@aiden said:
Perhaps the RTX cards have an issue here?
I would suggest to check into the Nvidia control panel (you can find in the context menu if you right click on an empty space in your Windows desktop bakcground), go to application specific settings, scroll the drop down menu to select Sketchup 2021 and make sure that's using the 3090 and NOT the integrated gpu.
@dave r said:
@aiden said:
Integrated GPUs such as the ones you are using have never been recommended because they historically have poor OpenGL support and because they are using CPU RAM instead of dedicated RAM for graphics processing.Based on the GPUs your coworker's computer would be a better choice for SketchUp.
By no means Nvidia rtx3090 is an integrated gpu.
It's an high-end discrete gpu and it's actually waaaay more modern and powerful than the 1080.
@aismebel said:
Hi. I could not figure out your instructions on how to restore the tools from the "Menu" ((
Maybe write in more detail? Thank you in advance.
I wrote exactly the more detailed description I can think of.
Is actually the "step by step" explaination and I also added the code you need and the reference page for the syntax you should use to recall your shortcuts from SendKeys.
Please notice that this DOES NOT restore the "menu button" functionality of LOTT in SU23.
This is just a workaround to create a ruby script button in LOTT that can mimic the missing "menu button" feature.
The ruby script just invokes a shortcut when you hit the toolbar button.
You need to assign that shortcut (to the menu item you want to create a button for) before creating the button itself.
@sjs66 said:
Wow, super impressive modelling job.
Looks like it handles okay on the track in Unity too?
Nice work!
Thank you so much.
Yeah, it performs very well on the Eau Rouge - Raidillon section.. 
Someday I'll manage to find the time to complete that animation! 
I would like to recreate some other iconic section..
I was thinking about Tunnel In Montecarlo (but could be hard to find a proper camera car for timing/audio), Parabolica In Monza, maybe Rivazza 1/2 in Imola or peraphs Bico De Pato in Interlagos.. not sure..
@kaas said:
Just be aware that this fix won't last forever. I'm using it in one of my plugins and SU2022 is already warning me it will be deprecated in a next version of Ruby.
Well, I'm not a developer so I don't know a lot about this.. I've just found this snippet long ago to make it work with the old "Toolbar Editor" plugin.
Actually I don't need this that much right now, because I still use 2021 with classic perpetual license and LOTT works like a charm in SU21.
By the way I tested this in 2023 and it works 100% for now.
Maybe in future Ruby version this will be replaced with some different syntax to handle Sendkeys 
@gordon mclaren said:
I use the "Personal Command Menu" often and would definitely like to see it working again.
I have a workaround for this.
Assign some weird shortcut to your menu item (I say "weird" because maybe you don't want to waste some available handy keyboard shortcut for this).
Then create a ruby script button and type in the following:
shell = WIN32OLE;;new("WScript.Shell")
shell.SendKeys "InsertYourWeirdSendkeyShortcutHere"
Insert your shortcut between quotes using the "Microsoft sendkeys" syntax, you can find the reference at this link:
Here's an example.. this one would be equivalent to press "Ctrl+Shift+ALt+F11" each time you push hit the toolbar button.
@frascati said:
"Rich showed you a native way to do it."
"Smoove has a falloff...."
I need to go back and change my "intermediate" level of understanding to "beginner"
"Smoove" is a member here? And a "falloff" is a what? Do the four images he posted suffice as a "tutorial"?
Not sure why you are so rude, nobody is in owe of doing turorials for you.
By the way what Rich said is more than enough, those are the only (pretty self explainatory) tools to attempt a similar shape in vanilla Sketchup.
As already said, is pointless to try to model this kind of shapes using only native tools.
Here's my 15 minutes draft using QFT/VT2/SubD.
@kaas said:
Its pay up or you will loose access to your SketchUp files and you can't edit them anymore-time now.
You can still revert back to your old perpetual license (as long as it's >Su2014) and use the Eneroth plugin to open newer files.
I feel I can happily go on with my SU2021 perpetual and rather invest my moneys in useful plugins.
@rv1974 said:
and 72 Norwegian virgins..
Well, I believe those will be added in su 2024. Don't ask too much for a single update.
@ntxdave said:
Can you give a link to this info? I saw something earlier on the SketchUp forum but the link I went did not mention some of the things you mention.
Actually there's only a flip tool similar to Curic Mirror and a couple of minor improvements. 
Sketchup 2023 is out.
It features a dark mode, customizable toolbars, a new 3d kernel which can manage tons of geometry, an inbuilt chamfer and loft system, native primitives such as spheres, cubes, cylinders, pyramids and many others, new powerful uv-mapping tools, native quads support, a brand new inbuilt rendering engine with RTX support and many other incredible new features.
You don't even need to draw the 4 segments to join the corners.
Autofold will create them automatically.
Just do the following:
_Hit "R" on your keyboard
_Left click
_Type "100;30" and hit "Enter" key
_Hit "F" key and hover over the rectangle you just created, click drag the hilighted border
_Type "4" and hit "Enter"
_Hit "M" key
_Hover on the inner rectangle click and drag it somewhere
_Hit the up arrow key and drag up with mouse
_Type "5" and hit "enter"
_Job jobbed.
Although to troubleshoot any Fredo plugins it's definitely recommended to check for library updates, I don't see how this affects the SolarNorth toolbar which is not a Fredo plugin and by no means is related to libFredo6.
I believe the problem is elsewhere in this case. I would probably try to uninstall and reinstall Sketchup itself.
You should contact Thomas using the support form at the bottom of this page
@fredo6 said:
The Texture positioner is the worse method to manipulate objects.
Ditto. It's a freakin' toy.
@fredo6 said:
One way to combine several transformations is to use a Gizmo
Please yes! 
I suggest to use the local axis origin point as default point to place it when a object is selected and the center of masses when multiple objects are selected (without having to reposition it every single time, that could be a context menu option or something). A toggle between origin and center could be very "industry standard" too.
@pedroe said:
even better, that hot boxes appear at the main points (vertices, midpoints, etc) that allow you to choose whether to move (default command), copy, rotate, scale, move and rotate. It could be something as fun as this, to manipulate only with the mouse.
please, no.
