@rspierenburg said:

One thing to check would be if the Pebble face is grouped or not. I believe VRray Displacement in Sketchup only works on grouped faces.

Thanks! That worked. I applied material to a group and displacement showed up! 😄

Which version of 2020? I just did the same thing you showed and with the default export settings. Attached is the PDF I got using SU20.1.235.

Screenshot - 7_9_2020 , 7_56_40 AM.png

Untitled.pdf

What graphics card are you using?

BTW, your profile says you're still using SU2017. Perhaps you could update it.

Find an AMD Ryzen based unit. The AMD graphics are better than Intel, any day.

@andybot said:

My understanding is that the current version of the plugin doesn't activate until you use it, so the loader isn't needed any more.

Oh. Okay. Thanks. 👍

Okay. And how do I download the entire collection in one go?

It kills details in sky's lights/shadows
Though the best way is to bind vray sun to dome light (in Max)

@tig said:

There's nothing so simple.
If you have multiple destination folders available you will be offered the choice for each one installed.
Some users have several Plugins folders !

Here's a work around...

Close SketchUp.
Note that I've listed this for Sketch 2017 - just substitute 2018 etc as needed...

Find the secondary Plugins folder:
C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins
It'll usually be hidden, but will open in a Windows Explorer window if you paste the appropriate address...
Rename that folder "xPlugins".

Now open SketchUp [Note: you might get a Vray error as SketchUp starts, if you haven't disabled the Vray loader using the SketchUcation Plugins Manager, before exiting SketchUp !]
Use the Bundle Option to do your desired bulk installation - since only the default Plugins folder is available, this time you won't be prompted to choose a folder.
However, you will probably still be warned about each RBZ's installation in turn, you can just press enter to accept OK to continue: this warning dialog is hard-coded into the API methods which are needed to install RBZ files, and cannot be got around if they are to be used...

When you've finished your Bundle installation you should exit SketchUp.
Then rename the ProgramData/.../xPlugins folder back to "Plugins",
and then restart SketchUp to get Vray back [if necessary enabling its loader with the SCF Plugins Manager etc]...

Thanks!

@dave r said:

@john2 said:

But this grid will have to be changed every time my workspace changes. Maybe if I have scene tabs on or not,the width will change etc. Isn't there a plugin that creates grids matching the screensize?

What do you mean? Why would it have to be changed? If you set the watermark to be stretched to fit, it'll change if you change size of the model window. Here are three different workspace sizes. Same watermark image.

[attachment=2:2nfbqww2]<!-- ia2 -->Screenshot - 8_4_2018 , 7_32_35 AM.png<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:2nfbqww2]

[attachment=1:2nfbqww2]<!-- ia1 -->Screenshot - 8_4_2018 , 7_32_56 AM.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:2nfbqww2]

[attachment=0:2nfbqww2]<!-- ia0 -->Screenshot - 8_4_2018 , 7_33_30 AM.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2nfbqww2]

I don't know of any plugins to create a grid but I perhaps you can write one if you still think this won't work. You could at least give it a try.

Oh...cool! Sorry, my bad. I was mistaken.

@john2 said:

I am on a limited budget of 45000 Indian Rupees.
... Autocad 2D, Illustrator, ... V-Ray .... Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper ... Photoshop ... Adobe InDesign ... Adobe Photoshop ... Adobe Premiere.

impressive 👍

vector based applications as CAD systems or graphics applications do typically not benefit from multiple cores, raster based applications can.

The modeling performance of SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino does rely on the single-thread perforamnce of the CPU, compare it here.

@calypsoart said:

I just built this system with a RYZEN 7. Great performance for price. A huge improvement from my previous 2011 first gen Intel i7. The new machine boots in 15 seconds! All software works much faster, AutoCad, Rhino 6, etc. All EXCEPT Sketchup. I don't know what the problem is and if it relates to Ryzen, but Sketchup takes almost a minute to load, as does opening almost any SU file. Once loaded, it functions normally. I've removed Sketchup and reinstalled with the same result, even before adding plugins. Again, I don't know if this is a Ryzen problem and should put it to the Sketchup people.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/KaisoBuild/saved/#view=McfLD3

Hi! Please share your RAM and Hard drive information too.

@glenn at home said:

and buy a motherboard that uses m.2 ssd hard drives

and when you do get m.2 SSD drives, make sure they're the PCIE flavor, else there will be no speed advantage over a regular SATA SSD.

@tig said:

Normally the shipped Components subfolder [and Materials and Styles too] in the Program Files path is reserved for SketchUp's shipped files only.
Permissions are limited and the intention is that you set up your own subfolders for these file types in your own USER path.

Typically these might be like this...

C:\Users\USER\Documents\SketchUp\Components
... Materials
... Styles
etc
Useful for sharing across multiple versions.

Alternatively consider using the USER's defaults...

C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Components
etc

This is where the USER's Plugins folder lives etc, version by version...

Also the USER's Templates and Classifications are in there too...

The AppData folder's path is hidden by default, but changing Windows Explorer > Folder Options lets you see it...

Thank you 😄 . Now I am able to access them quickly. 👍

SketchUp is not loading the shipped materials from AppData. It would be best to add new collections to favorites rather than trying to replace the shipped materials. If you do replace the shipped materials with your own and you have any reason to uninstall SketchUp or if you install a maintenance release, you'll lose your materials and the shipped ones will be put back in their place.

It's better to make a directory in Documents or some other non-program directory for your materials. Then, those materials don't get touched in the event of a reinstall or upgrade. And you can use the same location for each version of SketchUp you might be running. When you upgrade to SU2018, you can pick the same directory for materials.

The first thing you should do is quit copying extensions/plugins from an older version installation. Always install fresh from the source. You created problems for yourself by doing the things you've described. If you use the Sketchucation Extension Store extension to install the extensions and plugins from here, a bundle will be created. The next time you update SketchUp, install the SCF Extension store from a fresh download. Then let it install your bundle of extension with the freshest copies. They'll get installed in the right place and you won't waste time trying to troubleshoot problems.

Your signature line indicates you are using Vray 2.0. If that's correct, you'll find it problematic with SU2017. Vray version 3 is designed to work with SU2017.

@dave r said:

@john2 said:

It makes a full loop of all the enclosing edges and removes the corner edges thereby softening them.

Select all the geometry of the shape, right click on it and choose Soften/Smooth. Leave the softening angle at 20°.

thanks. That does it perfectly. 👍 👍 👍 😄

Thank you.

I guess when I do want to erase specific lines, I don't find it to be a problem. Since I do most of this sort of work on my PC at home, I'm using Paint.NET as my image editor but I have PS on my work computer and PSE on my MacBook Pro. The process is the same.

I don't often find a need to erase overlapping edges. The thick ones mask the thin ones anyhow. Well, except in some sketchy styles but those tend to have really loose lines and having multiple lines generally works.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7385/13189648465_a36b29b396_b.jpg

@unknownuser said:

This is how my folder looks. I don't know what you're saying. Are you able to download all images of a project using thes saveas web page complete option?

Normally yes!
When you save Menu File / Save as "Complete page" you obtain the copy cat of any web site! 😄
(except if there are some out external links of other different sites web!

Test it if you don't trust me! 😄
You will be able to replay it or show the files where are images!

For example here all your image of the 23 pages of http://big.dk/#projects-pitt! 😄
You will have that in "Local" hard disk!
So Yes I am abble to download without effort all images! ( in a mouse click!...
all_2_files.jpg
so the file BIG _ Bjarke Ingels Group_fichiers
all_images.jpg

Reagarding these kind of suggestios, you can surely visit them, they have plenty of options and suggestion in this topic for sure.

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