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    • PixeroP Offline
      Pixero
      last edited by

      @thomthom said:

      β€’SketchUp 7 or newer

      @thomthom said:

      Added with the SU8 API.

      So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?
      It exports without transparency and always the whole model.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        @pixero said:

        So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?
        Transparency? You can't.

        @pixero said:

        and always the whole model.

        hmm, not on my machine - remember to Hide Rest of Model. WYSIWYG.

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

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        • R Offline
          rv1974
          last edited by

          Is there some way to separate shadows pass?

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          • PixeroP Offline
            Pixero
            last edited by

            @thomthom said:

            @pixero said:

            So...how do I get this to work with SU 7.1?

            @thomthom said:

            Transparency? You can't.

            😒

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              No - I have no control of how it's generated. As you see from the sample I posted the shadows even comes from the whole model, not just what is visible.

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

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              • PixeroP Offline
                Pixero
                last edited by

                @thomthom said:

                No - I have no control of how it's generated. As you see from the sample I posted the shadows even comes from the whole model, not just what is visible.

                This can help for a shadow pass: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/download.php?file=displaytemplate.rb

                And maybe a modification of my Shadow control script (http://www.pixero.com/downloads_sketchup.html) could be made to set everything not selected to: e.casts_shadows = false

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                • A Offline
                  archworks
                  last edited by

                  Congratulations - one of the best for su 2d app

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    Hey, I did not see this, great plugin, thanks Thom! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘


                    Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

                    test.png

                    Gai...

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @gaieus said:

                      Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

                      What version of SU did you use?
                      Got a screencapture?

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

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                      • HumpmetwiceH Offline
                        Humpmetwice
                        last edited by

                        Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
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                          @unknownuser said:

                          Have I put something in the wrong spot or something cause when I go to view/export 2D the settings comes up but then it doesn't give me a file type to save it as?

                          After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

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

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                          • HumpmetwiceH Offline
                            Humpmetwice
                            last edited by

                            @thomthom said:

                            After the Settings window and you click OK you should get a File Dialog asking you what name to give the file. You must specify the file extension yourself.

                            I know and it doesn't give me any file type to save it as at all.

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              You have to type the file type yourself - there is no list of file types because the SketchUp Ruby API doesn't let me provide one.

                              So if you want to save a jpg file just enter "myfile.jpg" in the file dialog.
                              filedialog.png

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

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                @thomthom said:

                                @gaieus said:

                                Edit; to me, it does not export with transparent background... Nor does it export only the active context. 😞

                                What version of SU did you use?
                                Got a screencapture?

                                The most recent one; SU 8.

                                Here is a screen capture; now with a different codec than the one you could not open the other day if you remember...


                                test2.avi

                                Gai...

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  That baffles me. I have no idea why this happens. Exactly the same works for me... ❓ πŸ˜• ❓


                                  test1.zip

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

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    Well, sigh... I can always use LO for exporting png's with transparent background...

                                    Maybe it's an XP thing?

                                    Gai...

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't know. Haven't got an XP machine at hand right now. Could be an SketchUp bug...

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

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        Well, you know where to report it (and who has all sorts of machines). I have no clue about the ins and outs of ruby. I could never make a proper bug report on plugins!
                                        πŸ˜„

                                        Gai...

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Just to narrow it down to a simple test case - can you try this one-liner?

                                          <span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">write_image</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">filename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxstring">'C;\test.png'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">640</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">480</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">antialias</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transparent</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=></span><span class="syntaxdefault">trueΒ </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Β </span>
                                          

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

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            Try what? Enter the ruby console? I get this:


                                            test.png

                                            Gai...

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