you should have mentioned revit, before my computer broke…
it's possibly quicker as this one was really for working with unknown skp files...
in the ifc cleanup script I target the wrappers first by type name…
there's some excerpt's I posted on the SketchUp forum, showing adding materials, moving some to layers and hiding, etc…
hopefully I can rescue my hard drive as I haven't made a backup for ages…
john
unfortunately, after testing with the new driver successfully in SU, I noticed an overall slowdown of my entire system…
it continued getting worse, so I tried uninstalling the driver and it locked up my system…
in fact it wiped it out…
I can't boot that mac up after 3 hrs with apple trying to help…
it has all my SU dev work on it, so I hope it's recoverable at a reasonable cost...
I should of sold the ****** thing…
john
thanks for the info John, the March driver seems to have resolved both the memory leak and the turning off...
I had by then packed mine back in it's box and was contemplating selling it on...
it would have been prudent for support to email those who had reported issues and maybe made an announcement on a few forums...
sorry for the thread hi-jack Mike...
john
this is stripped out of one of mine and may still have a few 'extras' you don't need...
it explodes the edgeless groups and removes the coplanar edges from the faces...
# digs deep into nesting and removes stuff...
model = Sketchup.active_model
defs = model.definitions
ents = model.active_entities
##########################
model.start_operation('Clean Import')
# remove unwanted support geometry
ents.grep(Sketchup;;SectionPlane){|sp| sp.erase!}
ents.grep(Sketchup;;ConstructionPoint){|cp| cp.erase!}
ents.grep(Sketchup;;ConstructionLine){|cl| cl.erase!}
ents.find_all do |e|
# keep any raw geometry...
next if e.class == Sketchup;;Edge or e.class == Sketchup;;Face
# remove previous 'sections cuts' ...
e.erase! if !e.layer.visible? or e.definition.name.include?('-Section')
next unless e.valid?
# remove hidden geometry
ents.erase_entities(e) if e.respond_to?(;hidden?) and e.hidden?
next unless e.valid?
if e.class == Sketchup;;ComponentInstance || e.class == Sketchup;;Group
# sub-groupings
gents = e.entities if e.class == Sketchup;;Group
gents = e.definition.entities if e.class == Sketchup;;ComponentInstance
# remove unwanted nested support geometry
gents.grep(Sketchup;;SectionPlane){|sp| sp.erase!}
gents.grep(Sketchup;;ConstructionPoint){|cp| cp.erase!}
gents.grep(Sketchup;;ConstructionLine){|cl| cl.erase!}
# remove coplaner edges...
gents.grep(Sketchup;;Edge) do |e|
e.erase! if e.valid? &&
e.soft? &&
e.faces.length == 2 &&
e.faces[0].normal.dot(e.faces[1].normal)>0.9999999999999
end
next if e.deleted?
# grps without edges contain only sub-grps...
if gents.grep(Sketchup;;Edge) == []
# exploding non_manifold, allows same context compares, but you loose the hierachy
if !e.manifold?
e.explode
end
next if e.deleted?
end
end # e.class
end # ents.find_all do
model.commit_operation # 'Clean Import'
john
a quick reply
# grps without edges contain only sub-grps...
if gents.grep(Sketchup;;Edge) == []
# exploding non_manifold, allows same context compares, but you loose the hierachy
if !e.manifold?
e.explode
end
next if e.deleted?
I'll have a look at your skp later...
john
I reported this back on the 5th November 2015...
[CASE:71137] SketchUp Plugin Error messages... [3DCX-20151102-0018]
after a couple of emails from tech support, the dialog continued on a another private forum, but without resolve...
their are a number of other mac users reporting issues on the 'official' forum...
some refer to the deficiency of in the support for mac with at least one returning product...
My main concern has always been the inability to turn the product off after installing the software...
john
hi Mike,
do you ever encounter the massive memory leak that locks up SU when using 3Dconnexion products?
the mac plugin is badly implemented, can't be 'turned off' and only recourse is to remove all it's files...
my SpaceMouse sit's unused in it's box...
john
@bilgilib said:
...It is not really nice to pay for a next.gen virus
if you purchase a plugin that needs to go online to check for new components, updates, license or anything, then you need to inform your anti virus software that it's ok...
'anti' virus software always presumes guilt without actually doing any real 'testing', it simply looks at list's it has from you or people that pay them for whitelisting...
john
@ntxdave said:
...raster scales better than vector. That is one of the major advantages of raster.
you have that completely the wrong way round...
vectors are 'infinitely' scalable, raster has a fixed size [jpg, png, tiff are all raster]...
jpg should only used for photo's, it can't cope with text or line work on white backgrounds...
both png and tif offer better quality and can be optimised for the web using free tools like 'optipng' [does many formats]...
@Joe, export big and hi-rez, optimise but don't change the size, use the web page to scale the image to fit...
for a forum restricting size is important, but for your own site, with so few images there's little to worry about...
broadband speeds can cope...
what you see in your browser, is most likely a separate issue, check your browser setting and/or do one of the online browser graphics performance tests...
BTW: it looks ok on my mac...
john
does it work if just use ruby?
john
after 'upload attachment' and 'add file' there's are further options to add a comment and to 'place inline'...
A lot of people miss this step, but I think it's a better 'User Experience'...
john
I'll post the code here, because it's where I searched for a solution first and couldn't find one...
I striped out the colouring but left the selection add, as a progress bar substitute...
# with Tig's advice from PM ...
model = Sketchup.active_model
sel = model.selection
ents = model.active_entities
view = model.active_view
mats = model.materials
# cylindrical sine wave pair on a unit radius with 24 sides...
wave = [[1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.9659258262890683, 0.25881904510252074, 0.050799999999999984], [0.8660254037844387, 0.49999999999999994, 0.08798818102449896], [0.7071067811865476, 0.7071067811865475, 0.1016], [0.5000000000000001, 0.8660254037844386, 0.08798818102449898], [0.25881904510252096, 0.9659258262890682, 0.05080000000000003], [6.123233995736766e-17, 1.0, 1.2442411479337108e-17], [-0.25881904510252063, 0.9659258262890683, -0.05079999999999998], [-0.4999999999999998, 0.8660254037844388, -0.08798818102449893], [-0.7071067811865475, 0.7071067811865476, -0.1016], [-0.8660254037844385, 0.5000000000000003, -0.087988181024499], [-0.9659258262890682, 0.258819045102521, -0.050800000000000047], [-1.0, 1.2246467991473532e-16, -2.4884822958674216e-17], [-0.9659258262890684, -0.25881904510252035, 0.05079999999999989], [-0.8660254037844388, -0.4999999999999998, 0.08798818102449892], [-0.7071067811865479, -0.7071067811865471, 0.1016], [-0.5000000000000004, -0.8660254037844384, 0.08798818102449903], [-0.25881904510252146, -0.9659258262890681, 0.05080000000000014], [-1.8369701987210297e-16, -1.0, 3.267705224142925e-17], [0.2588190451025203, -0.9659258262890684, -0.050799999999999915], [0.4999999999999993, -0.866025403784439, -0.08798818102449889], [0.7071067811865475, -0.7071067811865477, -0.1016], [0.8660254037844384, -0.5000000000000004, -0.08798818102449901], [0.9659258262890681, -0.2588190451025215, -0.05080000000000014], [1.0, 0.0, -0.0]]
# waves have an additional point to complete the circle...
segments = wave.length - 1
# single undo
model.start_operation('wave')
# Make the empty 'container' group.
container = ents.add_group()
cont_ents = container.entities
# add the empty surf_grp() to cont_ents
surf_grp = cont_ents.add_group()
surf_ents = surf_grp.entities
# Add Surface soft edges and faces using offset points...
i = 0
segments.times do
f = surf_ents.add_face(ORIGIN, wave[i], wave[i + 1])
view.refresh
f.edges.each{|e|
e.soft="true"
e.smooth="true"
sel.add(e)
}
i += 1
view.refresh
end
# add the wave to cont_ents...
cont_ents.add_curve(wave)
# and explode the surface faces...
surf_grp.explode
sel.clear
model.commit_operation
EDIT: after getting the other working using add_face I made a few adjustment to this code...
john
or repairing...
I posted this on the 'official' site but know quite a few only visit here...
@unknownuser said:
Using entities.add_curve(points_array) will return a continuous selectable curve...
If you add this curve to a surface it remains a continuous selectable curve...
if you add a 'surface' to the curve it becomes a series of disconnected edges, but each edge still reports as being a curve...
this occurs for surfaces formed from the curve to a centre point or between two curves...
the gif shows a demo from the script attached...
I have tried many ways of grouping, moving, exploding in different sequences, but they all result exactly the same as this one...
I looked at many welding scripts, but they either fail to work, are buggy or spend a lot of effort 'looking' for an edge array...
As already have original point arrays, is there a way to remedy this splitting of the curses highlighted in the gif...
# script to aid in disscussion of welding surface edges...
model = Sketchup.active_model
sel = model.selection
ents = model.active_entities
view = model.active_view
mats = model.materials
# cylindrical sine wave pair on a unit radius with 24 sides...
wave = [[1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.9659258262890683, 0.25881904510252074, 0.050799999999999984], [0.8660254037844387, 0.49999999999999994, 0.08798818102449896], [0.7071067811865476, 0.7071067811865475, 0.1016], [0.5000000000000001, 0.8660254037844386, 0.08798818102449898], [0.25881904510252096, 0.9659258262890682, 0.05080000000000003], [6.123233995736766e-17, 1.0, 1.2442411479337108e-17], [-0.25881904510252063, 0.9659258262890683, -0.05079999999999998], [-0.4999999999999998, 0.8660254037844388, -0.08798818102449893], [-0.7071067811865475, 0.7071067811865476, -0.1016], [-0.8660254037844385, 0.5000000000000003, -0.087988181024499], [-0.9659258262890682, 0.258819045102521, -0.050800000000000047], [-1.0, 1.2246467991473532e-16, -2.4884822958674216e-17], [-0.9659258262890684, -0.25881904510252035, 0.05079999999999989], [-0.8660254037844388, -0.4999999999999998, 0.08798818102449892], [-0.7071067811865479, -0.7071067811865471, 0.1016], [-0.5000000000000004, -0.8660254037844384, 0.08798818102449903], [-0.25881904510252146, -0.9659258262890681, 0.05080000000000014], [-1.8369701987210297e-16, -1.0, 3.267705224142925e-17], [0.2588190451025203, -0.9659258262890684, -0.050799999999999915], [0.4999999999999993, -0.866025403784439, -0.08798818102449889], [0.7071067811865475, -0.7071067811865477, -0.1016], [0.8660254037844384, -0.5000000000000004, -0.08798818102449901], [0.9659258262890681, -0.2588190451025215, -0.05080000000000014], [1.0, 0.0, -0.0]]
rev_wave = wave.reverse
#
outer_wave = []
rev_wave.each{|pt| outer_wave << [pt[0], pt[1], pt[2] + 0.1]}
#
inner_wave = []
outer_wave.each{|pt| inner_wave << [pt[0] * 0.5, pt[1] * 0.5, pt[2]]}
# single undo
model.start_operation('Wave', false, false, false)
# add colors to watch the order of construction...
mat_names = []
mats.each{|n| mat_names << n.name}
mats.add('inner').color = 'skyblue' unless mat_names.include?('inner')
mats.add('outer').color = 'seashell' unless mat_names.include?('outer')
# Make the empty 'wave' group.
wave_grp = ents.add_group()
# Make array to hold entities...
wave_ents = wave_grp.entities
# Add outer points to inner points for the radial pairs...
radial = outer_wave.zip(inner_wave)
radial_edges = radial.each {|pr|
e = wave_ents.add_edges(pr)
e[0].soft="true"
e[0].smooth="true"
# for watching only
sel.add(e)
view.refresh
}
sel.clear
# Add outer points to offset inner points for the diagonal pairs...
diagonal = outer_wave.zip(inner_wave[0..-2].unshift(inner_wave[-1]))
diagonal_edges = diagonal.each {|pr|
e = wave_ents.add_edges(pr)
e[0].soft="true"
e[0].smooth="true"
e[0].casts_shadows = false
# for watching only
sel.add(e)
view.refresh
}
sel.clear
# Add the inner 'curve' and face created between curve, radial and diagonal edges...
inner_edges = wave_ents.add_curve(inner_wave)
i = 0
inner_edges.each {|e|
e.find_faces
f = e.faces[0]
i += 1
# for watching only
f.material = 'inner'
sel.add(f)
view.refresh
}
sel.clear
#
outer_edges = wave_ents.add_curve(outer_wave)
i = 0
outer_edges.each {|e|
e.find_faces
f = e.faces[0]
i += 1
# for watching only
f.material = 'outer'
sel.add(f)
view.refresh
}
sel.clear
sel.add(inner_edges, outer_edges)
model.commit_operation
another gif...
If I run Curvisard or Reweld on the selected 'curves' after making them, they are repaired almost instantly...
However, they spend time looking for the 'edges' and I already have those...
I tried one version where I called Reweld::recurve_curve but it's quite buggy and adds geometry in a very odd fashion that can bugsplat...
I couldn't fathom how to link into Curvisard which is much more common and very reliable...
I would prefer to do it directly in the code, but can't find a way to achieve this...
john
Upload attachment?
are you having issues with that feature?
john
@blackdogsketch said:
... It doesn't seem that YOU are doing it to reduce image export time.
if it was too me...
overall, you reduce the export time mainly by splitting out the shadows from the textures and any raster line work...
here's a realtime export of a simple model...
ignore the fact it's crammed so small for the gif, the shadows were 4000px wide, line work 2000 and 3000 texture 2000
ignore the plugin resizing the window, I just added my code in it to save some time coding...
I also used a vivid background because I was doing all the post in code and it made it easier...
but the principle is the same for manually making these...
have x number of style and one scene per view...
for each scene export an image, sized depending on the style... i.e. shadow style was biggest because I wanted the most control over it...
john
john
for my two pence, on raster exports, I would always use .tiff as first choice, .png second and never jpg...
tiff is native and highly optimised on 99.9% of all computers as it's a standardized format for 'fax machines' and scanners... [so they've had a long time to get it right]
although the files are bigger, they are often faster to process...
For exporting to post production, I would always export image sets to combine in post...
shadows, edges, texture, etc.. can each be at different scales to improve quality of some and speed up others...
there are many post on this concept and a few plugins that can help...
if you can supply a sample model it would be easier to advise...
john
does it vanish with an 'save as' or with export, it's a bit tricky if we can't see what's vanishing...
what Layer was it on? was it in walls?
more ?'s than answers a.t.m, sorry...
john
I can't easily find anything hidden, but suspect you are drawing on layers other than Layer0...
if it's drawn on a layer and grouped to another layer, it will disappear when either the drawing 'layer'
or the 'groups layer are toggled off...
it is easy to loose things that way, there are hundreds of threads about it...
john
the best idea is to upload the skp file...
john
