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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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  • J

    Projected objects pt2

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    Here's a solution that I tried out and it works relatively well. 1- Ungroup everything in your car model. 2- Make a copy of the car (if you only need two views, front and side views) 3- Viewing each copy separately in each orthographic view of front and side, use the Artisan knife tool to slice the car in half. Delete the back half of the car in the one model and a side of the car in the other (the idea here is to get rid of any pieces that when flattened into a pancake we do not want to see IE the back of the car...). 4- Use Vertex Tools or any scaling tool that allows you scale an object to absolute flat zero and flatten each instance of the car pieces to the appropriate plane. Essentially the idea here is to crunch the car by scaling into a single plane but getting rid of the details of the opposite sides when merged together. For your side view you might be able to just scale the vehicle without cutting it in half, but you might end up extra unwanted polygons depending on how well the two sides of the car mirror each other.
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    Closing a tricky corner shape

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    Well..that was easy. Feel bit embarrased now haha, thanks for the help guys
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    Face / fill a odd object

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    To me, the purpose of the object would define the method. Ido buildings. In fact I am avoiding working on my project at this moment .. So I would normally see a wall going up to a ceiling or a roof, and an intersection with or extrusion to that surface(s) would be the method. For a sculptural shape, the top is up to the artist of course, and method varies.
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    Tufted Chair

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    As would I
  • AureusA

    Maximum number of entities?

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    To widen this topic a bit. Does anyone knows some good and free collection of low-poly trees and bushes? I need it for some landscape/cityscape design. I have a model of the terrain with streets and several hundred buildings and some extra stuff...And all that makes a model of 800,000 entities. And then I import a tree from a warehouse and - puff - my whole complex model displaying a significant part of the town has 800,000 entities and one sole tree has a milion and half!
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    Default Styles

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    @dave r said: Since you are running the pro version of SketchUp, install it again. You probably still have the downloaded file from when you last downloaded it. Or download it again. It'll renew your Default materials library. If you are getting rid of unused styles in your In Model library, don't delete them manually. Use Purge Unused from the Details menu instead. It's easier and faster and safer since you don't get the purge option in the Details menu unless you are looking at the In Model library. Thanks for the reply Dave. This was a dumb mistake on my part. I have 2013 installed on another laptop so I just went there and copied them and reinstalled on this machine. I realized what I had done as soon as I did it. I was just trying to make sure I did not have styles in my model that I did not want but forgot to click on the "Model" button before deleting. At least I know I have a backup copy now
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    Orienting texture on cylinder

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    Dave RD
    When you import the image as a texture and apply it to a face in SketchUp, it becomes a material in the In Model Materials library. You can then choose that material from the library and apply it to other faces in the model. I would suggest you go to the Help menu and use the Knowledge Base tools to read up on The Paint Bucket tool and textures before you go back to working in SketchUp.
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    Tool Button Size in SU 2014

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    @box said: Have you by any chance altered the default icon size in your windows settings. i don't think so. Can i decrease it? @aerilius said: Screenshot? V8 [image: v89pjhk.png] V2014 [image: v201457kzv.png] And btw. WHY does the Photomatch window has to be wider now than before and than the other windows?!? I really doesn't make any sense to me... no new info or buttons - just more space on the left side. If you dock it the other windows will also get wider... @aerilius said: I believe the incentive for the 4px margin introduced in 2013 was to have a cleaner workspace and better distinguishable buttons. I believe it was referred to scientific studies. For me it is the opposite... Less icons possible and even more space needed.
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    Material sample section plane bug

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    Dave RD
    It seems simple to me. Don't try to sample the material through the section plane. It's simple enough to turn off the section plane so it isn't in the way. You can't sample a material through other planes in SketchUp either. This doesn't seem like a bug to me.
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    Crown molding component & wood texture

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    Thanks again pbacot!
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    Broken section planes

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    @keithwins said: .... Is this common? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with turning section planes or cuts visibility on or off. When they're broken, I can move them and they act just like Section Cuts vis is off. I have had this happen...though I thought it was related to putting the section plane(s) on a layer. They will no longer cut....no matter what you try....ative/inactive...put back on default layer. "It" hasn't happened to me in a while, and so I never did figure out why. Can you post a file with a broken section plane? (maybe Trimble would like to see it) Best, Charlie
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    Adding editable polygons to a shape

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    pilouP
    Work Plane by TIG ?
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    Can't use grass in Maxwell Render!?

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    OK, now I can change the settings for the grass, but I don't get any grass when I render the scene!? Hmmm, I still have some problems and I preciate some more help.
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    3d warehouse collection only showing 16 items

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    Win7 64bit: IE-11 Firefox-30 Chrome-37 All the same - show 31.
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    Set layers for nested objects

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    This one-liner, when run in the Ruby Console, assigns every entity inside every group/component definition to 'Layer0' - irrespective of the depth of the nesting - i.e. geometry, other instances/groups etc... m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation('!');m.definitions.each{|d|next if d.image?;d.entities.each{|e|e.layer=nil}};m.commit_operation It is one step undo-able. Objects within the model.entities itself are not changed...
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    3D Warehouse Problems

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    Sounds good, I will try it tomorrow when back at work. Thanks
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    Trimble SketchUp Mobile Viewer for Android

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    Thanks Sketch3d, What if I copy my file to my private area directly?
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    Push/pull

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    pilouP
    And don't miss the last version of Joint PushPull interactive by Fredo 6, it's PushPull on steroïds!
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    Sketchucation Plugin Store down?

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    Thanks
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    Problem with Curviloft - Skin Contours Function

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    Douglas, I don't have an answer for you just letting you know your not alone. I've had the same issue with Curviloft & SU8. In my case I think it was operator error in selecting the various paths. To get my toolbars back I have to quit SU and start over. In watching the video tutorials again seems there is some logic in the order you select stuff. No problems after I started to pay better attention to what I'm doing. chuck.

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