Thank you so much for this, what a boon! I don't know why this isn't built into Sketchup as a default.
Again, thank you so much, it really helps!

Unity 4 was great already.

How Three.js get close to it? for simple stuff of course

Well could you? Send it to India? And why not provide NPR to the bored client? Actually you could send the job to the Philippines and get a super NPR job from a great guy (Alan Casas).

I think the same thought (outsourcing) has been around for a long time with CAD production, but I am convinced I cannot do it effectively. There will also be cheaper producers out there whether they do it in house or outsource, and I don't intend to compete with them (in cost).

You can also get less expensive PR and NPR in the "West" from great people, if you know where to look.

I like to see (and use) NPR too.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=513381#p513381

also mentioned here...

To make a short script to do this...
Use Notepad++ [or TextWrangler on MAC] to make a plain-text file that must be UFT8 encoded.
Name it say myUN.rb
It goes in your user's Plugins folder.
Find that using this snippet in the Ruby Console:

UI.openURL("file;///#{Sketchup.find_support_file('Plugins')}")

Then add one line of text as follows + return, substituting the desired code you wish to run, where I have put CODE [copy paste from the previous examples as desired]; you can also name the menu item as you wish - I've named it "myUN..."

UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("myUN..."){CODE}

After SketchUp restarts the new menu item should be seen in the Plugins menu - which is now called the 'Extensions' menu in newer SketchUp versions...
Select that menu item to run the code...

Also remember that you will need the Extension Manager Loading Policy set to Unrestricted to run your own 'unsigned' scripts...

@dave r said:

That's not the fix that was outlined above. Read Norbert's post and follow up the link he posted.

SU8 is no longer supported though so you might want to update anyway.

Oh, I should have mentioned that in my previous post. I did ensure hardware acceleration was enabled under OpenGL as a first step. Just to close the loop for others' information, I upgraded from ver. 8.0.11752 to ver. 8.0.16846. The problem was fixed and our shared network licensing was not affected. Thanks for the help.

😉 I didn't even notice the missing shadows in the first pics.

An excellent render now made even better. 👍

@glro said:

i don't see any download link on the web page

this seems to me more a PROJECT of plugin, than a real one

Here you go;
http://code.google.com/p/rescape/downloads/list

That's a lot of coding...

new Price! 😉
129 $ --> 65$ ☀
And new vesion 1.6 😉

@frederik said:

I wonder if Jason Maranto decided to upgrade or just leave it... 😆

I haven't changed my POV -- I still have 8 Pro and use it occasionally, but I will not pay for any more SketchUp until there is something released which is worth paying for. That said, since nothing is new with me, and I've already said my bit on the SketchUp 9 subject, I've refrained from posting until such a time as new news is forthcoming from Trimble.

In the meantime I've been focusing on other software.

Best,
Jason.

Although not of the same caliber or this guy's art, before LayOut I did all my designing, plan presentation and even elevations with MS WORD, every single line!

Even the little isometric view on the bottom of the Balmoral page!

Pages-from-THE-LINFIELD-VERSION-1.0_Page_2.jpg
THE-AVALON-VERSION-1.2_Page_05.jpg
Pages-from-THE-BALMORAL-VERSION-2.0-2.jpg

For bezier curves, or surfaces it's easier - as the mesh is generated from a set of few control points.

Round corners base itself on existing geometry - problem arise when you start manipulating the mesh after rounding it.

For Bezier Surface I plan to implement a modifier stack.

I just purchased my tutorial! It's awesome! Go get yours!

Simple and powerful solution. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for your replies.
This isnt directly connected to SU and is from a C++ project of mine.
However I solved it.
Turned out I needed a custom fmod function since the one built into C really is a remainder function and not a modulo function. 🤓

A few new renders after some redesign. Original render was 6440x4200 pixels.

OlsgårdenExt01_2013-03-18_mid.jpg
OlsgårdenExt03_2013-03-20b_mid.jpg

You're welcome. 😄

@unknownuser said:

...and as so often, TIG to the rescue.

Indeed. 👍

That's fantastic, I really hope your right, if sketchup evolves into something as beautiful as this then sketchup would be second to none 😄

ttUVtools save ttPlanToolsFlatten ttUVtoolsloadTiling only on flat surface

Here is an idea. I noticed that tiling only occures on flat surface. Whan you add distortion with sandbox tools there is no tiling. The problem is how to transfer UVs from distorted surface to the flat one. With ttUVtools I saved UVs. Than with ttPlan tools I flattened the surface, than loaded UVs again. the resolt is non tiling flat surface! 😄

A beautiful image Pixero. Love it.
On the other hand, the basic principles of modeling remained the same.
What has changed is the huge development of render engines and the ability to support huge meshes.
Having this 3d digital sculpting. (ZB, MB, 3DC, Sculptris, Blender)
Most importantly the tremendous power of modern CPUs and the excellent freeware around.
Back in 1996... when a quadra 700 and in 1997 (mac G3) where more than enough to run the excellent macromedia freehand. I was able to construct a 24 pages brochure, full of quality scans. If I recollect right, it was more flexible than Indesign or QExpress are today.
In 1998 when the best ever Illustrator (V8.01) was able to run a 2dCAD plugin.