active-servers.com/pdf/island%20low%20comp.pdf
                    http://soid.active-servers.com/pdf/gugl90.pdf

                    They came from this blog and site:

                    http://directlight.de/3dpdf.html
                    http://3dpdf.blogspot.com/

                    http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                    • K Offline
                      kwistenbiebel
                      last edited by

                      I just installed the trial version of Simlab 3DPDF.
                      Unfortunately, when clicking Plugins/3D PDF/Export, nothing happens.
                      Am I doing something wrong here?

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                      • A Offline
                        ashraf
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                        @kwistenbiebel said:

                        I just installed the trial version of Simlab 3DPDF.
                        Unfortunately, when clicking Plugins/3D PDF/Export, nothing happens.
                        Am I doing something wrong here?

                        This should be all what you need to do, after that the plugin should ask you for the location of the PDF file.

                        If this is not working please send an email with basic information like the sketchup version, the OS version, and a small description of the error you are getting to support@simlab-soft.com
                        We will make sure that you are up and running.

                        Regards,

                        Ashraf

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                        • K Offline
                          kwistenbiebel
                          last edited by

                          Thanks for the support. I just sent you an e-mail.

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                          • A Offline
                            ashraf
                            last edited by

                            @mike lucey said:

                            It looks that you obviously are trying out Sim lab 3D PDF on a Mac. If so is it working okay for you? I tried it on my MacBook Pro but it would not work. I have a feeling it could be a problem on my end but I am trying to get it sorted with Ashraf so time will tell.

                            Mike,

                            We truly appreciate helping us in identifying this problem.

                            There was a problem on some Mac machines, where the plug-in was not able to find a font configuration file.

                            The problem was fixed, so if you had a previous problem with the Mac Plug-in please download the new version and give it a try.

                            Ashraf

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                            • Mike LuceyM Offline
                              Mike Lucey
                              last edited by

                              Working fine now on the MacBook Pro 👍

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                              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                Mike Lucey
                                last edited by

                                I have played around with the settings and think the ones that most achieve a SketchUp 'lookalike' are 'Cad Optimized Lights' which I think is the default and 'Shaded Illustration'. I attach some screen shots of where the settings are along with a sample, Corner Cubby.

                                Mike


                                Corner Cubby.pdf


                                Cad Optimized Lights.jpg


                                Shaded Illustration.jpg

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