Hi all

Interesting topic that's been kicked off here, thanks for all the feedback. I have a suspicion tfdesign is correct in that they will eventually install it but not until it has been cleared by IT senior management which could take many long rambling months. I'm only there until June so it may well not be any good for me, it just seems crackers that it's this way,

I'll let you know how I get on.

many thanks

Matt

Hi All

Thanks for the feedback.

I've asked about school procedure for new software and was told if its not compatible, then no.. I think I'm going to go down the local install route, try and blag admin rights ..

My crusade to bring SU to the kids of South London will not be thwarted by bureaucratic toads. I promise.

wish me luck

all the best

Matt

Hi Solo/ Mitcorb

Thanks for the reply's.. That's not a bad idea solo. I might try and dig out an old SU6 installer. Or if anyone has access to one that would be appreciated. see if that works

Your right Mitcorb, I mentioned about it being optional the the search bar, Didn't make much difference. They have said they wont give me admin rights to install it locally, which would make the most sense. There just being difficult jobs worth's. All I think this really is about, is an uncooperative techie. I just wanted to ask here first to confirm what I already thought.
I'm going to just have to charm/threaten them..

Thanks for the reply's
Many Thanks

Matt

Hi All

This may not be the the correct place to discuss this, but I thought its worth a shot. I'm working in a school in South London at the moment and have been trying to get SketchUp installed for the Design Technology department. I've worked with SU for years in my previous job and taught it in my last school so already know of it's benefits to students (They love it). The IT techie is refusing to do it as apparently it wont uninstall (yes that's uninstall) and will cause problems with there system. Partly because when you install SketchUp it also installs the Google search bar and tries to make Google the default home page thus messing with the system as it tries to access the internet, thus throws up error messages. I think I'm being told politely to go away. I wondered if anyone had any other experience of this or suggestions for a work around if at all possible.

The school IT is run by an off site , separate company, thus its hard to speak anyone who can give me a proper answer. It all seems a bit daft that piece of free software as established as this cant be installed.

Many Thanks

Matt

Looks interesting..

Haven't played yet...

http://hypershotforsketchup.blogspot.com/

matt

Thanks for the info, sounds promising..

All the best

Matt

The link below may answer my own question...

http://www.cadspan.com/

Has anybody any experience using this plug in.. ?

Many Thanks

Matt

Hi there

Has anybody any experience of using Didiers export to STL ruby, for the file format for 3D printing. Does it work on complex models with terrain etc.. Are there limits to it..?, i'd need to export large masterplan massing models for 3D printing. Have people had success with exporting from sketch up to 3D printers in general.. What's the best practice and process for this...?
I get the impression it could be a problem exporting from SU because of the mesh's as oppossed to nurbs thing SU has. A few people mentioned that Rhino would be my best bet.

Any info would be much appreciated..

Many Thanks

Matt

Hi all

What we need ideally is something similar to TIG's explode to groups, which works like a dream. So you'd make one group. Run the script explode to components. All that was within the main group would be converted to a component that then could be instantly replaced.

I suppose the whole point of a specific component is that its uniform..
and doing it this way things more than likely wont start like that.

just a thought..

it would be very handy, could be used for instancing trees etc..

many thanks
Matt

Hi Pixero,,

Many Thanks for the scripts, especially the JS frame step,

this isn't necessarily a request for you but I'm surprised this hasn't been discussed more.
Could this not be incorporated or adapted so that it could be used with some rendering software to produce animations. Unless i missed something I'd have thought this would have jumped on many others.

either way

many Thanks

Matt