Changing Skindigo's Default Export Path?

[kmjs]

I'd like to change the default render location to a drive other than my primary OS, to prolong the life of my SSD array and also to take advantage of another more powerful raid array.

I'm working on a rig with the OS install on two SSD (Solid State if anyone is confused )drives in raid 0 - my goal is to reduce wear and tear on the drives by changing the location that Skindigo renders to - my default being (Win7):

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Current default:
C:\Users\~myname~\AppData\Roaming\Indigo Renderer
Goal default:
Q:\3d\Indigo\

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So, I've been poking around everywhere I could think, and found a few clues in the ruby code-
From IndigoRenderSettings.rb:

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381: SkIndigo.get_indigo_app_data_path
382: image_path=File.join(path,"renders")

I'm guessing this is for the image renders folder, and not the folder that the default.igs gets generated in - however, the get_indigo_app_data_path is what I'm after... Due to my unfamiliarity with the code I wonder if I'm even barking up the right tree - is the get_indigo_app_data_path something handled by the Indigo program and not the Skindigo Plugin? (btw Whaat if you read this, you are my hero.)

Thanks! For flavor here's an image of what I'm working on.

3-5 centimeter diameter water droplet scaled up (accidentally) to 30 feet in diameter. The scale difference added an interesting glass-like quality.

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[Doug Armand]

I'd like to change the default render location to a drive other than my primary OS, to prolong the life of my SSD array and also to take advantage of another more powerful raid array.

I'm working on a rig with the OS install on two SSD (Solid State if anyone is confused )drives in raid 0 - my goal is to reduce wear and tear on the drives by changing the location that Skindigo renders to - my default being (Win7):

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Current default:
C:\Users\~myname~\AppData\Roaming\Indigo Renderer
Goal default:
Q:\3d\Indigo\

I've been saying the same thing myself - and for the same reason I also use a SSD drive as a boot and it is really irritating

Can I suggest you post a request for this in this thread:
http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/vie ... f=5&t=8023

edit: btw nice image

[Whaat]

Hi!

What you are looking for is in the method 'SkIndigo.export' in the file 'skindigo.rb'

There is a snippet of code like this:

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if not export_path  
		last_path=is.last_path  #returns the last path that the model was exported to
		if (last_path==nil) or (!FileTest.exist?(last_path))
			app_data=SkIndigo.get_indigo_app_data_path
			export_path=File.join(app_data,"default.igs")
			#export_path=File.join(File.dirname(indigo_path),"default.igs")
		else
			export_path=last_path
		end
	end

Change the line to this:

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export_path="Q:\\3d\\Indigo\\default.igs"

[kmjs]

What you are looking for is in the method 'SkIndigo.export' in the file 'skindigo.rb'
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Change the line to this:

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export_path="Q:\\3d\\Indigo\\default.igs"

Works like a charm - actually, better! You've cut my export time in half, and with simple meshes (~< 20megs) the time from Sketchup to Indigo is nearly instantaneous. Thanks Whaat!

For anyone else looking to implement the same hack on Skindigo 2.2.9, the code in question is at line 484.

ps. Doh! I totally missed skindigo.rb in the root plugin directory... (it should have been obvious when I couldn't find the methods the code was calling) I guess I have too many plugins, and it got lost in the ruby sea. Anywho, attached is a trial render with the adjusted code.