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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp

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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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    Import A Cut List

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    Steve, It all work very well Thanks Again! Victor
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    Can't dock toolbars in Mac OX

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    I think you were meaning that you couldn't get the tools to lay up on the side on the MAC, like the traditional two columns of basic tools: Draw, Move, Measure, etc. on PC I re-installed Sketchup now now and was also confused about my toolbars. found them again under >View >Tool Palettes >large tool set. it has most the common ones leaving space on the top row for 'extra' icons. hope this helps, if it's what you were getting at.
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    GE Modelling is soon over

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    Me too.
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    Selecting all faces of a material throughout the model

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    cool, well I'll deffo look into SKM files now i have some insight. I'm trying to get more organised with my SU work anyway.
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    Thanks For The Tree Collection

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    @mike Hard to believe they're twins. They've opposite little characters and have yet to spend time in one another's company. It seems the 9 months rendering took its toll. Anyway, we are going off topic (my fault).
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    Need to punch window holes in complex wall

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    I always like to be sure people remember "Group and delete" in clean-up of intersections. You should be able to knock out the deletion in one pass. Another thought is --I've been working on creating standard wall sections with windows already in them, that are designed to be joined or fitted to adjacent wall areas. If you are doing metal buildings this might be another approach, you could include the window opening framing as well in such a component. Actually most useful if you have a complex wall surface. Another thought- make a plane of the wall- with openings after mounting windows in a flat surface. Use 1001 bit tools for the paneling. I do this for battens.
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    Expired educational license Pro V8

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    Dear Bob, I don't believe there are any security issues but you need to have administrative rights to install programs. I've run into this when trying to install tools for working on the medical equipment I take care of. For that reason and despite our IT dept.'s desire to get rid of all Win XP machines, I've kept an XP laptop just so I can run those tools.
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    Mac Retina display configuration

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    Thank you. Guess I'll have to get used to it
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    Drawing And Then Editing On Terrain Or Curved Surfaces

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    It seems texture support was only taken so far in SU to accommodate the basic flat surface modeling. Organic modeling wasn't a priority. Therefore it appears to the user that tools are lacking.
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    Workflow to create npr watercolour type planting plan

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    Thanks Deereei, I hadn't thought of that, and Pbacot, yes - I was looking at Artrage last night http://www.artrage.com/, it's moved along a lot since I last saw it, and with its layers and blending, it should do fine (and is probably as automatic as I'm going to get).
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    Plugin for Wires, Cables, Ropes, Strings, Etc?

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    @cotty said: Like this? Hmm, not seen that before, I was also thinking more like a drape. [image: z8bT_drapesu.jpg]
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    Inference Symbol Size

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    @matheusbragagnolo said: Yep, it's a Retina display! I thought it could be due to it, but was not sure. Thank you Yeah, the adaptation of SketchUp to the Retina was a mixed bag. Some things are wonderfully clear, but others are so tiny they are hard to see. I often find it hard to make out a selected Edge or to be certain that a cursor's hotspot is on an Edge. Fredo has been tearing out hair trying to make view.draw_text use a non-microscopic font. The programmers did not expose any interface to let users configure these things... Steve
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    Thumbnails in Windows 64bit not SU

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    XnView - Image viewer that also displays thumbnails for SketchUp files
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    Increasing Sketchup's Performance?

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    I have SSD and 2TB HHD like you and I cannot see any significant difference although speed test would probably show some. Unlike x86 where the RAM is split between the kernel and su so each would get 2 GB, for 64 bit SU can use all of 4 GB. Some M boards have some BIOS option you can set that may help; look for some thing like"use max memory" and turn off( prevents the kerenel for hogging memory), look for " use shared memory and turn on". You best bet is to reduce the rendering load when you are modeling like use layers, monochrome, scenes and use textures for show and tell. Previously I have found turning transparency off helped a lots but have not checked for a long time.
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    Hate to ask, but

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    $50 an hour for changes or a number that makes me feel good about the totality of work.
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    Progressbar 2.0

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    Hi Frank. First, thank you so much for working with me and having a great test case from which I was able to "fix" closeopens to work more efficiently. As I rewrote closeopens, the first step, as you know, was to modify progressbar to allow the user to choose to cancel the process. After I did that, I went to rewrite the algorithm used by closeopens to make it MUCH more efficient. IIRC, the processing time for your model went from INFINITY (as in, it never did finish) to 52 seconds. I was excited about modifying progressbar to make it V2, and have it apply globally to all the scripts that used it, but I was not able to crack that nut without also having a requirement to also modify each and every script that called it to allow the canceling of the process. This is where Progressbar 2.0 died. However, closeopens does have Progressbar 2.0 functionality built-in, and, I have stalled bring closeopens to market, for some time now. And, while some attempts have been made by me to get it ready for packaging, I have broken the new copy. This is where I stand. I need to fix it, again, and then publish it. I will do this - but cannot promise when right now. My day job is demanding, and so are extra-curricular activities. Todd
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    Import driving me crazy

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    stl importer by Jim Foltz I'll give that a try. Thanks.
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    Model smoothing prevents solid model.

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    This may also explain why opening an older model after some time shows some edges which you swore were previously softened?
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    Is it really worth upgrading from SU 8 Pro to SU 2013 Pro

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    @unknownuser said: Be patient the 2014 is for soon! Have they announced the new bugs that will be added?
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    Soap Skin & Bubble Plugin

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    Quick one Plugins: Weld, Extrude edges by rails, Vertex tools, Artisan [image: 2vrD_anexample.png] [image: gx6U_anexample2.png] [image: UzFO_anexample3.png] [image: mGH1_anexample4.png] [image: WNR5_anexample5.png]

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