your 'empty' model has a load of vray attributes attached to it...

[

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 "/SettingsImageFilter",

 "<Assets>\n <Asset renderer=\"vray\" url=\"/SettingsImageFilter\" type=\"settings\" layout=\"\">\n  <plugin>\n   <vrayplugin version=\"7\" type=\"settings\" name=\"SettingsImageFilter\">\n    <parameters>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"on\" label=\"On\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"ComboBoxHandler\" listType=\"none\" type=\"integer\" name=\"type\" label=\"Type\">\n      <value>5</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"float\" name=\"size\" label=\"Size\">\n      <value>1.500000</value>\n     </parameter>\n    </parameters>\n   </vrayplugin>\n  </plugin>\n </Asset>\n</Assets>\n"

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 "/SettingsDMCGI",

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],

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 "/SettingsVFBChannels",

 "<Assets>\n <Asset renderer=\"vray\" url=\"/SettingsVFBChannels\" type=\"settings\" layout=\"\">\n  <plugin>\n   <vrayplugin version=\"7\" type=\"settings\" name=\"SettingsVFBChannels\">\n    <parameters>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"zdepth_clamp\" label=\"Clamp\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"float\" name=\"zdepth_white\" label=\"White\">\n      <value>1500.000000</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter isUserData=\"1\" handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"zdepth_set_from_camera\" label=\"Set from camera\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter isUserData=\"1\" handler=\"RenderChannelHandler\" listType=\"none\" type=\"list\" name=\"other_channels\" label=\"Other channels\">\n      <value>\n       <list/>\n      </value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"float\" name=\"zdepth_black\" label=\"Black\">\n      <value>0.001000</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"ListBoxMultiSelectHandler\" listType=\"string\" type=\"list\" name=\"channel_names\" label=\"VFB channels\">\n      <value>\n       <list>\n        <entry>RGB color</entry>\n        <entry>Alpha</entry>\n       </list>\n      </value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"integer\" name=\"unfiltered_fragment_method\" label=\"unfiltered_fragment_method\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n    </parameters>\n   </vrayplugin>\n  </plugin>\n </Asset>\n</Assets>\n"

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 "/SettingsDMCSampler",

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 "/SettingsOptions",

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</parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"misc_transferAssets\" label=\"Transfer assets\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"misc_lowThreadPriority\" label=\"Low thread priority\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"misc_abortOnMissingAsset\" label=\"Abort on missing asset\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"misc_useCachedAssets\" label=\"Use cached assets\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"geom_backfaceCull\" label=\"Force back face culling\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"integer\" name=\"mtl_transpMaxLevels\" label=\"Max transp levels\">\n      <value>50</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"float\" name=\"ray_bias\" label=\"Secondary ray bias\">\n      <value>0.001000</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_glossy\" label=\"Glossy effects\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"light_doHiddenLights\" label=\"Hidden lights\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"geom_doHidden\" label=\"Hidden geom\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_uninvertedNormalBump\" label=\"Uninverted normal bump\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"geom_displacement\" label=\"Displacement\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_doMaps\" label=\"Maps\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_reflectionRefraction\" label=\"Reflection/refraction\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_filterMaps\" label=\"Filter maps\">\n      <value>1</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_override_on\" label=\"Override materials\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_limitDepth\" label=\"Max depth\">\n      <value>0</value>\n     </parameter>\n     <parameter handler=\"default\" listType=\"none\" type=\"bool\" name=\"mtl_filterMapsForSecondaryRays\" label=\"Filter 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</parameter>\n    </parameters>\n   </vrayplugin>\n  </plugin>\n </Asset>\n</Assets>\n"

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 "/SettingsIrradianceMap",

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these are in your file...

you need a clean template without all of this...

john

I no longer have v8, but this code may work if run from Ruby Console...

save_thumbnai.rb

find where it gets downloaded too...

open Window >> Ruby Console >> add the following line with that path...

load "<path to the download>"

john

since v6, SU has had a method #Sketchup.save_thumbnail("skp_filename", "image_filename")...

with it there is no need to open each skp file, it extracts the one that's already in the file...

so look for a batch extension that uses that, or write your own...

john

it looks a bit over complicated...

do you really need JSON when you can use CSV with a options hash...

@ary = CSV.read( file, { headers; false, converters; ;numeric } )

here's a little experiment to step using the mouse wheel...

you may need to 'click' to run the gif...

change the path to file...

class UseViewZooming
  require 'CSV'
  # Called when you start the tool
  def activate
    puts "activate called"
    @pt = 0
    file = '/private/tmp/csv_test/test.csv'
    @ary = CSV.read( file, { headers; false, converters; ;numeric } )
    @model = Sketchup.active_model
    @ents  = @model.entities
  end

	# Called when you run out of pts, select another tool or quit SketchUp
	def deactivate(view)
		puts "deactivate called"
	end

	def draw(view)
		if @pt + 1 == @ary.length
			@ents.grep(Sketchup;;Edge).last.find_faces
			return Sketchup.active_model.select_tool( nil)
		end  
		pt1 = @ary[@pt]
		pt2 = @ary[@pt + 1]
		@ents.add_line([pt1, pt2])
		@pt +=1
	 end
end # end of class UseViewZooming
	
Sketchup.active_model.select_tool( UseViewZooming.new )

probably same reason as this...

More mac 'Color' panel woes

there are many ways to end up with <auto> colors in SU… I wrote an extension that hopes to aleviate the fustration caused… it assigns new names using a javascript color names library… but, on my mac, although the colo…

SketchUp Community (forums.sketchup.com)

john

use IO::readlines to create an array...

create a method that uses one pair of points and then removes them from the array...

call the method...

use the UP arrow and return in Ruby Console to call again...

rinse and repeat until array is empty...

add an example text file for more explicit code...

john

try a 'one liner' directly in SU's Ruby Console...

for count1 in 0..5; print count1, " "; end

I think the errors are caused by RubyConsolePro rather than the snippet...

on a PC, SU's Ruby Console has only recently accepted 'multiline' input...

Mat always saves the snippets as files and loads those...

john

add the dxf, the plugin has ruined any easy chance of obtaining a better outcome...

john

@valmontr said:

... Sometimes I have to save and reopen a drawing to get it to update...

I find using hot corners or switching windows and back, updates the 'Colors' panel...

it similar to when Finder fails to update a pane...

john

I've used v16, v17 and v18 with El Capitan and see many improvements with each upgrade...

v17 the AA did suffer, but only for display...

I still use v16 for Visualizer, but that's all...

I still use v17, for one of my own extensions I haven't updated...

I wouldn't consider downgrading to v16 [unless you paid me]...

I think it unfair to critique changes you haven't even tested...

I think the SU team is doing a great job...

john

@panixia said:

Given this i can't figure why Trimble don't buy at least some of them.

what makes you think they SU aren't open to this?

how many plugin authors do you know who have approached SU with an offer to sell their IP?

as far as I'm aware, 3D text was a plugin that was purchased and incorporated...

Rotated Rectangle was a plugin which is now incorporated...

STL was a plugin which is now incorporated...

the new API also has a major change for working with textures...

SketchUp PRO 2018

I think this is a great release with lots of improvements for extension developers as well as Pro users… heres a sample of one new ‘under the hood’ feature that would kill v17… that’s a 200MB image sequence… may be …

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your UV editing may not be too far off [even if it's a bit niche]...

in my opinion, the demise of Make shows SU's commitment to it's paying customers...

the development of Free shows SU's commitment to it's non-paying customers...

An API for Free is on the agenda, so there will be possibilities for extension developers...

john

I recall an inconsistency based on the cameras relationship to the axis...

not sure if this is the same as it was many years ago...

my 'memory' tells me I avoided this by moving geometry and camera so you never crossed the axis...

it seemed that if any camera position included a negative, SU makes a decision whether to move clock or anti clockwise...

and it's not always the same decision...

does that make any sense?

john

a lot of improvements 'under the hood' will make extension developers happy...

john

@unknownuser said:

Actually, it seems they just renamed it back to "Free"

it's a different product, it's what was my.sketchup web app...

all the v18 changes are for Pro, so there is no need to update v17 Make, which is being obsoleted...

john

Hi Pixaro,

it helps if you target specific definition names, layer names or materials and you happen to know what you want to delete...

a lot are already in TNTDave's topics in the dev forum with others from TIG...

mine have mainly been created for IFC imports, but are few are for DC's...

if you send me a test file and a target list, I'll have a look for the most appropriate snippets I've made...

john

I just re-tested on some dxf's...

some work others don't...

do your files open in tiegra viewer or converter?

maybe converting them back to a lower version will work...

john

the reason I removed the pointer on the thread was I remembered it was hard to set up on a PC...

If you have a mac in the office, this extension is still working in v17...

john

they are the native SU extensions...

you can only disable them...

john

are they seeing errors like this?

the `onLButtonDown' doesn't finalise before the dialog shows, and then creates and new dialog when you click again...

/users/johns_imac/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/medeek_truss_ext/medeek_timber_roof_truss.rbs;801;in `get_truss_geometry_timber'
/users/johns_imac/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/medeek_truss_ext/medeek_roof_truss.rbs;1103;in `main_menu'
/users/johns_imac/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/medeek_truss_ext/medeek_roof_truss.rbs;5705;in `calculate_obj'
/users/johns_imac/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/medeek_truss_ext/medeek_roof_truss.rbs;5718;in `update_state'
/users/johns_imac/library/application support/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/medeek_truss_ext/medeek_roof_truss.rbs;5726;in `onLButtonDown'

john

can you add a link to the version showing issues...

without the html and params it's impossible to guess the issue...

I doubt it has anything to do with modality of the window...

john