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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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    Difference between V8 and 2013

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    TIG and mitcorb thanks for your reply. Well I didn't find this to be a major problem. However, I am trying to track down why my Ver 2013 seems to crash more that others, so I have been on a hunt to find the reason. Note that was happening on my old XP laptop. Ver 2013 on my laptop, with XP was almost unusable. However, last week the company gave me a new computer with Win 7 pro. So I just loaded Ver 2013 and re-installed all plugins which I wish to use. So far so good. Thanks TIG for the info about the plugin "simple_loft_loader". And the above line leads me to another question, just how many plugins are duplicated, such that there are excellent, good and mediocre plugins that have the same objectives? Ok, going to stop worrying about the extra save. Got work. Again thanks for the input. Ken
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    Materials on a high poly object

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    Thank you numerbis By turning on the hidden geometry I can get to the texture option and it is not projected. Unless I turn on hidden geometry to get to a single face I do not have the option for right-click texture thank you
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    Menu camera advanced dialog missing

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    Thanks to all, I reloaded the advanced camera tools msi, but still couldn't get the old view, having had a look at the new one (attachment) it seems to be fine [image: 1SdM_cameral.JPG]
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    How to draw this fender?

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    Thanks for taking the time to do this. I pretty much had the first section sorted but have never used FFD. That seems like a huge help for the last contour Cheers again!
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    Camera totally lost, ans Zoom Extents doesn't help

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    @cotty said: @ely862me said: I believe Tig has just discovered a way to reduce the time of the light-year travel ! I'm looking forward to the day he implements this technique in his plugins to increase their speed I believe that are not his plugins that are not up to speed, but the universe we use them in .
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    Arranging Books on Shelves

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    Hi, you can start with this plugin.
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    Modelling question?

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    Maybe like this method ? Another one will be modelize the plow with another method then Intersect with the sphere! Tools on Surface by Fredo 6 Extrude Edges By Rails By Tig [image: puP3_arc.jpg] [image: 36r9_arc1.jpg] [image: tJT6_arc2.jpg]
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    Trying to connect/bridge two faces

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    And if you want use some useful Plugins (after mastered the classic tools) try the Didier Bur Projection where the last icon can extrude a line(s)! Of course you can move draw them in any 3D angle direction! So any junction will be a game's boy! If you move all edges of a plane surface(s) that is an "open Tube" Push Pull Multiple with a direction! [image: mh7a_junction.jpg]
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    Drawing Face Front Back

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    @seasdes said: Thanks all for your replies. However, it does not seem to make a difference whichever direction that I draw an object. It makes a big difference in which way you draw your rectangle, looking north, south, east or west or down. You may have some help with something I made a few years ago: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=509c2a6868ab3855b2dd3120ca5e0662 (Circles may act different!) But it's better to forget about the whole thing and only remember and concentrate on what is important in good modeling. Ultimately all white (front) faces face outward.
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    URGENT: Need Italian and German speaking SketchUp trainers

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    Thanks for the replies. I will be in touch shortly to respondents. Ciao Guten Tag.
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    Sketchup 2013 and MAC OSX Mountain Lion

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    @Catnkar12 when in finder use command j or go to View in the title bar and choose Show View Options. If you don't want it to show all the time go to Go in title bar and when mouse hovers over Go is selected hit the option key.
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    Groups and overlapping faces

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    What you plan to do with the model makes a difference too. You may want all the components as solids so you can print them individually, therefore needing the joining faces, or if you want to explode everything into one big solid when you have finished modelling, then removing the joins is helpful. With a large variety of possible software and usage I don't think there is one best option.
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    SketchUp >----->> LayOut problem

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    One more option... Download a fresh copy of the SU13 installation files just in case they were corrupted during the original download. You may already know this but if you think it might be memory you can check by pressing the Ctrl-Alt-Delete and selecting "Task Manager" which will show you memory usage. I can run most things within 2Gb I upgraded to 4Gb because I was dealing with some large images in LO. 1Gb is probably unlikely to work well even with SU8.
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    .rfa file extension

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    Thanks Rich, I have a friend who is learning revit. I'll send him the file and see if he could export to something usable. I'll post results here when I find out.
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    Video Card Question

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    @joe wood said: ...except for the video card and even that is slowing my SUp only a little bit... so, I'm a little confused about which card to get, could I get a link to a card I can just order? the CPU is the crucial issue for speed in SU. The video system needs to provide reliable OpenGL support first, which automatically means a dedicated and therefore capable video card to some extent. The best/fastest/latest GeForce for ol' systems w/ AGP slot is the 7800 series. You can buy a new (expensive) GF 7800 GS at Amazon... or do a fall back to the cheaper and less power consumpting GF 7600 GS. Good Luck again, Norbert
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    New laptop and old laptop

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    sketch3d Thanks for your reply. That what I did. I have 2013 so I hope this will work. Not getting rid of old laptop until I know I am good to go. Thanks again Ken
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    Export sketchup to 3D pdf file?

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    Hi to all. A very good companion for Sketchup is Designspark Mechanical also with 3D pdf output. It is based on Spaceclaim and it is free! Giovanni
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    UK Ordnance Survey Imports

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    I expect the issue is that the CAD import is only edges, no faces. That's normal for a 2D CAD import.
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    Cleanup registry?

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    Thanks Guys. That did the trick.
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    Line pointing North

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    As a quick reference, if you zoom in on the axis lines, you will notice that the Red and Green lines are dotted on one side of the vertical axes, and solid on the other. The solid green is north The dotted green is south Solid red line is east Dotted red line is west

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