Here a go at this scene with LightUp.

Added some light emitters in front of the windows. Changed the transparency of the roof because the scene was too bright. Changed several materials, added a watershader, turned some backfaces. Added a hdr as a background and as lighting source from http://www.hdrlabs.com

Calculation time: 6 minutes 15 seconds.
Edit:No post-processing.

Greetings, Max

An old thread but nobody posted an image made with the LightUp plugin - my favorite 'renderer' (it's more than that - you can walk around in real-time in this rendered scene).

I added some IES lights and some light emitters in front of the windows. Calculation time was just about 9 minutes.

Greetings, Max

@habbaz said:

how can i remove this lines please

You could try to hide them or smooth those lines by choosing the eraser and holding shift (hide) or ctrl (soften / smooth) while 'erasing' those lines.

@hygicell said:

but if you save your project under the same name, I imagine the .skb file is also updated

Did you actually check the skb? If you have saved the 'wrong file' multiple times the skb won't be of any help indeed.

@unknownuser said:

who would think that exploding an image of a group or component in a section slice will also explode the original group and component ?

I just tested this by making a group and a component and creating a group from slice. In the group with the section SketchUp creates are unique components, one for every group and component you're slicing (I checked with the outliner). I can't see any bug there so I'm not sure what happened in your file.

If you save the file using the old name like <name.skp> at the same time Sketchup makes a backup file <name.skb> file. That skb file should contain the previous saved skp-file.

So rename the <name.skb> to something like <old.skp> and open that file. If you're lucky, all you components will be like before.

I hope it works out for you!

edit: search in the forum for the archiver ruby plugin. I use it all the time and it really is a life saver in situations like this.

@samuk said:

I am having this issue as well, I thought I was going mad...

I really hoped in the new maintenance release M2 (13.0.4812) it would have been fixed but the problem still exists. Strange thought that in raster mode it works correctly but not in vector or hybrid mode.

Please Trimble have a look at it. I know you have nice dimensioning features in LayOut but I really want to be able to do the dimensioning in SketchUp - that way I'm absolutely 100% sure the dimensions are right and not snapped to another plane or something like that.

@tt_su said:

...which started yesterday - when I began my new job at Trimble SketchUp as software developer on the Extensibility Team.

Hurray! Congratulations! Nice move by Trimble, hiring people that have contributed so much to Sketchup already.

It looks like there is a problem with displaying SketchUp 2013 dimensions in Layout 2013 in large scale drawings.

I add all my dimensions in SketchUp (prevents errors and works really fine for me) and use layout just to add texts etc.

In large scale details (using mm's as units, 1:10) the dimension line is visible but the numbers are missing.

I hope this can be fixed

greetings, Max

dimension_bug.layout

@hieru said:

Kaas,

I think you would still get good results using your approach if you further reduced the number of circle and bevel segments.

The trick here is to use just enough segments and make sure that the block doesn't intersect with the tube along segment edges.

Hieru, Thanks for your reply and the trick you mention. I'm going to test it soon.

Just finished the stove. I tried several strategies and had the best results with the lowest polycount by rounding the corners already before using Subdivide and Smooth.

Still I'm curious if an experienced Artisan can achieve a good result with a simple proxy instead.

Pilou, thanks for your reply.

I'm wondering if this particular shape can be made with a simple proxy or that I should already put in a more rounded shape and just use Artisan to soften the result. The intersection between the 2 shapes keeps messing up the end result. I haven't found the right combination of edges and creases yet.

I'm very curious though if a simple proxy is possible for this shape at all so I hope someone of the more experienced Artisan users can point me into the right direction...

It's very much fun though, a great plugin!

@ely862me said:

Please attach the image ! See in the left side, down the Save draft button, Upload attachment !

The image was there but I deleted it while I was editing my post and uploading a higher resolution file. Apparently you were reading my post at exactly the 20 seconds there was no image anymore..

If I may hijack this thread... I could need some advice on using Artisan too.

I'm trying to model Roundstack by Stackstoves. I'm having trouble creating the proxy for the red part. The extruded front shape keeps messing up the vertical cylinder (very clear in renders or during walk throughs in LightUp).

Also, I need to add lots of rounded edges already just to control the shape before pressing Subdivide & Smooth.

Any tips for changes to the proxy??

greetings, Max

edit: changed the image to higher resolution

• New optimized engine is 30% faster on Windows -> A BIG thanks!
• No Backface cull mode per object -> works fine indeed (right click, lightup, no backface culling) but it doesn't work the group is nested.
• Color control of outline stroking (Styles) -> a nice feature

Adam, could you please add just a bit more information to some of the other features?

• Offers Vertex lighting mode for fine detailed meshes -> right click, vertex lit -> what should the effect be?
• Lambert-Beer transparency
• Streamlined menu system
• Updated multi-layer Collada export
• Rectangular luminous openings for IES lights
• Improved Image-based lighting

I upgraded just for the suggested improvements in LO speed.

I still have to get used to the new interface in SketchUp. I liked the old interface and after using it for several years day after day I struggle with the new layout. Why isn't there an option to use the old interface layout instead of the new one?!

I wish SketchUp would have vector hatches instead of LO. I prefer to keep the amount of added elements in layout as low as possible.

I think you could use intersect (with selection) to create those lines or use a boolean (pro) and add them together.

no idea whats wrong but if you´re in a hurry you could try sending the file to layout and export from there to dwg?

@bruce watt said:

Thank you for your reply Kaas.

When I drag an item/object in the outliner list across another item/object above or below it, it gets inserted into them. If this is correct and as designed to work that way, how and for what purpose would someone use it? If I wanted to insert an instance of something into another ( say 10 object up in the outliner list) then I would get copies of the object in all object I pass over. I am interested in how others use this, I might be missing a vital workflow technique here.

Objects only get changed once you move an object in the outliner to drop into some other object. I can pass the list up and down 10 times but nothing happens as long as I don´t release the mouse button.

The outliner is sorted alphabetically so if you like something higher you have to change the name.

I use the outliner all the time because I can build hierarchies with groups and components that are easy to change and have some logical structure.

In the image (Dutch) you see
´01 foundation´ with sub elements 13 concrete, 16 concrete slab, 19 insulation etc etc
02 is ground floor, 03 is 2nd floor etc

For debugging solids adding 'endpoints' to your current style is very helpful. Loose endpoints become visible. Also Solid Inspector is a must have.