How to get rid of direction information?

TIG

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...

Wo3Dan

@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.

Jim

@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

kyyu

@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]

Wo3Dan

@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

TIG

You [I] live and learn...

Jim

@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.

Dave R

Could you make custom view names and make them appear for specific scenes?

TIG

I already made a tool for that - 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

Dave R

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.

TIG

I know the problem...
Anyway... I already made a tool for that - 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

Now, a why am I standing at the fridge with the door open moment...

Dave R

@tig said:

I know the problem...
Anyway... I already made a tool for that - 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

Now, a why am I standing at the fridge with the door open moment...

Because you have to go to the loo?

C.Wolf

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...