one more thing about the Vignette. I am finding that, even without closing Sketchup, the Vignette jumps back over to the second screen (monitor). This doesnt happen all the time - just happens sometimes / occasionally. I will open a different drawing from Sketchup and the vignette moves back to where it was at startup

@simoncbevans said:

Great extension. I wonder if it is possible to make a custom made toolbar fly out? Would save getting in the way when you have it in the work area.

that is exactly what the vignette gives you

OK so i realise now that there is a switch to "Exclude" vray from the options, so i turned that off and it solved my problem. Amazing ! The only thing i really would appreciate would be to have control over where the vignette appears every time i start sketchup. Currently, i have to move it from Screen 2 onto Screen 1 every time

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You may have to restart Sketchup twice after installation of LOTT. The reason is that VRay installs in a special directory and arranges that its toolbars are not really accessible by program.[/quote]

Could you say a little more about this - i mean i have restarted Sketchup many times since installing LOTT. Should i uninstall LOTT, and then reinstall LOTT and then quite and start Sketchup twice, and then Bobs your Uncle ? thx
(Any news on the ability to make the vignette stay in position on the monitor where i want it ?)

Does anyone know of a way to add the VRAY commands to a toolbar in LOTTB ? I'm using 1.5a & vray 5.10.06 in Sketchup pro 2021 v.21.1.299. VRAY is does not appear anywhere as an option for adding to LOTTB

Hello - I was referring to the vignette bar (pic attached / didnt realise what it was called before . I am trying to keep this above the main toolbar space so it doesnt take up any screen space. BUT, every time i launch sketchup i have to move it back to where i want it. Is there a way to make this stay in position ? For VRAY, i am using 5.10.06. It does'nt make any difference where i position it on the screen, it always reverts back to the same place on my second monitor (which is not where i need it). I tried the option to lock it in position, but it makes no difference in my case.
thanks for looking into it !

@fredo6 said:

@ltchest said:

Great plugin. Only trouble i have is that it never remembers the location of the toolbar. Every time i open sketchup i have to move the toolbar to the location that i want.
Also, it does not seem to recognise Vray.

What do you mean by 'toolbar'?

• favorite palette?
  [attachment=2:2rugi70v]<!-- ia2 -->LOTT Favorite palette.png<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:2rugi70v]

• Sketchup regular toolbar?
  [attachment=1:2rugi70v]<!-- ia1 -->LOTT Sketchup toolbar.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:2rugi70v]

For VRay, which version do you have?

Great plugin. Only trouble i have is that it never remembers the location of the toolbar. Every time i open sketchup i have to move the toolbar to the location that i want.
Also, it does not seem to recognise Vray.

This is a great idea - the tool looks really intuitive ! Keep up the good work

I purchased FredoStudio because i would like to copy cameras from one model to another model - but its not working.
I think the problem is that Vray "safe frame" is enabled and that Fredo Portrait is not compatible with vray safe frame being turned on ?
I tried turning off safeframe, and the result is much better - but the perspectives are not identical when you copy across. Is this a known problem ?

OK - I am not yet a user of RichSection (I fell in with the other offering out there - and am having problems with it). From what I can gather, it sounds like if my model is all textured with materials (because I am also using the same model to produce realistic renderings) then the section drawings are going to be rendered with those textures & colours - except you have control only over the fill patterns that are applied where the section cuts any objects - so they are not going to be black & white architectural drawings. You would have to remove all those textures / colours from the model ?

Is it possible to create b&w architectural drawings with this sectioning tool ? The idea would be that you can have a textured model, but when it goes into layout, you get purely black & white drawings with the customised section fill patterns. That would be great.

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

The bug should be fixed in version 1.0.1
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Layers_Panel

Im using version 1.2 & still get the problem where Undo does not work. It just gives you "undo properties" and does nothing.

there is a script/plugin that allows you to import DXF text into sketchup (try searching for it). Ive tried it after exploding my title block. limited success only, but better than starting from scratch for sure