Topics created by CalypsoArt

Thanks for the responses. I've use all methods listed other than the boolean. Seems like the suggestion of making a component for reuse is a good idea. Can't believe I never thought of it. Thanks

Are you printing to scale rather than a perspective view? It sounds like you have checked 'use high accuracy HLR' at the bottom right of the print dialogue. This will produce a vector drawing but at the expense of shadows and textures. Uncheck it to print shadows.

Dave - great suggestions on creating new materials - I will definitely start using this method. Thx.

@dave r said:

Once you have the materials "In Model" you can drag their thumbnails down to the palette, the grid area at the bottom of the Window. Then switch to the desired destination library and drag the thumbnails up from the palette.

My preferred method for creating a material in the first place (on PC and Mac) is to use File>Import to import the image and apply it to a face I've already drawn that has at least one dimension already set for the known dimension of the texture. This allows me to skip the step of editing the dimensions of the material after importing. So for example, if I have a wood grain texture that is 8' long, I import and apply the material to a rectangle I've drawn that is 8' long. The width takes care of itself and so I don't need to worry about that. When I am importing new wood grain images, I might have 3 or more from the same log so I just make multiple rectangles first and apply the materials to them.

Matt from MasterSketchup wrote a great Layout tutorial: http://sketchucation.com/all-news/834-sketchup-to-layout-for-sketchup-2014

Edited to add a link to his Youtube channel, since you asked for videos!

@dave r said:

You won't get a list of commands. Hold Ctrl while clicking and dragging tools from other native toolbars to the new, custom toolbar(s). This custom toolbar thing only works with the native tools. Open all the native toolbars that contain tools you want on your new toolbars and drag over the tools you want. Then close those native toolbars leaving custom toolbars open.

Got it. Thanks.

@calypsoart said:

Is there any way to transfer the workspace from my desktop to the laptop?

if Windows you may wanna try our BackUp Prefs Tool for dumping your SU config to file and restore from this file on the laptop... at least if using the same program directory.

as always, use at own risk, don't moan if it scrambles you destination installation of SU 😎

hth,
Norbert

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Many Plugin shave been updated in the last few months so they would be compatible with v2014.
You should always install the latest versions into v2014.
Using an old version copied over from v2013 is a recipe for disaster and annoyance.
The SketchUcation PluginStore will have most of your Plugins - use the v2.6.0 feature to AutoInstall all of them using a My Setup 'Bundle'...
You need to have installed and opened v2.6.0 in v2013 - this will save a listing for that computer/version.
Then in v2014 your computer[s]/versions will be listed as 'Bundles'.
Duplicate the 13 'Bundle'.
Remove any Plugins you don't really want - you will have almost certainly have some installed you never use !
Remember to include the 'Libs' like tt's and LibFredo - otherwise many of their tools will not work without their Libs being installed.
Then simply AutoInstall that entire 'Bundle'...
Sit back while the list is processed - if you are installing into the default Plugins folder it should be surprisingly fast...

Remember that a few Extensions are only available from the ExtensionWarehouse - so you need to get/install those separately...

Remeber to restart SketchUp after adding all of these Plugins to complete the process - some recently installed Plugins [like Fredo's] will not work properly until SketchUp restarts...

So now your v2014 will have a similar setup of Plugins to v2013 - using all of the latest versions - of course there might be a few as yet incompatible ones around - but if so just Disable them in the SketchUcation PluginsManager and remember to let the author know about the issue - so it can be fixed asap...

If you have set up Sets under the PluginsManager in v2013, you can use the 'Export All Sets' option into a folder on your Desktop, then in v2014 use the PluginsManager Sets to 'Import Sets' to add the Sets from that folder - now v2013 and v2014 should look very familiar as you can choose which Plugins to Enable/Load/Disable for particular modeling tasks...

@box said:

You can use Jim' custom toolbar to add a view up bottom button.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10041

Yep. I just found that. Thanks for the replies. I got it going.

Thanks. Pushing to the side did not work because I'm running two monitors and the toolbar just when to the other monitor. Switched it off and the toolbars locked to the side. Switched it back on and they held. Thanks again

Youtube Video

it's about right here...

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Look in the SCF PluginStore for my batch importer, which will import all files of a given 'type' found in a folder...

When You select print there is a section that allows you to select what scenes to print. However you can only do a range like 2 thu 6 etc.

Sample model?

see also fredo trhu-paint.. excellent, easy to use, and free..

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.

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 use Podium V2 all the time and in terms so speed, ease of use and output quality I think it leads the field. I have a license for Shaderlight and have put quite a bit of time into trying it, but it seems for interior renders, which is primarily what I do, it is very hard to get rid of the noise in the render without taking out a ceiling or walls. I am sure it is doable, but it has not proved easy or intuitive.

The improvements in v2 vs v1 are signifiant, far fewer artifacts and hotspots, bump maps are easy to apply, you have spotlights, point lights, and light emitting materials to work with. I have gotten so I can light, adjust textures and render a good quality render in about 3 hours.