Great start! Had to move one of those out of my house when we moved in 20 years ago. Took 2 people to even move it.

Is this what you are looking for? Seems that there is a plug-in for Paint.net (free).

Just a moment...

(forums.getpaint.net)

If not, my bad.

LOL, great model and thanks for sharing. Here's a "quick and dirty" from Simlab. Just dropped in a light and hit render.

That's too bad because that one works very well on my end.

@blood said:

I have Sketchup 2021 Pro and installed house builder as described in the above post using the extension manager. It appears to be installed, but says unsigned and in the program the tool bar for it is missing. Not sure if the unsigned has anything to do with it. This is my first time using Sketchup. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Just gave it a try on my 2021 Pro version and it seems to be working on my end. Showing unsigned for me as well.

@rich o brien said:

If you want direct .skkp import to Blender I recommend this...

Releases · RedHaloStudio/Sketchup_Importer

Python bindings for the official Sketchup API. Contribute to RedHaloStudio/Sketchup_Importer development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub (github.com)

...which has good support for camera locations, groups and all things unique to SketchUp.

Wow, the few I've tried with that works very well. Thanks!

@kevm said:

Hello I have searched a lot today to understand why these plugins no longer worked overnight.

Just tried Curviloft on my PC and it works just fine. Did he say that existing installs would stop working?

@juju said:

It's worth it to remember that the thermal paste on the CPU & GPU doesn't last forever, it's a good idea to change it every couple of years (3 years if you don't encounter problems in between).

And maybe look at this time of getting an upgraded CPU heatsink and fan. There seems to be plenty of space in that box for a larger heatsink and fan.

Very cool, I can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for the find.

@pmolson said:

That seems reasonable.

My machine is a bit more robust and came in at 6500 bucks.
The lumion files I work with are very large and complex so I need the Horsepower.
If it was just SU I could get by with a friendlier priced unit.

Ah, that makes sense then. Yeah, you'd need it. The cost of doing business.

@pmolson said:

get ready for a bit of sticker shock ...

Was pricing out a new work box as I think I am due new boxes in July ('23 budget) and prices seem OK. Just 2 of us in this sub-department and I always budget $5k for 2 boxes. I paid about $2k for 2 8th gen i7, 32 gb ram, 1 tb m.2 and RTX 2080. So this is not that bad for 4 years later and less than $200 more each.

When I get new units we refurb the old ones and move them to shop offices. It's more power than they need so they never over use them. Usually get 8 years out of a box before we completely recycle.

It just comes with a subscription of Vray.

@gus r said:

Has anyone installed the update to 2022 yet to see if there are any compatibility issues with plugins or other apps or should I just go ahead and update to 2022?

Fredo tools seem to be working on 2022. Only ones I've messed with so far.

Don't waste money on a Xeon. 32 GB minimum ram. Get the largest m.2 NVMe ssd you can afford. The RTX 3000 series is good.

@dave r said:

Temporarily change the edge color to red or orange or something that will show clearly ov the image so you can see what you are doing.

^^^ THIS! ^^^

@fletch said:

...
Fredo has done so very well, but this latest version of round corner I can not get working in SU 2021 for some reason. I keep getting errors with Fredo's round corner plugin. It has something to do with the Fredo libraries not installing properly on my machine.

Works fine for me with current SU Pro version (21.1.332)

Looking good Rich

SU Pro 2021 v21.1.332
Windows 10 Pro v 20H2 build 19042.1288
Smooth as silk on my end, no issues at all.

@caespinosax said:

But I still don't know why in my main user account I still have errors

Has to be the way that account was setup (scratches head).

My only account on that laptop is admin and I had NO issues. It also runs the current Pro version with many plugins also with no issues.

My spare laptop did not have Make 17 installed. I down loaded fresh Make 17 install and installed it. Installed current LibFredo and then TopoShaper. Restarted SU and all went well. Something on your end with your user preferences/user setup.