Topics created by bmike

That's my replacement mouse arrived & plugged in. I forgot just how good it is to use; just hope it survives longer than 9 months work this time.

as a basis for a plugin I would use this workflow...

copy selection into new drawing...

move all axes to centre,centre, bottom [e.g. TT_axes tools]...

create a proxy with same axes, a single line with the length of the most used element and hidden square at one or both ends [to allow scaling]...

select all and replace with proxy...

scale each proxy to intersection points...

this workflow could possibly be automated, but would still require tweaking by eye and addition of missing bits...

tree steps...

trusses-sample-centerlines_001.skp

john

Similar problem.
OS X 10.11.4
SU Pro 16
New Wacom Intuos Pro med.
Wireless space mouse - JFTR, works incredibly well with SU. Massive speed improvement for me in navigating 3D.

However finding Wacom really inaccurate for picking up points and moving. On small projects the move tool stutters and jerks around. Thought it was human error at first... tried every setting in Wacom config wasting several hours...

Picked up 2D outline of basement to move with Wacom - useless!!! Really wasting time and effort to place.

Put pen down - picked up mac mouse without de-selecting object. Object moved and snapped perfectly!!

Would appreciate any suggestions - close to boxing Wacom and send back for refund.

Thanks

I had no issues with El Capitan and SU Pro 2016 however the OS wouldn't recognise my Brother Wireless Printer nor my Epson 4490 PhotoSmart Scanner. There were no available drivers that were compliant, so reverted back to Yosemite.

@unknownuser said:

Let it go, OK? 😆

glad you got it back...
the 'main' window frame isn't obvious in the LO plist,
if it was, you could have removed only it and kept any other settings...
I do that with the SU plist in a couple of plugins...

@driven said:

[attachment=0:2q9x7k1i]<!-- ia0 -->vpr_pages.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2q9x7k1i]
The pages/Scenes have no style settings and are only for the camera...
with this one i'm using ImageMagicks to resize at higher dpi and switching to a vivid background to keep the white material when making the background transparent...

I can probably do it with built in apple stuff but this is an attempt at being cross platform...

john

Pretty cool. I'll pm you when I get a set of drawings off my desk. Been head down and drawing all week.

It was my pleasure! 😄

@pbacot said:

Looks great Mike. I looked it up and ArtRage is available for Mac but OS 10.4.5?

I'm running V4.5 in Yosemite:

http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4/free-update/

Scroll to the bottom:
Mac OS X: 10.6 or later, Intel Mac required. 32 or 64 bit

I really like combining LayOut and ArtRage or Pixelmator... of course, I could spend all day doing this... which is bad for other work I need to be doing.

candler6.jpeg

@bob james said:

@bmike said:

Does the Space Navigator stall if you move the mouse at the same time as trying to orbit or Zoom with the navigator?

No. And that's one of the great features.

well then something is wonky with mine. if my mouse is moving, the orbit / pan / etc. is really choppy.
if i keep the mouse still it flows nicely.

Video:

Youtube Video

As soon as I bump the mouse, or move it, the flow gets choppy.

i don't run any of those.. but the problem seems to have gone away. i disabled Fredo scale and a few other plugins that I don't need on a daily basis and it seems to have corrected itself. will reply back if i find things get wonky again.

I opted for the 15" MacBook Pro and am very happy thus far. A complex remodel project that I'm doing construction docs for is moving along without stressing the new machine like it did my old one (I have them sitting side by side...)

Not the ideal workhorse for some folks - but as I'm mobile its a good choice for me.

I've been using the activity monitor - I can see CPU load but not GPU load, but can check that the discreet card is in play whenever I have this file open.

Will do some comparisons on a series of shadow studies I did earlier in the year to see how it handles that.

@bmike said:

Thanks for the link to the script. What is a RAR file?

A RAR file is a compressed file like a ZIP.
You can uncompress it with many un-compression apps.
Perhaps your regular ZIP/unZIP tool can cope with it ?
Otherwise get an app that can...

@sdmitch said:

Took a look at both of the models posted and I'm a little confused. In the 4X? and 6X?, the two largest beams seem to be the same size but are colored differently. Also, the materials used, are they imported or picked from a materials palette?

nope, you are not confused. those last ones should have grown another 2". operator error on my part.
new models attached here.

colors were picked from the 'color by name' palette.

facecolor-test-V8.skp

facecolor-test.skp

Hi Joe-

Your most reliable way to get help directly from the SketchUp or LayOut teams is to post on our new support form at forums.sketchup.com. We do read through this forum but less regularly.

In any case, the only information I could extract from the crash reports you sent is that it's crashing while trying to send an image to the pdf export library. Does your LayOut file contain any images that you've imported?

thanks,
Marc

nothin?

Yes that is a good idea...

I am working on a "mod" in which it is already iterating the lists to check if there are unread posts, so I might as well add click functions for the large icon whilst within the iteration.

Gaieus will not have the test forums reset and turned back on until sometime after BaseCamp. And then we'll need a period of testing on the test domain before any "mod" could go live on the "real" SCF domain.