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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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    Click speed and Escape

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    I selected 'use maximum texture size' ignored the warning and for some strange reason changing tools is no longer a problem. No idea why that should be but everything else was as has been suggested here so I wnet for broke and tada. Just been using sketchup 2013 for a few minutes and normal service has resumed. Clicking about half a dozen times to get a tool change. What is going on?????????
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    Retina display = tiny text

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    Thanks for your reply - I'm using the same 15" MBP retina with "Best for retina" resolution. Window box text is fine, I guess I'll have to get some glasses!
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    Changing Back Edge Colour

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    It would be. So apply a color to the edges and set the line color to By Material.
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    Clip Image by Group Extent

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    A manual process that we found was to use the Make Unique Texture. Now it would be to run that in batch on all horizontal faces with an elevation greater than zero. Thoughts?
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    Method to scale by volume

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    A common thought or relationships between scale factors for length,area,volume is conceptually difficult to understand.Its also important and has some interesting practical applications.Weighing scale unit introduces these ratios from a range of perspectives,its end up looking at some practical applications.
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    Paint DWG to a face?

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    Thanks for all the replies. Yes, all are workable, I was just hoping that there was a way/plugin to drape the DWG.
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    Problems with push/pull

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    @sirjohan said: [image: udm7.jpg] I have a problem eith my push/pull tool/knowledge. When i pull in this shape, the inside becomes empty. The floor in this case does not get solid. When i do it woth every other shape the "inside" of the shape is filled "solid" What do i do wrong? This is because of the small sides. Just press Ctrl when you push pull and you'll force the thickening mode. Fredo
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    Spherical export

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    There are two plugins which export 6 cube faces: CubicPanoOut PanoScene which you can transform to a spherical image (equirectangular) afterwards (e.g. with hugin) ...
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    Plugins folder permissions and PC secruity

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    Thank you TIG - this is just the kind of info I was after. I'll print this out and sit back down with the IT guys on Monday and see what we can come up with. @tig said: Your IT guys are on a sticky wicket if they want to control ALL plugins use, because you can download a plugin to any folder you have full rights to We don't have permissions to anything other than our user folders (my docs ect) and we only download .rb and .rbs files from sketucation / smustard that have reviews and credible history but yes I get what you are saying. As I said I fully understand the need for PC security, just want an easy workaround (which you have provided) that enables me make full use of the flexibility and power that plugins provide in SU. Hopefully this will be ok with our IT guys. Thanks again for the speedy response - as always much appreciated....
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    Placining Components

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    Thanks for your help. My problem is solved. I used a template that was geolocated to create some components. Now to un geolocate the components.
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    Naming of Nested Components

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    Thanks for your help Mitcorb. I will use your methodology.
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    Problem with version 8 and 2013 switching file icon RESOLVED

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    Well that was surprisingly painless. just deleted V8 same problem. So deleted v2013 and re installed and all is 100 % well and good. All my plugins and other folders of concern were retained and bugspalts have vanished and icons showing up as 2013 Yyaaaaaay so happy !!
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    Strange crash related to hardware acceleration in SketchUp

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    I no longer experience the crash which leads me to believe it was an NVIDIA driver issue; I am using the latest beta drivers (331.40).
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    Lock selection??

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    I think there is a plugin here about selection memory. You can't lock your selection but, at least you can bring it back.
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    Reference and Slave Models

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    Yep, XRef Manager works a treat. Thanks
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    Sharing Scrapbooks between PC's

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    A user's AppData 'Roaming' profile will be synced across a network. http://www.blogtechnika.com/what-is-application-data-folder-in-windows-7/ So if you have two PCs on the same network the same users will 'shared' stuff in his 'Roaming' AppData folders... However, most of the time your AppData stuff stays on one original PC [e.g. AppData Local folders] and therefore it needs manually copying between different PCs - either across a network or by other 'cloud' or 'hardware' methods...
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    Import multiple dwg files into SU in one shot?

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    Look in the SCF PluginStore for my batch importer, which will import all files of a given 'type' found in a folder...
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    Curviloft: temporary dialog

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    Could you post or PM me the full error message (from the top) Also, I see a mention of jbb_layer_panels in the error message. So there may be a conflict there too. Fredo
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    Precise Scaling?

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    This reminds me of the way things had to be done in SU6 to get colour textures on terrain. The technique was set out in detail in a go2school video. Not sure if its available from them still - it was a great help to me at the time. The technique was to explode the mesh of the B&W, get colour imagery from Google Earth as PNG, Project as Texture, measure on mesh then use the tapemeasure to scale. Final adjustments were possible using the pin tools. Hope this helps!
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    Defining Datum Planes in SU

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    The models were aligned to the origin in standard orientation. It was one of the things I personally checked to make sure this wasn't a factor. I'm not 100% sure, but it seems to me that all features like edges, groups, components, and planes, are ignored in the conversion from SU format to STL format and none of this information is saved with the model. When you use the export STL plugin from the Extension Warehouse you need to select all parts of the model you want to convert (I just go CTRL-A), choose the format (binary or ASCII) and the units and away it goes. If you haven't exploded groups/components and turned off edges it will tell you it has ignored these things in the process of creating the STL file. This is what leads me to assume that things like datum planes are also being ignored in the process. I need to workout how to reorient the model in Pro E by inserting new datum planes... which I don't know how to do yet. Maybe if I could export the SU file as some other format that preserves these features that would solve my problem???

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