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    Mike AmosM
    It is a tough call to make, with inflation and the foolishness going on around the world for a handful of Dick Taters. We all know cost are on the rise which goes for everyone and I for one would NOT like to be making a decision on sales methods. Do you throw it all on direct sales or look towards the 'hook' of reduced outgoing over the year? Both have the good/bad points so, what are you going to do? Like I said, a tough call, going the wrong way can ruin a lot of hard graft and with that a financial investment. I think we are possibly seeing the last of the lifetime licenses due to the unsupportable costs of lifetime support.

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    Dan RathbunD
    A bit late, but ... FYI : The __dir__ global method returns the path to the file that the statement is in. (This means that you cannot use this method when pasting statements into the Ruby Console.) That said, the system method call fails because you did not use string interpolation to stuff that value of the path variable into the parameter string, like so: system(%[start "New SketchUp Window" "C:/Program Files/Sketchup/Sketchup 2019/SketchUp.exe" "-RubyStartup #{path}"]) Using %[ ] is another way in Ruby of delimiting a double-quoted string that supports interpolation (and as a bonus, nested double quotes.) See: Ruby Doc : Interpolable String Literals

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    KrassK
    Very nice

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    fredo6F
    Can you indicate which Mac you have (Intel or ARM) and run the Window > Libfredo Settings > Fredo6 Plugins Information for Sketchucation Support menu command in SketchUp, as well as describe what does not work. Do you see the menu and toolbar, do you get error messages. I would also suggest that you open the Ruby console and leave it open when you close Sketchup. When you restart Sketchup, the console will open and show possible error messages.

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    Dave RD
    @Mike-Amos thank you.

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    how to ask for an official receipt for SubD and Vertex?

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    Rich O BrienR
    EvilSoftwareEmpire can be contacted through their help form: https://evilsoftwareempire.com/subd/help
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    Need a Blender Community/Forum Recommendation (maybe BlendUcation)

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    panixiaP
    @majid said: using Su Make (2007 I guess ) version 2017
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    visuel de plan tronqué apres mise à jour

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    panixiaP
    Try to turn on all the layers in the "tags" panel and se if it's something related to layer visibility.
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    Question about stable diffusion in sketchup

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    Rich O BrienR
    Any AI image generation relies on the input image to have some level of clarity. You don't get any real control over materials. Try it out with and already existing model to get a feel for it.
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    SketchUp Solid Instagram?

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    Mike AmosM
    As far as I know it is an instagram page referencing Sketchup solid model tools.
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    Animation Along a Path Plug-in?

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    A largely forgotten plugin – MSPhysics. Also not so easy to get running under SUp2022: https://community.sketchucation.com/user/faust07
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    Create new or adjust materials

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    Dave RD
    @ntxdave said in Create new or adjust materials: The only problem I am having now is that when I rotate the object (actually the camera) So you mean orbit the camera? @ntxdave said in Create new or adjust materials: the image on the back side of the heart comes and goes Sounds like Z-fighing. Make the image of the heart a texture and apply it to just the back face of the heart. Turn on Hidden Geometry so you can paint the back separately from the rest.
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    Silly/Dumb Question about Guidelines

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    ntxdaveN
    Once again, I want to thank all of you for your responses. As I said earlier, this is not my first model and I have been using SU for several years. Just doing things far different from what I am working on now. @Box was right on. I finally did it correctly and it worked exactly the way I wanted it to. My dimensions are slightly off (VERY minor) but I got it to do exactly what I wanted. . I have some other challenges but hope I can share what I am doing in a couple of days. You will all wonder what the heck was so difficult.
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    help needed with a push

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    Much appreciated thanks
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    How to model this curled up carpet?

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    Thanks Dave and Rich
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    How to save SU online model to my computer

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    Cheers Mate
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    MatSim not working after buying licence

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    Rich O BrienR
    You can also now license from directly within Sketchucation Tools using the Licensing Tab [image: 1759499507011-b63998e1-181d-4c5f-91ba-6d262d4c6185-image.png]
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    Projected texture or use map?

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    Thanks mate
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    Sketchucation login issues

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    @TIG okay I will try to understand and figure it out I guess. Thanks
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    Bug splats

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    Dave RD
    Every SketchUp release includes bug fixes. As Rich indicates it might be related to an extension. Are these Bug Splats you are experiencing a recent thing? Can you identify what change in your computer might have happened right before you started seeing the Bug Splats? Obviously SketchUp 2017 hasn't changed in 8 years. You could disable all of the extensions and see if you still get Bug Splats. If not, enable half of them and see if there's a change. If so it's probably one of those extensions. If not, enable half of the remaining ones and check again. It could also be related to graphics drivers or operating system updates. If that's the case rolling back to a version from before when the Bug Splats started would be the next step. What operating system are you using? Keep in mind that your computer is evolving out from under SketchUp 2017 Make. I presume you are using it as a hobbyist so it may not be a big deal that you have to deal with Bug Splats but for those who any software professionally, it's important to decide whether you are going to keep the applications updated to the supported operating system and other applications or if you're going to prevent the computer from getting updates in order to stick with the OS supported by the applications.
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    SU freezes

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    Hi It’s now doing the same thing on my new m2 Mac mini, have to save as , then able to carry on So frustrating
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    VEIL OVER SCENES

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    Dave RD
    @Woodarc said in VEIL OVER SCENES: I had the axes in the wrong place and, in effect, was looking at the scenes from below ground level. FWIW, the "veil" wasn't due to the location of the axes. Just that the camera was below ground level and the style had ground displayed and Show ground from below turned on. The location of the the ground plane is fixed in the model space and not tied to the location of the axes. By default the axes are positioned such that red and green lie on the ground plane and cross at the origin. Moving the axes doesn't move the ground plane nor does it move the origin.
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    Guide point out of crossed lines

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    Meantime I've managed to find a plugin which solves the case - tomtom, tt_guide_tools-1.4.1, maybe it will be usefull for someone as well. However if you have any other ideas - please let me know.
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    How would model and texture this vase?

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    panixiaP
    @Rich-O-Brien said in How would model and texture this vase?: Rub some talc on it first to dull reflections Really clever. Never thought about that.. The devil is in the details
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    Window aspect ratio

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    Rich O BrienR
    What's your typical FOV in SketchUp when modelling? That might be throwing you off. I use 35mm in my startup file. But if I'm modelling from reference and use AI to estimate the FOV of the reference image and go from there. Unless the image has explicit camera data I can get from properties.

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