Screen capture and aspect ratio

driven

plugin that will set a specified aspect ratio in the viewport

theres two versions kicking around for mac's, and it wouldn't be that hard to make a PC version... if I had a PC.

the basic concept is:
Multiply your viewport height by your aspect ratio, then set the window width to that.
If you maximise your window first, you can use that for your height, then
in Ruby Console paste

Sketchup.active_model.active_view.vpheight*1.4 # change to your ratio

the value it returns can be used for your window width in something like Dave suggests.
The last detail was with 'Zoom Extents' to eliminate it's margins for accurate printing.
Back in 'RC'

Sketchup.active_model.active_view.zoom 1.0525

you may need to tweak the ratio to fill your screen, my laptop uses 1.0475 or similar...
You can then just use the builtin export 2D... or Arilius's Snapshot ruby...

@unknownuser said:

I know that the advanced camera tools in pro can do this, what I need is quick previsualization. thanks

Film & Stage still worked on v7 free last time I used it, not as advanced as it's replacement but it's free...
http://www.sketchup.com/download/previousplugins.html
john

thomthom

You can use V-Ray Tools. You don't need V-Ray to use it, but you can use the feature which sets the aspect ratio and the export feature.

ktgeary

I tried the Vray tools this worked great for setting the aspect ratio, thanks. However the export safeframe did not allow me to select a file type and I received the error "failed to save image" . any thoughts? Thanks for the help.

thomthom

You need to manually type the file format. It's due to a bug in the SketchUp API.

ktgeary

rock on. works great, thanks for the help.

miikka1978

I also tried to use VRAY tools but I get error message: "Invalid Control Type: TT:GUI::Groupbox"

Do you have idea what could be the problem? I already updated the TT_Lib to TT_Lib2 - 2.7.1.rbz.

thomthom

Tt_lib2 doesnt replace Tt_lib 1.

Not sure why you get that error. Never had that before. Is that the full error? Are you sure you installed everything correctly?

miikka1978

Thanks for helping me with this thomthom. I reinstalled both:

TT_Lib (1.2.0) — 31 August 2010
TT_Lib² (2.7.1) — 19 February 2013

But, I still get the same message as earlier. When I close the message (window) I also get this error message. Maybe it explains the problem a little better.

thomthom

I'd need more info about your system. (Can you please fill this out in your profile as well?)

What is your Windows version?
What is your Internet Explorer version?

It also appear that you have activated debug messages for embedded browser controls - which is unusual...

dtrarch

TT

Will this work if using Firefox not MS IE?

dtr

driven

@dtrarch said:

TT

Will this work if using Firefox not MS IE?

dtr

SketchUp can't use Firefox only MS IE on PC or WebKit on mac.

it's part of the program, not selectable...

miikka1978

@thomthom said:

I'd need more info about your system. (Can you please fill this out in your profile as well?)

What is your Windows version?
What is your Internet Explorer version?

It also appear that you have activated debug messages for embedded browser controls - which is unusual...

I am sorry that I have not answered earlier for this clarification request!

My Windows: Windows 7 Home Premium version 6.1
My Internet Explorer: 9.0.8112.16421

sp33d1984

I have this same problem.

thomthom

Either you have an old version of TT_Lib2 - or you have an outdated IE. (I think it's an outdated TT_Lib2 you have.)