[Plugin] Upload model with custom thumbnail — 12.01.2013

66searcher

@66searcher:
I hope you don't take it amiss .
It was not meant as a plugin for everyone but only for those people who couldn't use 3d warehouse before (in the other Google Help Forum). It now allows them to have thumbnails of their actual models, because there occured technical problems where all thumbnails were black.

I agree that I don't like when people have images of something else, but it has always been possible to upload as "kmz" and then choose any image/photo as thumbnail.

i appreciate you and i understand that your plugin is helpful...thanks.
and also i hope everyone use it in right way.not in the way that Gaieus show us !

Gaieus

I also agree that it should be used with care... However even nowadays some people upload the files with an image or something in front of the camera and when you download it, you realize that what you got is not what you expected from the thumbnail image. Nevertheless the 3D view will always reveal the true model before downloading.

@Aerilius, could you consider this small FR above?

@gaieus said:

If I could have a suggestion however... Currently there are two, top-level entries in the Plugin menu for this plugin. Could you arrange them into one main entry and two submenu items? Like many, I also struggle with a too long list of plugins (even that I have disabled many that I do not use ATM).

(I know I should be able to edit/modify your plugin but I am not sure how - without screwing it up...)

pavelvan

Hi there, what is proper size of 3D Warehouse window, please? I tried to uploud several images, but never wass filled whole window...

Thanks

Gaieus

They want max. 800x600 images there (I think). That's a 4:3 aspect ratio (that is certain) image and will be reduced a bit but fill the window vertically. It will never fill the window horizontally though (neither do the images automatically generated by the WH software).

Aerilius

I uploaded a new version with support for Unicode file names.

sumaster

HI,

download OPTION is not available

"Disable browser ad blocking to view images and download attachments"

please Help

THANKS

Aerilius

→ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=49936
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arcnhan

thanks Aerilius

sumaster

HI,

i can not Download Plugin and not see Images . . . . .

Please CHK

Aerilius

This has not much to do with this plugin. You get better help here:
→ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=49936

sumaster

Hi Aerilius,

thanks for reply . . . . .

i try all these things but not work my laptop . . . .

now i will CHK my software . . . . installation problem . . . .

thanks you Aerilius

66searcher

@gaieus said:

What a cool plugin, Aerilius!
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=92212c6c19acb8b94e9c9efd1560014e

I guess many people in the Warehouse will hate you though. From now on, no-one can trust that what we see is what we get.

i agree !

stuartmitch

Hi Aurelius,

I am not sure whether I am too late to post to this topic or whether my question has relativity, but one thing that annoys me in SU is the the inability for each file to bear an custom icon of the model rather than simply the SU generic icon. I have so many models that I can not remember them all by name and need unique images for each icon. Currently I use a slow process of taking a screen snapshot of the model then copy and pasting this into the File info.

Can your plugin be adapted to automate the process of adding a custom icon to the SU model files I keep on my machine?

Cheers...>Scotty

Aerilius

Hi,
this plugin has a very different scope than what you need. File thumbnails work very differently and the approach of this plugin does not offer a solution for file thumbnails. This forum is full of discussions about thumbnails (ie. no thumbnails on Win64bit, small thumbnails on OS X), and many workarounds [1][2][3]. If you need a file to always the same thumbnail of the model from a specific perspective, you can make use of SketchUp's feature in "Model Info" to disable updating the thumbnail on save.

Aerilius

[off:1waa3eoz]%(#BF0000)[This plugin has no use anymore.
This plugin was designed to hook into SketchUp's upload process to the old Google 3D Warehouse. The old warehouse did not generate thumbnails server-side, so this plugin replaced the temporary image file on the user's computer during the upload process. The new Trimble 3D Warehouse generates preview images their servers so that there is no use for this plugin anymore.][/off:1waa3eoz]

stuartmitch

@aerilius said:

Hi,
this plugin has a very different scope than what you need. File thumbnails work very differently and the approach of this plugin does not offer a solution for file thumbnails. This forum is full of discussions about thumbnails (ie. no thumbnails on Win64bit, small thumbnails on OS X), and many workarounds [1][2][3]. If you need a file to always the same thumbnail of the model from a specific perspective, you can make use of SketchUp's feature in "Model Info" to disable updating the thumbnail on save.

Many thanks for clarifying that for me. All understood now.

Cheers...>Stuart