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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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  • bmikeB

    3d Connexion SpaceNavigator Workflow

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    @bob james said: @bmike said: Does the Space Navigator stall if you move the mouse at the same time as trying to orbit or Zoom with the navigator? No. And that's one of the great features. well then something is wonky with mine. if my mouse is moving, the orbit / pan / etc. is really choppy. if i keep the mouse still it flows nicely. Video: https://youtu.be/MU7Y9EZ_cnk As soon as I bump the mouse, or move it, the flow gets choppy.
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    Dynamic Components Door Formula

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    Look at Click-cuisine for see what DC can do!
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    How to Make a Bowl of Random Components

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    @pilou said: At the "pause" Save your file! So if you reload it as a new session of SU, you can change anything before relaunch a new simulation! Thank you Pilou! That works although I cannot press file>save when in pause. I Ctrl+S but was not sure if it worked. It sat there long enough to give me an autosave so I wasn't worried. When I restarted, it launched normally with my bowl of cereal the way I left it.
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    How do i make race bucket seat SketchUp

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    It's all SU and yes I did make it using the techniques mentioned by TIG.
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    OSX Yosemite is coming...Problems?

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    @cacowan said: I've seen the same problem described better on another site. Same conditions... A clean Yosemite OS. And a new download of Sketchup. It's not "Finder" that's crashing. It's the "in program " access to the file system. So in Layout, it won't create the window that accesses the file list more than once. In sketchup, it won't create the window that accesses a texture list or when you want to add a local component library... It won't create the window that accesses the file system to locate the reference file more than once. I've rolled back to Maverics until this is solved. I wonder... Just prior to wiping the computer there was a OS Yosemite update. It included a security update and it might be what slowed the startup on my Mac. On reinstalling Sketchup on Mac , there's always that caution that you're opening a program that is downloaded from the internet. What if it's the OS interfering with the program accessing the file system because it's not recognizing the app author? Most strange! This is not happening to me with the latest Yosemite and SU, so obviously it is something specific to your system...but what? Have you looked in the console logs to see if there is a flood of messages when these things happen? I doubt a security issue over the app author would slow things down. When I've seen such problems, there is a dialog that pops up and blocks the app completely until you give permission to proceed.
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    Starting from scratch with hard/software

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    pilouP
    Try also this free one : a Sketchup on stéroïds! The best CAd ergonomy existing: Direct modeling inpired by SU of course! DesignSpark (it has a SKetchup export skp! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_kIb-O4mcI
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    Soap Skin and Bubble Plugin issues

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    pilouP
    Try also Ferrari!
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    SketchUp 2015 spring egg hunt

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    @slbaumgartner said: Drifting off topic a bit, but I've always thought the materials editor on Mac was driven more by reuse of the standard Mac OS color UI than by an effort to provide a useful tool in SketchUp! The concepts just don't quite line up, and it results in a very awkward SketchUp tool. further, sketchup hijacks the osx 'color palette' which is the one with a list view.. renames it to 'texture palette' and takes away the list capability.. this is especially problematic when a model has different materials of similar color yet varying properties (such as black leather and black shiny paint in the same model.. there's no simple way to differentiate between the two via the color picker) [image: WKp4_ScreenShot2015-03-26at3.51.31PM.png]
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    Best tool for furniture upholstery

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    Thanks!
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    2015 just ate my file

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    I'm having a similar issue. I've been working on four individual SU files. They're all saved locally, in the same folder. Three of them work fine; the fourth, however, has been behaving basically as roland described above. The original file won't save, and it keeps creating backups in numbered sequence. The other three files don't do this, just the fourth. Anyone have any ideas why this would be happening to one file in particular? It's not much different than the other three. In fact, all four are essentially the same model with just about the same file size. Thanks for any help!
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    Paging all Wacom Users

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    @pbacot said: Looks great Mike. I looked it up and ArtRage is available for Mac but OS 10.4.5? I'm running V4.5 in Yosemite: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4/free-update/ Scroll to the bottom: Mac OS X: 10.6 or later, Intel Mac required. 32 or 64 bit I really like combining LayOut and ArtRage or Pixelmator... of course, I could spend all day doing this... which is bad for other work I need to be doing. [image: lu0w_candler6.jpeg]
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    DAZ + SketchUp models

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    Thanks guys. Actually, with little information on the subject, I decided in the end to import from Zbrush. having the hands sculpted for the product ended up being much more realistic in the end (I think anyway). And, though still curious... it is not pressing as it was. So, again... thank you.
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    Problem with solid tools subtract

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    @dude8604 said: Thanks for your replies. S Shepherd, it didn't seem to work. Also the file you attached won't open in Sketchup 2014. Is it possible that solid tools have been fixed with Sketchup 2015? I saved back to version 8 and edited the post above. I'm not sure what the problem is but wonder if the scaling is a factor. Also if the cross pieces were a bit smaller or the I.D of your tube larger, the inside corner of the cutting solid wouldn't interfere with the inner wall of the straw. [image: XBc9_straw.PNG] Shep
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    How to *soften* vertices?

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    Thanks everyone for such quick replies! VERY much appreciated.
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    SketchUp 2016 Wishlist

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    @doush-007 said: It will be great if skalp will be part from sketchup it self Not a bad thought, but since Skalp is not a Trimble product this would require them to cut some sort of deal with its authors.
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    Boolean operations inside of a group

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    @Box, oh! that's good, that's very good. Donation made, Thank you Fredo6
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    Calculate painting area

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    If the tubes happen to be components, edit any instance and remove all surfaces not to be painted. Or if the surfaces to be painted have a unique texture applied, then that could be used in the search to select only those faces.
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    Help! Something wrong with SU shortcuts

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    I had this issue - Sketchup Pro 2015, on the mac. I explicitly set model info to a new keyboard shortcut, and the issue went away.
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    Wrong app started

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    Dave RD
    You need to change the association for the KML and KMZ file types to Google Earth. You might have a look at Photoshop's list of file types it is set to open by default. It maybe there are other file types set that you would rather use a different application with.
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    Extraneous lines that accumulate on surfaces of groups

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    It would certainly be helpful is susan would post at least an example image of what she's after. Perhaps I misinterpreted the term "umbrella group" to mean a parent group containing the child groups as in my second screen shot. You are right that in most cases, I think it would be desirable to create the edges from intersection in the context of one group or the other.

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