Hello jumpjack2.

…Or maybe it's a matter of clicking save&reload button at the "right" time…
You probably give the “right” answer. In a perfect world SketchUp model is never modified along animation process. This way, no issue! BUT in the real world we need to add any group we missed which should be animated. Here comes save&reload button. The next release – by the end of this month - will see a blinking orange colour so that you never miss that need. Please, also remember SUalive Free aims tiny projects and be aware modifying SketchUp model along animation may break all previous snapshots – only interpolation drawback. They are nothing more than photo that cannot be modified.

…Shouldn't be enough to...?
Once more you’re right! But only from SUalive Free version perspective which is nothing more than a subset of SUalive Full. Light and Full versions are able to deal with multiple SketchUp models inside a single project. Each project can be split in smaller sequence and so forth. All this makes we can’t automate more than what you know.

…I think some tooltips…
You know what? You are right! This month release will additionally see full help from our website. Maybe any tutorial and new video. A bit too early to tell you!
https://sualive.com/en_help.php

…Bug: face-me…
Added on ToDo list but priority is now on publishing help and next release.

…Question: can free version also animate camera orientation?...
You can learn about version related features from our website, versions tab.
https://sualive.com/en_versions.php

…A double click on a .ydprj…
Thanks Dan for your reply. Perfect as always!

… generate a Sketchup Scene per each animation…
Older version had but we got rid of as SketchUp would probably not support dozen or hundreds of scenes. As instance 30fps * 60sec = 1800 scenes. How to deal with 1800 tabs inside SketchUp?

…associate a renderer plugin…
If you want any renderer to work, please ask the extension maker for contacting us. We will be all our best to please you.

By the way I’m hard negotiating frame by frame replay slider available on SUalive Free. I hope my peers are going to agree on next Friday meeting - today is still holiday. Probably not all features available but basically replaying from the window top slider.

Have a good week-end.
WhyDi

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply but we didn’t get the mail – or missed - from the thread

Final version release expected soon. See our website https://www.SUalive.com. We are currently making help – tab on the website right.

macfreek you’re right about intuitive interface. SUalive V1 was far more but quickly faced hard time such way we were not able to make three out of the four animations you may see on the website. We say ‘the devil is in the detail’ and this is so right about animation! If you want an animation process as easy and intuitive as it could – note I don’t use ‘quick’ – I may help regarding general purpose.

1. Check your SketchUp model.

• The more animated groups parallel to XYZ model axis, the quicker and better result.
• The less group transformation, the less nasty surprise at run time. You may read about on extension warehouse thread. https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sualive-free

1. Make mental scenario.

• All website animations made this way but you might use a mind-mapping soft. It works although not saving time for short animations.
• Keep always in mind ‘One action, one group’ – action is rotation, translation, scale or path move. Here you are still very likely to adjust your model creating or arranging your groups.

1. Have a look on toolbar 'Save and Reload Model' button - small house with star. Does it blink? if so click. Check another time.
2. You are ready for animation! Probably any model adjustment to come but as few as you can. Never forget snapshot is a photo at 't' instant of your model. Any following modification might lead to unexpected outcomes. No issue regarding tiny or small animation but none of the website animation was made in one shot. Trial and error also works well here if you don’t lay scenario on a paper.
   We are currently trying to improve help adding explanations on training you are talking about and help will be available at any time from our website. This is our last task before releasing Windows versions. Mac OSX are currently under test but I am not still satisfied – I am in charge of. I really hope both Windows and MacOSX available at the same time.

Free version aims tiny projects using interpolation and you can have a tour on other actions but they are SUalive Light or Full version features. See Version tab on our website.

This should lead to animate your model with no trouble and solde issue you were dealing with.

Best Regards
WhyDi

Bonsoir Vincent,

Pas de difficulté! Je t'envoie un e-mail dans les prochains jours. Je manque un peu de temps présentement!

EN:
No problem! I send you an e-mail in the coming days. I'm currently short on time!

WhyDi

Yes John I had
The previous code was merely another check before going further. The issue is fixed in the following, at least I think until you tell me the results!
so here is the code aiming nearly full emulation of WebDialog modality.

script.rb inside

require 'sketchup'

################################################################################
#    Cross-platform WebDialog True-modality workaround - Windows - Mac OSX     #
#        - www.SUalive.com shared code - FREE OF USE no liability -            #
#                Thanks to John - Driven - for his great help                  #
#      authors would appreciate a link to this topic or www.SUalive.com        #
# http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=65013&p=602971#p602971 #
#                              see also below                                  #
# http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=65013&start=30#p603466 #
################################################################################
# waits for WebDialog close then goes on next code
# 1 - dialog_box_run() method runs the dialog
# 2 - tmr_modal waits for user cliks on <Continue> or <Exit>
# 3 - tmr_modal calls dialog_box_is_closed()
################################################################################
#        Please note Mac-user can interact with the parent window wheras       #
#        Windows-user can't. So locking parent window is up to you             #
################################################################################

module YDco_debug
	module YDalv
	
		class << self
		
			@cli_dlg_debug = nil
			
			def dialog_box_run()
				@cli_dlg_debug = YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new()
			end
			def dialog_box_is_closed()
				str_out = "  DlFg_debug returns <Continue> button cliqued? " + 
					@cli_dlg_debug.is_continue.to_s
				puts str_out
				UI.messagebox( str_out )
			end
			
		end
		
		class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		
			attr_reader ;is_continue
		
			def initialize()
				@is_continue = false
				@is_closed = false
				super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
				set_html(html_data)
				initialize_callback()
				set_on_close do
					@is_closed = true
				end
				true_modality_emulation_through_timer()
				show_modal()
			end
			
			private
			def html_data()
				str_html = '<html><head>' +
					'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
					'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
					'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
					'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
					'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btnContinue").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
					'function jsDebugToRuby(obj){var isOK=(obj.id=="btnContinue");window.location="skp;qwerty@"+isOK}'+
					'</script>'+
					'</head><body>' +
					'<div style="width; 496px; font-family; Arial">' +
					'<div style="border; solid 1px #CECECE; padding; 0px 10px 0px 10px; ' +
							'font-family; Arial; font-size; 14px; width; 470px; height; 150px; ' +
							'text-align; justify; overflow; auto">'+
					'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam gravida nunc metus, '+
					'id vulputate metus rutrum at. Curabitur et pretium arcu. Morbi vehicula arcu a nisl ' +
					'consequat, non vulputate ligula congue. Aenean sit amet orci nec leo cursus tempus. '+
					'Nulla facilisi. Mauris vestibulum elit magna, ut pellentesque enim tincidunt placerat. '+
					'Nunc volutpat varius maximus. Praesent bibendum convallis tellus ut fringilla. '+
					'Vestibulum dignissim lacinia sapien, sed porttitor justo dictum quis. Curabitur laoreet '+
					'nisl nunc. Ut egestas magna eget laoreet gravida. '+
					'</div>' +
					'<div style="width; 482px; margin; 20px 7px 0px 7px; font-size;smaller">' +
								'<div style="float; right">' +
									'<button id="btnContinue" style="margin-right; 7px" onclick="jsDebugToRuby(this)" disabled>Continue</button>' +
									'<button id="btnExit" onclick="jsDebugToRuby(this)">Exit</button>' +
								'</div>' +
								'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">Check me please' +
							'</div>' +
						'</div>' +
					'</body></html>'
				return str_html
			end
			def initialize_callback()
				add_action_callback("qwerty") do |wdialog, str_params|
					@is_continue = (str_params == "true")
					wdialog.close()
				end
			end
			
			def true_modality_emulation_through_timer()
				tmr_modal = UI.start_timer(0.3333, true) {				
					if @is_closed
						UI.stop_timer(tmr_modal)
						YDalv;;dialog_box_is_closed()
					end
				}
			end
			
		end
		
		dialog_box_run()
		
	end
end

WhyDi

Hi John
I'm actually after your first gif but on OSX got the second one until now!
Thanks for your time. I know how much time it takes for you making the previous post.
The matter seems all about way of coding and the first step out of two could be achieved - provided the following works fine on your Mac! may you run it?

script.rb in zip

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv
	class << self
		def main_method()
			YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new()
		end
	end
	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
	
		def initialize()
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			set_html(html_data)
			initialize_callback()
			set_on_close do
				str_out = "  Dlg_debug returns " + @is_ok.to_s
				puts str_out
				UI.messagebox(str_out)
			end
			show_modal()
		end
		
		private
		def html_data()
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btnContinue").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
				'function jsDebugToRuby(obj){var isOK=(obj.id=="btnContinue");window.location="skp;qwerty@"+isOK}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>' +
				'<div style="width; 496px; font-family; Arial">' +
				'<div style="border; solid 1px #CECECE; padding; 0px 10px 0px 10px; ' +
						'font-family; Arial; font-size; 14px; width; 470px; height; 150px; ' +
						'text-align; justify; overflow; auto">'+
				'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam gravida nunc metus, '+
				'id vulputate metus rutrum at. Curabitur et pretium arcu. Morbi vehicula arcu a nisl ' +
				'consequat, non vulputate ligula congue. Aenean sit amet orci nec leo cursus tempus. '+
				'Nulla facilisi. Mauris vestibulum elit magna, ut pellentesque enim tincidunt placerat. '+
				'Nunc volutpat varius maximus. Praesent bibendum convallis tellus ut fringilla. '+
				'Vestibulum dignissim lacinia sapien, sed porttitor justo dictum quis. Curabitur laoreet '+
				'nisl nunc. Ut egestas magna eget laoreet gravida. '+
				'</div>' +
				'<div style="width; 482px; margin; 20px 7px 0px 7px; font-size;smaller">' +
							'<div style="float; right">' +
								'<button id="btnContinue" style="margin-right; 7px" onclick="jsDebugToRuby(this)" disabled>Continue</button>' +
								'<button id="btnExit" onclick="jsDebugToRuby(this)">Exit</button>' +
							'</div>' +
							'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">Check me please' +
						'</div>' +
					'</div>' +
				'</body></html>'
			return str_html
		end
		def initialize_callback()
			add_action_callback("qwerty") do |wdialog, str_params|
				@is_ok = (str_params == "true")
				wdialog.close()
			end
		end
		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
	main_method()
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

Have a good day

Hi John
Looks like you know the solution. Good news!
I made some minor changes in your reformatted script. May you run it?
In main_method I commented 'if lics.load_dialog...end' block which is replaced with one message and one puts
in HTML I commented //alert(isOK)

       def main_method
         puts 'main_method() entry point'
         bool_first = true
         if bool_first
           puts '..first true'
           bool_second = false
           if bool_second
             puts '....second true'
           else
            # added to show ruby gets here
             puts '....second false'
             lics = YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new
						 str_msg = "....Dlg_debug returns " + lics.load_dialog().to_s
						 UI.messagebox(str_msg)
						 puts str_msg
             # if lics.load_dialog
               # puts '....Dlg_debug returns true'
             # else
               # puts '....Dlg_debug returns false'
             # end
           end
         end
       end

may you post both message-box snapshot on your Mac?

script.rb in zip

Regards

Hi John (perhaps you prefer Driven?). Nice to meet you here!

Good idea reformatting the code to get a better understanding. I like your way! Your code looks better than mine.
Before explanations may I ask you for running the script on the previous page. I would have liked you to run one time clicking 'continue' button the another clicking 'exit' button then show me the results in your console.
This only to make sure that first script works on more than one single Mac computer.

Good evening

Hello,
I'm meeting hard-time with Mac OSX!

As you may read Postby WhyDi » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:24 pm on previous page Vincent ran the script shown and got the right results which means dialogue-box returns True if Osx-user clicks 'continue' and False when 'exit' button clicked. His reply right underneath has lost the picture but he said 'So far so good'.

Based on this result I updated SUalive then sent a copy to Vincent. Didn't work!

I spent nearly a full day trying to catch why and ended up with the script below so that getting a better check. Please note this is the same script than previous page out of Dlg_debug.new() lays inside a Method embedded in two IF blocks.

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv
	class << self
		def main_method()
			puts "main_method() entry point"
			bool_first = true
			if bool_first
				puts "..first true"
				bool_second = false
				if bool_second
					puts "....second true"
				else
					lics = YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new()
					if lics.load_dialog()
						puts "....Dlg_debug returns true"
					else
						puts "....Dlg_debug returns false"
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		def initialize()
			puts "......class initializeentry"
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btnContinue").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
				'function jsDebugTellMe(obj){var isOK=(obj.id=="btnContinue");alert(isOK);window.location="skp;qwerty@"+isOK}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>' +
				'<div style="width; 496px; font-family; Arial">' +
				'<div style="border; solid 1px #CECECE; padding; 0px 10px 0px 10px; ' +
						'font-family; Arial; font-size; 14px; width; 470px; height; 150px; ' +
						'text-align; justify; overflow; auto">'+
				'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam gravida nunc metus, '+
				'id vulputate metus rutrum at. Curabitur et pretium arcu. Morbi vehicula arcu a nisl ' +
				'consequat, non vulputate ligula congue. Aenean sit amet orci nec leo cursus tempus. '+
				'Nulla facilisi. Mauris vestibulum elit magna, ut pellentesque enim tincidunt placerat. '+
				'Nunc volutpat varius maximus. Praesent bibendum convallis tellus ut fringilla. '+
				'Vestibulum dignissim lacinia sapien, sed porttitor justo dictum quis. Curabitur laoreet '+
				'nisl nunc. Ut egestas magna eget laoreet gravida. '+
				'</div>' +
				'<div style="width; 482px; margin; 20px 7px 0px 7px; font-size;smaller">' +
							'<div style="float; right">' +
								'<button id="btnContinue" style="margin-right; 7px" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)" disabled>Continue</button>' +
								'<button id="btnExit" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)">Exit</button>' +
							'</div>' +
							'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">Check me please' +
						'</div>' +
					'</div>' +
				'</body></html>'
			puts "......" + str_html.length.to_s
			set_html(str_html)
			puts "......add_callback"
			add_action_callback("qwerty") do |wdialog, str_params|
				puts "........callback " + str_params
				@is_ok = (str_params == "true")
				puts "........isOk " + @is_ok.to_s
				wdialog.close()
				puts "........close"
			end
			
		end
		def load_dialog()
			puts "......load_dialog entry"
			show_modal
			puts "......show_modal back"
			puts "......isOk " + @is_ok.to_s
			return @is_ok
		end#def
		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
	puts "call main_method()"
	main_method()
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

The script no longer works! always yields False due to WebDialog returns before lics.load_dialog() executed - pictures of return available if you wish. Consistent! may you reply related to show_modal cross-platform difference. Yes it is!

Two points
I'm fully aware of ThomThom wrote in Sketchup WebDialogs - The Lost Manual about show_modal . So
1 - Just for my education on this.
Please tell me why the first script is right and not the second?
2 - Need for SUalive at work on OSX
Is there any way to make WebDialog fully modal on Mac OSX? any workaround? way of coding to achieve?

Have a good week
WhyDi

Bonjour Vincent,
Ce téléchargement n'était qu'un premier essais. Je vais t'envoyer un lien spécifique pour le suivant qui tente de répondre à la question : Où le script stoppe-t-il? Il n'est pas sensé fonctionner mais uniquement écrire des blocs d'identificateurs indentés dans la console Ruby, comme ci-dessous.
Ne perd pas ton temps à tester les deux, Sketchup15 et 16 pour l'instant. Sketchup16 est très suffisant.

EN
The file you downloaded was merely a first trial. I am going to send you a specific link for the next one which aims to answer : Where does the script stop? It is not meant to show but only write indented blocks of identifiers in Ruby console like the following.
Don't spent your time with both Sketchup15 and 16 at the moment. SketchUp16 is far enough!

with Run vX.XX.xxxx
  id
  ...
end with Run
with Load
  id
  ...
  with Show
    id
    ...
  end with Show
  id
  ...
end with Load
    id
    ...

have a good day

Bonjour Vincent,
La version corrigée est disponible en téléchargement sur le site web. Si le bug a disparu j'aurais aimé que tu me montres une copie d'écran de l'onglet 'Project' (png format si possible) puis que tu cliques sur l'icône menu en haut à gauche et charge la boîte de dialogue 'Preferences' (copies d'écran de chaque onglet si tu le peux). Enfin lance la fenêtre d'aide à partir du même menu (ici aussi une copie d'écran serait bien venue).
Ces trois fenêtres recèlent un foule de détails concernant le code multi-plateformes.

EN
Patched version available on the website. If bug fixed I would have liked you to show me a screen copy of the 'Project' tab - png picture if you can - then click the top-left icon menu and load 'Preferences' - screen copy of each tab appreciated - and finally launch 'Help' from the same menu - here also screen copy would be great!
These three windows hold much as regard cross-platform code.

have a good day

Bonjour Vincent,

Merci. Rassure toi, les choses avancent. Le dernier script permet à une boîte de dialogue de connaître l'OS sous-jacent sans aucun paramètre envoyé à partir de Ruby. Ce n'est probablement pas totalement sûr mais très certainement utile.
Maintenant que tu dois attendre quelques jours avant de connaître le résultat de ton travail je voudrais développer un peu plus avant le processus 'pas à pas'. Nous nous connaissons depuis peu et je comprends très bien que cette manière d'aborder un problème ne t'est pas habituelle, peut-être même un peu ennuyeuse. Mais c'est le moyen le plus rapide de faire fonctionner SUalive sur ton Mac. Tout autre façon d'agir peut conduire à l'empilement et/ou combinaison de bugs. Supposant que tout ce passe bien jusqu'à l'affichage de l'onglet 'Project' j'ai l'intention de te demander de na pas aller plus loin. Je sais que ce qu'une telle requête provoque comme frustration mais fais moi confiance. Le confort de l'utilisateur final est au prix d'un code solide et robuste. Nous passons maintenant plus de la moitié de notre temps de développement à vérifier le fonctionnement de SUalive puis vérifier à nouveau et encore une fois. Après ça quand tout est terminé, tu sais quoi? nous recommençons le processus complet de vérification. Au moindre doute nous reprenons tout à zéro. Tu n'es pas seul, nous aussi avons une idée précise du niveau de frustration provoqué par cette nécessité.
Si tu as des questions, c'est le bon moment!

EN
Thanks. Of course things are moving forward. The last script allows a WebDialog for knowing about the operating system without any parameter sent from Ruby. Probably not fully secure but useful for sure.
Now you have to wait some days before having the result of your work I would like talking a bit about this step-by-step process. We meet not for long and I understand the checking process one step after another may be unusual for you perhaps even a bit annoying but it's the shortest way to quickly make SUalive at work on your Mac. More intuitive way could lead to bugs stacking and/or merging. Assuming things go right up to the 'Project' tab shown I'm going to ask you for not going further. I know how frustrating you will feel with that but trust me. Aiming the end user ease there are no other way to achieve a robust and strong code. We now spend more than half of our full developing time to check then check and check another time SUalive. And after that when finished and before releasing you know what? we restart to check once. If we get in doubt we start another time the full check process. You are not alone we also know about frustration!
If you want to ask for anything. It's the right time!

Best Regards

Bonjour Vincent,
Bien peu d'informations comme tu le dis mais pleines d'intérêt. Suis mon raisonnement! Avons-nous besoin d'une version spécifique à chaque OS ou une seule version multi-plateformes suffirait-elle? je suis incapable de répondre à cet instant. Tes retours à mes questions sont une part cruciale dans la réponse.
Les prochains jours te sont consacrés! Nos échanges de la semaine passée devraient aboutir à ce que l'onglet 'Project' s'affiche sur ton Mac.
Mais avant pourrais-tu lancer le script ci-dessous s'il te plaît?

EN
It looks like small amount but is of full use. Follow my way! Do we need SUalive.Win AND SUalive.Mac or does any SUalive.CrossPlatform be able to make the whole job? I really don't know right now. Your returns are key part of the answer.
The following days are only for you! we expect our previous week exchange leading you to see the 'Project' tab of SUalive.
Before that may you run the below script please?

script file

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv
	
	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		def initialize()
		
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugIsMac(){return navigator.platform.indexOf("Mac")!=-1}'+
				'function jsDebugIsWin(){return navigator.platform.indexOf("Win")!=-1}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>'+
				'<br>'+
        '<script type="text/javascript">'+
            'var strOut = "with navigator.platform<br>' +
                '&nbsp;&nbsp;" + navigator.platform.length + " chars => " + navigator.platform + "<br>' +
                '&nbsp;&nbsp;isMac? " + jsDebugIsMac() + "<br>' +
                '&nbsp;&nbsp;isWin? " + jsDebugIsWin() + "<br>' +
            'end with";' +
            'document.write(strOut)' +
        '</script>' +
				'</body></html>'
			set_html(str_html)
			
			show_modal
			
		end		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
		dlg = Dlg_debug.new()		
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

Have a good week
Bonne semaine

Bonjour Vincent,
Nous parlions justement de toi hier soir, ton site ainsi que de tes animations et les vidéos que tu publies. Nous nous demandions si tu accepterais de tester SUalive Full. Donc je suis ravi de t'accueillir dans notre SUaliveDreamTeam. SUaliveDreamTeam est l'endroit idéal pour rêver de modèles SketchUp quittant l'espace restreint de leur écran pour prendre vie en trois dimensions devant nos yeux éblouis. Dans la réalité notre ambition principale est de permettre à chaque utilisateur l'animation de son modèle. Quel boulot!
Pour l'instant j'espère simplement que la compatibilité Mac soit possible.
Peux-tu lancer le script suivant afin de vérifier la variable d'ENVvironnement de ton système?

EN
We were talking about you yesterday evening and your website and also the animations you turned into video. We all agreed that you are the perfect candidate for SUalive Full version testing. So I am pleased to welcome you in our SUaliveDreamTeam. In SUaliveDreamTeam We most of time dream about SketchUp model jumping out the computer screen and coming to life in a virtual space right in front of our eyes opened in wonder. In the real world we work on the daily basis so that every single SketchUp user can animate its model which is our main aspiration. What a job!
At the moment I merely hope SUalive can work on Mac.
May you run the following script so that checking ENVironement variable of the operating system?

ENV check script file

code

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
	puts "with ENV[*].nil?"
	puts "  USERPROFILE " + ENV['USERPROFILE'].nil?.to_s +
			"; HOMEDRIVE " + ENV['HOMEDRIVE'].nil?.to_s +
			"; HOMEPATH " + ENV['HOMEPATH'].nil?.to_s +
			"; HOME " + ENV['HOME'].nil?.to_s
	max_line_len = 75
	str_line = "  "
	puts "with ENV.all.keys"
	ENV.each do |key, value|
		if str_line.length + key.length + 1 > max_line_len
			puts str_line
			str_line = "  "
		end
		str_line += key + ";"
	end
	if str_line.strip.length > 0
		puts str_line
	end
	user_home = ENV['USERPROFILE'].nil? ? ENV['HOME'] ; ENV['USERPROFILE']
	puts "with user_home"
	puts "  path " + user_home
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

Have a good week-end
Passe un bon week-end

Bonjour Vincent,
et maintenant celui-ci s'il te plait!
Même script que ci-dessus mais ferme la fenêtre et affiche la valeur de retour dans la console.

EN:
And now the following please!
Same script than above but closes window then shows result in console

script rb

code

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv

	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		def initialize()
		
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btnContinue").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
				'function jsDebugTellMe(obj){var isOK=(obj.id=="btnContinue");alert(isOK);window.location="skp;qwerty@"+isOK}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>' +
				'<div style="width; 496px; font-family; Arial">' +
				'<div style="border; solid 1px #CECECE; padding; 0px 10px 0px 10px; ' +
						'font-family; Arial; font-size; 14px; width; 470px; height; 150px; ' +
						'text-align; justify; overflow; auto">'+
				'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam gravida nunc metus, '+
				'id vulputate metus rutrum at. Curabitur et pretium arcu. Morbi vehicula arcu a nisl ' +
				'consequat, non vulputate ligula congue. Aenean sit amet orci nec leo cursus tempus. '+
				'Nulla facilisi. Mauris vestibulum elit magna, ut pellentesque enim tincidunt placerat. '+
				'Nunc volutpat varius maximus. Praesent bibendum convallis tellus ut fringilla. '+
				'Vestibulum dignissim lacinia sapien, sed porttitor justo dictum quis. Curabitur laoreet '+
				'nisl nunc. Ut egestas magna eget laoreet gravida. '+
				'</div>' +
				'<div style="width; 482px; margin; 20px 7px 0px 7px; font-size;smaller">' +
							'<div style="float; right">' +
								'<button id="btnContinue" style="margin-right; 7px" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)" disabled>Continue</button>' +
								'<button id="btnExit" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)">Exit</button>' +
							'</div>' +
							'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">Check me please' +
						'</div>' +
					'</div>' +
				'</body></html>'
			set_html(str_html)
			add_action_callback("qwerty") do |wdialog, str_params|
				@is_ok = (str_params == "true")
				wdialog.close()
			end
			
		end
		def load_dialog()
			show_modal
			return @is_ok
		end#def
		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
	lics = YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new()
	if lics.load_dialog()
		puts "Dlg_debug returns true"
	else
		puts "Dlg_debug returns false"
	end
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

Bonne après-midi
Regards

Bonjour Vincent,
Essaie celui-ci maintenant. rb script renommé rbz
tu devrais voir 'return false' dans la console

English readers
Try the following now. rb file renamed rbz
console should show 'return false'

script rbz renamed

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv

	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		def initialize()
		
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btnContinue").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
				'function jsDebugTellMe(obj){alert(obj.id)}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>' +
				'<div style="width; 496px; font-family; Arial">' +
				'<div style="border; solid 1px #CECECE; padding; 0px 10px 0px 10px; ' +
						'font-family; Arial; font-size; 14px; width; 470px; height; 150px; ' +
						'text-align; justify; overflow; auto">'+
				'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam gravida nunc metus, '+
				'id vulputate metus rutrum at. Curabitur et pretium arcu. Morbi vehicula arcu a nisl ' +
				'consequat, non vulputate ligula congue. Aenean sit amet orci nec leo cursus tempus. '+
				'Nulla facilisi. Mauris vestibulum elit magna, ut pellentesque enim tincidunt placerat. '+
				'Nunc volutpat varius maximus. Praesent bibendum convallis tellus ut fringilla. '+
				'Vestibulum dignissim lacinia sapien, sed porttitor justo dictum quis. Curabitur laoreet '+
				'nisl nunc. Ut egestas magna eget laoreet gravida. '+
				'</div>' +
				'<div style="width; 482px; margin; 20px 7px 0px 7px; font-size;smaller">' +
							'<div style="float; right">' +
								'<button id="btnContinue" style="margin-right; 7px" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)" disabled>Continue</button>' +
								'<button id="btnExit" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)">Exit</button>' +
							'</div>' +
							'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">Check me please' +
						'</div>' +
					'</div>' +
				'</body></html>'
			set_html(str_html)
			
		end
		def load_dialog()
			show_modal
			return false
		end#def
		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
	lics = YDalv;;Dlg_debug.new()
	if lics.load_dialog()
		puts "Dlg_debug returns true"
	else
		puts "Dlg_debug returns false"
	end
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

bonne journée
have a good day

Bonjour Vincent
C'est ton site m'a donné ta langue!
pourrais-tu lancer le script ci-dessous sur ton mac? l'image te montre ce qu'il est sensé faire.

English readers
Your website told me you are French!
may you run the following script on the mac? picture tell you what it should show

ruby script

script content

require 'sketchup'

module YDco_debug;module YDalv

	class Dlg_debug < UI;;WebDialog
		def initialize()
		
			super "SUalive debug", false, "SUalvDebug", 512, 256, 100, 50, false
			str_html = '<html><head>' +
				'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="charset=UTF-8">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="Yes">'+
				'<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">'+
				'<script type="text/JavaScript">'+
				'function jsDebugSwitch(obj){document.getElementById("btn").disabled=!obj.checked}'+
				'function jsDebugTellMe(obj){alert(obj.id)}'+
				'</script>'+
				'</head><body>'+
				'<input type="checkbox" onclick="jsDebugSwitch(this)">check me please ' +
				'<button id="btn" style="margin-left; 7px" onclick="jsDebugTellMe(this)" disabled>tell me</button>' +
				'</body></html>'
			set_html(str_html)
			
			show_modal
			
		end		
	end
	
	puts "Start debug ------------------------------------------------" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s
		dlg = Dlg_debug.new()		
	puts "--------------------------------------------------------debug End"
end;end

osx59 Hello!
Nice website you have!
Before going further you need to know SUalive was designed on Windows but Mac-users helped such way on this forum that we made the decision their time was worth an OSX version. We want to make that kind of effort and all our best to achieve but we know hardly nothing about MAC which means OSX compatible version might run quickly or take much time before things work.

With that said I need to know a bit more about the bug as 'load errors' line number and method name are not consistent with your snapshot - probably due to scrambled code. My understanding is license window opened then you checked 'I agree...' checkbox but only 'exit' button was enabled and SketchUp crashed when exiting.
1 - Am I right?
2 - Does SketchUp chrashes with bugsplat or only script stops and error message?
If so this means that 'continue' button stayed disabled even after you checked 'I agre..'
3 - Am I right?

French - (il me semble que tu es français!)
Avant d'aller plus loin tu dois savoir que SUalive visait les utilisateurs Windows mais l'aide et la disponibilité des utilisateurs MAC sur ce forum nous ont amené à faire l'effort d'essayer de produire une version compatible OSX. Nous ferons tout notre possible pour aboutir mais l'issue de ce travail peut être très rapide comme très longue. Je suis totalement incapable de répondre à cette question pour l'instant.

Ceci dit j'ai besoin de comprendre un peu mieux ton problème car les numéro de ligne et nom de méthode de la fenêtre 'load errors' ne correspondent pas à la copie d'écran license (probablement du fait du scrambler de code). Donc la fenêtre de license s'est ouverte normalement puis tu as coché la checkbox 'I agree...'. Seul le bouton 'Exit' est resté disponible et tu as aboutis sur un crash de SketchUp en cliquant sur ce bouton.
1 - Ai-je bien compris?
2 - SketchUp crash avec bugsplat ou seulement arrêt du script avec message d'erreur?
Ca signifie que le bouton 'continue' est resté indisponible après avoir coché 'I agree..'
3 - C'est bien ça?

French or English or both reply. As you wish!
Réponse en français ou anglais ou les deux, comme tu veux!
Have a good day
Bonne Journée

Hello,

@cuttingedge
Full function animation is to come! Full version does and the web-site videos demonstrate. As for render there are no problem. Either render plugin is fully integrated to SketchUp and this doesn't raise any issue or works outside of SketchUp and Api provides render teams an easy way to silently run any SUalive project and do what it needs.
But what do you mean '- even real time' ?

@Pilou
I hope you're satisfied! we added all needed links on web-site so that everyone can watch sd or hd video with no trouble. I hope we achieve!
Serious it has turn at the end of 2014 when a magazine asked me for writing a paper about stationary machine maintenance. I wanted to make them pleased and made the decision turning the animation snippet code I had into a robust and easy-to-use software. What a job! and your comment strikes me at the very heart. Thank you very much.

Have a good day

Hello

...<Update each frame> feature and API revamped
Thanks for your help. I was able to persuade my team and the modified option is now available on SUalive Free version. I extend particular thanks to Alan - reader but not member - and its point that leads us to keep the three options <pure> <undo> and <each frame> then add a <Free Output> item in Run drop down rather than updating the last option. 'HowTo' in API tab on the web site.

Unfortunately no MAC user. too bad!

Please note I unsubscribed this topic. SUalive in Plugin Forum replace

Best Regards

Hello,

SUalive not only animates camera but any group or component can move and rotate and scale or else follow any path you draw in your model. All these actions at the same time. SUalive knows about nested groups and components which have their own life. SUalive exports the right number of frames per second for smooth standalone video with constant flow.

You can fully manage your animation frame one after another through the API allowing for rendering and more broadly any extension you would like to plug or else any ruby code you may develop for.

Help and training videos - 6 clips about 30 minutes - from toolbar left button or <F1> key.

Please visit http://www.SUalive.com about Download and Snapshots and QuickStart and API and available versions.
You may also download SUalive Freefrom PluginStore

Français : SUalive n'anime pas uniquement la caméra mais déplace, pivote et redimensionne tous les groupes et composants qui peuvent aussi suivre un chemin tracé dans votre modèle et ce simultanément. SUalive reconnait les groupes et composants imbriqués qui ont leur propre vie. SUalive exporte le nombre requis d'images par seconde afin d'obtenir des vidéos fluides à débit constant.

Vous pouvez piloter votre animation image par image grace à l'API. Render extensions et plus généralement tout plugin peut y être branché. Bien entendu vous pouvez aussi developper vos propres scripts.

Aide et videos de formation en cliquant sur le premier bouton de la barre d'outils ou par la touche <F1>

Please note API info is here and talk about Development is there

Best Regards