@prismcnd said:
Unloaded all my plugins and traced it yo Z_loader for free scale.... back up and running normal. all files have been updated to latest version prior to this. I wish I could give more info but my computer expertise ends there. I usually fix my computer problems with a hammer. Permanently. but seriously, let me know if i can help in any way to track this down as it is very annoying
FreeScale is the old version - the new version is now named FredoScale.
With current versions of SketchUp if should not be appearing unless you have absolutely every plugin under the sun loading at startup ans making commands. SketchUp has a top limit on the number of commands it can hold in it's head at any one time - a bit like a woman ...
When it gets full it starts dumping existing commands and there menu entries gray-out...
This limit was increased dramatically some years ago as more plugins came on the scene and more commands were getting used.
There have been no reports of 'gray-outs' for a long time...
BUT recently one or two tools have been published that deal with many 'commands' and it was suspected that they were inadvertently adding multiple copies of existing commands and thereby filling up SketchUp's limited brain... Once this was realized the tool's code were quickly reworked by their author and updates issued, there have been no 'gray-out' reports in recent weeks/months... Perhaps you have got early versions of some of these and so you need to update them urgently ?
The main suspected-culprit was Aerilius 'LaunchUp' and the two other suspects were the 'Toolbar' manager tools...
If you have bloated SketchUp with a surfeit of plugins then I suggest you get/use the 'SketchUcation Plugin Store' and its 'Managers' - the 'Plugins Manager' lets you easily disable plugins you rarely use, so on a restart of SketchUp they don't load... that way you can have a core set of plugins that always load and others that are usually disabled. The disabled ones can always be loaded using the manager - a permanent load adds it back into the core set, while a temporary load adds it to the available tools for that session only - on a restart it is again disabled... This way SketchUp starts up much quicker and your menus are not cluttered with rarely used tools...
The 'Plugin Store' let's you keep up to date with the latest versions of your favorite plugins too...
@ecuadorian said:
...I remembered that this script calls "pages" what we now call "scenes". As I'm new to SketchUp, I don't know why...
Before SU 6, scenes used to be called pages in SU. I guess the expression remained in the ruby language since it would create incompatibilities otherwise.
The same is for construction line / guide line (and you can still find a bunch or plugins mentioning construction geometry).
@thomthom said:
@chango70 said:
Just downloaded and installed VRay V1.5. Does the render make background black for you?
Yes, by default it does. They changed the default settings so it doesn't use the Sky or the Physical Camera. To use the old default settings load the 'sketchup_default' setting.
Thx for the reply. I was too hasty as it came as bit of a shock to see my rendering go black. I am beginning to figure out the settings now sorry for the bother.
chango,
FYI, I don't assume an avatar associates with the person making a post. So, I wasn't making any assumption on your ethnicity. Unfortunately, I did mistakenly connect something you had posted with another.
