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Thank you!

@princedragoncok said:

Although it may clash, for the moment it is an excellent replacement for HRDI - you just require a more suitable image that is not so blured/skewed

Ironically I Gaussian blurred it just so it would feel out of the depth of field and not encroach.. sigh...

Here's a go at a night time shot - its kinda cool I think (Pity about the jpeg encoding artefacts in the starfields..)
barcelona_google_at_night_lightup.jpg

And there's a very short ideo
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Adam

Bore da Bigstick,

I'm a Cardiff boy myself, but never leaned to speak Welsh. What part of Wales are you living in?

I am interested in your experience of using VectorWorks to create 2D drawings from 3D Sketchup models. Perhaps you could start a new post and (if possible) show a few examples - 3D model followed by 2D drawings. There have been previous posts (in Freeware I think) which describe open source and free 2D CAD programs. I think it would be a great step forward if Sketchup could be married to one of these free CAD packages. It would open up Sketchup to new applications that require a more professional output, i.e. fully dimensioned and annotated drawings. Perhaps this is already possible.

Regards,
Bob

Adam, I have sent you a PM.

Mike

This sounds brilliant Adam. Great to see that a BIM software function is possible within Sketchup.

@dave r said:

Thank you Adam. I ran the resolution at 2cm and still had sharp edges on the bench cushion. 1cm worked better.

Does adjusting the size of the light component have any impact on the light?

Sorry DaveR, missed your post. 😞

The Point Light component is not affected by its size because the light emenates from a single point of 0 area/volume. Area lights are effected by their size (ie area) so a larger area gives more light.

Adam

Crap. Sorry about that. I knew not being in a module would bite me someday. I didn't know about them when I started.

Ill fix it and do a release as soon as possible.

AdamB,

cheers for the reply, before attempting to write any rubies myself I'm trying to analyze what I can and can't see using Xcode and Console (in combination)

it appears (to me) that if a ruby or it's loader.rb and subfolder reside in SU Plugin folder they will be initiated on start-up whether required or not and generate error reports if they have a prerequisite for "xxx" which is not available/selected prior to start-up(which, of course it's not)

This type of error does't seem to be generated for rubies that are placed inside their own sub-folder with a non-automatic step in their path i.e. rudy console, or a separate toolbar ruby that has it's own sub-folder that contains a on/off-button for an in-folder loader ruby that opens/closes the desired ruby.

Not even sure I follow that myself, but main lightup ruby (for example) appears to have to a degree of separation (for activation at least) and cannot generate errors and cause conflicts, unless it's actually being used and there's a problem.

What I think I'm after is a way to active/de-active any ruby, from within SU using a single(per ruby) external action.

Do you know if that's even realistic en-mass?

Which Xcode template is appropriate for SU rubies? or is there an importable or custom layout that's preferable?

cheers

john

because the internal function length is done in C world and those 3 scalar multiplies in Ruby world (which of course is slower)

I.frisken, i think your best bet would be to send adam a PM and see what he says. He always struck me as quite a reasonable chap so he might be able to make you an offer.