I’ve recently gotten myself the Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS lens. But given its size I always unmount it from the camera when I’m not using it. I didn’t have any vertical space for it to stand upright. Laying the lens horizontally the Continue reading →
Laser cut birch Caverna storage box
One of the boardgames I really enjoy is Caverna: The Cave Farmers. It comes with so many pieces that often we just didn’t pack down the game for a few days. Trying to organise the everything is a challenge. Forget zip bags, the cave tiles Continue reading →
Export from SketchUp to Cities: Skylines
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 →
CleanUp 3.3 for SketchUp – Respecting your locks!
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 →
SKUI — A GUI Framework for SketchUp
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 →
SketchUp Plugin Checklist
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 →
PickHelper — A Visual Guide
I’ve put together a visual guide to the PickHelper class in SketchUp’s Ruby API. When I first tried to use the PickHelper class I was confused over what the different methods did, and found that the class has multiple purposes which makes the class somewhat Continue reading →
SketchUp DWG Import Guide
Importing DWG files into SketchUp can lead to unexpected results and problems. In this guide I’ll outline the steps I perform when importing a DWG drawing. The DWG files I work with are usually building plans or site plans for architectural projects. Preparations AutoCAD I Continue reading →