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    AmbientOcclusion for SketchUp released

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    • jiminy-billy-bobJ
      jiminy-billy-bob
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      The result is displayed in a seperate window, not the Sketchup viewport, right?

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        fluid
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        Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

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        • PixeroP
          Pixero
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          @fluid said:

          Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

          Isn't that what LightUp does?

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          • jiminy-billy-bobJ
            jiminy-billy-bob
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            @fluid said:

            Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

            Within a custom Tool, you can draw in the viewport. http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/view#draw2d

            Tomasz from Thea Render even found a way to inject the render in the assembly to be able to see the render in the viewport while using any tool. But that's another master level πŸ˜„

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            • jujuJ
              juju
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              I'm trying to figure out how this differs from Visualizer...

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              • mariochaM
                mariocha
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                Repeated BUGSPLATs, on Windows 7 under Parallels. πŸ˜•

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                • jiminy-billy-bobJ
                  jiminy-billy-bob
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                  @juju said:

                  I'm trying to figure out how this differs from Visualizer...

                  Visualizer is a true renderer (although very limited features). This is "just" Ambient Occlusion.

                  It could actually be very interesting if it was happening in the viewport. For client presentation/interaction, etc
                  Sometimes you just want to add some depth to the model without a realistic render.

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                  • pbacotP
                    pbacot
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                    Is the blur in the last image a part of the plugin's function or post pro?

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                      fluid
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                      The blur is a ray-traced depth of field done directly by the plugin (in the pro version)

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                      • FrederikF
                        Frederik
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                        @pixero said:

                        @fluid said:

                        Yes, unfortunately the SketchUp api doesn't allow to render directly into the standard viewport

                        Isn't that what LightUp does?

                        Thea4SU is also able to do this, hence you're wrong, Nicola...

                        Cheers
                        Kim Frederik

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                          fluid
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                          Thanks for pointing that out, we'll look into it for the upcoming release

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                            fluid
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                            We just did a new release, fixing the Bugsplat that some users were experiencing. You can get it here

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                              sepo
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                              Hmmm...The output looks like Podium version 1.x with no lighting and AO preset. I remember it well as wrote a preset and it was damn fast. If is not real time in the SU viewport it is step backward IMHO.

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                              • pbacotP
                                pbacot
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                                What would realtime in the SU Viewport mean? You could view your models like this while navigating and working on them?

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                                • olisheaO
                                  olishea
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                                  would be cool if it baked the textures

                                  oli

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                                  • Rich O BrienR
                                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                    @sepo said:

                                    If is not real time in the SU viewport it is step backward IMHO.

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                                    • jujuJ
                                      juju
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                                      @fluid said:

                                      We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here: http://www.ambientocclusion-sketchup.com

                                      This new version adds rendering directly inside the SketchUp viewport.

                                      [flash:7ci503sq]https://www.youtube.com/v/Rst3-SoYAvA[/flash:7ci503sq]

                                      nice...

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                                        fluid
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                                        We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, adding support for SketchUp 2015 for Mac and fixing some bugs. You can get it here.

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                                        • olisheaO
                                          olishea
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                                          I like it; simple and effective.

                                          Would be awesome if you had an option to overlay the sketchup lines onto the render in one shot πŸ˜‰ Anti-aliased of course. Should be able to maintain the current sketchup line style too such as line extension.

                                          Many people like to make simple "clay" renders with a line overlay to help reveal details.

                                          A vignette option may also be cool. Goes really well with AO renders.

                                          oli

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                                            fluid
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                                            We just released AmbientOcclusion 1.5.0, you can get it here.
                                            In this version:

                                            • Added hard shadows
                                            • Added opacity control for xray effect

                                            Hard Shadows
                                            X-Ray

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