Hey!

Thanks for the message! Really sorry for the delay. We have had some massive snow storms in Calgary so our servers have been up and down all week.

I'm working on it right now, It will be posted today! watch this space!

A password, I must be special I better get that looked at!

We use http://www.yousendit.com to forward files. Maybe try that. It has a free sharing box on the left so there is no need to sign up.

I'm sorry again for the problems, We will get it resolved!

oh, and try taking shading off and re-publish. Larger models sometimes take a little time but bare with it, it will come through
Still feel free to send me the file! We will capture it in one way or the other!

hey! That model looks fantastic!! I'm sorry you are having problems in the uploading stage. sounds like more firewall issues, I will get our techs to look into it right away and see if we have a solution for you!
In the mean time, how about sending it to me at anolloth@ice-edge.com and I'll get this into ICEvision for you, it would be a shame not to have it entered!

This offer extends to everyone!

So how is everybody doing? anybody need any help with anything? I'd be more than happy to give you a hand over an online meeting room if you are stuck, let me know!

Hey All

Incase any of your have had problems getting going with ICEvision, I have attached this handy help sheet!

Getting_Started_ICEvision_SketchUp_Cloud.pdf

thats great news! I'm glad its all up and running now!

I created a little Harry Potter-themed game to help users navigate through ICEvision. If you want to take a break from creating your awesome models, have a go at this!

Once its loaded, press the play button for instructions

http://icevisioncloud.com/viewer.jsf?mkey=39c796434038afd98b17cbbe77d24421

Post your best times on the forum. No prizes for the winner, just bragging rights for fastest time

Hey

So here is a solution to this problem. Infact, this website can explain it alot more clearly than I can over the forum

500 Internal Server Error

(www.shankh.com)

I hope this works for you, please let me know if you still have problems!

Thanks

Andy

Hey Cyberdactyl

Thank you for posting this, I have forwarded it to our tech team who have jumped straight on it

If anyone else has any problems, be sure to post them!

I'll be back shortly.

Andy

ICEvision Tip of the day!

As I mentioned yesterday, today's tip of the day is all thanks to d12dozr's single yet ICEvision-changing quote raised Jan 18th 2010.

@unknownuser said:

I'd still like to see something other than a black sky Maybe you could have an option use an HDRI sky for lighting and/or background...simple and elegant

Because of that, the Sky Sphere was created! See d12dozr's model with the Sky sphere in action!

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(icevision.ice-edge.com)

Setting the model inside a giant sphere with a skyline texture gave it a totally new atmosphere and created daylight for the poor model people who were previously living in space!

This youtube video will show you the easiest way to create the Sphere

Give it a go in your model. Maybe even try some new and exciting textures. Don't forget, you can enter up to 3 ICEvision's for the competition. So feel free to enter a before sphere ICEvision and after sphere ICEvision. That will give you one more entry to spare!

and great news Marcus, because of your suggestion.... ICEvision's own Sky has been created and is coming very very soon Thank you!

Hey Marcus!

This is all to do with the shading in ICEvision.

Tip of the day: Turn shading off in ICEvision before you publish. You will capture those colours and textures that you created in Sketchup

Thank you for bringing that up and for the excellent description. Please feel free to ask more questions!

Tomorrows tip of the day is something Marcus helped us create! watch this space

Andy

Hey all!

So we've had a few request to extend the contest by a couple of weeks, so that is what we will do! All the ICEvision's must be submitted by April 27th 2010.

Grab an old model and capture it, you never know!

Hey everybody!

We have had some good responses so far but not as near as many as we thought we might. The competition is easy to enter and you can win some truly great prizes. Is there some questions we haven't answered or something we've missed? We would really appreciate your feedback!

Thank you! and have a great weekend too!

SketchUvision competition page - http://www.ice-edge.com/icevision

only a week to go! looking forward to seeing all the entries!

@unknownuser said:

Cool competition!

Just wondering if I could model an entry at home on my FREE version, before uploading at work with my PRO version?

Thank you! You will be pleased to know you can create your models in the free version and just upload to pro to capture with ICEvision.

Don't forget, you are allowed 3 entry's. So if you have an old model you want to enter in, that's fine too!

Looking forward to seeing your ICEvision

Now here is some inspiration!

koen " jack sparrow " jespers from Sketchup has built the set from friends brilliantly using Sketchup. So, I thought I'd try my hand in putting it into ICEvision...

Check out my friends movie by following the link below. As usual, hit the play button!

http://icevisioncloud.com/viewer.jsf?mkey=190e40bcff34f6305dbe04cc1e14b70e

Seeing this got me thinking, how great would a few other TV show or movie set's be in Sketchup/ICEvision. Anyone dare attempt the Ghostbusters HQ with full interior?

Hey Mike

That's a good suggestion, are you thinking like a map you would get in a video game for example? I'm going to take it to the developers tomorrow and see if it's possible. I'll get back to you with the reply as soon as I've spoken to them.

I'm glad you liked the model too, There's a lot of talented people using sketchup that's for sure! I'm sure the members here could take it even further too. Looking forward to seeing some new and exciting models and ideas.

Hey Marcus!

yea! The mouse really is so cool, I can't wait for someone to win it so they can tell me what it's like! haha. I can show you all what it looks like in the box, but that's as far as I'm allowed to go!

It is only compatible with pro because the way models export into ICEvision is different between the 2 programs. We are looking at developing ICEvision for the free version but that's a little way off.

However, you can download an 8 hour trial from here http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsup.html, you could even build in the free version and just use this to open the file and capture to ICEvision, It wouldn't even take up 10 minutes of the 8 hours!

Hey all

I just grabbed something from the warehouse to give you all some inspiration for the competition. Take a look! Hit the play button for a tour.

http://icevisioncloud.com/viewer.jsf?mkey=ec015ab442cabd56c5aa2058460be485

oh, and I received the prizes today! Wow that mouse is even cooler than first thought! I want one haha

Andy

Get started right away, register here http://www.icevisioncloud.com/register.jsf and enter this promo code SKV856

Hey All

I hope everyone is building some more fantastic models, I can't wait to see them!

just to let you know, there is no restriction on how many times you upload the model in ICEvision, There is also no restriction on how many people you share it with! Just make sure you only share it with us 3 times

If you have any questions, you know where to find me!

Andy