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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    @dkuucharzak said in Username change: @Rich-O-Brien, I misspelled my intended username. Could you help me change it? I can if the one you need is available. Send a mail to support@sketchucation.com and we sort it out
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    Hey guys I am desperate for very high resolution/quality satellite maps, I use Placemaker and I also use Nearmap but the resolution is not that great, I have tried using AI to upscale but that too does not really solve my issues. Is there another solution?
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    Hey Mike, I'm sure you figured this out already, but when you first create the attribute type a number with the inch mark like 0" or 0' in the value box and hit enter. This will set the unit for that attribute to inches. This only works for the first time a value is entered. After that first initial value, you will need to use the attribute info dialog to make changes. In addition, you can use 0 to set it to text (not "Default: Text") and 0cm to set it to centimeters. If anyone knows a shortcut for setting the unit to Decimal Number, I would love to hear it!
  • [Q] How can i align the GEO location exactly with SU views

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    you'd need to model the terrain (ie. the positions of corners as per surveying maps for your site location) correctly, set the solarnorth correctly w.r.t. the terrain then position your axis (x=0, y=0, z=0) is at can be used as reference for the actual geo-location that's how I would do it, very few project require this level of precision though, mostly just locate the model to a known location and set the solarnorth
  • Extending a non-axis orientated line

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    Bob JamesB
    I wonder what happens if I press this and this??
  • [?] Importing layers from another SU file.

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    utilerU
    Champion, TIG! Thanks.
  • Mouse functions windows 8.1

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    PatrickDP
    @box said: Often the logitech drivers can be the problem. It can be better to run the mouse with the default win drivers. Hi Box Thanks for that, worth checking out.
  • Using SmartDrop

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    This sounds like the component has the glue-to behavior set. Open the Components window, click the little house icon to see "In Model", select the component and then select edit in the component window. If you see Glue To set to anything except "None", you need to change this to eliminate the glueing behavior. Note: if you originally draw the component up against another face, this behavior is set automatically unless you unselect it in the create component dialog.
  • How do make a 3d model of this?

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  • Good site with free SU models?

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    [sup:2j7ba0vv]f[/sup:2j7ba0vv]
  • Created 8 scenes, none of them work

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    Peter, Somehow, I missed your reply. Thanks for the explanation. I have some pretty minimal settings that I use for generic tune-up purposes. For me, it has served as an enhanced find and fix errors utility that has saved more than one of my models. But your points are well made and well taken. Thanks again. Phillip
  • Animation Plugin Recommendations

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    @pilou said: From the site last update seems for SU 2013 ! So try if that yet work with newer SU versions Free version allows you to make 10 seconds animation! Of course sufficient for test functions but not if you want more directly! (you can also make some past of different animations if you are tricky! Prices was 50 to 200 € following versions All docs Having problems with installation. I have sent them a note. Will see if I get any reply. Might be a problem because I am running SU 2015 on Win10. I have printed off and read some of the documentation. I agree that it looks like it could be kind of complicated but powerful if I can get it going. The 10 second limit for the trial version might make it difficult to properly evaluate. @bob james said: I would recommend you take a look at SimLab Soft http://www.simlab-soft.com/index.aspx I will give it a look............
  • Old Pro 8 download

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    consider paying for the upgrade to v15 Pro while you can, I think you and your new system deserve it as a retirement gift... john
  • Full Screen on a Mac

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    On El Capitan it does exactly what you describe: global menu bar and dock hide.
  • How to select the edge along a curved face

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    Dave RD
    Or maybe here: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44501
  • Creating water

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    @jim said: How about a randomized flat mesh? [attachment=1:arp8nxua]<!-- ia1 -->2015-10_351.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:arp8nxua] Yes, I´ve tried using using a mesh, but I just found a tutorial for creating water in Vray, thats the kind of photorealism I´m looking for. Thanks! [image: unclear.jpg]
  • How to Create Custom Classification

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    I do not know how, but have you read this article? http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000045
  • Trouble changing a circle radius precisely

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    You are correct, terrible job on my part trying to explain; For 32 float, you have 1 sign bit, 8 mantissa bits and 23 significant bits but because way the sign used significant bits is 24. The decimal equivalent digits for 24 bits is 7.2+ digits. Thus you see the basis of the display I was discussing earlier. Using an online converter 0.35 converts to .3499999994039..... and 0.4 to .40000000596046.... and rounding is done for those to read .35...... and .40......... and has nothing to change the precision use internal to the machine. Why the OP machine changes .35 to .40 I can only guess, but if a generic SU issue that would have many more folks flagging the problem so => probably issue with his machine or its operating system. There is zero info provided for it so no further action can be done except by the op.
  • Performing a subtraction or boolean difference

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    Vanilla "Solid Inspector" [NOT 2] indicates the issues. "Solid Inspector 2" will fix many issues, but you will need to fix some yourself manually. At the expense of "boiling these cabbages more than once" [Irish saying]... I'll reiterate what a 'Solid' is... A Manifold Solid [at least as far as SketchUp is concerned] has the following properties:- It is a "Container" [i.e. a Group or Component-instance]. If you Select it and the 'Entity Info' top-bar says 'Solid' then it is a 'Solid' [BUT subject to the provisos at the end...] It must contain only Geometry. Geometry is defined as Edges and Faces [Curves/Arcs/Circles are made from Edges, Surfaces are made from Faces]. Although the non-interacting Guide-lines and Guide-points are also "allowed" [and probably would not affect an export to STL or similar], I'd still recommend you avoid including them. So the 'exclusion' list includes nested Groups or Component-instances, Text, Dims etc... [You example does contain some nested parts in the microphone] There are further limitations on its 'Geometry'. Every Edge must support two Faces - no fewer and no more. This means that an Edge CANNOT: be 'faceless' have only one face - e.g. forming a ledge, shelf, hole-perimeter etc be shared by more that two faces - e.g. supporting an internal partition face where it has three or more faces, or a shared edge between to volumes which would otherwise be considered a solid but they'd have four faces There are 'CleanUp' plugins to remove coplanar or stray-edges etc. You can use Xray mode and temporary Section-cuts to access the inside of these forms to tidy them up by Deleting unwanted edges/faces. There are some other issues which might affect 'Solidity'... The Faces of a Solid should be consistently oriented. Use Monochrome mode... Front-faces [Style-dependent, but usually off-white] to the outside, and back-faces [Style-dependent, but usually blue-gray] to the inside. Once you have a Solid, then the Context-menu > Orient will fix this. You can still have a SketchUp 'Solid' Container reported, which is not 3d-printable ! If its Geometry defines a 3d object that cannot exist in the real world it'll fail ! An form like this 'intersects' itself - like a magician who reaches through a solid wall to touch something on the other side. To treble-check for this, you can take a Container and edit it, Select All and Context-menu > Intersect with Context. If you exit the Edit and it's still a Solid in Entity Info all is OK. If it is not then something was wrongs and you need to fix it, as outlined earlier...
  • Components That Place Themselves

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    GeoLocation: That's what happened! Thanks for reading and for helping. This was driving us bonkers.
  • Import dwg elements to Layer0

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    No I haven't tried that plugin. I'll take a look. Usually I receive dwg files but I can ask for DXF. Peter
  • Load errors

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    Thanks Anton that took care of it.
  • Rotating a component to adjust all copies

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    Thanks so much for quick response, I was doing it the wrong way around, I understand now though:) you just saved me about an hour per job:) thanks.

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