Unfocused thoughts of a procrastinator
I recently started playing Cities: Skylines, Colossus’ recent city builder game. I was really impressed to how well it simply “just worked” – especially given how fresh it was. What also intrigued me was it’s reported good support for user modding. Creating assets from existing Continue reading →
At last I finally got around to update CleanUp to not touch instances that are locked. So now you can safely lock your imported plan drawing and CleanUp will not nuke all the line work. Note that locking one instance means that all the other instance Continue reading →
The second version of Solid Inspector² is now available! It features better information about each error and offer to automatically repair many of the issues it detects. Note that this version is compatible only with SketchUp 2014 and newer. If you have an older version you must continue to Continue reading →
Creating a 3d model isn’t a linear experience, you often have to take a step back, or two or ten. However, while extensions adds great power to SketchUp and let the user create better models, they can sometimes put a fork in the process. One Continue reading →
Introducing SKUI, a GUI framework for SketchUp. It’s a library that lets you create and manipulate WebDialog GUI using only Ruby code. It saves you from needing any knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS or browser compatibility issues in order to create a UI for your Continue reading →
In an attempt to make the old WebDialog – Lost Manual easier to update and maintain I have created a GitHub repository. The content has been split up into several Wiki pages instead of one giant document and is open for the community to contribute Continue reading →
Following a discussion on SketchUcation, Jim came up with a list of command arguments one could use when launching SketchUp: $ Sketchup.exe [opts] [file.skp] Possible choices for [opts]: -DisableRubyAPI -RubyStartup “/path/to/ruby.rb” -template “/path/to/template.skp” -notemplate -page “Scene1” -timing -lang fr Example: Sketchup.exe -RubyStartup “c:\path\to\My Script.rb” It’s Continue reading →
Here’s a simple overview of important items to remember when developing and distributing a SketchUp plugin. Where I have already written about the topic or other sources exists it’s been linked. Otherwise it’s a just simple brief description where a topic eventually will be written. Continue reading →
