[Plugin] [Re]Scene v1.0.7

CadFather

Hey Rafael, got a few thoughts on this regarding the options that may be added (or not).

let me know what you think:

could do without the icons for page next and previous - since you may just use the tabs, and if there's lots of scenes we'll get the arrows to the right of the screen, that would free some toolbar space.

if the update button in the scene manager can be called from ruby (but i don't think you can),
then that could be the options of the webdialog. the only problem so far is that the script can mess up any hidden layers/object/shadows in other scenes which may be needed for an animation.

in any case, i love this plugin, when you have 150 scenes for an animation and you can switch styles really fast, no thumbnail updates etc!

PS. i almost got a heart attack as i clicked on re-scene and a click came out of the speakers!

renderiza

@cadfather said:

PS. i almost got a heart attack as i clicked on re-scene and a click came out of the speakers!

You sir made my day!

It will be interesting to hear what the SketchUp community has to say about adding sounds to their plugins. This is little experiment to see if people respond positive toward it but was not expecting giving someone a heart attack.

@cadfather said:

could do without the icons for page next and previous - since you may just use the tabs, and if there's lots of scenes we'll get the arrows to the right of the screen, that would free some toolbar space.

I agree that the less space occupied for the toolbar the better but maybe those actions buttons can be placed in the web-dialog instead because I do like not moving my mouse to go to next scene.

@cadfather said:

if the update button in the scene manager can be called from ruby (but i don't think you can), then that could be the options of the web-dialog.

In this post you can find lots of actions that can be called by this line of code "Sketchup.send_action()" without the ""... http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23321&start=0

If you scroll down you will find this... "Sketchp.send_action(CMD_PAGE_UPDATE)", it will not prompt the 'Properties to update:' window but it will update selected scene.

Can you elaborate on how do you see this being added to web-dialog?
Is it just to be able to update only one scene type of feature?

@cadfather said:

the only problem so far is that the script can mess up any hidden layers/object/shadows in other scenes which may be needed for an animation.

That is defensively the focus of our next update for this plugin. By the way if there is another member that wants to collaborate with us in solving this problem that would be great.

Rich O Brien

Added to Store...just click Recent...

Soon you'll be adding these yourselves

renderiza

Thanks Rich O Brien...SketchUcation Plugin Store is the future!

renderiza

@cadfather said:

the only problem so far is that the script can mess up any hidden layers/object/shadows in other scenes which may be needed for an animation.

CadFather how embarrassing this is!!!

The solution of this problem was under our noses this whole time onn the SketchUp API documentation.

1 - Camera Location,
2 - Drawing Style,
4 - Shadow Settings,
8 - Axes Location,
16 - Hidden Geometry,
32 - Visible Layers,
64 - Active Section Planes.

Example: The bit code values are added together to provide the flags value. For example, to update the Camera Location, Axes Location, and Active Section Planes properties, the flag would be 73 (1 + 8 + 64).

CadFather this means that if we only want to update the style and not affect things liek; Camera Location, Shadow Settings, Axes Location, Hidden Geometry, Visible Layers and Active Section Planes we use the following...

page.update(2) #<--Only updates styles and nothing else

This is good news since now we can create web-dialog options for user to select what he wants to update

Anyways will be working on this so expect an update really soon!

CadFather

Hi Rafael, good re-scene news - that also means i could assign a keyboard shortcut to the options (which currently SU doesn't do). do let me know if you need anything this end (icons i guess..? ).

renderiza

@cadfather said:

Hi Rafael, good re-scene news - that also means i could assign a keyboard shortcut to the options (which currently SU doesn't do). do let me know if you need anything this end (icons i guess..? ).

Yeah good new indeed!

I think your icons are top notch so if you have any you want to include let me know.

I am almost done with the changes so I will maybe finish it if not today then tommorrow.

So far I have done the following;

Apply to
::radio button:: All Scenes <== If selected then all scenes will be updated
::radio button:: Single Scenes <== If selected then only current scene will be updated

::checkbox:: Drawing Style
::checkbox:: Camera Location
::checkbox:: Shadow Settings
::checkbox:: Axes Location
::checkbox:: Hidden Geometry
::checkbox:: Visible Layers
::checkbox:: Active Section Planes

After I wrote what was above I just realized it was easier to post image.

Some thing I am still thinking if adding or not is the following

Removing "previews page", "next page", "delete page" and "add page" buttons from toolbar area so I can place them somewhere in web-dialog to free toolbar space.
Name text area to have the options to change all scene names at one...maybe have a checkbox aswell to automaticly add numbers so if you input a name like "Page" the resul will be Page_1", "Page_2", "Page_3" and so on. But maybe that would be for another version.
Description text area - Maybe not sure
checkbox include in animation.

Maybe you can help me to decide if the above is worth adding or not.

renderiza

New Update Released! [Re]Scene v1.0.2

Anton_S

Great effort!!!
Love the sounds, the dialog, and everything
Thank you so much for that cool plug

CadFather

wow, looks really good! really like the idea of renaming the scenes.. let's go check it out

you know what would be good? adding the camera frame on all pages too.. (say you'd like a resolution of 2000x1300) - something like vray toys for all scenes.

and also...

PS Edit: ..no comment on the sounds!!!

unearthed

Thanks for the plugin Rafael, it does what it says on the tin and will save me a lot of work.

I don't care about the sounds though, too much like a game, a bit too 'windowesque' for my tastes.

rv1974

nice goodie, Rafael. Thank you.
'Export' feature (to other files) would be welcomed

renderiza

@unearthed said:

Thanks for the plugin Rafael, it does what it says on the tin and will save me a lot of work.

I don't care about the sounds though, too much like a game, a bit too 'windowesque' for my tastes.

Thanks for your feedback!

Maybe next update I will remove sound or include an option to disable it. In the mean time you can do the following;

Open 'RND_RESCENE.rb' with your favorite editor (I use notepad++).
Find each line with the following code;


UI.play_sound @sound_1_wav
UI.play_sound @sound_2_wav

Now add this '#' at the front so that it will look like this;


#UI.play_sound @sound_1_wav
#UI.play_sound @sound_2_wav

Click save and no sound should be triggered.
Otherwise enjoy the sounds!

@rv1974 said:

nice goodie, Rafael. Thank you.
'Export' feature (to other files) would be welcomed

Thanks for your suggestion!

Can you elaborate little more on this idea so I understand exactly what this export feature will be like.

unearthed

Thanks Anton for the heads up on how to remove the sounds - please keep the sounds; I'm not exactly a life-and-soul-of-the-party type and not into playful stuff, but I don't want to rain on someone else's parade.

Anton_S

@unearthed said:

Thanks Anton for the heads up on how to remove the sounds - please keep the sounds; I'm not exactly a life-and-soul-of-the-party type and not into playful stuff, but I don't want to rain on someone else's parade.

You meant Renderiza!

renderiza

New Update Released v1.0.3

Now [Re]Scene is an extension that you can see under Window > Preferences > Extensions. With a quick click, you can learn some info about plugin and can even turn it on and off.

CadFather

Thanks Rafael - it comes very handy!

renderiza

CadFather you reminded me of something I forgot to add on the info section of the Extension!...I updated the downloads to add that important info to the plugin.

JuanV.Soler

one question Renderiza

is it possible the undo option ? I can not make it and I think it would nice to have it so to see once and again the changes made

thanks

renderiza

::JuanV.Soler::

I will look into this so I can respond to you if it is possible or not.