Hi,

Does anyone know if Rename by Layer v1.0.3 works in SketchUp 2015 or SketchUp 2016? I am not familiar with the tool, but tried it in SketchUp 2015 (on Windows) today and although it loaded I could not get it to do anything. Above, somone mentioned SU 2015, but I think on Mac, not sure if the OS would matter.

PeterB

Agreed, it is slow to load and loading on demand is useful. Do you find that the time it takes V-Ray to load (either by demand or not) can vary based on the complexity of the SKP file being opened? Just wondering if seeing one minute or longer on some files for V-Ray to load is normal. (Also, I do not remember as much as a delay on earlier versions...)

thomthom,

I have been testing V-Ray Toys 1.2.0 with V-Ray 1.48.89 and Sketchup 8.0.4811 (the latest.) V-Ray and Sketchup are working; however we are seeing some delays with V-Ray loading that seem to be worse with more complex SKP files. Earlier in the thread, “sadyo” mentioned seeing delays of 15 - 20 minutes and while I am not seeing anything that severe, perhaps their experience is related to mine. I am not sure how much the delays are specifically related to V-Ray Toys, but either way I think you may be able to help (or at least explain what is occurring.)

With just a blank SKP loaded from the template it takes V-Ray about 6 - 10 seconds to finish loading. (I should say that the V-Ray toolbar appears immediately, but that Sketchup cannot be used until after the 6 - 10 second time period. These seems normal to me.)

With complex SKP files I have seen V-Ray take anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes to load. I am thinking that perhaps this is unrelated to V-Ray Toys and simply that V-Ray needs to analyze materials or other apsects of the SKP file before being "ready" for use. (I am not sure that this experience is normal. One of my co-workers mentioned it took V-Ray 3 - 4 minutes to load for a SKP file, but I have not been able to duplicate a time such as that.)

Any thoughts on what is "normal" in this regard?

Found it, if anyone else is ever interested. This information is stored on a per user basis in the current user key of the registry:

[HKEY_USERS..........................\Software\Google\SketchUp8\Extensions]
"Dynamic Components"=dword:00000001
"Sandbox Tools2.0"=dword:00000001
"Solar North Toolbar1.0.0"=dword:00000001
"Photo Textures1.0.0"=dword:00000001
"Ruby Script Examples"=dword:00000000
"Ocean Modeling"=dword:00000000
"Utilities Tools"=dword:00000000
"V-Ray For SketchUp1.48.89"=dword:00000000

In a quick test, pre-populating the registry with a zero value for the V-Ray extension does stop it from loading upon first open of SU. This has the same effect as going to Windows > Preferences > Extensions and turning it off. A little thing, but could be useful, especially if someone is trying to prevent V-Ray for SU from loading on many computers.

Yes, it absolutely works. Thanks for creating it and keeping it up to date.

Semi-related to V-Ray Toys, does anyone know of a way to disable V-Ray for SU prior to first launch of the software? Manually disabling VfSU in extensions must obviously change something that I may be able to replicate on another machine...prefs file, registry, etc. Thanks if anyone knows.

@thomthom said:

Updated to make Load on Demand compatible with the new VfSU release.

When using VfSU 1.48.66 or newer - you can now enable or disable VfSU from Preferences -> Extensions in SketchUp.
But that will enable VfSU for all SU sessions. If you want to enable VfSU in just one session then use V-Ray Toys->Start V-Ray.

Thank you for creating the updated script. This is working for me on SU 8 with V-Ray 01.48.89. Does anyone know of a method to disable VfSU automatically (without having to go into Preferences -> Extensions)? I know this is a one time step, however I may be using V-Ray Toys in a company environment to offer the option of loading V-Ray upon demand. I am looking for a way to have the default state of SU 8 such that it will NOT load V-Ray. This was possible under SU 7 as one could simply rename the ruby script file to ".disabled". It seems that the way scripts load are a bit different under SU 8. If anyone knows of the file or registry location where the information regarding the disabled extension is being stored in SU 8 I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Peter