Sure plugin toolbar icons are TINY – Extensions

A seemingly random choice of plugins have icons which are too tiny to make use of. Older posts round right here appear to recommend I’ve to manually resize these pictures… any easy pointers I’m lacking right here could be a lot appreciated. Plugins embrace Artisan @thoughts.sight.studios , @tt_su _su (Architect instruments, Edge instruments), Bezier Spline Tooolbar (@Fredo6 ), and many others. I’m on a strong 1-yr previous Home windows 10 ThinkPad laptop computer with a 3840×2160 native show set to 250% advisable scaling, with extension to an older 1920×1200 show set to100% advisable scaling. The issue happens on each screens and no matter decreasing scaling.

this i what I’m taking a look at:

What occurs if the native show decision is ready to 150%?

I think that @RLGL is correct – if I recall appropriately, scaling past 150% isn’t advisable for SketchUp on account of points equivalent to this. My guess in regards to the older show is that SketchUp applies the identical scaling to icons on all shows and the interior one is dominating.

Are you altering the scaling when SketchUp is open?
SketchUp helps show scaling as much as 150%. I perceive plugin icons are PNG or BMP pictures whereas SketchUp itself makes use of SVG vector graphics.

A subtlety to that is that the laptop computer display is the hires display, however it’s bodily small, so I exploit the older, lower-res secondary extension display for SU because it provides me a bigger and better-positioned factor to take a look at.

The laptop computer display is the one set to 250% scaling, which basically ends in an excellent stability. Lowering this does certainly make the issue icons greater/workable in SU on the extension display, however now fully every little thing on the laptop computer display is tiny – not workable.

The secondary display, the place I sometimes use SU, is ready to 100%. Growing this additionally improves the issue icon sizes considerably, however every little thing else turns into absurdly massive – additionally not workable.

Each the problematic and non-problematic icons reply to scaling adjustments to each screens. There appears to be a set dimension ratio between the 2 units of icons, which I might assume is said to these specific plugins…??

@Anssi sure I used to be scaling with SU open, however stopped and did the above experiments closing/opening SU between scaling adjustments.

Not fairly right.

From the SketchUp API’s UI::Command#small_icon= methodology documentation:

Since SketchUp 2016 it’s doable to supply vector pictures for the cursors. SVG format for Home windows and PDF format for OS X. Because the vector pictures scale for each small and huge icon sizes, you might select to make use of just one vector picture for each variants.

So it’s as much as the extension developer to replace their extensions to make use of vector icons to help show scaling.

This additionally means that’s as much as the tip person to replace their extensions to newer variations if accessible.

FWIW some authors have made the change or provide .svg toolbar icons. Fredo6, for instance does provide them in his FredoSpline extension. It’s not very probably that he’ll replace the previous BezierSpline extension anymore, although.

Seems like no tips I’m lacking? I’ll ensure that I’ve up to date what I can.

Thanks all.

Have you ever tried setting the display decision decrease so you may cut back the scaling.

Sure, extensions must be up to date to supply vector icons for top DPI screens.

An excellent lots of my extensions the place created earlier than that was an possibility, in order that they nonetheless have bitmap icons as they’ve not had an replace for some time.

Updating all icons is slightly tedious and I’ve not had time to do every little thing. I’ve nonetheless gotten neighborhood assistance on some. As an example QuadFace Instruments which has loads of icons bought up to date due to a person serving to me out recreate them. I additionally bought some assistance on Choice Toys, however I’ve not had time to handle that but (nonetheless require work on my finish.)

That is the place I’d extremely suggest the neighborhood serving to out extension builders – returning the favour for the free extensions offered. As an extension developer of fifty+ extensions – I can guarantee you that any help is most welcome.

Are you aware of a tenet in regards to the necessities of an icon SVG picture?

Good query! As a result of there are some quirks, equivalent to SU not supporting all SVG options. I have to dig round in my notes.

What model of SketchUp are you utilizing? Whattoolbar icons are you seeing which are tiny?

There’s a completely different submit the place I gave an replace lately: