Hi all,

I found this post on the google groups from nov. of 07, when searching for a way to import a group of materials into sketchup. I installed the ruby and it shows up under my plugins drop down. Problem is I cant get it to work. Does anyone have any experience with this particular plugin??? The genesis of my problem is the need for a bunch of sketchy type materials for a black and white presentation i'm preparing in Layout. I was only able to find a set of jpg's hence my need to convert them to .skm files.

"QUESTION:
Is there a way to automate a bulk add of a JPG library to the
SKM library? I've got several hundred material texture images and it
would be tedious to convert them by hand one by one.

ANSWER:
Use the ruby script Mass Material Importer
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/massmaterialimporter.rb.
to place an entire folder of images into your In-Model library, which
you can then save with Save As Library. You'll probably have to tweak
the scales on the images."

Thanks for any help!!

Sorry it took me a couple of days to get back. Surprise birthday party put me in "summer" mode real quick. No worries with the .tiff stuff. I was able to work around it, and all the info i was able to find said that .png was a better format anyway. i'm in good shape now. I just wish i was better at post processing. I've been busting my butt on some of the tutorials posted - but i was trying to use GIMP rather than PS to really no avail. I think i'm going to return this GIMP how to book and just shell out the dough for PS. Its just easier to work around - no bugs. I'm not trying to be a programer, just a proficient designer. LOL!

Anyway thanks for the trys.

Archi

Hi all,

Last night i was able to export .tiffs of my model at a width setting of 5200 ppi with no problem. Today, after creating a few more scenes in hopes of imitating the 'dennis' technique, i cant export didley squat! I've tried as low as 3000 ppi width - NO DICE.

I just tried a .png export at 5200 ppi width and it worked - i might just try to use this file rather than wasting time trying to figure out why it wont export as a .tiff anymore.

Thanks for the help.
Archi

PS - i did NOT select Anti Aliasing

nope, in fact i didnt have it on in the first place. The only thing i changed to the model was that i added a few scenes with saved styles.

I just tried a .png export at 5200 ppi width and it worked - i might just try to use this file rather than wasting time trying to figure out why it wont export as a .tiff anymore.

Hi all,

Last night i was able to export .tiffs of my model at a width setting of 5200 with no problem. Today, after creating a few more scenes in hopes of imitating the dennis technique, i cant export didley sqat! I've tried as low as 3000 ppi width - NO DICE.

Thanks for the help.
Archi

Eureka!

I just forgot the simple task of resetting the axes to its original position.

All is well now.

Thanks again for your help!

Remus and Mirjman - thank you for your assistance. I used the align view work around and it worked fine. But for the future could you tell me what i was doing wrong. I uploaded my model to the warehouse. The link is below. I've never uploaded anything before so if the link doesnt work please let me know.

Thanks again.
Archi

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=2392d78d7d15d320c8c76443e58e0fb5

sorry its saying the file is too big - any suggestions? Its 2.83 MBs.

Its weird, i had to change my axis' earlier in my modeling for some reason or another - now whenever i hit the standard views the model is juxtaposed. I have the camera set to parallel projection but the view is still way off. I've attached the file to illustrate what i mean. If you hit one of the views you'll see the juxtaposition. The front view should be the wall with the Amwell signage. Let me know what you think - if you dont mind.

Thanks.