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    • C Offline
      C.Wolf
      last edited by

      Hello,

      At our institute we conduct experiments on navigation with Google SketchUp (Version 8).

      Unfortunately we can't get rid of the direction which is at the top left. (See picture)

      Does anybody know how to get rid of it?

      Thanks for any help!
      C.Wolf


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      • TIGT Online
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Unfortunately the view-text, saying Top, Front etc [or in your locale language], is hard coded into the SUp-code.
        Of course, if your views aren't these specific 'types' there is no text visible, so you could make slight adjustments to the camera to avoid them appearing in your [saved] Scene tabs...

        TIG

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        • Wo3DanW Offline
          Wo3Dan
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Unfortunately the view-text, saying Top, Front etc [or in your locale language], is hard coded into the SUp-code....

          I'm not too sure about that.
          If I'm not mistaken I've seen some code that turned it off, for the same purpose of getting clean prints/screenshots. But that was some 2 years ago. I'll see if I can find it again.
          Keep on searching.

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          • J Offline
            Jim
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            @wo3dan said:

            I'm not too sure about that.
            If I'm not mistaken I've seen some code that turned it off, for the same purpose of getting clean prints/screenshots. But that was some 2 years ago. I'll see if I can find it again.
            Keep on searching.

            Right, it's an option named "ShowViewName" in the Ruby API, but apparently not available through any dialog. The following code, pasted in the Ruby Console window, will turn the text off.

            Sketchup.active_model.options["ShowViewName"] = false

            Hi

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            • K Offline
              kyyu
              last edited by

              @jim said:

              Right, it's an option named "ShowViewName" in the Ruby API, but apparently not available through any dialog. The following code, pasted in the Ruby Console window, will turn the text off.

              Sketchup.active_model.options["ShowViewName"] = false

              Thanks, that's very interesting. I couldn't get it to work, but googled it and found it was mis spelled. Should be:
              Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["ShowViewName" = false]

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              • Wo3DanW Offline
                Wo3Dan
                last edited by

                @kyyu said:

                .....
                Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["ShowViewName" = false]

                Thanks Jim and thanks kyyu.
                At least (part of) my memory is still working as should.

                To get the ViewName (Top, Front, etc.) back, replace false by true

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                • TIGT Online
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  You [I] live and learn... ๐Ÿ˜„

                  TIG

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                  • J Offline
                    Jim
                    last edited by

                    @kyyu said:

                    Thanks, that's very interesting. I couldn't get it to work, but googled it and found it was mis spelled. Should be:
                    Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["ShowViewName"] = false

                    Thanks for the correction. I should have taken an extra 2 seconds and tested it.

                    There is another RenderingOption named "DisplayText" which toggles the display of text, which is also not available in any dialog.

                    Hi

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Could you make custom view names and make them appear for specific scenes?

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                      • TIGT Online
                        TIG Moderator
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                        I already made a tool for that ๐Ÿ˜’ - it adds screen-text initially with the scene-name [editable] put onto its own layer [that is only 'on' in that scene]...
                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293602#p293602

                        TIG

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          I'm sorry TIG. I vaguely remember that now. I can't keep track of all your fine plugins. If they don't get used frequently, they escape my memory. And my memory seems to be getting shorter and shorter.

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                          • TIGT Online
                            TIG Moderator
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                            I know the problem...
                            Anyway... I already made a tool for that ๐Ÿ˜’ - it adds screen-text initially with the scene-name [editable] put onto its own layer [that is only 'on' in that scene]...
                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293602#p293602
                            ๐Ÿ˜‰
                            Now, a why am I standing at the fridge with the door open moment... ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                            TIG

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              @tig said:

                              I know the problem...
                              Anyway... I already made a tool for that ๐Ÿ˜’ - it adds screen-text initially with the scene-name [editable] put onto its own layer [that is only 'on' in that scene]...
                              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=293602#p293602
                              ๐Ÿ˜‰
                              Now, a why am I standing at the fridge with the door open moment... ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                              Because you have to go to the loo?

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                              • C Offline
                                C.Wolf
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for your help everybody!
                                With the ruby console and the posted command everything is fine now!
                                Still much for us to discover with Google SketchUp... ๐Ÿ˜„

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