Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU plugin
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Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginI've been testing TIG's new Manifold beta, which is extremely useful and came across this App for PC's only and I can't check if the plug will work on a Mac without a PC to download the App, so if someone has, or can have a look that would be grand
john http://www.virtualwind.com/ info lifted from there site... Virtualwind's advanced 3D wind flow simulation and visualization. Within SketchUp, Virtualwind's Validation Tools identify and visually highlight non-watertight geometries and problematic textures in the model. Non-watertight geometries are typically surfaces on building models that do not have contiguous adjoining edges (i.e., models that do not have a "wetted surface", a "water-tight" exterior). Problematic textures are usually faces with back-only textures or back texture different from front. The Virtualwind toolbar also provides Correction Tools to correct these issues. For non-watertight geometries, there are toolbar icons to remove zero-faced edges and to sew edges together, thereby helping to create a water-tight model. There are also toolbar icons to correct problematic textures. These model corrections are important to provide more accurate wind flow simulations. learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...
Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginFrom their FAQ:
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginArghhh! FEA! Arghh!
![]() John, this, initially, looks like a great load of fun, but one thing I was told while doing my engineering degree was "don't ever trust FEA". "Always do the maths to prove the computer right (or wrong)"! I recommend this book, instead, if you can't get the plugin to work! ![]() My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here
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Yeah, right! Here we go again.... ![]() ![]() I'm a bitter Macuser!! My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here
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I'm only interested in the 'watertight' plugin for other uses, TIG's in the process of writing one [url]viewtopic.php?p=218691#p218691[/url] initially for 3D printing more directly from SU, but it has soo many other uses, it's worth helping out with some testing... cheers for the warning about the wind... john learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...
Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginwell I got a response to my email re the plugin and heres the official line.
as I actually have an allergy to PC's can someone PM me the ruby, as it not covered by the license and I'll see if it runs on a Mac. Hi John: As for your SketchUp Plug-In questions: 1. While Virtualwind in general is officially supported only on Windows XP, we've had reports of success on a number of different platforms, including Macs running Microsoft operating systems. I can't directly speak to the SketchUp Plug-In (since it hasn't yet been internally tested on a Mac), but I believe it should work -- SketchUp plug-ins are created using a platform-independent scripting language, so it shouldn't matter what platform you're running SketchUp on. (As a proviso though, it's theoretically possible that the SketchUp plug-in interface itself is different on a Mac than on a PC. If that's the case, then there might indeed be some incompatibilities.) Also, if you are going to install the SketchUp Plug-In, be sure that you have SketchUp already installed, because the Plug-In needs to know where to find SketchUp to properly install. 2. The Plug-In is only downloadable as a part of the Virtualwind software download. 3. The Plug-In is not purchasable as a separate package. However, although the main Virtualwind application is protected by a 30-day trial license, there are no licensing restrictions on the Plug-In. Therefore, if you go to the Virtualwind web site and download the Free Trial, you will also get the unrestricted SketchUp Plug-In. 4. Performance is highly dependent on the nature of the geometry. For most models in the Google 3D Warehouse, the Plug-In operations complete in a reasonable amount of time (usually within a couple of seconds, though sometimes they may take a minute or two). In extreme cases, the Plug-In can take a considerable amount of time: on a model with 100,000 Faces and a thousand Group/Components, some operations may take about an hour to complete. However, it's worth noting that native SketchUp operations on such models take a similarly long amount of time (Exploding all Groups -- which is a core SketchUp functionality -- can take over an hour in such cases). Usually, such extreme models are originally created by a CAD package outside of SketchUp, and then were exported to SKP format. If the original model is available, I would instead recommend trying to bypass SketchUp altogether: I would try to use the original source CAD package to generate an STL file (many CAD packages can do this), and then import the STL directly into Virtualwind. If you have any further questions or would like any clarifications, please don't hesitate to write back. Best Regards, Brian Mackie Director of Marketing Virtualwind Inc. brian.mackie@virtualwind.com learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...
Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginThis folder has one .rb and a Virtualwind folder from my Plugins folder. I think I got it all, but lemme know if it doesnt work.
Trying hanger skp with Manifold 1.4 on PC...Sketchup has been unresponsive for the last 15 mins. On a side note, this collaboration would be a good use for Google Wave...whaddya think? 3D Printing with SketchUp Book
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cheers for this.. is the counter running, it's zipping off numbers here, so it's doing something, 40 mins in. give me time to check out all the posts I don't often read what's google wave??? I'll have to google it... I've got all the toolbars up...any instructions??? learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...
Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginI dont see any counter...just a '0' at the bottom left of my screen and the hourglass. Still unresponsive...could it be my laptop can't handle it? (this is my first time using Manifold)
Google Wave is "email on steroids" - invite only right now. Some of us from the forum tried it a couple months ago and it crashed when too many users were added. PM me your email address if you wanna give it a whirl. Youtube vid if you want to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDu2A3WzQpo 3D Printing with SketchUp Book
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginDont you get tooltips from the toolbar?
Here's the help files... the links inside the document wont work, but you can manually open each one...just look at the name - -look for "Correcting Geometry" 3D Printing with SketchUp Book
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginJust the names so the one below the one with the red bit... great name heh it is very interesting fling blind
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginHere's a screen grab of the watertightness part of the menu...watertightness section of toolbar circled. Hopefully that explains it. Second image shows what running statistics does.
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginAnyone has the full Virtualwind trial? They went down, no more downloads from their site (www.virtualwind.com)
if anyone could share this app. it would be very appreciated. I think the last update was 2.1, but lesser version is also welcome. Please help me out, if you can. Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginEdit: I had a trial version which has expired and doesn't work any more.
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginI can give you an ftp access to upload, if you prefer it over rapidshare or such...
I won't bother otherwise, but i cant find any place left to get this app. cheers, kisskovi Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginCan you please upload it into rapidshare or somewhere else? this software is really helpful. it would help lots of people
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Re: Anyone using or tried Virtualwind SU pluginif you're on a mac couldn't you just install the windows on mac hack?
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I am able to install the plugin in sketchup 7 (so glad i kept an install file copy), but when i try clicking on RUN/launch, there is some message stating that I need an .exe file. Do you have this file? Thanks!!
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