Embed SketchUp models in web pages

AdamB

So what happens when I download and extract those files? (Or how do I install the web player?)

Please, Adam, there are computer illiterates here!

[short]
The process is very simple. Just click on the link and follow instructions.

[longer]
If you navigate your browser to the URL I posted and you're using Internet Explorer, then process is totally automatic. IE will show you a dialog asking whether you trust the "Code Signed" plugin from Adam Billyard. (Code signed plugins means you can be guaranteed that nobody has altered or messed with what you're downloading so is considered a safe route to browser plugins)

If you're using Mac Safari, instead of the viewer, you'll get a button labelled "Download Plugin". Press it to download the and install the plugin for Safari.

AdamB

@tfdesign said:

WOW Adam! where's the "eyes-popping out on springs" emoticon?

Thank you. It turned out to be a ton of work.

Gaieus

Well, first I tried from Firefox.
Now I dug up my IE as well and it indeed installs there just fine. Nice,
Will it be possible to have it on other browsers too?

Also, I tried to navigate a bit - for me, something more like a walkthrough would be much better (sorry if I sound like constantly complaining and whining but I have been very enthusiastic since I first heard about this web player)

AdamB

@gaieus said:

Well, first I tried from Firefox.
Now I dug up my IE as well and it indeed installs there just fine. Nice,
Will it be possible to have it on other browsers too?

In time, yes.

@gaieus said:

Also, I tried to navigate a bit - for me, something more like a walkthrough would be much better (sorry if I sound like constantly complaining and whining but I have been very enthusiastic since I first heard about this web player)

Sure, but isn't that what SketchUp has Scenes for?

Gaieus

SU yes but not an interactive thing on the web.

Anyway, I will play around (as I now have LightUp anyway) and will whine enough, be warned!

AdamB

OK, pop quiz. What famous film is the LightUp test scene based on?

solo

War games.

Ecuadorian

Didn't work in Firefox but after dusting IE it worked fine.

May I suggest a more Doom-like navigation scheme? I mean,
left/right arrows > turn left/right

AdamB

@ecuadorian said:

:thumb: Didn't work in Firefox but after dusting IE it worked fine.

Did you miss this bit..

@adamb said:

I've finished a web browser plugin (initially for Windows Explorer and Mac Safari)

But I will look into Firefox support.

@ecuadorian said:

May I suggest a more Doom-like navigation scheme? I mean,
left/right arrows > turn left/right

It uses keys WASD to move around, the mouse to look around, the mousewheel to zoom.. short of throwing in some zombies, I can't think how much more Doom-like the controls could be.

AdamB

@solo said:

War games.

Correct! And one of Matthew's finest.

nomeradona

adam why dont you push your light up more.. add another innovation MaterialUP, bumps, reflection etc.

AdamB

I've added a Mozilla / Firefox version of the LightUp WebPlayer. So now we have:

Windows IExplorer
Mac Safari
Windows Firefox 3.6 / 4.0

It is packaged (as they all are) as a digitally signed Firefox .XPI installer, so Firefox should install it automatically after getting your permission.

Any problems, questions you ping here or at the LightUp forum.

Adam

PS Here's another simple test page showing multiple realtime views all on the same page being formatted by your browser:

LightUp WebBrowser Player

(www.light-up.co.uk)

thomthom

Installed, restarted, but no model. Just the control buttons.

Firefox 4, Win7 64bit.

AdamB

@thomthom said:

Installed, restarted, but no model. Just the control buttons.

Firefox 4, Win7 64bit.

OK, perhaps it takes some time to download the .luca file.. Does your Add-Ons menu show the LightUp plugin installed?

If you point your FF browser at a small .luca file (eg http://light-up.co.uk/resources/webplayer/blocks.luca) you should get a fullsized window of the model.

And thanks for the feedback,
Adam

thomthom

Firefox looks fine in the Addon list - looks to be installed properly.
Just tried the browser test page in Internet Explorer and it installed and loaded the models very quickly. So something must be bust with Firefox.

AdamB

Thomthom,

Please can you try and install it again (the rev has been bumped so FF might pick that up else uninstall the previous version).
I've ironed out a few little bugs that might have been catching you.

Adam

Gaieus

Installed fine on FF 3.6 here. Had to restart the browser and I can see all three models on that page.
Very cool, thanks for this, Adam!

Currently I am mostly interested in something like on the right - a walkthrough solution of a model I am building about a museum for kids. Could there be collision detection built in to the file? Also, how about climbing on stairs? (I should try, I know...)

One note: the model on the left seems to be very sluggishly navigable. And the model in the middle is rotating around something behind me. Is that because o the model origin?

(The one on the right is very cool).

Could there be also a control to go full-screen?

Gaieus

@gaieus said:

Could there be also a control to go full-screen?

Never mind. I discovered that if I load the luca file directly into the browser, it can be viewed full-screen. Sweet!

thomthom

Tried it on my home computer with Firefox4 and Win7 64bit - worked fine.
Will check with my work computer if the update solve the problem I had there.

Gaieus

Adam, Firefox crashed on me twice today - true that I had two tabs open with the plugin This one (with 3 instancing of the embedded player running) and this one.

Otherwise works fine - maybe this was too much for my poor machine already.