Topics created by Gus R

Back to normal. Updated Sketchucation Store, revalidated license, and it's now showing 1 seat taken. Thanks Dave.

Thanks all!

L i am, I didn't like that stone texture but the HOA/Arch Review had a little episode about the texture I first had not exactly matching the sample. This was as close as I could find. I added a second iteration above with a different stone texture. I could spend countless hours on this.

pbacot, yes, that's Skatter and with several compositions. I also used:

Profile Builder 3
Fredo ThruPaint
Fredo Topo Shaper
Vertex Tools
FlexTools Windows and Doors
Vizpark Trees, Grass, Shrubs and Boulders
Vizpark Textures
Vizpark Skydomes
Cgtrader Vegetation and Trees
Poliigon Textures
Vali Architects Instant Roof
Quixel Bridge Boulders
Andreu World Furniture - CAD to SU
Transmutr

Some more than others. Vertex Tools to adjust the topo. Instant Roof to put in the basic roof. The vegetation are all Thea proxies.

This took a long time and also had to revise the roof after the first comments. They finally approved the design last week so it took two passes.

Andreu World Furniture has a lot of great upscale furniture available in CAD drawings you can download and convert in Sketchup. Pulldown under products.

Thanks Arengu. I requested the client to get a large image of the stone veneer to no resolve. I ended up getting a texture from someone else that resolved the issue.

Thanks to everyone else that chimed in.

I tried it with another image and it was working fine. Then I saved another image from the PDF (site plan) and it also worked normally. So I went back to the one that I couldn't explode and it was back to normal. Very strange things happening. 😲

Yes. I don't remember when I started using the space key for OK while using CleanUp. I was churning through a bunch of Vray proxies from Vizpark to clear them from errors while trying to debug the V-Ray caused bugplats in Sketchup. It's a close click away when you're in production mode.

It was working in 2022 before the update and still works in 2021. Both were able to function that way in addition to changing over to the select mode. Not really a big issue. I frequently change around shortcuts for specific tasks I'm working on.

Sketchup could sure use macros for routine tasks. Always did.

Thanks TIG.

Yes, it was a copy and paste job and I know that's not the way you're supposed to do it. I did find the culprit and it wasn't a plugin but operator error. I had checked off "Replace Push/Pull Tool" in SUbD Preferences last night. All back to normal now. I guess if anyone has the same issue they can find it here now. 💚

Now I have to fix (rearrange) the tool bar mess I created.

SUbD-Preferences.jpg

Extension Warehouse and Extension Manager also moved under Extensions.

@dave r said:

You might find it useful to go through the Release Notes for 2021.1 to see what else has changed.

Thanks HornOxx. I tried that. Adjusted it by using perspective in Photoshop. Didn't work.

Thanks to Nathaniel that helped my find the culprit that was staring at my face. It was offset.rb which was installed by windowizer4.rbz which I installed yesterday.

Just a two click Tag/Layer plugin.

I'll just make sure I draw on the appropriate tag/layer from now on.

@pbacot said:

Oh, I thought you meant a "Selection" tool.

So, what properties?

Material : The material tool (paint bucket) has this built in. The only other property that I think you would wish to copy is Tag/Layer.

Good news.

The bug described below is fixed with the latest library versions, LibFredo6_v11.5b.

Did it twice to make sure and ruby console stays clean. Didn't check the initial issues yet but I'll assume this is a good sign.

@gus r said:

That didn't work.

Some new troubleshooting information.

Start up SU and then open Profile Builder 3 "Assembly Dialog" and lay out a "Barrier Fence" it kills all the menus in LibFredo6 Settings.

Start up SU again and if I open an menu under LibFredo6 Setting then create a fence it has not affect on the menus which keep working.

All menus work with a fresh start of SU.

This is ruby output on error:

Error: #<Errno::EBADF: Bad file descriptor> c:/users/asus p8p67 deluxe/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2021/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/top_libfredo6.rbe:118:in...

Happens with antivirus paused too.

Someone had this same question recently. They were exploding the image after importing it, too. If you don't explode it, the image will show when the component is open for editing. I showed this as an example.
Screenshot - 12_30_2020 , 7_28_27 PM.png
It's puzzling to me that users feel the need to explode images after importing them. If it's not going to be used as a texture there's no need to explode it. If it is going to be used as a texture, it makes more sense to import it as a texture in the first place.

Thanks. Installed that (which I've used on 2017) before finding the old ruby. "Erase Stray Edges" works the same way.

So far installing plugins in SU 2021 has been relative a piece of cake. Including the payware without even having to re-register any licenses.

@dave r said:

You might want to have a look at Thom Thom's CleanUp3. It can clean up more than just unneeded edges.

The cursor keys have been a thing for a few generations now but as I said, Shift can be used instead. I use both depending on what I'm doing.

Good luck with the toolbars.

I've gotten in the habit of installing all programs using Run as administrator.

Thank you Gus, very nice