Posts made by nickchun

Thanks Dave that's a good point. I need to update my templates anyway with the onset of the new EU data protection laws coming in.

Thanks, but I've just had a Doh! moment. Just found the 'Background' check box under 'Styles' in Layout. Was concentrating too hard on the styles in Sketchup.

Thanks

Hi all,
I can't understand why sometimes the background within the bounding box of a view inserted onto a layout page is transparent and other times filled. This means that if the views overlap in the latter, the background can obscure an adjacent inserted view. The styles appear to be the same from one file to another but there must be some reason for it. I prefer the transparency as in the attached screen shot but can't seem to control it.
Any ideas?

Ow!

Is that a chicken or egg situation? If you can't update through SU then we have to start thinking for ourselves to find solutions

Yes Thank you Box for that, it seems to have worked for me too. How did you discover that fix? Annoying that Trimble haven't sorted this from SU2017

Found it. Somehow a text label within a group got placed way off in the distance instead of on the object. That made the group massive and harder to select to isolate. Now deleted and behaving as normal.

Thanks for your help Dave

Hi Dave
Thanks, looks like I forgot to set up the zoom extents shortcut on last time I upgraded. Thought I was using it but the key is redundant. Copying the file is just the same

Zoom extents places the camera very far away. I can now see face me text near the axes. I must have accidentally dragged something off into the distance but am struggling to locate it.
Any methods?

Hi all.
I am having major issues with a model which is behaving as though it has clipping plane issues and yet as far as I can see does not fulfil any of the usual criteria for this to happen. The whole thing disappears from view if I try to move or delete anything. I can orbit around certain directions but when I get close to a front view, with perspective view, it clips, and similarly on the left side view. The model is not huge or very small and is sitting close to the axes. This has only happened recently, the model has been fine up to now. Can anyone think of any accidental keystrokes which could cause this, or any other ideas please?

Thanks

Nick

Ok thanks. I have updated everything and I still get the bugsplat every time I try and use(still on 2017). Perhaps it is related to another plugin I have installed. I will try to disable them all and see if it makes any diiference

Hi Fredo

Do you know yet if this problem still occurs with SU2018?

Okay thanks for that, I will try it tomorrow

Hi

I have been getting a reminder to update the Trimble Connect extension, but when I try to do so I get this report.

I've had other reminders for other plugins all of which have updated successfully. Anyone know why this one won't?

Thanks

Nick

@Ken
You can change the anti alias settings etc for each program via Windows or your graphics card set up(i.e Nvidia control panel accessed by right clicking on empty screen). Mine appears under 'Manage 3D settings' where you can override each applications 3D settings. I changed mine to 8x, and its much better. There was a thread about it a while ago but as usual I can't find it.

I agree the new trays take some getting used to, and after using them for several months I still prefer the old drop down versions. I use shortcut key to open/close the whole tray, which I find useful when I want a more full screen view. But it can still be fiddly having to keep expanding/closing and scrolling so you can see the next sub tray. It actually creates more mouse work than before and has slowed down my workflow.
It is also inconsistent with the Layout tray, the tray in Layout doesn't allow mouse wheel scrolling as it does in SU, which is frustrating when working between the two.

Fantastic! I will be taking a look in more detail when I get a chance, its interseting to see how you integrate all the different software.
Love the clay and sketchy renders also.

Hi Fredo
Yes, it does seem to be a bit random. I did wonder if it was related to high resolution textures? I have attached my PC specs below. These days more of an average machine I guess?

Still getting bugsplat with the plugin. I actually can no longer get into the Thru paint tool menu, it crashes the moment I avtivate the tool.( screen capture GIF attached) All plugins are up to date. Could this be related to other extensions I have tried and then uninstalled? e.g. I tried out Simlab a while back but later removed it.

Unfortunately the problem is still occurring, even after the update...

I thought I had the latest version but it was the Libaray I had updated. Just updated Fredo Tools and it all seems to work well again now.
Thank you very much, very useful tool.