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    • RE: Tgi3D SU Amorph and PhotoScan Update (v1.20)

      @mikeg73 said:

      Hello,

      Any updates on this software, as everything is like is 10+ years, new features. etc...

      Cheers!

      According to their pages the last update was 2023-02-23. v.1.37. But afaik know it is mainly for allowing it to work with newer versions of SketchUp.
      I have been retired for some years now, and rarely use it nowadays. But I'm still a big fan of both SketcUp and tgi3D's Photoscan.
      When I occasionally use them I'm using the SU 2016 version, mainly because I have it set up with a lot of plugins.

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: Photogrammetry Software for SU workflow

      A very old thread that just turned up while doing some email cleaning.

      tgi3d Photoscan is a great tool, and it allows you to make precise (or sloppy if you want to) models. A few square kms should be no problem. What may cause problems is if you use a lot of photos, because they all have to be imported into SU after the calibration.
      I think I hit a ceiling at around 75 7Mpx photos.
      I have ImageModeler (no longer available to non-Autodesk-users), PhotoModeler and Canoma (bought up and killed by Adobe many years ago), and I never use anything else than tgi3D nowadays. It combines precision with ease of modelling (in SketchUp).
      I have tried some of those free online point-cloud generators, but never liked them very much. Point-clouds and SketchUp is not a good combo, IMHO.

      posted in Hardware
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    • RE: Photomatch issues

      @baz said:

      It might be several things. Show us a screen shot.
      Or even post the photo itself?

      One thing that is pretty important for good results is that the photo should be uncropped.
      Ideally it should also be undistorted if it shows some lens distortions, because SU does not handle eny distortions. If is heavily distorted it will contain curved lines, which will be impossible to align with the straight red/green lines.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: Yuzu for SketchUp Beta release

      What is going on with this software?
      I noticed that nothing seems to have happened in one year?
      Looks like it could be very useful, but the info is very scarce.
      For one, I don't (yet) have a laser distance meter, and it would be nice to know what devices are supported?
      So far I've been using photos with tgi3D's PhotoScan, but it would be nice with a combination I guess?
      Installing the .exe file to see if contains more info isn't very tempting if it just makes SketchUp crash...

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      @skalp said:

      There are 2 places where you can find all changes/fixes in the last version(s):

      • p45 in the getting started manual (http://download.skalp4sketchup.com/downloads/docs/getting_started.pdf)
      • Skalp.rb file in the plugin folder.

      The Skalp Team.

      Thanks πŸ˜„
      I wasn't aware of that the getting_started file was updated.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      @skalp said:

      it is support@sklap4sketchup.com

      Really?
      I just got a reply/receipt from support@skalp4sketchup.com
      Haven't tried "sklap" yet though πŸ˜‰

      BTW, it would be nice if you translated also your 2 last menu sections, contact/resellers. Now part of it is in Dutch.

      It would also be nice if you made available a small text file or something with all changes/fixes in the last version(s), as well as known bugs and planned features?

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      @skalp said:

      At this we doesn't support sectionplanes nested into groups or components. But I'll report it as a feature request.

      The Skalp Team.

      Thanks πŸ˜„
      I really think that supporting what SU supports re nesting etc would make Skalp a lot more useful.

      BTW, I just sent a bug report on this + another problem.
      Looks like the email you supplied, support@skalp4sketchup.be , doesn't work?

        Recipient address; support@skalp4sketchup.be
        Reason; Illegal host/domain name found
      

      I tried support@skalp4sketchup.com now instead. So far I haven't received any error messages from there.

      Regards

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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      @skalp said:

      Indeed we support sectioning nested objects, but we doesn't support nested section planes. We will investigated if we can introduce this in a next version.

      The Skalp Team

      I really hope you'll do that πŸ˜„

      Re nested objects, as the attached image shows, Skalp does not fully respect "local" section planes neither? It shows how it does add slices to solid objects/groups which are not cut by the SketchUp Section plane tool. The section plane is placed inside a group consisting of all the walls and windows only.


      Skalerr01_1.jpg

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      @skalp said:

      @bjornkn said:

      I just bought it a little while ago, and it looks like it could be very useful.
      However, it is pretty beta'ish at the moment, and I'm really looking forward to the next release, be it beta or not. I suppose it's not much point writing a beta/bug report now that it expires within a few days?

      As it says that this current beta version expires 30 august, I hope there will be a new version available very soon?

      Please always write beta/bug reports to support@skalp4sketchup.be. This is important info for us. There will be a new beta this week.

      The Skalp Team.
      I will do that after I get the new version, but currently I have to finish my current project.
      One question though:
      The manual says that Skalp supports nested groups/objects, but I can't really find if it is supposed to support "local sections"? That is one of the nice features of the SU sections that I can't get to work in Skalp.
      One example:
      I have a building with 4 floors, internal walls/doors and a lot of furniture.
      The building has walls/windows etc as subgroups, and furniture are grouped for each floor.
      Then it is all grouped into a single master group.

      What I want is to cut down the walls so that the interior is shown, complete with furniture. I do not want to slice through the furniture here..
      In SU I can apply a section to the external walls/windows only, or to the external/internal walls and windows, but leave all the furniture untouched. And I can apply sections to a single subobject far down the hierarchy, and to the entire scene, and have them all active at the same time.
      Such behaviour seems currently to be impossible in Skalp?

      The attachement shows 3 simultaneously active sections at different hierarchical levels.
      Would this be possible in Skalp?


      Skalptest2.jpg

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    • RE: [Plugin] Skalp for SketchUp v2.0 (live section plugin)

      I just bought it a little while ago, and it looks like it could be very useful.
      However, it is pretty beta'ish at the moment, and I'm really looking forward to the next release, be it beta or not. I suppose it's not much point writing a beta/bug report now that it expires within a few days?

      As it says that this current beta version expires 30 august, I hope there will be a new version available very soon?

      posted in Plugins
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