@emerald15 said:
It also mentions alignment to screen in SU - which I can't fathom out. Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong, please?.....
Select a surface > context click (right click) on that surface > select Align View. This should align your view perpendicular to the surface.
Go to 1:10 on this YouTube video and you will see how it is done
Cheers,
CMD
The View Parts ruby script will build a scene for every unique component and group in a selection set.
The idea behind the ruby was to find a quick way to isolate and view each part of an assembly either for general viewing or to put into the SketchUp LayOut program for dimensioning and part arrangement.
Here is a video to see it in action:
UPDATE - 09-06-2011
Changed code to reflect best practices mentioned by TIG.
UPDATE - 09-13-2011
Menu load correction
Feel free to hack away at the ruby and improve it as you see fit.
Enjoy !
CMD
Iguana,
The intent for the "Send to LayOut" is to start your LO project. Once you start the LO document, you can create additional model view windows on different pages. Do do this you can do one of the following:
Options 2 & 3 are presented in this video - http://www.youtube.com/sketchupvideo#p/search/10/sU5CfRyLpjs
TIP - you may want to establish all the views you want to display in SketchUp first through Scenes. Once the model is in LO, you have access to all the scenes assigned to your SketchUp model.
I hope this helps
Cheers,
CMD
Edson,
I am not getting any crashes on my end. Can you share the workflow to get SU to crash? ... or is it just "click and crash"?
CMD
To all you V-Ray users,
It looks like a patch has been released to allow V-Ray to work with SketchUp 8/Pro 8 
Cheers,
CMD
Hey Rick,
After loading "Nearby Models" into your component browser, click on the Details arrow and select "Save as local collection" (do not mark as Favorites). This will download all the buildings listed in the component browser onto your computer.
I hope this helps
CMD
Glenn,
Are you looking for raster export or animation export?
If raster, you can use layout to export your scenes. I have attached a layout file with the canvas formated to produce 1275 x 675 raster. Take your model and lay it across the canvas.
If you are looking to export an animation 1275x675, you can try programs like Sizer to help format the app window.
Cheers,
CMD
jgb,
yes... it looks like the Arc tool does not analyze the edges when you are going from Construction Point to Construction Point .... or when creating edge tick marks (my personal habit)
For those who may not know, I have included some examples of where you will get the cyan/magenta hints.
jgb... perhaps line segments or construction LINES instead of POINTS may help in your work.
CMD
Nstocks,
There are 2 ways to print at a specific scale....
From SketchUp:
-Set your camera settings to parallel projection and find the view you want to print out.
-> With this setting ON, your print options menu will now have fields available to you to allow for printing at different scales of your choice.
From LayOut:
I hope this helps
CMD
To fade a part of your image, aside from altering your image file as mentioned above, you can also draw vector shapes over the top of the areas you want to fade out and then change their opacity.
I didnt quite understand the second graphic but here is my quick attempt using Shape Bender, Joint PP, Follow Me
CMD
@panga said:
...viewing perfomance is set to low is Layout preferences, the edges are not antialiased.
Panga,
If the edges are aliased, try changing your model to "Vector" to get the nice crisp lines.
Cheers,
CMD
Panga,
There are 2 easy ways to achieve this.
Option 1 - LayOut:
Since you can snap to edges in LayOut, you can simply create a vector plane by tracing the section cut edges. This will cover the part of the model you are not wanting to see.
Option 2 - Ruby:
There is a ruby script called SectionCutFace.rb that will generate a surface to fill in section cuts. You can find it in the Ruby Library Depot - http://www.crai.archi.fr/rubylibrarydepot/ruby/em_ren_page.htm
I hope this helps
CMD
Dermot,
The print preview may be using your default printer and paper size. Try setting the A3 printer as your default printer in your OS settings.
Cheers,
CMD
This is a known issue that we are planning on fixing in the next maintenance release.
The issue will occur when adding text and dimensions at true intersections.
The workarounds:
Option 1) Draw two intersecting lines at the point of intersection, add the text and then delete the lines.
Option 2) You can use LayOut's new dimensioning tool to create the needed dimensions. You should not get the odd behavior while in LayOut.
Cheers,
CMD
Gene,
With in SU 7, you are able to save as previous versions (v6, v5... v3). Simply go to File> Save As ... and select the version you want.
Cheers,
CMD
kellykate2,
@unknownuser said:
It would be nice to be able to exclude the fill or erase it where it is over the buildings.
You can exclude the fill from any shape you create in LO. Select your shape and go to the Shape Style area in LO. There you will be able to uncheck the FILL option. You will also be able to control the line weight and color of the remaining shape outline.
You should try LO 2.0 (comes with SketchUp Pro) there you will be able to do some tricks with vector rendering. It is much more stable as well. Have a look at this blog post pertaining to cutaways and clipmasks - http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/06/taking-it-further-with-layout-clip.html
I hope this helps
Cheers,
CMD
Here are a few images showing how I set up the Scenes and where you can find and apply styles in LO that can be applied to each model instance on your LO page.
Gidon,
@unknownuser said:
I wish I could save style settings for the different scenes so that I could have one scene with textures and shadows and the next scene the model would be just black and white without shadows and with profiles etc.
I thought that was possible but, try as I may, I can't get it to do that for me.
Remember, as long as the style exists in the model, you can apply it to the model in LO. The style does NOT have to be assigned to the scene.
Also, since you can find the standard views (plan, elevation F,B,R,L , etc) through LO, you dont have to assign a camera position/view to a scene. All you need to do is assign the dimensions, either by layers or visibility/hidden, to the scene.
Have a look at my attached LO file and extract the skp from it. You will see in the the scene manager how I set up my scenes. You will also see that I applied the LO "In Model" styles to the different model views.
I hope this helps
Cheers
CMD
Chris,
Thanks for developing this machine. I look forward to any additions to it. Great job!!
If I can make a request, 2 other entities that one may want control scene visibility are dimensions and labels.
Cheers,
CMD
