@Fredo

Updating the lib plugin did help but I still had to revalidate all my licenses again. No worries. It's working now.

Thanks.

Hi All,

I purchased the Fredo Bundle back in the summer - the perpetual license for the bundle and a few others that were not included in the bundle. However, Tools on Surface has given me a warning that the license is expiring, and now none of the plugins will work. Some will activate after multiple clicks of their icons, but most will not. I can't find a way to get to the ruby updater that sometimes loads with a new session.

Any idea how to contact Fredo or the manager of the license? I purchased it through the plugin window inside SketchUp.. I think. It was rushed and a long time ago.

Thanks,

T.

Hi Fredo - I purchased the license set, but the scflicense file is for "Round Corner" instead of Fredo Corner which as I understand it is the more up to date version of the plugin. Any help on this? When trying to validate the license the software will not recognize the scflicense file.

Thanks,

T.

Hi All,

I’m kind of stuck on a Dynamic Component I’m trying to build. I’m trying to build a Dynamic Logo with multiple Sizing/Layer Dimension functions AND Material Preset functions based on a Brand Guide. For this example I’ve been working with TCU’s logo because there’s only 4 Brand Colors to choose from.

The problem is I’m not super familiar with the CHOOSE and OPTIONINDEX functions. I’m attaching the SketchUp file below with a stab at trying to get it to work in one of the components.

So to help narrow you down, I’m trying to create a Dynamic Logo that can change between 10 Preset Color Configurations AND be able to switch between Gloss, Matte, Emissive, and Metal Logo Material types.

So ideally I’d be able to select “Gloss” from the Material Type Drop Down in Options, and then Select “2-Color, Purple, Black” so that it returns a 2 Color Logo with the Gloss Material Set showing on the face.

You can see the materials are all labeled uniquely and placed in the individual objects so that the Material Function references them. But I can’t seem to get the Material to reference anything beyond “TCU_PURPLE_Matte”

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know it’s a pretty big ask but hopefully it’s not as complicated as I think it’ll be.

Thanks,

TCU_DYN_LogoTest.skp

Hi Everyone,

I've got a coworker that's experiencing some issues with a SketchUp file we converted from a Revit file. It's sitting around 110 MB so it's kinda large but they're running a brand new iMac Pro with 64 GB of RAM and the 10-core CPU so it shouldn't be the computer. I converted the Revit file and have since reworked it to clean it up even further since multiple people have worked in it - that was Tuesday.

We were looking at things like the WebCache folder and such but I'm not knowledgeable enough to just say "delete it" because I'm curious to know if certain plugins or functions will quit working. I read up on the Chromium stuff that they implemented but I'm still a little fuzzy on it.

1. Symptoms: Very Slow when selecting, Painting, etc. Navigation doesn't seem to be affected. But I watched them trying to paint a surface and it took an inordinate amount of time to switch tools. We've resized the textures to cut down on file size but it doesn't seem to have an effect.

2. It runs flawlessly on my computer but I can't necessarily say it's a computer issue because it's just the one file according to them.

3. They said that after booting their computer on Wednesday after I cleaned it again, the file was working normally, but by the end of the day it was back to running poorly.

So.. I guess if anyone has any advice or tips for this then I'm all ears. I think the last resort is to copy everything to a new, blank file, and be selective about what goes and what stays. It's entirely possible that another designer on the project broke it somehow. We have a few people here that are really good at breaking models

Thanks,

T.

thanks rv

@pilou sorry about that. Here's a link to one such instagram video. As you can see he creates the truss for the frame with lines then right clicks and something-something-something creates the frame with a consistent shape.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfmVvGH280/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

T.

Hey Guys,

This is just a general question. I've seen it several times in various instagram posts of those sped up architecture builds in SketchUp where someone builds a crazy parametric structure in sketchup. But I'm having trouble nailing down which plugins they use because of the insane speed they're shown in.

Anyone got a plugin suggestion for creating geometry along a series of lines? For example I've seen where somone draws out the shape of a truss or structural beam with lines. Then they activate a plugin that creates a consistent shape along that whole set of lines. Kinda like Follow Me but you can control the size.

I've tried the 1000 Bit tools extension but it creates a flattened structure across the total volume of the shape I'm trying to build off of. I'll attach screenshots below.

Is there a way to create something that's not just a 2D profile but 3D?

Thanks,

T.

I tried it on both a Windows Desktop and a Mac laptop

Hey Driven,

I pulled this up on my laptop and ran into the same issue. I'm running SketchUp 17 and the plugin didn't do anything. Am I missing anything?

T.