@fredo6 That is what I had in mind this morning. I will go do it now and see what happens and if there is anything in the Ruby Concols.

@Dave-R Thsnks Dave. I will have to try again. I thought I had the file in that folder.

Right now my primary goal was to be able to share a file with anyone. I am having a problem with a file but could not upload it because it is too large for this forum. Right now all I was trying to do is see if this link worked. I need someone to verify that they can access the file.

I do appreciate your response though.

OK, I have installed a trial version of Drop Box and am trying to share the SketchUp file that I need for someone to look at and see if you can generate a video.

Here is a link to the file.SketchUp Animator file

@Dave-R said in Share models:

@ntxdave said in Share models:

OK, DropBox has a monthly subscription

They have a free option as well.

@ntxdave said in Share models:

Can I or How would it be to use Trimble Connect?

Yes. You can share the file with Trimble Connect, too.

OK, I installed the free trial of DropBox. So, as a test, here is a link to the file I want to make available. Shared file

Please let me know if you can access it so I can post it in another thread.

@Dave-R said in Share models:

@ntxdave upload it to DropBox or Google Drive and share the link.

OK, DropBox has a monthly subscription. I looked at and tried to get Google Drive but wound up with it trying to install PC App Store which is a nightmare.

Can I or How would it be to use Trimble Connect?

I want to share an skp file but is to large to upload to the forum. Is there another way to share the file?

I think I finally resolved the issue that I was having with the cameras (not 100% the way I want) but I am not having a problem trying to generate a video. It stops every time at the same spot (I have tried about 10 time this morning). Here is a screen shot of where things stop:

I would be happy to share the file, but it is too big to upload to this forum. If there is another way I can share with someone who is willing to take a look at it, just let me know and I will share it.

After thinking about this some more, I think I understand what my problem is and will try to fix it (hopefully today). If the problem turns out to be what I think it might be, it is truly my fault.

I am having some problems trying to control/set cameras when I have multiple scenes. In the attached file, I have a camera position for the Introduction scene, a second one for the Animation scene, and a third one for the Conclusion scene. I have tried capturing the camera setting for each of the scenes and adding them to the animation clip in the appropriate scene. What I am experiencing is that I set/capture the camera position in one of the scenes it gets carried over/applied to each of the other scenes. I hope someone can look at the file and tell me how to resolve the issue. I want the scene in the clip to match the scene if you click on the scene name. Hope that makes sense to anyone who looks at the file.

OK, file is too large to upload.

@rich-o-brien Thanks for the upvote Rich.

Updated on 02/03/2026

My whole purpose here was to demonstrate that you can have multiple scenes with animations and information that can be displayed Animator. The one I displayed is not what I want as a final product was just something to show how you can use the features of Animator (like introduction, animation(s), and conclusion) without having to have an external video editor.

Throughout this exercise I think I have learned a lot about Animator like:

• How to combine items to create a “clip”

• How to “explode” a clip to edit items within the clip

• How to create and edit Layer visibility controls. As an example this can be used to I used this in the “Introduction” to control the display of line text one line at a time.

• How to create/capture and edit (at least to some level) camera settings/positions.

• I also figured how to take advantage of camera feature, along with the layer visibility controls, to “somewhat” control the transition between scenes.

• I think I also learned some things about using the movement tools.

Things I need to learn more about (IMO):

• How to better control the transition from one scene or clip to another one. I think there are options for this but I do not know how/have not figured out. I would like to “fade” between them.

• I have not experimented with the “translation” tool/feature I would like to be able to use something like section cuts to control the exposure of items or text.

I hope all of this makes sense. The more I learn about Animator the better I like it and would like to help promote it’s use.

Thank you so much for the update to LibFredo6 v15.8d.

I was about to give up but after updating to the LibFredo6 v15.8d I was able to generate the video.
In fact, I was also able to create a 2nd version of the model with everything done in clips. Again

So, here are some videos I was able to create with the 2 versions of the file (one without clips and the other with clips).

Without clips:
3 Scene Animator.mp4

With Clips
3 Scene Animation With Clips.mp4

I hope this shows that you can have multiple animated scenes in a SU model and use Animator to "show them off".

@fredo6 said in Scene animation with Animator:

I found the issue. The error should happen if you open a model and go immediately to generate the video. If you open other dialogs of my plugins., it should work fine

It should go better with LibFredo6 v15.8d, just released

Thank you so much.

I was about to give up but after updating to the LibFredo6 v15.8d I was able to generate the video.
In fact, I was also able to create a 2nd version of the model with everything done in clips. Again

So, here are some videos I was able to create with the 2 versions of the file (one without clips and the other with clips).

Without clips:
3 Scene Animator.mp4

With Clips
3 Scene Animation With Clips.mp4

I hope this shows that you can have multiple animated scenes in a SU model and use Animator to "show them off".

Top Part of Ruby Console:

#<NoMethodError: undefined method custom_convert_id' for Traductor::ChromiumWdlg:Class> c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6weblist.rbe:159:in cid'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6weblist.rbe:44:in initialize__' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6weblist.rbe:33:in initialize'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1666:in new' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1666:in job_dialog_select_repair'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1641:in job_detect_repairing' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:2293:in movie_clip_generation'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorpalette.rbe:820:in block in palette_clip_name_duration_video' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:4100:in execute_button'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3854:in onLButtonUp' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6palette.rbe:103:in onLButtonUp'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:1293:in `onLButtonUp'

Nothing in the bottom part of the Ruby Console.

I hope this helps.

I am continuing to have problems. It seems like some files will allow me to generate a movie and some will not.

Hers is a file that "seems" to be OK and in Animator I can see everything, but when I try to generate the video, nothing happens.
3 Scene Animator.skp (This is a version that I updated today)

BTW: I tried both with clips for each section and without them and get the same result. Everything plays fine in Animator, but it will not let me generate a video.

I am beginning to wonder if I should just give up.

I am continuing to have problems. It seems like some files will allow me to generate a movie and some will not.

Hers is a file that "seems" to be OK and in Animator I can see everything, but when I try to generate the video, nothing happens.
3 Scene Animator.skp

BTW: I tried both with clips for each section and without them and get the same result. Everything plays fine in Animator, but it will not let me generate a video.

I am beginning to wonder if I should just give up.

I have done some more testing, and there is something wrong with my file. In other files I can launch the movie generator.

So, tomorrow I will try to clean up the file and see if I can get things back on trach. I did look at the file earlier and something I did messed up the location of some objects in my animation. So, first I will get that cleaned up and then try one step at a time to see what is causing the problem. Big problem was that I made 4 other copies of the file and they are also messed up also. So, I will try to resolve/figure out what the problem is.

Hope I have not caused you any problems. I thought I was creating something with positive results, so I need to figure this all out and share with you what I figure out.

I thought I had the latest version. It says I am up to date. I will have to go to my laptop to find out. Where is the best place to check?

@fredo6 said in [Plugin] Animator - v4.6a - 18 Dec 25:

Better but I need the top message starting by 'Error...'. This is where the error is stated.

OK, here it everything that is in the top box

#<NoMethodError: undefined method custom_convert_id' for Traductor::ChromiumWdlg:Class> c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6weblist.rbe:159:in cid'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6weblist.rbe:44:in initialize__' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6weblist.rbe:33:in initialize'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1666:in new' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1666:in job_dialog_select_repair'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:1641:in job_detect_repairing' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:2293:in movie_clip_generation'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorpalette.rbe:820:in block in palette_clip_name_duration_video' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:4100:in execute_button'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6palette.rbe:3854:in onLButtonUp' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/lib6palette.rbe:103:in onLButtonUp'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatortool.rbe:1293:in `onLButtonUp'