Thank you for responding with a solution so quickly, pilou. The method you mentioned for installing plugins is much easier and quicker than the one I have been trying.

I am eager to start creating my animation.

Hello forum. I downloaded and moved the file proper_animation_v1.10.rbz to the plugin folder in SketchUp 2014 (C:/Users/MyName/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/plugins). After I closed SketchUp and opened it, the plugin wasn't installed; it was not displayed in the Plugin menu.

The plugins section of the forum is locked so I decided to post here.

Please assist me in properly installing the plugin. Thank you.

Thank you cino.cihan and Dave R. for responding.

I already used two different materials to show the joinery in a clearer manner, but, thickening the edges, is also helping to make the joinery perceptibly clearer yet.

Dave R., I understand your point, too. A rendering program will default to showing the edges no matter what was done in SU.

I am learning a lot from all the experienced users on this forum. Thanks to everyone who has responded.

Thank you majid.

I can see the animation walk through named dav. Now, I am trying to determine how to play the animation.

I'll try to keep the plastic appearance to a minimum. Editing material in KT has mostly been a trial-and-error experience for me. It helps to get some information from more experienced users such as yourself. I plan on using a tung oil finish on my step stool, but it looks nice to have a slightly plastic (shiny) material with the color being the wood image as you mentioned.

Thank you for the detailed information.

Thanks for responding, Dave R. Your suggestions are very good, and I plan on creating a dome with my step stool positioned in the center to receive all the reflecting light. There is so much to learn in SU and KT, but things are becoming easier for me as time goes by.

I think your idea for using plastic material in KT and switching it out with wood material is a good one. I'm not exactly sure what is being done when that process is created, but the results seem great. I'll give it a shot and see if I am successful.

Have fun and enjoy the weekend!

Hello forum.

I am attempting to create animation frames in Kerkythea.

The animation frames (.jpeg) do not show the sky global that was inserted into the master model (.xml). I run the script for the animation, and I notice the jpeg's being created are missing the sky global. How can this problem be corrected?

Attached, are the animation files (.xml & .jpeg), master model (.xml), and animation script (.kst). See the zipped file which includes all of these files.

Thank you for your assistance.

This zipped file contains all the files mentioned in this topic post

Hello TIG.

The author of the plug-in called Proper Animation instructs its users to process the animation created in SU through a rendering application in order to create a proper video of the animation frames. I think Proper Animation is a great tool.

Now, I am learning how to use Kerkythea so that I can create the animation .jpeg frames. Everything is going good except I ran into a problem getting the animation frames to reflect the master model (master scene) render settings. The animation frames appear differently than the master model for some of the settings. I posted a topic in Kerkythea's forum and am awaiting a response.

I just wanted to share my findings with you and this forum's readers. Thank you for your advice.

David

Thanks alvis.

Those wooden images are great. That grain clarity and dovetail outlining is exactly what I am trying to achieve. I changed my texture from knotty pine to maple by importing a .jpeg image from the Internet and using it as a texture. However, after rendering it in Kerkythea, it does not have the appearance I desire. It is something I need to learn how to do, I guess. I am trying to achieve a crisp, high-quality image like yours.

Making the maple dark and light helps to show the dovetail joinery, but I just might use your suggestion to create layers of just edges to enhance the joinery. Great idea!

David

Gilles, thank you for the rapid response.

Those are great suggestions. I was not even aware that materials could be rotated. I will learn how to rotate materials and select another material. There must be another pine material that looks realistic but still allows the dovetail joinery to be clearly visible.

David