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    @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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    Truncated octahedron

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    pilouP
    have you an image of a "porous object" ?
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    Please help! SketchUp sees no plugins!

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    BoxB
    Did you happen to uninstall SU8 and install SU2013? SU2013 has a slightly different folder structure.
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    How to create a face that doesn't intersect with others

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    genma saotomeG
    Or open up the ruby window and type Sketchup.break_edges=false (case sensitive). It'll return "false" but the lines won't intereract and break like they did.
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    Link a downloadable sketchup file to a website

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    By the way, for all the punters... I ended up using Fetchapp. It works quite well. Apparently hosting a downloadable sellable SU model on your own site is a complicated HTML coding exercise, so I didn't go down that path. Even more baffling is trying to set up the unfathomable Paypal Digital Downloads account. (Paypal need to lift their game with the user-interface of their products. For a company of that size,.. what they give you to work with is just woeful) Anyway Fetchapp, different story, very easy to use. They host your model for $5 a month. No other fees. You can easily create a standard Paypal Button that links your Paypal account to your website. FetchApp provide the HTML code, you copy and past it into your website program (I used Muse). I'll let you know if it works if I ever sell anything
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    Sketchup Pro 8 update?

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    Dave RD
    When there's an update to SketchUp it is sent out as the whole package. They don't send just those parts that have been updated. When you install the updated version it writes over what it needs to.
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    POINT AT CENTER

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    this is a quote from Dave R :"Go to Window and click on Extension Warehouse. In the top right corner of the window there'll be a search line. Type in Ruby Script Examples and you should go right to it." I haven't upgraded yet so I can't verify it, but I hope it helps
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    How hard can it be?

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    cottyC
    Are you talking about textures? There are plugins to modify them... (e.g. SketchUV, Thrupaint, ...)
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    Dimension Tool

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    @box said: I may be wrong, it often happens, but I think you'll also need to group the dimension with the component or it won't stay with it if you move it. With Dave's methode, placing the dimension outside the component's context but inside a gluing component, the dimension sticks onto the parent component. It will move along with that single component instance but there will not be any nested components involved. Example, see attached model. dimension component gluing to component
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    External access to component thumbnails

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    TIGT
    You could write a short script to iterate all of the components in a model [or perhaps load them in turn from a folder, into an empty SKP] and then export their thumbnails into a specified folder, naming them after the component definition...
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    On a Mac wondering if anyone has this problem, Image on File

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    @glitchdesign said: Hi, I found this thread because i have the QL helper issue too. I've tried the ql manage steps listed above. I can't say for sure if .skp is the only thing that makes ql go nuts, but there's no doubt that it is a trigger. I've never come across anything like the quicklook generator posted above, will it help specifically with this problem, or is it more just for being able to view files before opening them? Where should i put the .qlgenerator file? I'm afraid i'm not too experienced with this stuff... So far as I know, nobody ever conclusively proved the cause of this problem, so there is no guarantee of what will work. My theory was that it could be due to SketchUp not registering the .skp extension correctly with Mac OS X, which would cause Finder's preview to scan the file trying to decide how to display it and could clog up the quick look cache. I am sure that SU 8 did not register .skp, but I haven't checked on 2013. Unzip the qlgenerator into ~/Library/QuickLook and the ruby into your plugins folder (the path varies depending on SU version). You may have to run "qlmanage -r" from a console window before the quick look daemon will pick up the new generator. You also have to save a file once before you will get a preview image instead of the sketchup logo.
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    Sketchup 8 Solid Section?

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    Thanks, TIG. I was curious if it was Dibac or BuildEdge. I do already have your SectionCutFace plugin and use it quite frequently. Thank you for your great work and thank you for helping me resolve this. -Mike
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    A plugin that would make "3d text" tool output hide edges?

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    TIGT
    My olde TextTag and 2dTools Text tools already do this: thomthom's interface and font-list is just much better...
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    So I downloaded 2013

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    John SayersJ
    Thanks Dave - all is fine - I upgraded for $95 - well worth it.
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    Color matching from image map ?

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    Oh good finally, a solution to my color blindness... Thanks to you guys, another duh moment for me... Its time to further investigate what usefool tools under the hood I havent been using or knew exists at all. Thanks there DaveR for a helpful trick, Havent used make unique texture for years.
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    Backgrounds.

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    Mike AmosM
    Thanks for the tips, I know about the spere or even just a square/oblong face for 'painting' a background on it is difficult for distance/scale issues as I want some renders at different ranges. The watermark tip is something I did not have a clue about but it just does not get there having a strange appearance but then I could be in error with scaling during import. I will have to try some different models for comparison. Thanks for your suggestions, another day with new lessons.
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    BuildEdge PLAN 3.0 Sneak Preview

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    @unknownuser said: Looking great Aaron. Just a couple thoughts 1.it would be great to be able to insert multi-sash windows as well. 2.adjustable trim configurations 3.adjustable stile and rails. Also, when you are forming floors and walls and roof lines are they automatically set into separate groups? This would be great for layer control. Great work! Hi Nick, Thanks for the input! To address your questions directly: We do plan on getting different window types in the future. This first release we added the VERY simple tool of adding what we call dividers. These can be used to represent sashes, mullions.... whatever! We do allow the trim to be adjusted for width, at this point. I would love to see the kinds of controls you would be interested in. Please let me know what you think would be useful. Again, in the future releases we want to add this, please send me your thoughts on inputting these items. Thanks for the kind words! Hopefully I can get additional input and amp doors and windows way-up in the next release! Thanks! Aaron
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    Raising Curves

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    ely862meE
    Yep, just with donuts, and same amount of segments, then it is useless . I tried curviloft with a larger model and it works ok . [image: ksgl_1.jpg] [image: Oatp_2.jpg]
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    Setting up SU on mac (education network)

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    @barkest said: Does anyone have any experience/knowledge/notes/links on how to set up su on a mac network? The Mac version of a SUP network license is self aware and doesn't reference to a license file in a shared folder e.g. on a central server location like the Windows network license. Launching SUP f. OSX automatically looks for other SUP lics. in the network that are using the same license and counts down the number of lics. until the limit is reached. The way that SUP f. OSX shares a license between computers is that one of the machines will launch a daemon which serves as a broadcasting server for that license. When another copy of SUP is launched it looks for the daemon and failing that will launch a daemon of its own. [image: SU_1289321_OSX_lic_2-en.jpg] hth, Norbert
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    Exporting DWG from SketchUp.

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    utilerU
    Thanks guys, @seasdes - that's what I do too but want to end up with layer I set up in SU @TIG - that's what it's being used for, underlaying [Xref] Maybe exporting in 3D would be better even if consultants are viewing it in 2D.
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    Digimaps into Sketchup

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    pilouP
    Seems Thomthom makes that every days But maybe I don't know exactly what is a digimaps ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPmnHyksIQ

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