ANIMATION - CAMERA Section 


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New Script name Author Date Version OS Type Tuto Require

animation.rb @Last 04.22.04 4+ PC-Mac User
Simple animation that spins the model around. Adds a -Spin View- in the -Camera- menu.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Draw
animation2.rb @Last 09.27.04 4+ PC-Mac User
Animation with selectable speed that spins the model around. Adds a -Spin View- in the -Camera- menu.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Draw
camera2K.rb T. Marek 09.20.05 5+ PC-Mac User
Exports cameras for current view or for all SU pages in a model to the freeware Kerkythea ray tracer.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
CameraDistance.rb R. Wilson 09.13.07 5+ PC User
Returns the distance to an object in the direct line of sight.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
cameraLines.rb R. Wilson 12.21.06 5+ PC-Mac User
Connects all cameras of all pages with lines.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
cameratilt.rb R. Wilson 10.24.05 5+ PC-Mac User
Sets a tilt for camera around eye-target vector.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
camera_parameters.rb Bakbek 07.22.04 4+ PC-Mac User
Set camera parameters using viewpoint, target, elevation.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
clockhands1.rb T. Burch 12.13.04 4+ PC-Mac Dev.
Left mouse button (LMB) to change the directions of the hands. Move the mouse to causes the hands to move. You'll have to orbit around to see it...
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Tools
cubicpanoout.rb J. Wehby 12.21.06 5+ PC-Mac User
Exports 6 images for creating of a cubic panorama. Can be used with Gocubic (PC) or MakePanoVR(Mac), for instance.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
displaytemplate.rb J. Wehby 10.06.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Automates the creation of various display configurations.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Display
f2f.zip Matt666 06.11.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Zoom the SketchUp window to a standard scale, 1/100° for instance.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
fixAspectRatio.rb R. Wilson 05.23.07 6+ PC-Mac User
When using various Film & Stage cameras with fixed aspect ratios (and sometimes when importing components saved out from a PhotoMatch session), you can get gray bars on screen. This new plugin will restore the aspect ratio to full display area without changing the view. It adds a new item ("Fix Aspect Ratio") to the Camera menu.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
flightpath.rb R. Wilson 03.10.05 4+ PC User
Generates pages with camera following a path. Very useful for flighthroughs animations.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Context
flightpathtool.rb M. Gorbett 03.14.05 4+ PC-Mac User
This tool inherits from linetool.rb and implements RickW's flightpath algorithm: select curve, right-click and choose FlightPath Tool. Select a start point for your target, then an end point. The flightpath will be created as a set of pages that you can view as a slideshow.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Context
GradientViewport.zip F. Ravi 02.16.06 5+ PC-Mac User
Set of tools to create various gradients in viewport.
Install:Special, see Documentation. Menu: Plugins
HideOnOtherPages.rb J. Foltz 05.13.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Hide selection in other scenes than current.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
jsBackgroundColor.rb J. Sandstrom 05.13.08 5+ PC-Mac User
Set the Background or Sky colors.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
jsShadowThreshold.rb J. Sandstrom 05.13.08 5+ PC-Mac User
Set the shadows threshold for transparent materials and objects.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
jsZoomSelected.rb J. Sandstrom 02.17.07 4+ PC-Mac User
Zoom to the active selection.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
MatrixProximity-v1[1]4.zip TIG 11.24.05 5+ PC-Mac User
Matrix: makes multiple copies of selected component to create rectangular arrays. Proximity: sets level of detail in special Components depending on their 'proximity' (nearness) to the camera/viewer in the current page/view. It requires the use of special 'Proximity Components' in the model or in the 'Proximity Components' folder within the 'Components' folder.
Install:Unzip in Plugins folder. Menu: Tools
MatrixProximity.rb TIG 04.08.08 5+ PC-Mac User
Matrix: makes multiple copies of selected component to create rectangular arrays. Proximity: sets level of detail in special Components depending on their 'proximity' (nearness) to the camera/viewer in the current page/view. It requires the use of special 'Proximity Components' in the model or in the 'Proximity Components' folder within the 'Components' folder. Replaces any of your previous MatrixProximity.rb files. V 1.7
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Tools
New OrbitOnTarget.zip M. de A. Braga 11.18.08 5+ PC-Mac User
Let you orbit a target defined by clicking points.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
pageLayers.rb R. Wilson 05.09.05 5+ PC-Mac User
Update a single layer's visibility for selected page views.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
paint_altitude_faces.rb D. Bur 10.12.04 5+ PC-Mac User
Paints a set of faces with different materials, taking altitude into account.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
param_camera.rb D. Bur 04.06.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Extract the camera(s) parameters for current view or for all SU pages in a model, to an external file.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
proper_animation.zip M. Papasmadov 07.15.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Make SketchUp models live by integrating movements to preset positions to demonstrate models in real life action like closed and opened doors, windows progress of a construction site or assembly procedures... etc
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Context
recordersusix.rb Kannan 02.25.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Will record a jpg image everytime the view is refreshed, ie. whenever an entity added or simply orbit, pan operation.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
scenes_transition_times.rb Morisdov 08.22.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Controls each scenes(pages) transition time for animations.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
SketchyPhysics-Jul7-07.zip C. Phillips 07.09.07 5+ PC User
Adds physics simulation to Sketchup components.
Install:Special, see Documentation. Menu: Toolbar
SketchyPhysicsV01.zip C. Phillips 11.07.05 5+ PC-Mac User
Adds physics simulation to Sketchup components.
Install:Unzip in Plugins folder. Menu: Toolbar
SketchyReplay03.zip C. Phillips 03.27.06 5+ PC-Mac User
Companion of SketchyPhysics. It replays an animation saved with SketchyPhysics. Multi-views supported, animation edition and various camera type available.
Install:Unzip in Plugins folder. Menu: Toolbar
New smoothStepAnim.rb Whaat 11.18.08 5+ PC-Mac User
Allows to smooth out the jerky scene transitions in a SketchUp scene-tab animation. It is not intended for object animation, only native SkechUp scene animation. It cannot be used as-is to export to a rendering engine.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
transformer_beta.rb D. Bur 04.22.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Assigns start positions, end positions to components-groups, create objects animations, goto step feature. Beta version.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
viewMemory.rb R. Wilson 06.07.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Multiple (up to 20) previous-next views! The script begins upon starting Sketchup, so it is transparent in saving views. To stop saving view changes, -View>View Memory>Stop-. To start saving view changes after a stop, -View>View Memory>Start-.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
vrobj_exporter.rb D. Bur 12.22.06 4+ PC-Mac User
Prepares a set of images of your model to later encode them in a VR object maker tool.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
zoom_selection.rb J. Foltz 07.30.07 4+ PC-Mac User
Zooms in on selected entities, or zooms model extents if nothing is selected. Zoom in-out, zoom previous.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: View
zSel.rb Matt666 08.22.08 6+ PC-Mac User
Zooms at selected objects.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Context
[CASF]ExpCams2Blender.rb C. Fale 04.14.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Export SU camera properties to Blender Python Script.
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins
[CASF]Su2Blender.rb C. Fale 05.09.05 4+ PC-Mac User
Creates one camera with a IPO curve, first frame in Blender the camera match page1 in SU, second frame in Blender match page2 in SU, etc...
Install:Just drop it in Plugins folder. Menu: Plugins

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