@gaieus said:

Dereeei, you are wrong here. Of course, you may have your own opinion on the logo but it was not a trimble design/decision but was designed "in-house" at the SU Team. In fact, the SU logo used to be different before Google times, too, and the small house icon came with Google (and interestingly, some older users of SU hated that logo as much as you hate this one now

As a user from v4. I HATED the Google house logo. To me it looks like and image from a child's coloring book. As a designer, I can see where it reflected the simplicity inherent in using SU, and how it tied with other Google logos. Therefore was an appropriate choice.

To me, the new logo reflects the simple flatness that I see as the current trend. It marks the image as "modern" (MS has gone the same route, as have so many other companies) and part of the "now" look. A look where 3d accents/shadows etc, have become passe and unnecessary. (Even for 3D software) Granted, I like Marian's version much better, but that could be because I'm still so 2009. Will see how it looks on a 30" monitor.

I will give in and update with a sigh. I am skeptical--as always--that the match of SU and Trimble may not prove advantageous to me and how I use SU. (I am a daily user) Oddly enough, I was unaware of the SU sale and only discovered it visiting the forum today. I actually came here today to ask for comparisons of SU vs Rhino. Don't answer that here. I'll post a separate thread.

Thanks. What I wanted to do was get a horizontal section through my entire model cutting off the bottom and the top. For what I wanted to do. I made the whole model a component and cut off the bottom with a section cut within the component. Then adding another section cut external to the model gave me what I needed.

I'm a long time SU user. However I've never need this before. Is it possible to have 2 section planes active at the same time? If so, how do I activate them?

It was really strange. I would shutdown SU restart it, build a simple cube and every element was not valid. Today I did it again but clicked on the red X (reset?) and now the plugin works. I'm not sure what was wrong, or how the plugin would retain the error over several restarts. Anyway, It seems now that I'm good to go.

I had tried to avoid putting this here as I figured I was doing something stupid and it was a simple fix. I pm'd Fredo6 about this and he responded right away. All my subsequent pm responses show up in my out box but not the sent box. I assumed he has not gotten them. Fredo, if you got multiple messages, I apologize.

the Gist of the conversation.

Fredo,
Once more thanks for all you work on SU plugins.
I am having a problem with the round corner tool. No matter what, every object is invalid to the plugin. Even if I start a new file and creating a simple box. I am using V 2.3a. A check for updates says I'm up to date. What am I missing? I know I used the plugin before with no problem. But that was before the recent updates to SU.,
thanks

Hi,
This may come from a conflict with another plugin, for instance matchbox.
Could you send me the message you get in the Ruby console.
Thanks
Fredo

Fredo, Thanks for the response. I don't get any message from the console. It is just that the selection arrow always shows "invalid." See attached pic. I assumed I was just doing something wrong. Is there some procedure to get an error report?
(For some reason, the plugin's yellow arrow does not show up in the screen grab, but it is visible in SU)

I was one of the people who bought Podium when it first was released. Though, I used it sporadically, I never got a handle on it and there seemed to be all sorts of work arounds for artifacts and other unexpected and unwanted results. In addition, my experience on their forum was not nearly as helpful as this forum and many others I frequent. At any rate, I've been looking into a renderer again, and was wondering how the the plugin may have been improved in version 2. I have looked at Shaderlight and that seemed really nice, but since I already have license for Podium, I was wondering if any USERS could tell me about their experiences regarding podium 1.X v 2.x.

Thanks, than did it.

Ok, I figured out what is going on. I still have the old film and stage in the plugins and activated from the "Camera" dropdown. The new Advanced Camera tools is activated by "Tools" dropdown. Anyone know how to remove the old plugins. It is not available in uninstall of my control panel.

I just upgraded to M2. I looked at the video of "advanced camera tools" and I noticed the pull down menu showed a lot more options than I'm getting. e.g Red camera. I originally had the film and stage and have transfered my plugins with each up grade. Is there some thing I need to do to get all the camera tools up and running? I have switched on the toolbar.

Nope. Still having this problem. Maybe it's a glitch in my vcard driver or something. Just odd that it is not apparent with any other tool bar.

Thanks gentlemen. I actually thought about the delete from the component browser but thought that would be too easy and it would probably be more complicated than that. Also since I'm not that organized with my components, I can see the script coming in handy also.

I'm working on a project that has a lot of metal and truss work. I may have put in too much detail, and the model is bogging down my machine. I'd like to reduce the load. I was wondering if there is some way to remove all instances of a component. E.g I put in rivets for the joints in the steelwork. In reality, these are invisible for most views unless zoomed way in. I could remove these rivets/components and it would not be noticed. Is there a plugin that might remove or allow me to swap out a complex component for a simpler one? Any suggestions on reducing file size in other ways. I currently only have 1 material in the model.
Thanks

@unknownuser said:

@calypsoart said:

Pardon my ignorance, but where do I find the "default parameters"

Go to the menu Tools > Fredo6 Collection > FredoScale > Default Parameters....

Th option should be toward the end of the list shown in the dialog box

Fredo

Found it. I was unaware of the possible preference set up. Thanks.

@unknownuser said:

There is an option to remove the separators in the FredoScale toolbar (in the Default Parameters dialog box).
Maybe this will help to have a more consistent layout when icons are shown in a vertical toolbar.

Fredo
Pardon my ignorance, but where do I find the "default parameters"

I had pm-ed Fredo to thank him for his great work and creations and also mentioned this small glitch. He suggested I pot it here.

I use several of Fredo's creations on a regular basis. However, I've noticed an inconstancy with the FredoScale tool bar on my machine. (I have not noticed it with any others) I know I've seen discussion here about some toolbars not being consistent in SU. I never really had that problem, but I have recently noticed it with FredoScale. Can't say when it started. I'm not sure if this is unique to my machine, and it's not really a major problem. Still, I'd love to know why it happens only in this one tool bar.

The problem: Often after I restart the program the toolbar switches from 2 columns of icons to 3. See attached images. As I said, it is not a problem per say, just an oddity.

My machine is home built with these components if that matters.
Windows 7 Pro 64
ASUS Rampage Gene III
Intel i7 930
ATI FirePro V4800
12GB Kingston 1600GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3
Crucial SSD 128gb Drive
WD 1T drive
Below are images showing the Toolbar correctly and after a restart.

Thanks TIG. Was able to play around with the settings and get what I needed. Never really used "view hidden geometry"

I've noticed that many of the more complex but symmetrical models tend to be made up of mirrored components. For example, for a circular model, just one quadrant is built and replicated for the other three. On the good models the geometry where they meet is hidden or softened. How can I replicate that with out having to select every edge individually? I can soften one line at a time, but soften does not work if all edges on a face is selected. Answers? suggestions?

Found it.

jf_audible_tool_click.rb

Removed the ruby and the ding is gone.

@dave r said:

@calypsoart said:

Is this a search plugin by plugin, or is there a search that will be able to look at the text in all the rubys at once?

What OS? You should be able to search your computer or at least specific areas for that text.

WIN 7 64. In the general search box, or with some switches added.

I do have the housbuilder plugin but not installed in the plugin folder.

@chris fullmer said:

This is due to some plugin that you've installed. Can you think of any plugin you've installed recently?

You could also search your plugins folder for any file with the text beep, or UI.beep. And if its on a lingle line, just place a # in front of it.

Is this a search plugin by plugin, or is there a search that will be able to look at the text in all the rubys at once?