@bobbyfonts wrote:
Greetings. I have been using Vray (floating license) with SketchUp Make. I recently purchased SketchUp Pro 2018. How do I transfer Vray to to my SketchUp upgrade??
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Vray for SketchUp
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Water reflection on surfaces
@dka wrote:
Hello, I have a water feature and i wanted it to create reflections on the walls for a night shot. Same as the picture attached
i use sketchup 2017 with vray. i tried putting lighting under the water after playing with the opacity but it didn’t create a water effect. does anybody know how i can create this affect?
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EP Fastners and holes features not working
@Armandv wrote:
Hi all. Another newbie with a question that has probably been answered a million times, but it IS something that is causing me some serious frustration.
I am using SketcUp Make, on Windows 7 (64bit), and I have downloded the Ep Fastners and Holes extension.
I have made numerous bolts, of different size and configurations, and all have come out fine. When trying to make a threaded hole however, I have been hitting a wall. No matter what configuration I select, the end result is always just the “Helper” being formed. NEVER the actual hole.
Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to fix something? Please help before I totally loose it!!!
Thanx
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Estimator for Sketchup - CSV Report Bugsplat
@MichaelSiggers wrote:
Hi
I’m wondering if anyone is using Estimator for Sketchup Version 2, and is experiencing the same problem as me.
I can generate the HTML Report ok, but as soon as I click on the ‘CSV Report’ Button, I get an instant Bugsplat.
As a result, I can not generate a CSV Report, which I normally open with Excel and then format.
Version 1 was fine, but I’m having this major problem with Version 2, amongst a few other issues.
I have reported this with all the details, but just wondering if anyone else has experienced this on a Mac?
Kind regards
Mike
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Please can you tell me how to make my scenes work in Twilight render
@willbt wrote:
Hello. Sorry to be a pain but I have watched a few videos showing how to make sections work when i render with twilight render but it just wont work. Please can some one jut tell me wht to do
many thanks
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Fabber: The SketchUp>CNC/Laser cutting solution
@ericschimel wrote:
Hey everyone! I’d like to share with you this extension I made for SketchUp:
This allows you to take your SketchUp models and go right to CNC toolpathing if you’re using Vectric’s CAM software (VCarve/Aspire)
Our extension scans your SketchUp model, automatically flattens it and sends to VCarve/Aspire where we automatically build all of your toolpaths.
Here’s the splashy intro video: https://youtu.be/4uVn6xAzY5w
If you really want to dig into the workflow you can check here: https://forum.getfabber.com/t/welcome-to-fabber-get-started-here/8
Fabber works with any CNC machine that can open SVG files, Vectric’s CAM software, Shaper Origin, and the Glowforge.
We even smooth out all of your arcs and circles for you!
Right now this is a free and open beta. All we ask is that you drop your name and email address into our signup form.
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Is there an extension to smoothly transition from a single point to a curved polyline?
@moparmad57 wrote:
See the attached image. I’m trying to produce a smooth transition from the curved polyline of the street curb to a single point at the back edge of the concrete driveway.
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Phantom geometry appear on vray render
@sukebe wrote:
When I try to render a section, a part of the section appears to be painted in strange color.
The gray region on the section is the phantom geometry.
This strange shape appears consistently after if I rotate the view. Anyone had this kind of problem before?
I’m using sketchup pro 2017 and the vray version is 3.4
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Anyone Have Experience with PlusSpec?
@nVisionTEK wrote:
Hi Everyone, I’m new to SketchUp and new to a plugin called PlusSpec. Does anyone here have experience in the United States using this for modeling residential projects and creating nice looking construction documents?
I am a Revit expert and use Revit for my business, but after awhile I’m tired of clicking so much and everything taking SOOO long. Revit is just not great for residential projects. I messed with Chief Architect, and while I liked it, I felt it can become too limiting as there are no plugins and no IFC exports. I’m interested in automatic framing and as much automatic things for homes as possible, while still having tools for detailed modeling of high end homes. PlusSpec is in the early states of development, at least according to me. Very few tool options available, and a good portion is set up for Australia, even with USA selected.
Am I going down the right road with SketchUp & PlusSpec? My goal is to only use Revit for 1 or 2 clients that need me to use it. The rest I want to be easier to do so I can make money faster.
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Rendering slow with Vray
@tnjbayo wrote:
model takes too long in building light cache in a test rendering of exterior
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The rendered window in VRay is black
@Deedee wrote:
I’m sorry if this is too basic a question. My scene was rendering fine till last night. But I might have inadvertently changed my settings when I reopened my file this am because now when I render, the image screen is black even when the render status shows “Finished”, some of the suggestions on the web ask you to make changes under the “common tab”…cannot even locate that. Any help is much appreciated
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Sketchup PRO 2018 + vray render crash
@litleboy wrote:
Sketchup closes when rendering, I can render simple scenes in draft or medium quality, if I add glass materials or increase the render quality, sketchup closes.
I have the latest sketchup PRO, and Latest Vray plug. updated windows and drivers. I tried creating a new session, disable most of startup programs. Same results.
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 @ 3.70GHz 35 °C
Coffee Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1500MHz (15-16-16-35)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z370P D3-CF (U3E1) 36 °C
Graphics
DELL SP2009W (1680x1050@60Hz)
HP 2211 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2251w (1920x1080@60Hz)
4096MB ATI Radeon RX 570 Series (XFX Pine Group) 55 °C
2048MB ATI Radeon RX 460 Graphics (MSI) 31 °C
CrossFire Disabled
Storage
232GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB (Unknown)
111GB Corsair Force 3 SSD (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 (SATA) 35 °C
931GB Western Digital WD Ext HDD 1021 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 32 °C
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Problems rendering with IrenderNXT
@cn15om wrote:
Hi all,
I’m having problems rendering a largeish file on Irendernxt program. I put it on low settings, i.e. small picture, low resolution, only three passes.
However when I leave it overnight to render it gets to around 97% complete and then it goes Irender nxt has stopped working in the morning.
I have an ok spec pc:
8Gb ram
i5 7700k processor
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 TiPlease find attached model:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V12Egyg9uB0-IgB5Go3-FleRp0PCsZRX/view?usp=sharing
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Profile Builder 3 Assemblies and Holes
@ckgottafly wrote:
Hi I am trying Profile Builder and would be more than interested in purchasing several licenses however my questions to Mindsight Studios have gone un-answered. I have what I thought was a very simple task. I wanted an assembly to punch holes at a given frequency, (spacing) and location. The Hole tool in Profile Builder 3 is awesome… I just want to automate it! Any Ideas? Am I missing something? Right now I have to draw a circle in Sketchup and save it as a component to be repeated as part of an assembly and that doesn’t work for me. The end result will be parts cut out on a plasma cutter.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Please Help with an extension idea
@modernliving wrote:
Hey guys,
I’m aware there’s a few kitchen extensions around, but for my business i need to restrict sizes and type so I have made my own sketchup file with all the kitchen sizes made up in the very particular graphics I was looking for. I would love some help into making it into my first extension with some very basic functionality.
Being able to add components together without so much playing around with components. For instance I have made a 600mm x 720mm wall cabinet with a shelf in one component and 5 seperate door styles and overhangs as seperate components to suit the wall cabinets. How do i make the cabinets stick together in perfect sync so everything lines up and how can i pick a door component and have it add to the cabinet in the exact position it should sit?
How do I put the components into their own groups to make it easy to find them all ?
example of cabinet components sticking together properly.
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|| <====== and face to face |_|Like I said this would be my first extension and I have a very sound knowledge around macros and coding in excel and silverlight just don’t know where to start in sketchup or if there is any formulas already supported by sketchup for ease of use
Thank you in advance,
Ben.
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Object dissapeared. help ASAP
@adorenella wrote:
hi. new to sketcup. so , i’ve been rendering this scene for days and suddenly today my object is dissapeared. i tried to check the reverse face but nothiing goes shades of grey.
please help me. my deadline is this weekend . huft
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Curic Sun Plug-In Instructions
@alinknewton wrote:
Hi There,
I really like the idea of the Curic Sun plug-in, but I genuinely cannot figure out it’s functionality other than the videos.
Here’s what I’m looking for in terms of answers, specifically. Can you help, please?:
How on earth, once the solar arc is in your model, do you hide it? I feel like there’s no way to shut it off or select it, or put in on a layer; it doesn’t show up in Outliner. The only way I can make it disappear from the model is to delete the scene it requires and then ‘purge unused.’ Surely there’s a better way to toggle this feature on and off. Right clicking isn’t revealing much, either. The videos don’t seem to answer this question, and it doesn’t toggle off when you click the ‘Show Sun’ in extension’s tool bar.
I’m not quite understanding the grid notations or the grid itself. If I put months 1 through 6 in there, I end up with more than 6 lines to the grid. And there are some non-intuitive call outs at the grid intersections. For instance grid intersection 1/1, then 1/2, then 1/3, 1/4, next intersection 1/5, next intersection 21/3? I’d like to get more information about what I’m looking at, because even the engineer in my house couldn’t quite make sense of it.
Please don’t repost the plug-in’s videos to demonstrate. I’ve watched them, been to the Curic Facebook page, been on YouTube, too. I’m needing written instructions at this point.
Thanks much!
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Transferring Skalp to new iMac
@MichaelSiggers wrote:
Hi @Guy
Hope you are well.
I’m about to upgrade my iMac to a new iMac and I’m wondering if there’s anything I need to know about transferring Skalp for Sketchup.
Can I just download Skalp for Sketchup on the new machine and then use the License Key I already have?
Ignore the ‘import’ tag as that was selected by mistake.
Kind regards
Mike
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Writing a Camera Previs Extension
@olly.williams wrote:
Hi everyone.
I’m a Production Designer based in London. I build films sets, mostly for TV commercials and my primary indispensable tool is sketchup for working out shots, creating construction plans and high end concept visuals rendered in indigo.
The one area where sketchup falls short is controllable and accurate camera info. The advanced camera tools plugin is ok, but lacks the ability to alter the camera information (so for example to choose whatever the latest iteration Red or Arri camera, adjust aspect ratio, choose sensor size and whether its shooting at 2k / 4k / 6k etc). without these parameters i can’t say for sure that what i have rendered on a 50mm lens (for example) is correct.
i’d also like to be able to create camera moves with control over speed of moves, following along a path and easily useable data like camera heights etc.
i feel like an extension that had all of these features would be extremely useful to anyone working in film / tv, but it’s just not something i can do myself. anyone want to get involved in building this magical elusive extension?
thanks!
Olly
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Putting lights into animation
@olesya.yefimov wrote:
Hello Guys!
I need to render an animation with lights on. Animation runs along the straight line (highway), with lights being not too bright markings on the noise-potection wall, I need to preserve original (as close as possible) Sketchup look, no textures. Night time, light on.
I studied what was discussed here before and I found out this: I need a plug in, for example LightUp for light, CLF camera recorder to record the movie, probably Kerkythea.
Does anybody have experience with this particular case to advise me exactly which plug-ins will help me?Thank you
Olesya
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