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    Rich O BrienR
    @dkuucharzak said in Username change: @Rich-O-Brien, I misspelled my intended username. Could you help me change it? I can if the one you need is available. Send a mail to support@sketchucation.com and we sort it out

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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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  • KathrynGK

    Using two versions of SketchUp at the same time

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    Thank you. Now just to figure out how to guide the new copies of my plug-ins to the 2014 version of SU. Plug-in of choice and the one I would worry about the most - LightUp. I will check on their forum to make sure I can install a fresh and separate copy on Make 2014 and still maintain my SU8 in it's current state.
  • brodieB

    SU 2014 can you lock the measurements toolbar?

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    brodieB
    Perfect, thanks! -Brodie
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    Trouble intersecting

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    TIGT
    @Txusic View the forms with Hidden Geometry ON. You will probably find that the 'good' intersection results from the segmented edges of the two cylinders aligning correctly. If the segmented edges don't align you'll get jagged edges when they intersect - as you might logically expect
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    Sketchup Vertex Tool

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    pilouP
    Silhouette to Plane by TIG ? [image: file.php?id=57218&t=1]
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    No visible bounding box

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    Dave RD
    Go to Window>Preferences>OpenGL and change the setting for Use hardware acceleration and/or Use fast feedback. You might also check for updates for the GPU driver. Why it got changed is difficult to say.
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    Reception counter

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    TIGT
    Search for topics on 'Organic' forms. Here's one with a specialist sub-forum: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=335 The tools needed are things like Artisan, VertextTools, CurviLoft and my Extrusion tools... These are available from the PluginStore and have their own threads too...
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    How do I make accurate fit-to-foam wrench/tool profiles

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    KrisidiousK
    Is this for visuals or production? If you're trying to make a seat for a tool I think Dave's process would work great. For fun, you might try an app like this http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?319906-Turn-your-Android-Phone-into-a-3D-scanner-with-this-app on your phone to get the geometry.
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    Single Line/Stroke Fonts (for cnc engraving)??

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    Thanks so much for the response! This is exactly what I needed! Tim
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    Questions about Importing a Maya file

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    It really depends on what you are exporting. I never found a single fit-all solution when porting geometry from one application to another. It depend on what is important for you, model structure, filesize, material and UV mapping. Various application will treat this different depending on their own internal data structure. But I usually start with DAE as it's a newer format, where as OBJ is much older and produse problems if your meshes has more than 32.000 vertices.
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    Delete Component Reference

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    Further advice well received. I will also look for the Purge plug in. I saw a post below mine that was griping about SU. Every program has its limits no matter the dollar assigned to it. Frankly after 5 years and the need for simplicity in 3D drawing I think SU has really been a great addition for the amateur world. Especially when Sketucation can come through with pleasant down to earth, straight to detail, advice like what I have just experienced. I did not mean to start anything new here. I merely mean to again (and in another way) thank those people that so enjoy the program that they are willing to offer free advice. Fords are Fords. Fords simply just don't come with Rolls Royce interiors. But, you can still have a nice ride through the countryside while in a Ford!
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    The Improved Warehouse for 2014

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    I can't log into the Warehouse anymore with my main browser (Cyberfox, a 64bit Firefox variant), however, with Chrome it works. I just get a screen with three rotating circles and different symbols, and then the ruby symbol stops rotating and I get redirected to the warehouse without being signed in. With Chrome, the ruby symbol and the right sketchup symbol stop spinning, then I get signed in. Does anyone have an idea what could cause this? Most likely it has nothing to do with add-ons, since I can't sign in in safe mode as well. edit: Solved the problem by deleting cookies.
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    SU 2014 and Plugins

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    Tig Once again, thanks for saving the day.. I was also thinking the accent had something to do with the problem & have created a user account called patrick and SU automatically created a plugins folder... C:\Documents and Settings\Patrick\Application Data\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins I popped my plugins in there & zoom, all is well, no more ruby console messages on startup ! Makes me think the Trimble crew might like to take a closer look at their code... What would be best, is if there were a preference item where like in other cad programs the user can define the support file paths. In the office we put our plot config files for bricscad on the server and point all instances of brics/autocad to that. Anyhow, many thanks best, Patrick
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    Slope Analysis by Angle/Percentage

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    TIGT
    I think Chris's tools have moved on from those old posts... His ColorBySlope tool colors facets according to their 'angle'. In his Plugins subfolder's ..._data.rb near the end you can see how the faces are processed and their angle is calculated as 'segment' [as an integer]. The array of materials [matarray] is inspected and the material number corresponding to the 'segment' is assigned to the facet... If you setup 90 colors then for each degree of slope you get a correspondingly colored material on the face... With just 9 colors you get a 10 degree range of slope between flat and vertical. So for example - set 'low' to green [0,255,0] and high to 'red' [255,0,0] Then the steeper the slope the redder it gets ? The flatter the slope the greener it gets ?? Not all colors will get used - r.g. if the majority are quite flat it's predominantly greens as there are no steep red parts ! [image: lpLh_Capture.PNG] [image: jkZU_Capture1.PNG] [image: vh4B_Capture2.PNG]
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    Having Problems Linking Texture Libraries

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    Dave RD
    Hi Frank, Open the Materials window and click on the Details menu icon on the right edge of the window. Select Open or Create... Navigate to the folder containing the materials you're after and choose Open. Go to the Details menu again and click 'Add to favorites.' That ought to take care of it.
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    MAC - Entity Info Window

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    @ John. Thanks for the suggestions I do go into panic mode when I see code. The suggestions are appreciated and would have been tried but... @ Dave, "Reset Workspace" in preferences seems to have cleared it for now and was simple to implement. I was also relieved to find my custom toolbar remained intact. Thank you both. Problem fixed.
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    Extension Warehouse Compatibility Errors?

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    Thanks guys, I figured it was just something to report just in case no one else had already, unlikely thought that might have been!
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    Automated Dog Bone for CNC?

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    Eric et al: Why are you modelling the dog-bone fillets? Doesn't the CNC software takes care of this? I don't know why I didn't raise this question earlier, but I recall at school when we used the CNC machine we set up the tool paths for the machine to follow - but never modelled the end resulting dog-bone fillets.
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    Cutting Holes

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    DanielD
    Hello Garystan. When you say it won't cut an opening, do you mean that it won't cut an opening period, or that it is cutting an opening in only one face of the wall? SU components are limited in that they can cut an opening in only one surface. But there is a work-around. Can you post your SU model/window component.
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    Merging adjacent faces how / Finding entity ID

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    Thank you very much, much appreciated.
  • micioneM

    Sketch

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    Not a photo. is a drawing of an artist of 24 years. http://www.diegokoi.it/works.html [image: Ng5H_nessuno-mai---hyperrealism-iperrealismo-diegokoi--10-.jpg]

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