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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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    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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  • pbacotP

    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
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    Load errors

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    Thanks Anton that took care of it.
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    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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    Need help with opacity

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    Glöm inte Klingon.
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    Load Error (Fredoscale.rb)

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    Thank you TIG, I also found the attached, whilst looking around for a solution. I did as you suggested and also used the function in the attached image. Seems to have gone now Ian [image: tiKj_LibFredo6settings.png]
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    Antialiased lines with 3D-GPU

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    Whoa! I was not aware that these are actually settings. I thought that this dialog: [image: 58f26.jpg] ...listed only video driver capabilities. However highlighting one of the rows DOES indeed change the respective setting. This dialog really should be re-designed using checkboxes! Anyway, your tip already helped on my desktop with an AMD Radeon HD 7700 card. Same on the notebook -- when the Intel HD graphics card is chosen for driving Sketchup. However, when I chose the Nvidia GPU from the Nvidia control panel for powering Sketchup, all the settings in the OpenGL section of the above dialog are ignored. I mean, there are those different rows with different Antialiasing capabilities (like 2x and 4x), but when highlighting one of them, closing that dialog and re-starting Sketchup, lines are still not anti-aliased but look like this instead: [image: wFIfoPp.png] Is there anything else I can do to force antialiasing not only on the Intel HD GPU but also with the GTX 860M CPU?
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    Way to measure these angles?

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    @djd711 said: It's sort of hard to explain. The angle has to be measured in relation to the direction of the track at any given time. I think it's the horizontal axis I need. Could you post the model(version <=2014), or a representative sample of, and diagram an instance of the angle you want measured.
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    Texture Position Edit Pins Help

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    pilouP
    The best help it always oneself!
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    Curving a texture for arches?

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    Worked out awesome. Fredo and TIG save my butt again! Amazing work from the plugin people.
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    Google SketchUp vs. 3dsMax

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    The 5 year old thread is alive!. I was taunted for going the sketchup path some 8 years ago. Totally abandoned my Max workflow but that took me to a new level in my designing career. I know, Im far from the best in the “rendering” area but Im able to make the decent renders that convince clients. Now I end up using both though 90 percent of what I do revolved around SU. I rarely touch Max,only when I need some high quality renders, or when I need to pass a task to some Max user colleauge and finally when I face SU’s limitations in poly count and other things. Finally some of the best stills and animation renders in the Architectural industry are done in Max. I say we cant do away with Max until our plugins or SU itself has "all" those capabilities. Gone are the days that were given a week to produce a nice decent render.Were literally given hours to produce something convincing. This is the edge of SU over Max.
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    Finding the center of circles

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    @jim4366 said: Very good, thank you so much. I run into this exact situation all the time converting imported .stl files. Circles usually come in broken with hundreds of segments. Now hoping it's not too much to ask, but would it be possible that, having the center point, could those segments that made up the circle be deleted and replaced with a real sketchup circle? In one swoop? Just a standard 24 segment circle would be fine. A circle un-exploder? Modified code m=Sketchup.active_model;e=m.entities;s=m.selection;s.grep(Sketchup;;Face).each{|f|p=f.bounds.center;e.add_cpoint(p);n=f.normal;r=p.distance(f.vertices[0].position);e.erase_entities(f.edges);e.add_circle(p,n,r)} Or,copy attached plugin to Plugins folder. You will need to supply your own icons for the toolbar created. Remake Circle.rb
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    Align to axes flips to view from below

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    @ggunn said: ...... I go to tools > axes and align the red axis with the roof edge. Then I right click on an axis outside the geolocation image and select Align View. It flips the whole model upside down and looks at it from the bottom......... If you redraw the axes you not only need to redirect the red axis, you also need to tell SketchUp where green needs to go. You skipped doing so and now blue points down. When you right click on an axis in empty space and select 'Align View' green wiil always be pointing up on your screen. red to the right and blue towards you (perpendicular to the screen and out). This means that you look at your model from underneath. Pay more attention when redrawing the axes to not only draw red but also green.
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    Exporting as a 2D graphic

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    "do you export pdf or eps from SU on your mac?" Like I wrote, I was refering to Illustrator files. If there´s was any difference with other software I don´t know. Skylabridge wrote; "I have a sketchup file of a fairly complicated building that I would like to export as a 2D graphic to work on in Adobe Illustrator. I need to get vector line quality results". Both .eps and .pdf will open as vector (=vector quality) in Illustrator.
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    Can you apply double click function to MOVE tool?

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    awesome fredo! thanks!
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    Help! - Curve Stitcher

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    pbacotP
    I often try to use Extrude Edges by Vector before other tools. This should have been a standard SU tool. It's push-pull for edges.
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    I need a new mouse

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    Another CadMouse user here. This mouse is quite different. Definitely large but that suits my hand size. Definitely heavy which funnily enough I have grown to really like. When I use a different mouse now, they all fell cheap and flimsy. The middle mouse button is great but I mostly use in in a web browser where the middle mouse brings up a link in a new tab. This is great. This mouse comes with a cord, not sure why they did this. The only real downside is the cost. I guess this illustrates my current motto - Cry once, be happy thereafter.
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    Face-me Components Rotating Unexpectedly

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    @aureus said: @mac1 said: Making assumptions is a basic voliation of general approaches to trouble shooting. Cheap philosophy is of no help here. It won't make any serious contribution to this thread. Trouble shooting to help NSA and DOD that was a theme always in our minds and you see that same from folks from the FAA during accident investigations. I do not think they think it is cheap approach and we all have a tendency to fall in that trap that can lead one astray. So it is best to not make statements like made here in.
  • bobbytimeB

    Weird Issue - Multiple Axis Icons

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    Wow I feel dumb. Thanks Dave R.
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    Hierarchy in Sketchup

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    Please clarify what you mean: a hierarchy of what? One possible answer is to nest Groups or Components inside each other (which creates a "contained in" or "part of" hierarchy). Is that what you mean?
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    How to select without selecting the back??

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    that'd be a good addition

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