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    • jeff hammondJ
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      I guess my main question about this is

      Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?

      dotdotdot

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      • thomthomT
        thomthom
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        @honoluludesktop said:

        However some of my plugins do not load.

        Can you please make a post in the affected plugin's thread? (include any error if you get any)

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

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        • thomthomT
          thomthom
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          @unknownuser said:

          I guess my main question about this is

          Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?

          http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs

          @unknownuser said:

          We upgraded our API's Ruby interpreter from version 1.8.0 to 1.8.6, which is a better supported, more stable version. This gives API users the benefits of hundreds of Ruby bug fixes, but version 1.8.6 is also more strict on Ruby syntax. If a script is broken, you may need to contact the script's original author to get an upgraded version.

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

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          • thomthomT
            thomthom
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            More expanded changelog for SU8: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=115424

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

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              drewpoeppel
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              Looks like they removed the solar orientation setting in the geolocation area for manually setting the north angle in you model, along with dwg/dfx import, in the free version. 👎 I wish they wouldn't take away features.

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              • jeff hammondJ
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                Solid volume display in entity info is much welcomed.

                though it'd be nice to be able to change the units.. i draw in feet&inches but volume (for me at least) is always cubic yards..(concrete)
                /27 for now.

                dotdotdot

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                • pilouP
                  pilou
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                  @unknownuser said:

                  Just installed the free version

                  I see only Pro version! 😮
                  Have you a link?

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                  • K
                    Khai
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                    @unknownuser said:

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Just installed the free version

                    I see only Pro version! 😮
                    Have you a link?

                    Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

                    favicon

                    (sketchup.google.com)

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                    • thomthomT
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Solid volume display in entity info is much welcomed.

                      though it'd be nice to be able to change the units.. i draw in feet&inches but volume (for me at least) is always cubic yards..(concrete)
                      /27 for now.

                      Yea - we use mm - but area and volume in m.

                      Good thing is that total area for materials are now calculated correct for skewed groups/components.

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

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                        Khai
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                        YAY and bugsplatted it first run 😄

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                        • EarthMoverE
                          EarthMover
                          last edited by

                          Wow, solid tools are super fast! Toolbar fix is also huge. So far so good! Ruby calculations seem faster as well.

                          3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                          Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                          Content Creator at Skapeup

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                          • thomthomT
                            thomthom
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                            @earthmover said:

                            Ruby calculations seem faster as well.

                            From what I've heard, Ruby 1.8.6 is faster than 1.8.0 - though I've yet to run any number on this.

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

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                              remus
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                              Thom, i have recollections of jim running some tests after changing to 1.8.6 and finding it was indeed faster.

                              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                              • FrederikF
                                Frederik
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                                You guys are so un-grateful... 😐
                                I like "Susan"... 😉

                                Cheers
                                Kim Frederik

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                                • EarthMoverE
                                  EarthMover
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                                  @thomthom said:

                                  @earthmover said:

                                  Ruby calculations seem faster as well.

                                  From what I've heard, Ruby 1.8.6 is faster than 1.8.0 - though I've yet to run any number on this.

                                  I ran Make Fur on a sphere and it calculated over 200K polygons in 28 seconds clean. Ran the same test in SU 7.1 and the screen went white and I got the spinning circle for over two minutes.

                                  3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                                  Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                                  Content Creator at Skapeup

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                                  • HieruH
                                    Hieru
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                                    @tridem said:

                                    Just installed the free version, it seems I can run both the new one and the old 7.08, this is great to discover the new features "safely" 😍

                                    How do you do that, as it would be good to keep the old version for dwg imports?

                                    Do you simply set it up in a different folder, or is this an automatic new feature?

                                    www.davidhier.co.uk

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                                      remus
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                                      It should just install in its own folder without you having to do anything.

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                      • thomthomT
                                        thomthom
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                                        @hieru said:

                                        How do you do that, as it would be good to keep the old version for dwg imports?

                                        Do you simply set it up in a different folder, or is this an automatic new feature?

                                        Each major SU version will install into a separate folder.

                                        You can have SU6 and SU7 and S8 side by side.
                                        But you can not have SU7.0 and SU7.1 side by side.

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

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                                        • IdahoJI
                                          IdahoJ
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                                          Just downloaded and installed SU8 free into it's own directory. No conflicts so far with my pre-existing SU7 install (didn't think there would be but you can never tell when something messes with the Windows registry file).

                                          Now to start moving and testing the 7.x plugins and scripts ... 😉

                                          Cheers.

                                          "For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

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                                          • HieruH
                                            Hieru
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                                            Thanks Remus & thomthom 👍 .

                                            www.davidhier.co.uk

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