RAL colors

deaneau

hello RAL Color doesn´t work in 2013/2014

i see only an empty list. the file size is 9k

have anybody a link to a working version?

thank you

dean

Dave R

Actually, it does work in both SU2013 and SU2014 but you have to go through some gymnastics and hold your tongue just the right way.

Try extracting the contents of the attached ZIP file to the Materials folder and see what you get. On PC you'll probably have to use Open or Create a collection to get SU to look at the folder.

RAL.zip

keramare

Just what i needed. Thanx again.

Dave R

Which file did you download?

keramare

i rushed to thank but cant make it work on 2013. I copied the file in the materials folder but sketchup cant see it. I then made a ral folder and copied there the skm file. Sketchup sees the ral folder but its emty. Any other idea?

UPDATE: TIG saved my life everything is ok. TIG your king.

jarynzlesa

thx

keramare

first i downloaded RAL-Farben.zip but didnt work out and then i downloaded RAL.zip posted by TIG and worked out.

deaneau

@DaveR

I don´t know why the zip is damage or in a wrong format. i use windows8

could you try RAR? normally WIN RAR can zip files open, too

thank you Dean

p.s. color and "farben" is the same, only the file is different

greets from berlin

Dave R

Try it again.

deaneau

@Dave R

thank you Dave its the German Version

all Beginner (not you Dave) in Sketchup must remember, that RAL is a subtractive color system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtractive_color

and what you see, is an aditive color in sketchup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color

important is the RAL No.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL_colour_standard

here the german Page with more infos
(with a link to the english version)

http://ral.de/

here a Page to RAL and other Colorsystems (British and Australian Color System is include) however not for sketchup

http://www.e-paint.co.uk/products.asp?cat=56

thanks again Dave

Dean

p.s. My idea: a thread for all Colorsystems wordwide and possible downloads concentraded in on thread.

sally

Hello,
I've downloaded Tig's RAL file with English names (thanks Tig) and placed it in my materials folder, where all the colours are in a second folder and show as SKM files. It shows as a collection in the paint bucket but it's empty....I've tried a re-start a couple of times but still no joy.... help please

driven

@sally

it should be in your 'User' Materials folder... make one if it's not in this folder... john

Dave R

John, you're missing a bunch of colors.

sally

thanks Driven,

I've managed to sort it with Dave's help, the problem was that I'd put all of Tig's folder in my plugins folder, where as I should have opened his folder and just copied/moved the folder within the folder, (i.e. the one containing all the skm files) into my plugins folder. Once I'd done that it worked fine.

best regards, Sally

Openspaces

Thanks Dave, that worked.