Posts made by Ben Ritter

@andrews said:

@ben ritter said:

Wow, this is my first time on the new 3d Warehouse site and is it ever slooooow to browse, compared to the previous one. Not to mention, I haven't been able to download anything. It times out and says "An error occurred when connecting to the 3D Warehouse. The operation timed out".

Ben,

We're not seeing the slowdown on our end, nor the problems downloading files. We'd like to try to diagnose/fix this, but we need a lot more information to try to reproduce the issue first.

How are you accessing the 3DWH? Are you using your web browser or the component browser inside of SketchUp? If you're in the browser, exactly what version? If you're accessing it through SketchUp, exactly what version are you using? What operating system are you running? SketchUp uses Internet Explorer behind the scenes, so what version of IE are you running? Where in the world are you accessing the site from? Do you know if you're going through a VPN or proxy? Does the problem happen all the time, or just at certain times of the day?

Thanks,

Andrew

Andrew, thanks. It seems to be running fine since last week when others posted similar problems. I appreciate your response.

What about making the slab a semi-transparent material?

I had the MP version installed. The base version still does show skp thumbnails.

Wow, this is my first time on the new 3d Warehouse site and is it ever slooooow to browse, compared to the previous one. Not to mention, I haven't been able to download anything. It times out and says "An error occurred when connecting to the 3D Warehouse. The operation timed out".

Is there a problem with the site?

Thanks.

XnView used to be able to display thumbnails of skp files. I have version XnView MP v0.61 and there is no such display anymore.

Anyone know if it's still possible?

This is my first try at previewing my model in G.E. G.E. opened but the model didn't show up. I'm guessing it's a permissions issue, but what folder, file do I need to have permission for?

Fredo, thank you!!!!

Fredo, thank you, again. You are generous, and talented.

Ditto to mitcorb's comments. Thank you!

Nice quality.

Your elevations do not include some of the detail that your obliques do. Did you group the pilasters and turn them off in your straight-on elevations?

TIG,

That's one of those "duh" moments. Not looking at the VCB. I've never done that.

Thank you.

I've been using SU for years and still have not figured out how to draw a rectangle, using the rectangle tool, with the correct orientation desired.

Let's say you want a 2x4 rectangle oriented horizontally. If I enter 4,2, I'm expecting the 4" dimension to be horizontal and the 2" vertical. Sometimes this works out, not always. Then I switch the order, 2 then 4, and often times the orientation comes out the same.

What is the trick, if any?

Sepo,

Thanks, yes I did the same before I saw your post and that did the trick. Thanks again.

Now I'm finding however that SU Podium will continue to render one scene over and over. If I want to render another scene, it won't do so unless I close and re-open SU.

Ben

@frederik said:

Looks fine to me...
Renders fine with Thea Render...

Thank you Frederik.

TIG - I appreciate your thorough analysis. I'll keep that in mind and send comments to SU Podium.

Sepo - to the faces.

CL, the material is applied to the face only. I've attached the file if you care to look.

model.skp

http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?mode=view&id=112207

Does anyone know why this happens with textures? I've remade the surface, re-applied the material and still the same result.

Rendered with SU Podium 2.

A big thank you. You are very talented, and generous.

TIG,

Thanks. I'll look at my permissions.

Using Windows 7 Professional, SU 8.

Ben

I've installed 2.0 and any edits I do to the list, particularly sets, are not accepted. If I make changes to the loaded/disabled plugins, then close the manager and re-open, the previous settings are re-applied.