Kenny / Stuart,

I'm sorry to hear that you guys are having a few problems.

Firstly (Stuart) your question has now been answered on our forums.
Secondly (Kenny) VE-Ware works by installing into the Google 6 or 7 (we support this too) Plugins directory - it may be worth initially checking that this has been installed correctly. Can i ask a favour that you log this problem on our Forum - so once we resolve the issue - it can be used as a reference for others?

The forum is located: http://forums.iesve.com/

We have also released the second public Beta with support for components and groups. This can be downloaded from: http://www.iesve.com/content/default.asp?page=s181

Click here http://www.iesve.com/downloads/beta/SU7-IESVE-Terrain/SU7-IESVE-Terrain.html for groups / terrain modelling / Google Earth connection video.

Click here http://www.iesve.com/downloads/beta/SU7-IESVE-ConCompare/SU7-IESVE-ConCompare.html for a quick movie of the basic process of analysing design options from the Sketchup plugin.

These movies are silent, and uncaptioned at the moment. Over the next day or two, we’ll probably add captions.

Click here http://www.iesve.com/content/mediaassets/pdf/Sketchup-Plugin-Beta2-Features.pdf for a list of new features in Beta 2.

@dtrarch said:

Hi Craig

Looks interesting but the download link for SU plugin does not work.?

dtr

Hi dtrarch;

are you already a VE user - and want to link sketchup to the VE; or are you wanting to simply use VE-Ware?

If you are already a VE user click the link in section 2b of the webpage http://www.iesve.com/sketchup:

@unknownuser said:

2.  The Full <Virtual Environment>
   

The entire set of <VE> tools; including VE-Ware, VE Toolkits, and the full <Virtual Environment> suite of advanced thermal simulation, shading and bulk airflow analyses, <VE Compliance>, and much more...

Recommended for: Existing <VE> Users and Engineers/Architects who want advanced performance calculations.
Install Process: You’ll need 2 downloads, in the following order (472 Mb total):
a. <VE> v5.9 (Log into the support section , and click “Download the VE”)
(You’ll need to have either existing licences, request a trial license, or pay for licenses for this software)
b. The IES VE SketchUp plug-in

If you simply want to use VE-Ware then click the link in section 1 of the webpage http://www.iesve.com/sketchup:

@unknownuser said:

1.  VE-Ware
   

Free software for yearly energy, carbon and Architecture 2030 Challenge assessment. You can also try a licence for the easy-to-use VE Toolkits, but not the whole <VE> suite.

Recommended for: New Users and Architects etc. who want straight forward performance calculations.
Install process:You’ll need to register and Download VE-Ware (54Mb) here
(For ease of deployment, a single file installs VE-Ware with both the SketchUp and Revit Plug-ins)

NOTE: You will have to do a bit of form filling if you want VE-Ware.

I've just realised how convoluted this seems so we are amending the website (tomorrow) to make the choice of downloads easier!! Let me know how you get on.

Thanks

Craig

~ Hey folks, New to the forum. I'm a Director at IES, Ltd. in Scotland and we recently released a free SU plugin for building performance analysis. You may have already heard of it or tried it, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. It's a beta release and we're always looking for feedback. The plugin and basic analysis is free, although we do have pay-for higher level versions of our software for professionals.

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Thanks,
Craig