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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    @Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. Now I know that I can share the link with Fredo6 on the Animator thread so he can download the file and look at it (to hopefully identify the problem I have been having trying to generate a video). You might also try generating an Animator video and see what results you get.

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    soloS
    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!
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  • Mike AmosM

    Startup issue.

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    Follow and rotate was the culprit.
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    Automate Sketchup Scenes to Layout?

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    Dave RD
    Create a SketchUp template with a "dummy model" and scenes set up to show the desired views of the model. Then create a LayOut template that uses the scenes from your template for the various viewports making sure you don't modify the scenes in LayOut. Set the scale as needed for the viewports. Use the Sketchup template for modeling. When you are ready to create the LayOut document, open LayOut, select the LO template and, in Document Setup>References, relink the SKP file from the dummy model to your project model. As long as the scenes have the same names and are not modified, the viewports will show the project model. Here's an example from one of my LO templates. The template opens like this: [image: pvB2_Screenshot-11_21_201811_56_08AM.png] And, after relinking the SKP file to the project SKP file, those viewports look like this: [image: G7VE_Screenshot-11_21_201811_56_26AM.png] FWIW, the project title is Auto Text. While I'm in Document Setup, I add the title and it auto fills in the places needed.
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    Changing the layout of different sized objects equidistantly

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    Hadn't heard of that one before. Has some nice functionality but unfortunately it's not enough for this situation. The Curic align tool can only move things according to their centerpoint or origin point. So with the objects being of different sizes, moving things around based on those points won't do me much good. I need something that will take into account where the previous object ends, and adjust the next one's starting point accordingly. The closest one I've come up with so far is the 2DXY Slick Moves which does arranging items up equidistantly like I want. However I can't seem to influence the distances involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39jgyJvDUI
  • HornOxxH

    Extrude Lines to a Shape - how to?

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    Thank you both @Box - the extrusion tools are there all the time, I just hadn't even noticed this option and there are so great intersction-options as well ! @Pilou - again a good tool tip that I will take into account also
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    Overlapping objects when copied

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    Dave RD
    Overlapping entities when you make an array with Move/Copy, indicates you aren't moving the first copy far enough from the original. Your Facebook link is bad.
  • genma saotomeG

    Looking for 3 functions

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    pilouP
    Seems all that is inside 2D Tools by TIG!
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    5+ button mouse vs SU

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    rv1974 Like i said, i use them for years (always logitech, i think since ~20 years now), no problems in SU. I have a G700s. The software of the G300s should be basically the same (Logitech Gaming Software). https://youtu.be/vn7D8O7_d50?t=252 You can define any keystroke you want. I use combinations of two or more buttons for the shortcuts in SU to multiply the buttons of the mouse.
  • fifthtimeF

    Adblockers

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    Dave RD
    Try clearing the browser caches and see if that helps.
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    New computer and Matter Port mesh

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    pbacotP
    I can't look at the model so I can't tell what data you have or what you do with it. For working in SU (on buildings) I don't think complex meshes are helpful and for creating most work simple planes are most useful. So transferring the input to planes that approximate the existing data is best, as it seems you are doing. Then portions of the mesh might be included for specific uses, in the file later, or in a composite file .
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    SU2017 gets slower while working

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    SU works fine with 7xx cards. Try to close all trays (open only needed and then close); Disable: profiles, shadows, 'show hidden'. max. texture, Use layer off to hide geometry you don't need now. Transparency quality- low.
  • ArisA

    Removing Default libraries from Sketchup

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    Yeah, there's been discussion that since recent versions of SketchUp all have a 3DWarehouse window it should not be also merged into the Components browser. So far, no change, though.
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    How would you model this?

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    https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=51441
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    Smoothing on curved surface after intersect goes bad, why?

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    TIGT
    What I referred to as an 'upstand' [in that it upstands from the 'wing'] is your 'block'. If it's a simple block it should make a simple cut/outline when intersected. Without more detail, or part of your model etc, you are asking us to help you without helping us to do so !
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    Water Walls render modelling

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    I usually do a mix of modeled geometry and textures. For modeling there are a few different approaches. But generally after getting faces in the basic shape you want the water fall to take, then subividing to allow more detail - Artisan, Vertex Tools & SubD will get a nice shape going. Winning with Sketchup has a cool youtube tutorial on using Eneroth's Fractal Terrain Eroder to get water shapes, also. With Vray, I'll make a copy of the pool water, then change the uv tiling in the vray materal to be stretched in the direction the water is falling. This makes the water look as if it is falling. I use Interactive render with a small render region to help speed up previews. Also, tend to adjust the refraction intensity/IOR, as well as the reflection amount to get things looking right. And of course....always have a nice hi-resolution inspiration pic for reference!
  • BurkhardB

    Delete hidden components

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    Hi Guys, I'm trying to do similar. Is there a way to write a script that could delete all items that get called in outliner per search term. I am trying to clean up a model for rendering provided by a client. The file has every bathroom, sink, door, light, etc for thousands of apartments. Unless I explode everything I have to delete by each level I have managed to separate everything into. Currently I have to go through each definition X each building X each level. Each time I select and delete it takes like 5 minutes. I have already spent a day doing this. It's getting really tedious. [image: yEC5_Capture.JPG]
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    IFC import issue

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    srxS
    This is the problem when model has geometry far away from UCS. Correct IFC so all the geometry is close to UCS - do not use absolute coordinates.
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    Help with putting survey plan into sketchup

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    To retrieve tools to use WYZ point files from topographic surveys check out my web page, you will find a link on free downloads via my google Drive, You will also find a SketchU plugin to easily model from a laser scanning point cloud, do not hesitate to contact me, thank you for your attention patrickbiani13@gmail.com
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    Bring Image to Front

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    Ok thanks.
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    How do add volume to 2D windows?

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    ...or Projections by Didier Bur for PushPull multiple! and the famous last icon as Extrude Line(s) (not used in this video) [image: ec5r_GIF_bur.gif]
  • hellnbakH

    Multiple faces driving me crazy!

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    I know this is an old post, but this is exactly the same problem that I have on nearly any model that I import from an STL. It takes hours to fix and because of it I am seriously ready to ditch SU for Fusion. It's NOT caused from bad geometry practices so don't even say it! I can have a hole in the mesh and literally draw 1 line to close it and it will create many extra faces. I have had up to 15 extra faces on top of each other! This is a serious bug and I cannot believe it is still going on many years later! Most of the holes are caused when I import an STL into SU like I did with the example file that I am including. I have already painstakingly closed each hole up manually since I have yet to find an extension that can do this automatically. I bet I spend 50% of my total time in SU just fixing holes and deleting extra faces, this is simply unacceptable. Please help if you know what is going on and how to fix it. Thanks! Run Solid Inspector to see all the extra faces

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