For those of you who are fans of the free Visualizer it is possible to make it work with Sketchup2016.
Here is a link to the sketchucation forum post that describes the easy procedure:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=57758&start=60#p581313
And of course please checkout my add-on(also free) for Visualizer here:
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/visualizer-scene-exporter
For Mac users you can find the files under Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins, copy both the āImaginationVisualizerā folder and the āImaginationVisualizer.rbā file and place in home/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins.
You can find the library folder under the Go menu in Finder, hold down the Option key after you click on the Go menu and the Library folder will appear in the menu.
kimberleydesigner
Visualizer works best with exterior scenes where the sun and sky has a lot of influence.
Some examples:
Can I ask @LesterP are you Visualizer?
Hi Denis. I browser the topics each day and offer people my insight into things related to sketchup.
People are trying to render a sketchup model with visualizer because they may think it is quick and easy.
All that I am saying our pointing isā¦ tI am pointing them to the elevator rather than the stairs to get to the top floor. If I saw someone digging a hole with a spoon surely one would say, why donāt you use a shovel. Its the same in sketchup if someone is drawing a box with the line tool most people in the room would say why not use the retangle tool and pushpull.
Surely this is what the forums are about. If there is a better way one should say.
No, this thread has a clear title for itās intended audienceā¦
for the many mac users of Visualizer, that canāt even run Brighter, your interjections are pointlessā¦
you should start your own thread i.e. Visualizer v Brighter for beginnersā¦
then when all the Vray/etcā¦ fanboys storm in, you can ask them to do the sameā¦
The fact that āyouā canāt get good results doesnāt mean that others canātā¦
john
This method works if you already had/have Sketchup 2015 installed and are migrating to 2016. Has anyone figured out a workaround for fresh installs of 2016 & Visualizer? Iād even be happy for a link to Sketchup 2015 make and do install that if I have to I just canāt find one.
If your brave enough, you could see if you can ātrickā it into installing for v15ā¦
if you change the v16 folder name in āFinderā the installer may, install into a v15 Library path which it makes itself anywayā¦
depends how deep it looks, it may not be any deeper than thatā¦
john
So after a little googling I figured out āfinderā is an Apple program (Iām on windows) so that didnāt work. I was inspired by your suggestion though and did try to rename my sketchup 2016 to sketchup 2015 but it didnāt work (Iām guessing the installer checks registry keys). I attempted to disassemble the installer but found thereās a ādataā file that I canāt open (in hopes of finding the applicable folder and files). Thanks for the suggestion though!
Windows 7/8:
SketchUp Make 2015-EN x32
SketchUp Make 2015-EN x64
Mac OS X v10.8/9/10:
SketchUp Make 2015-EN
non-commercial use only!
Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!
Hello all,
I have been trying to load the Visualizer program into 2016 as described and each time I get a load error. I see it in my extension library under preferences - and it is checked - but it does come up under Extensions when I run Sketchup. Can anyone help? Below is the error record that keeps coming up.
Thanks
Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file ā ImaginationVisualizer/Extensions/IRExtension2015>
/Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' /Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in requireā
/users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_initialize.rbs:67:in <module:ImgTecVis>' /users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_initialize.rbs:10:in ā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:5:in eval' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:5:in requireā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:5:in <top (required)>' /Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in requireā
/Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in register_extensionā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in <module:ImgTecVis>' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:14:in <top (required)>ā
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method get_imgtec_rnd_api' for nil:NilClass> /users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_initialize.rbs:23:in irapiā
/users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menu_commands.rbs:26:in <module:ImgTecVis>' /users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menu_commands.rbs:10:in ā
/users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menus.rbs:9:in eval' /users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menus.rbs:9:in requireā
/users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menus.rbs:9:in <main>' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in evalā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in require' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in <top (required)>ā
/Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require' /Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in loadā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in register_extension' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in module:ImgTecVisā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:14:in <top (required)>' Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined method enable_statisticsā for nil:NilClass>
/users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menus.rbs:93:in <module:ImgTecVis>' /users/michaellannen1/library/application support/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/imaginationvisualizer/iv_menus.rbs:12:in ā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in eval' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in requireā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer/iv_loader.rb:6:in <top (required)>' /Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in requireā
/Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in register_extensionā
/Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:25:in <module:ImgTecVis>' /Users/michaellannen1/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/ImaginationVisualizer.rb:14:in <top (required)>ā
did you ever run it in SU v15?
it looks like it not āfindingā the app in your Applications folderā¦
if you right click the app itself, you may get a error, but OS X should then know where to find itā¦ [maybe]
john
Thanks John - I will give that a try. I did run it in my old version of 2015 - but I removed that version and then when I wanted to get my Visualizer back I downloaded 2015 again so that I could download Visualizer - and no I didnāt ever run it in 2015 after this new download of both.
I will try the right click method. Iāll let you know how it goes.
Thanks again & again
Michael
Nope. I right clicked the program in the applications folder and I opened Sketchup 2015 and ran Visualizer - but no luck when I reopened Sketchup 2016 - still got the same error message - or at least I assume it was the same error message. Any other possible solutions?
Thanks
Michael
did you manage to save an image from the new v15 install?
if so, you could try to copy /paste the v15 [working] files into the v16 folder, over writing the previous attempt to see if that worksā¦
the next step would be finding and trashing .plists using Terminal.appā¦
it woks for me and others so itās only a mater of finding and reconnecting the missing linkā¦
john
Hello John,
Not sure what your referring to - I do have saved copies of images from my 2015 Sketchup of Visualizers images - if I copied them where would I try to pasted them in the 2016 version of Sketchup. And again not sure what trashing .plists refers to - and no idea what Terminal app is. ?
Thanks for the help
Michael
no, I was referring to the Visualzer plugin filesā¦
i,e, first confirm it still works in v15 by using it , and then move a copy of those Visualzer plugin filesā¦
john
Hi all,
I am also trying to install Visualizer into Sketch Up Pro 2016, I have been using it in the past for Sketch Up Make 2015. Iāve tried following the instructions above but my results are slightly different.
Firstly, when I go āFinderā, then āApplicationsā, My Imagination Visualizer app sits on its own within the applications folder, itās not within my Sketch Up 2015 folder. Iāve tried copying just the Visualizer app but it doesnāt register when I open SU 2016.
In āPreferencesā within Sketch Up 2016, Iāve tried āinstall extensionā and it maps me to my apps folder, but Iām not able to select Imagination Visualizer as itās greyed out. Also within this Preferences box, Visualizer is not listed in the list for me to tick.
Worth noting that Iām on a Mac and I a currently using a free trial of Sketch Up Pro 2016.
Can someone please advise?
Thanks!
that is where it should be, the āextension/pluginā files are what require movingā¦
there are clear instructions at top start of this thread click here
good luck
john