@aadbuild said:
... 11. PlusSpec is $795 for the first year $395 there on in. Worth every penny you'll save 10 times over in one job. ....
Does the plugin stop working if I do not renew the subscription or I can continue to use it except that I won't be eligible for updates?
Few important topics on the SketchUp forum for anyone considering upgrading to Yosemite or buying a new Mac:
John Siracusa's review of OS X Yosemite tells you everything you need to know about the new operating system:
Link to Ars Technica Review
Thank you for the details Marc.
Can you please let us know when can we expect these issues addressed?
Yosemite is now final and being released today.
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@tomasz said:
@pixero said:
the hyped died out as soon as they released pricing info
Last time it was ~ 2000€ if I remember right.
Pretty expensive Beta.
A bit odd that they removed all trace of the previous versions as if it never existed. Looks like they even wiped 3 years worth of their forum content. Looking at the current forum they are at Beat3 at the moment.
http://forum.twinmotion.com
Hmm... maybe TwinMotion is not that new as the site seems to indicate. Anyone knows more about this? I found some references to the so called The Rendering Killer as far back as 2010.
http://therenderingkiller.com is registered by the same person and now redirects to Twinmotion.
Is this just another vapourware?
Their website is very shy with details about the program and the company behind it, but they claim compatibility with all modelling software including SketchUp and the video previews show very simple user interface.
The domain name was registered in 2005 by Vidal Laurent from KA-RA, a consultancy and architecture firm based in Strasbourg, France.
The trial version is not available yet, but looking at some of KA-RA's projects in their gallery and other comments on their website indicate that they have been using Twinmotion in-house for a while.
The matt screen is one of the reasons I kept and still use my 2006 17" Mac Book Pro 
What is the location of the error log file generated when SU crashes? The Windows version of SU 7 generates a zip file crash report. What debugging / troubleshooting options do we have with SU 2014 on the Mac?
I see that you have only a few days left on this project so this won't help much there. However, before you start a new project I can highly recommend the book "SketchUp 2014 for Architectural Visualization" by Thomas Bleicher and Robin de Jongh.
Even though the book does not cover V-Ray specifically, it has a ton of tips on how to go about creating your models for visualisation that can be applied to any rendering program.
Good luck.
Did you guys report this to SketchUp? What did they say?
@dave r said:
I know all that. That doesn't change the fact that UTC is a model setting not a scene-specific setting. Maybe it should be and you could put that in as a feature request.
Could you please explain what you mean by "UTC is a model setting not a scene-specific setting".
Are you talking about the source code of SketchUp?
I can't find any UTC settings under the Geo-location or any other section of the Model Info window.
The UTC value is adjusted in the Shadow Settings dialog box.
When I expand the Scenes pane there is a check box labeled Shadow Settings under the Properties to Save section. That indicates that all values that are part of the Shadow Settings will be saved with the scene.
@dave r said:
UTC setting isn't a scene-specific setting. It's a model setting like geo-location, dimension units, credits, etc.
When you save a scene you can specify for the Shadow Settings to be saved with the scene.
The UTC Value is part of the Shadow Settings dialog box.
The UTC drop-down is part of the time and date settings because its value can change during different seasons. Although time zone is a geographical region and stays the same for the location of your model, the UTC value needs adjusting with the date.
Technically UTC does not change with a change of seasons, but local time may change if a time zone jurisdiction observes daylight saving time (summer time).
Since SU does not take Daylight Saving Time into account when generating shadows, changing the UTC is the only way to factor DST into your simulation.
For example, SU sets the default Geo-location for the model to Boulder Colorado and the UTC to UTC-7:00. This UTC value is only good during winter. In summer you have to change the UTC value to UTC-6:00.
All this is important for SU users who need to produce accurate shadows.
The UTC value in the Shadow Settings window does not get saved with scenes.
SU Pro 2014 version 14.1.1283 OS X
Steps to replicate issue:
Create two scenes configured to save the Shadow Settings property, each with different time, date & UTC.
When you switch between scenes the UTC value keeps only the latest value used.
@comixo said:
... when i open the palette materials, to edit a texture, i double click on a texture, and when i do the same to other texture, the texture change, and the before texture selectec change to the new clicked ...
If I understand you correctly, what you describe is not a bug.
When you edit a texture on a Mac you stay in the texture edit mode until you click the Close button.
Thank you very much Dave, these are all good workarounds. Do you think there is a benefit/good reason for the way the Top View works in SU right now? From my beginner point of view, it seems that it would be much more useful for most projects if the Top View aligned to the current axis by default.
