Peoples,

If you have software that can render 6 face skybox (like LightUp), you don't need special processing software - you can just embed it as WebGL in a HTML webpage.

Here's a quick test I wrote: http://light-up.co.uk/pano.html

Adam

Cool bug!

Just for completeness, rendering animated Section Planes is built-in to LightUp so no need for additional plugins.

But as Rich has commented, the "Revision" part of the name Revision Control System is about being able to rollback to previous versions and examine what changed. So you'd be kind of "misusing" Git in this case - as Dan says, it will make an entire copy of your assets each time you commit.

It sounds what you need is an Asset Management System..

Adam

Waaay late for the party, but this is SU2014 + LightUp using hdr IBL (Image Based Lighting) with a Shadow Catcher Material underneath.

Lighting time: 2min 8sec (then realtime)

Thought you may find this link to the new manual for LightUp useful - whether you're a current user or just want to learn more about how it works.

You can download it here: LightUp v3 Manual

Just about to release LightUp v3.3 in the next couple of days which has lots of new features and improvements.

Speaking with SketchUp and LightUp users at BaseCamp 2014 really enlightened me as to how many use Section Planes in their everyday workflows.

Proud to present a great new feature for LightUp v3.3 of animated realtime Section Planes that can slice through your lit model.

Sneak peek at a cool new feature for LightUp: Being able to mark materials as "Diffuse Reflectors" to allow Radiosity lighting - which in practice means surfaces bounce light around the model.

Here is a room with IES downlighters and just Direct lighting (no AO).

And here with the floor marked as a diffuse reflector (7 seconds to render):

If you're attending BaseCamp 2014, come find me if you want more information.

Adam

Right, I'm here and up for some skiing tomorrow if anyone is around?

@adamb said:

Yes, I was just planning buying a day pass on Saturday/Sunday. Anyone know what the prices are like?

Adam

Just checked your link Mike: $170/day! Kinda bonkers pricing - and I've been dragging helmets etc round the US for the last 2 weeks.

Adam

Yes, I was just planning buying a day pass on Saturday/Sunday. Anyone know what the prices are like?

Adam

@garry k said:

I am drawing mouldings for doors and sometimes the extrusion draws all faces in reverse. It appears to be random as I can draw the exact door and sometimes it is reverse and sometimes it is proper.

Any suggestions?

If each door is a component, no transform you can apply will flip only certain faces on certain instances.

So I'm presuming you're creating each door moulding manually? Again, if its a clean (no tiny edges or shards), manifold (no edges with 1 face attached) model, you should be fine.

Its possible its a precision issue if the scale is wrong - ie the doors are tiny.

Well I believe the only renderer that runs inside SketchUp is LightUp (https://light-up.co.uk)

It is fast, easy to use and supports realtime reflections - see this video tutorial on Materials:

LightUp v3.2c has been released. Login and download from your account.

• minor fixes for SU2014
• light corona size reduced
• honors Solar North settings in light calculations
• reset dialog positions menu item

See you at BaseCamp 2014!

New version (v2.05) should available in the next few days:

• higher shadowmap resolution for higher display resolutions
• toggle camera animation during Scene transitions (animate shadows without animating cameras)
• fix for handling Scenes marked not in animation
• handling parallel projection interactions (orbit, zoom, measure)

iPad LightUp Player v2.0 is available on the AppStore.

2.00

• realtime ruler distance measurement
• toggle for camera inertia
• iOS 5.1.1 support
• iPhone support
• if no Internet, uses cached files
• fix for using gyro in Portrait mode
• simplified UI with Settings sheet

Holding a finger over a surface gives realtime measurements to the opposing wall/ceiling, so you can show the scale of your models / dimensions as you navigate.

My 2 cents worth. I'm really impressed with SU 2014.

Seems much more stable than previous versions, obviously significantly faster in dealing with large models than previous version due to the Ruby 2.0 + other engine optimizations. Just better all around in my book.

The everlasting debate as to whether SketchUp is for sketching or capturing production designs isn't going away - and to be fair, whether the SU team like it or not, I know many users do use SketchUp as a (easy to use) CAD tool and therefore I do empathize with some of the moaning.

Adam

Far too many ComponentInstances.

Look to judiciously explode the contents of some Components.

@box said:

Are you working on an Android version?

Well, we'll see how much interest we get with the iPad version before diving into Android.

BTW I've posted a FREE version of the iPad LightUp Player which has some functionality disabled and has banner Ads.

New version of LightUp with some cool new features and improvements.

• prettier water shader with sunshine specular
• optional coronas around light sources
• improved shader speed
• fixes for simultaneous aiming multiple IES light sources.
• Check out the iPad LightUp Player in the Apple AppStore

Hope to see you all at Basecamp 2014!

Here's a LightUp render of a model by Đức Nguyễn. Render time 0.033 seconds.

Proud to announce that our daylight and solar analysis package LightUp Analytics has won the prestigious Chartered Institute of Building's Digital Innovation Award 2013.

You can see the announcement here: http://iandrawards.ciob.org/winners/2013-winners

Congrats to the team!