Older Version of ArielVision

New version posted - NJ29 - October 29, 2014

In this version we:

• 1. Added support for SketchUp 2015, 64 bit

New version posted - NF05 - June 5, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed the install to not allow installation of Plugin file into Program Files for SketchUp 2014
• Added more text to the licensing debug message for GetPrivateProfileString results

New version posted - NE28 - May 28, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed a new bug where too many material files were being saved for a rendering with textured materials, slowing down the rendering.
• Added a link to the license dialog to the support dialog, so that we could get some debug output to help determine why license numbers and authcodes are not being read from the disk correctly.
• Started installing into Program Files again, so that there is just one install location and to avoid non-ascii file path problems.
• We now save the plugin ruby files into ProgramData for SU 2104, if there is no Plugins folder found in the User AppData folder.
• We now always reset the Registry location after a reinstall.

New version posted - NC13 - March 13, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed the Sample File download links that had broken when the 2014 Warehouse was updated
• Fixed the install to install both the old redist and the new redist for VS2005.

New version posted - NC05 - March 5, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed the install routine to work with SketchUp 2014
• Change the version number to 6.0
• Fixed a problem with material textures with non-ascii texture file names which appeared in SketchUp 2014

New version posted - NB06 - February 6, 2014

In this version we:

• Fixed the new template for creating Ornamental Grasses in the Tree Maker dialog to work from the ArielVision toolbar
• Improved the installer to make it easier to re-install into different versions of SketchUp.

New version posted - NB03 - February 3, 2014

In this version we:

• Added a new View Wizard to load and save views for rendering. See: http://www.renderplus.com/wp2/wk/View_Wizard.htm
• Added a new template for creating Ornamental Grasses in the Tree Editor
• added a Customize Toolbar button to the About dialog, to let you hide toolbar buttons which you don't use.
• Improved the installer to make it easier to re-install into different versions of SketchUp.

New version posted - NA22 - January 22, 2014

In this version we:

• Added an RpTreeMaker button to the toolbar to make it easier to place AccuRender nXt trees with ArielVision
• Fixes a bug in the background image dialog, where an image could not be displayed if it was stored in the model.
• Added a dialog to load sample models for rendering from the 3D Warehouse, for new users to try an interior and exterior rendering.
• Added a fix for some users who were having trouble getting the ArielVision license and authcode information to stick between SketchUp sessions.

New version posted - ME17 - May 17, 2013

In this version we:

• Fixes a bug in the Place Lamp dialog which was introduced in the ME16 version.

New version posted - ME16 - May 16, 2013

In this version we:

• Simply changed the install to look for the SketchUp 2013 location in the registry.

New version posted - MD17b - April 17, 2013

In this version we:

• Added the option to use settings from other rendering programs, "Off" by default, to fix a problem where we were getting the wrong reflection for an material on an object.

New version posted - MC08 - March 8, 2013

In this version we:

• Fixed a bug where an error was occuring during a check for object properties on meshes

New version posted - MB25 - Febraury 25, 2013

In this version we:

• Fixed a but where the Select Materials dialog was taking a very long tome to extract the thumbnail for some materials. (large jpg files)
• Fixed the Lights Edit/Query dialog to get the list of lights in a model without having to click on Refresh.
• Fixed 'Automatically load' checkbox on About Dialog.
• Internal - started adding translate code, rpt_tr(). Fixed Copy to routines to use DevRel.

New version posted - LK02 - November 2, 2012

In this version we:

• Fixed a bug in the Select Material to Place or Edit dialog, which crashed for some materials which had unexpected characters in the texture thumbnail file name.

New version posted - LJ11 - October 11, 2012

• Add a new tool to download Render Ready components from the 3D Warehouse.
• Combined the Lamps and Mirrors dialog, along with the new 3D Warehouse tool, into a single modeless resizable tab dialog. This is now a single toolbar button for creating and placing these components.
• Started making our dialogs truly resizable. This will help users who use large fonts and have had trouble seeing all of the controls on a dialog in the past, as well as allow you to make a dialog smaller, especially while using it to place items in the drawing.
• Fixed a problem that was interfering with other plugins loading properly

LF13 - July 13, 2012

• Fixed Help buttons to go to ArielVision pages.
• Fixed Support button and menu choice to show Support dialog.
• Removed Customize Toolbar from About dialog.
• Various cosmetic fixes for About and Support dialogs.
• Fixed Defaults button to stop clearing bir_arielvision_mode global.

LE08 - May 8, 2012

• Added Blurry option to material editor
• Added IOR (Index of Refraction) to Material Editor
• Added Indirect Lighting (some time ago)
• added transparency to material settings

LE07 - May 7, 2012

• Removed a ruby file called class_test.rb that was causing a problem for a user.

LD30 - April 30, 2012

• Fixed lamp shades for lamps

LD24 - April 24, 2012

• Fixed an bug getting the HDRi thumbnail image for the HDRi Zoom/rotation dialog.
• Fixed selection of the HDRi Sky preset, when selected from the "Settings before Rendering" dialog

LD23 - April 23, 2012

• Fixed an bug where a new material could not be created and assigned to a face which had the default SketchUp material on both sides.

LD18 - April 18, 2012

• Initial version posted for download