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    thank You I can't believe I am benifiting something from 2013

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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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    Making solids that can be constructed from curved sheet meta

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    You might want to check out the nice Curve Maker / Taper Maker from Draw Metal Free download here: http://www.drawmetal.com/home
  • cottyC

    Drag and drop images

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    @tig said: You cannot drag-and-drop files from Windows Explorer onto a program's window if that program is running as administrator. An application with a lower privilege cannot talk to a higher [admin] one. And weirdly Windows Explorer never runs as admin ! So try changing your SketchUp.exe properties > compatibility to NOT run as admin ! This might cause other issues [like permissions etc if you didn't initially install it as an admin] - BUT it will then allow drag-and-drop of Image files onto SketchUp ! I just came into the forum to tell you I solved the issue by unchecking "run as admin", and lo and behold, you've beat me to it! You've already replied. Thanks Tig! It works!
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    Cyber Monday Tree Bundle / Need Download Links

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    Did you check the spam folder of the email address associated to your PayPal account. We send all download links to the PayPal account email. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Help please with 2015 after installing 2016

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    ok, dug through my notes from the last time this happened (with a 15.x update), and did this workaround Option 5: Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015. Right-click on the file “ThumbsUp.dll” and select Rename. Rename the file to “ThumbsUp.old”. This will disable the drawing of SketchUp thumbnails in Explorer. Did it to both 2015 & 2016. Rebooted, hopefully this will fix it going forward. If any Trimble employees are here, PLEASE FIX THIS Thanks, Glenn
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    Import dialogue gone AWOL - Mac

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    @jasonwd said: ... the dialogue box should have appeared and I can't for the life of me find it anywhere... for this bit, did you try 'Reset Workspace' ??? for the stubborn dxf/dwg imports install Teigha File Converter.app convert the files manually to dxf or have a look at jimfoltz's plugin freedxf... it uses Teigha File Converter [same engine as SU Pro] but with different setting to recover more items... john
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    3D warehouse search has failed...

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    @dave r said: Try updating Internet Explorer and clear the temporary internet files. As for downloading directly from the web, choose the version you need to suit the SketchUp version. [attachment=0:3iypz9za]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3iypz9za] thanks Dave for fast reply For your information, i have update my Internet Explorer. I already clear the temporary internet files. The warehouse then can be open, but after few trial, it cannot connect to the webpage again. thanks for the tip of choosing the version, I am unaware of that features since i normally download at the main page i will download from the webpage as optional FYI another workaround i did is installing Sketchup Make 2016, just to use the warehouse from the program. but for that, i need to save the file as Sketchup 2014. I cannot directly copy and paste ETC: i did notice that Sketchup 2016 64bit can preview the file, which cannot be done on Sketchup 2014
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    Images vs. textures?

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    Thanks very much! That is very helpful. There isn't any way to figure out which objects are images in outliner, is there? Or some other option to view them?
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    Help with Revit

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    It's OK. I was mostly just trying to find out what's possible for the sake of discussion. It worked out. Thanks for the note.
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    SU2016 Terrain geo-location

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    I see what you're saying, deffo's not cool to change existing documents layering, but it probably is somehow linked. Send them a complaint e-mail, hopefully they can adjust the behavior so as to not change previously created documents' layering names.
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    Some of my materials are being renamed

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    @unknownuser said: For whatever reason some of my materials have been renamed. The names show up correctly when I hover over them, but when I select them the names have been changed. In my greys this has happened to four of them. I think you have those four materials already in the model, but you just somehow renamed them. Because if you have a renamed color in the model, when you hover over the color in the colors palette the name you see is the "original one", but when you click on it you see the name you assigned to that color in the model. This happens with all the materials. You can also spot that noticing the little white triangle on the icons.
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    Animation video export does not obey hidden geometry

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    As long as you know what you do you can combine those hiding possibilities as you like.
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    Speed-up Sketchup with RAMDisk ?

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    I have no real info - it is not documented - but would guess in some temp directory.
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    Copied components automatically tilted to remain flat on sur

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    @hellnbak said: I followed your instructions and it seems to be working fine now. Not sure why it stopped working before. Although I suspect your advice about designing the component on a face and not on a group or component may have something to do with it. When you create a component, pay attention to the various option boxes in the dialog. If you created the component geometry inset on an adjacent face, the "glue to" behavior will get automatically set to "any" unless you set it to "none". Conversely, if you draw on a group or component, the glue to will be set to "none" unless you change it.
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    How to &quot;snap to&quot; objects from point to point

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    I can see both sides here. Likewise I find no problem myself in moving objects around to fit, or align with others using the various ref points that show up; however I have many customers who want to use sketchup, but are used to using AutoCAD or similar. In my experience snap references are biggest omission in SU world, and I struggle to change users over. They want to take my library, and insert products in precise locations easily, and perhaps with an orientation reference. Our product is very like meccano, or furniture, and could really benefit from this. I remember when I started SketchUp I had to purge my mind of most other CAD preconceptions; in here we all know that was the best move we ever made, but we have to convince the rest !
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    Shadows

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    Have you got the second building textured with PNG materials. Have those PNG images transparency even if the part visible is opaque? If so, that may be your problem. If not, check styles, face settings, transparency (fast, normal, nicer) If not, check rendering settings under preferences, OpenGL.
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    License issues for 2016

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    Very surprised but happy to say. this time it only took 2 days! Hurray.
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    Reset texture aspect ratio?

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    Have you ever clicked on a single face with a texture applied with the right button? Texture position? Right click on texture position while working with it and hit Reset position. It will reset scale and rotation.
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    BuildEdge PRO is Here!!

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    I solved the problem and perhaps this will help others. Call the Keymark office in Boulder. They will take your credit card info over the phone and then once cleared, the tech support folks will send you the authorization code by email. Some additional info They are still working on BuildEdge and hope to release something next year.Although dont know what that means. Sketchucation is the site to find any updates. You can install it on two machines but you have to shut down one before you can start the other. So one machine in the office and one at home is ok povided you remember to shut down one before starting the other. Too complicated so I bought a second copy and dont have to remember to shut down before I go home.
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    High definition print is green instead of black

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    Guys, you were both spot on! Dave: Magenta is indeed low. TIG: Trying to print black lines via an image editor in grayscale mode (applied both to the image and printer settings) didn't print anything. After a bit of fiddling with the printer's settings I realized that, trying to make the lines print in a fine resolution, I selected the printer's "Text & Image" print quality. That was the problem. Changing the print quality to just "Text" made it possible to print the lines in grayscale mode with no color involved. Thanks a lot folks!
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    Twinmotion 2016

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    @jenujacob said: Maybe its just me... Perhaps they made it so that it would tax your system resources only when u really need them.. Makes sense if think like that! Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk That is indeed the intention, you build the scene based on settings that ensure fast lag free navigation, you then set up the animation and then you add all the filters/features you need, some even come with real-time on/off switches in case your GPU cannot handle it, which you only switch on in final render mode if that is the case. The ideal solution is to have a 5th or 6th generation i7 and a decent GPU with at least 6Gb ram for it all to work smooth in real time.

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