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
Thanks for the info, sounds promising..
All the best
Matt
The link below may answer my own question...
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
thank you so much!!
this has been much needed in SU.
Many,Many Thanks
Matt
Hi geh4evr
thanks for the reply and info
I've tried the bunk speed forums and no body got back to me, although i just posted again.
I'll keep you posted.
Many thanks
Matt
Hi Yo
From having used it for a brief period you need to explode your model down into individual groups and components. Then it will only apply a material to that individual element. Or try putting elements to have a similar material on the same layer. there are ruby plug-ins that that will do this automatically.
Geh4evr-
How have you found the output from the HD version?, i'm trying convince work to buy it. So far using the demo version i can get 1600x900 which is just about sufficient. i believe the HD version goes to 1920x1080.
This software is potential absurdly good, in terms of results and ease of use. but its also a little frustrating as you cant import camera scenes yet. Which seems archaic. But there is a rhino plug in that works from within Rhino, that would be excellent for SU, we should be asking bunkspeed to release something similar for SU.
Many thanks
Matt
From what i remember of max, I think what your looking for is referred to as intersect with model,
if you want to cut a shape into one with other, then right click on the one shape you wish to carry out the cut making sure it is inside the group of the target shape.
I hope this helps, i've just made it sound far more complex than it actually is, this is a very powerful and often over looked function of SU.
all the best
Matt
give this ago...
might have to rename the files .rbs
as thats what they were originally....
.. i usually just select the 2 lines i want filleted , the put in the radius i want and thats it.
hopefully these should help, one is for the 3d stuff. which im sure i rember working.. I apologies if this isn't very specific, i havn't used them properly for awhile, and remeber it being fairly straight forward.
try Didiers site if not as most of my scripts are from there.
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/RUBY_Library_Depot.htm
hope these help
all the best
matt
it already exists, try one of the rubies attached.
I cant remeber where i got these, so i cant take any credit for the actual scripts..
has worked a treat for me for awhile...
all the best
matt
thanks for getting back so quick...Is seems to have resolved itself.
But i've had this crop up a few times , if i can replecate it i will..
All the best
Matt
Hi All
I've had this happen a few times lately. I imported this from CAD, and therin could be the problem, but i've imported huge cad files in the past without this happening. Suddenly these lines appear when i push pull, create groups or some times explode groups..
any ideas
Many thanks
Matt
Excellent script
many thanks
only just come across it..
all the best
matt