I would like to import a photo into SU, orientating and locating it according to the following geo data:

does anyone have any ruby that can help me do this? Im currently using http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32289, to import latitude longitude coords from a CSV file. I still have to manually set up the "ImgDirection", enter the values into the spread sheet & import and align the photo accordingly

Thankyou pilou. sorry it took me so long to reply, i wasn't able to find the post after i'd submitted

yes indeed thanks. they inform me they're "only selling licenses to Government users at a price of $30k per seat for a two year license." does any one have an older copy knocking about on their hard drive anywhere. All i need is to import a photo accurately located and orientated to the EXIF data - does any one have any lines of Ruby please?

Hi i could really use the Geosketch plugin for sketchup? ive been searching for ages but can't find it anywhere.

I've read through the guide and was just wandering: Is it possible, to move the origin(red) about which the object scales from

so for instance in the above example, I want to move the origin to where the green cross hair is, so when scaled, it looks like this:

hi all

addressing the issue over here if anyone is interested:

Replacing components, with dynamic components

Hello, I have turned all these posts of varying heights into components: I would like to replace all of them with my dynamic component(the top and bottom are constrained whilst the middle isnt): Which needs to conveni…

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Thanks

Edward

Hello, I have turned all these posts of varying heights into components:

I would like to replace all of them with my dynamic component(the top and bottom are constrained whilst the middle isnt):

Which needs to conveniently snap to the size of the post components, retaining its proportions so that I have 3-D versions of all the different sized posts.

Any ideas how i can do this?

Many thanks

p.s im building a sort of template to help automate these sorts of conversions from architects 2d to sketchup 3d and would be happy to share it

hey once you've define the target, can you say for example rotate exactly 180degrees around it?

this is indeed a great plugin. what is great, is you can command + F to search your lengthy list of shortcuts. I have an older versionprintkeys.rbas unfortunately this one did not work for me. however on mac it outputs in weird hieroglyphics, but in Firefox, if you pick View, Character Encoding, UTF-8, it will appear correctly.

cool, well I'll deffo look into SKM files now i have some insight. I'm trying to get more organised with my SU work anyway.

Hi Mac1, would skm files contain the geometry they are currently applied upon? That's what i need so:

@fullyfledgeded said:

I can add light portals more easily & quickly. Then import back into the original file.

Thanks

oh, i forgot to mention, there's material maintenance:
http://www.keepingmyhandin.com/Downhome/Sketchup/material_maintenance_2
which allows you to higlight material selections, but it's currently crashing on my big model

I managed to get most of the selection on a new layer, with the put on layer plugin(http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12494#p89978

but then i can't isolate it, as its nested within layer 0.

ps: Dave r, I will deffo implement the comp advice for my next model

and

Box, its good to know i'm not the only one who experiences it's unpredictable nature. However, seeing as it actually selects the material perfectly, but i cant transfer it via copy - paste in place, could this be the issue? Not only did it not paste the entire selection, but other materials & in strange places too. i.e some of the roof elements are now on the ground

I had an Artlantis model version, so i just exported the material & it's geometry back into SU:

Thankyou Dave R and Box. I would have gave up ages ago had i not posted to you about it. Should save me a tonne of time now

Hi Box

The plugin does select the material throughout the model even when nested. However, when i try to copy it, and then "paste in place" in a new SU file as Dave R suggested, it doesn't transfer the selection:

Thanks

Due to my old messy SU ways, the windows are unfortunately not comps'. Changing the material wouldn't help, because it's their faces which i need, not the material.

I shall indeed complete my profile

Hi Dave R, unfortunately there not all in the same context. Infact, the material is within many nested layers, groups & comps'.

Any other ideas? I guess exploding it all, so that it is the same context first, might help.

Thanks

Hi,

I have a large SU model of a mixed use multistory building, which i now have the task of rendering. The rendering engine i use requires me to place light portals on all glazed areas.

I would like to save all glazed areas as a separate SU file, so that I can add light portals more easily & quickly. Then import back into the original file.

How can i isolate the glazed faces?

Thanks

this isn't mine. cant remember where i got it from either, but works on the latest version of SU

material_selection.rb