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    Does trimble still support Sketchup viewer for iphone?

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    BlenderGIS can get you pretty good images.. you do need an API key to get set up but it's all free and you can even generate 3d geometry based on the elevations in the satellite images.. it tiles in blender so you the more you zoom the better the image quality to a point.

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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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  • john2J

    Preserve view aspect in eps or pdf exports

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    @dave r said: @john2 said: @autarchos said: Now, I only have to stretch the jpg render in Illustrator to match the size of the pdf. Everything then takes care of itself, i.e., the overlap. Can't you just resize the one to match the other by changing its dimensions? That's what I just did using the plugin. I entered the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the Jpeg render in the plugin and it resized my viewport so I could export the perfect pdf for vector line work.
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    Design from 2D picture

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    I'm no expert by any means, but if I was to tackle something like this I would want side and front views for sure. Probably wouldn't hurt to have a top view also. good luck with the model.
  • Joe WoodJ

    Black Blocks In Text

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    Dave RD
    Joe, you bought, why not do the labeling in layOut?
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    Paths are invalid............

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    TIGT
    Installing SketchUp using 'Run as administrator' is not a mere suggestion, it is the correct way to do it. If it's not installed in that way unexpected flakiness and other weird things are well documented. It is the 'official' installation policy...
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    Creating Filleted edges

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    Dave RD
    Fredo's Round corner would make quick work of that. It's in the PluginStore. [image: xgAS_round.gif] Click on the picture.
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    Tool Bars won't stay put.

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    Yeah but.... It won't stay where I want it when I restart SU.
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    Instant CAD models of any location on Earth

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    Thanks for the heads-up! It looks quite useful, I hope they expand their database significantly to be useful to more people than just the 200 cities they currently have.
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    2016-2 memory hogging again

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    70gb of RAM usage? Are you sure?
  • john2J

    Exporting a portion of view as 2d vector?

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    Thanks for the tips. I'll try these methods to fulfill my requirements.
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    Importing HDRi from Google street View:

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    @cotty said: I'm wondering where you will get the needed info for the high dynamic range from a single JPG... How I've done it in the past is to create false exposure images and use an HDR creating software to juxtapose them into a single HDR. It's tricky and fake but you can do it. The things to take care are light sources. My theory is that if you lower your image brightness in any software like gimp, then duplicate the background layer, and screen it with the layer below, only the brightest parts will enhance. If you save the image and repeat the process, you will have several images that you can use for braketing and create an HDR. It did work for me at the time, but eventually nowadays it isn't worth the trouble, anyway I've come up with my own sky system for Thea (development stalled) that is able to render images with the sky system 4x to 10x slower than with Thea's native sky, but also allows Thea to generate any sky. Once I get the procedural right I'll give more info: Here's a couple of images rendered with the system: [image: cfbR_CASCASkyDirectRender-10secsrender.jpg] [image: 4xJ8_CASCASystemonthefly15secs2.jpg] [image: U8Nj_CASCASystemonthefly15secs1.jpg] And a gif of the system in action: [image: dgWOYYI.gif]
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    Plugin Manager - installed - Unzip error -could not unzip

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    I got a same issue too. I found a very easy solution on -Unzip error -could not unzip- keeps happened which because of your "antivirus"....... I turn it off then all things running good now!!!!
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    Migrating from 2016 to 2017

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    Dave this is a very well organized method to follow. I wish there was an easy way to print out a list of the plugin/ extensions I have installed so I could then just go through the list and check them off as I install them in the new version. This is also s good time to re- evaluate which ones I actually use and wether to install them in the new version of SU. Would be neat if someone could come up with a "migration tool" that would take your steps into account and walk you through the process. Once again, thanks for sharing you process. It is well thought out and logical.
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    V2017 corrupting Dynamic Components

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    @dave r said: @tgm said: What does the change in UI on v2017 have to do with the dynamic components on v2016? They changed the way the web dialogs work. they now use the embedded Chromium. This impacts the web dialogs for SU2016, too. They changed this partly because too many users failed to keep IE up to date and the web dialogs wouldn't work. @tgm said: I should be able to run each program independently of each other, correct? Mostly but not entirely. Just update SU Dynamic Component through the Extension Warehouse and it'll be OK.
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    2017 is here

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    I need to ask if someone might help me find what might be a problem... I tried several times to install new Sketchup 2017 on my notebook and it every time fails to install prerequisites with following error message "Component Universal CRT (Hotfix KB2999226) has failed to install with the following error message: "The installer for the Universal CRT (Hotfix KB2999265) timed out after 10 minutes. Please restart your computer and try the SketchUp installer again. If this does not fix the problem, use Windows Update to install the latest updates and try again. (Trimble Code 6)" The following components were not installed: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 (x86 and x64) The following components failed to install: Universal CRT (Hotfix KB2999226) See the setup log file located at 'C:\Users\muhammed\AppData\Local\Temp\VSDBA10.tmp\install.log' for more information."
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    Ugh....Where are my materials in 2017?

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    Your looking at 2 different Libraries... the second is your hard drive which SU hasn't used for years unless you or a rouge plugin makes it... check in your Home/Library/ from Finder, they are in there... john
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    How to increase the Undo buffer?

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    save regularly and use File >> Revert to 'jump' back to that last save... no other way I know of, unless your writing your own ruby scripts... john
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    2 different Sketchup versions in a PC:

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    Yes, just download and install it. They run side by side.
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    Problem with different view angel

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    bazB
    The angle of the angel. Glad it worked for you.
  • john2J

    Automatically adjust boundaries to predefined area

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    I don't really understand your question, in particular the part about "a curve remains fixed". If it remains truly fixed, it will not reach the moved edges, and if it stretches to stay connected it is not "fixed". If you are asking how to make the area larger without altering its shape, please take a look at the Scale tool. But if you are asking to have a second edge move in the y direction when you move a first edge in the x direction (ignoring the question above about the curve staying "fixed"), there is no built-in capability to do that in SketchUp. It would require an extension or perhaps a Dynamic Component to program this special behavior.
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    2017 Axis showing in components

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    I don't remember whether the default is checked or unchecked, but that box has been in Model Info for a long time!

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