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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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    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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  • ely862meE

    Corrupted .skp file

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    The problem comes from my hard disk(I believe) as it went out of power(loose connecter perhaps) and then when I made it to work back this problem occurred with both these files(The folder they are in was open when the hard disk stopped working). The .skb gives the same error ! The weird thing is that I can see the preview of the large one but it won't open.
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    Save Section Plane..."Reverse" by Scene

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    @wo3dan said: With your suggestion: Scene A with section plane 1 active Scene B with section plane 1 still active, different location though.. Thanks Gerrit, To split hairs.....I envision section plane 1 uses same position (location) for "Scenes A&B"...only camera "B" is 180° to Camera "A".(think turntable) @wo3dan said: The animation from A to B (and back) shows the transition of the section cut running from A to B (and back) (scene transitions enabled and unequal to zero) The only minor difference is that things are much simpler now without the need of an extra section plane. I envision a "sweeping" 180° Turn/transition from "A" to "B" using the same plane.......yes...unlike the current transition from one plane to another....though maybe the sweeping transition would be more........??...sexy? Again...thanks for you input/thought's. Best, Charlie
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    Print all or selected scene plugin?

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    When You select print there is a section that allows you to select what scenes to print. However you can only do a range like 2 thu 6 etc.
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    Can't intersect lines on a plane

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    arail1A
    I go back and forth between AutoCAD and SketchUp all the time with no problems. Some suggestions: The cleaner your AutoCAD file the better it will open in SketchUp. I keep a AutoCAD file called To SketchUp that has essentially nothing in it (no blocks, no linetypes, meta data, etc.). I copy my geometry into that file then use Purge (extensively)and Overkill to get the file ready for SketchUp. SketchUp doesn't have arcs or circles so any line that intersects a circle will give you trouble. On the SketchUp side open the Entity Info panel and increase the chord count of the arcs to give you smoother lines. On the AutoCAD side I always extend any lines that intersect arcs several inches beyond the arc so I can trim them back in SketchUp. I hope something here helps.
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    Problems with DC Animations

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    Wow, thanks Philip! I learned a lot from your example. First, component wrapping comes BEFORE axis changing. Next I really didn't understand how to propagate a variable through nested components. The trick is parent! I know what the ! means, but I was having trouble figuring out how to make a reference within the nested components that made sense. I probably could have constructed something, but your solution is much more streamlined (and intuitive). Finally, I had not thought about using a logical sequence to drive the values of the variables. In hindsight, the solution is pretty straightforward, but for the life of me I couldn't figure it out. All in all, pretty clever! Thanks, again, for your extremely helpful post. I'm off and fixing a number of other DCs that I made that have similar issues. Frank.
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    Zooming issues

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    Switch to parallel projection view (I assigned F5 key to switch between parallel and perspective view). This enables zooming in very close any point, line, plane. Hope it helps.
  • Bryan KB

    Photobucket Issues

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    Thank you very much Ken for your reply. Yes, I think Photobucket had some issues lately and it won't appear every time. (Might be that some of their servers are overloaded temporary.) The maximum attachment size for the the forums at the moment is 2MB. I think it should be large enough for most of the images.
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    Any New Yorkers out there want to come to Maker Faire?

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    arail1A
    I'm interested. My child (12 yrs old) is a big Maker Faire fan so we tend to go every year. Last year I felt the fair was a bit inundated with 3D printers - all great but all pretty much the same. Maybe the rage for those things will have passed a bit by now.
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    Problems with BezierSpline

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    @fredo6 said: Edson, When you get a crash, could you send the bug report to Trimble, specifying this is about BezierSpline. So far, I don't have enough elements to figure out in which area it can be. Since SU8 and SU13 use the same version of Ruby, it must be something more subtle. Thanks Fredo I have already done it.
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    Looking for tool to cut non-solids along a plane

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    kuponoK
    Apologies for the overlapping tiles. After experimenting with the various approaches, it appears to me that trimming instances of tiles components with the Solid Tools Trim tool may be the quickest method overall. My thinking has evolved over this thread and I now see the value of having solid tiles. For one, they look much better, and they save space. Now that I know the Trim tool makes trimmed components unique, saving what I thought was an extra step,I find it relatively easy to step through and trim each tile. Zorro2 is a great tool and will very quickly trim groups of tile components, making each one unique as it does so, but it leaves the trimmed edges without a face. This is fine in many cases, but when you want a face, it takes time to edit each component to replace it. That said, there's a place for each method.
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    Xml parser in sketchup

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    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, i can not use DOM parser to do xml parsing. [edit] I have used the libxml and its performance is good enough for me. I setup the old version libxml and copy the ruby files, dll to plugin folder of sketchup, it works for me.
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    Ruby Programming Course discount

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    @hellnbak said: @jpalm32 said: Was refereing to your Gas Station. Great stuff you do. I was wonderering if you did more. Thanks. Yes, I've done several more, also working on some diners along Route 66. But right now I'm concentrating on several other projects, including a couple of very unusual vehicles and a very unusual aircraft. Started on diners awhile back uo learn SU. Played with glass block entarnce, booths..... Gave up after awhile. Looking forward to your work.
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    DWG files

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    Skp 2013 to Dwg problem

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    First place I would check would be your export options dialog box to make sure the settings are similar in 13 to what you had been using in 8. If this doesn't fix the export, then you might check to see if the lines are really not there as sometimes their color properties in autocad match the color of your screen background and it looks like the drawing is empty. Try opening your empty drawing in autocad and doing a select all. you will quickly see in the dialog box how many entities it has found. next type in properties from the command prompt and change the color properties to a different color and see if that lights them up. best wishes, Chad
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    Converting hidden geometry to non-hidden geometry in bulk

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    I have solved it... never mind
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    Podium Walker crashes SketchUp 2013 on Mac OSX

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    Deleting the podium walker file worked - I am a commercial Architect and I have trusted sketch up since version 3, you address me as frustrated, in your view unduly, however, I didn't expect to learn the inner workings of my O.S to keep shoddy programs working and the answer I received was 3 hours later in which time I had missed my clients and could not open my files. Podium forum is renowned for non answered posts that's why I posted here. Your remarks where the next day ! I've now learnt to delete and re-install plug ins and delete and re-install Sketch - up and generally be cautious with any ruby scripts because you never know which one is going to continually cause problems - that's fine, it doesn't mention that in the sales pitch funnily enough and I urge anyone who has commercial responsibilities to think twice before installing walker and any ruby unless you know how to get back to the basic program.
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    Locked folder not visible

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    Managed to retrieve it thanks, although I don't have a 'virtual store' as such, but I looked in AppData and searched the folders there. Still strange though, as to why it had been placed there. I have created other component folders since and they all appear. My understanding is that Windows uses virtualisation when the software creating the file is deemed to be not up to par?
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    Is it possible to do something like this with SU?

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    Well Rich O Brien, thank you! I'm going to export still images without Anti Aliasing Thanks! ...even if I cannot find anything about nested animation on th help...
  • Rich O BrienR

    2D Export options for Make/Free?

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    Free vector file STL & OBJ exporters work on Free/Make... BUT these are NOT importable into Inkscape There might be a free SVG exporter which would then be importable into Inkscape ? http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52949 http://code.google.com/p/sketchup-svg-outline-plugin/ etc ?? Or you could perhaps print out from the SKP as a PDF... Then import that into Inkscape ?
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    Frozen scene manager

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    Yes, I've been trying that myself. Further investigation has shown that is I set the scene manager to 'detail' (previously it was set to 'list') this seems to work. However, the files already effected by the problem will not re-open (the position they were last saved at being a view with complex shadows). At present we think it could be a clash with other software. I am continuing with the project re-building from a previous model (I'll lose about 5 hours work) with these new settings & save, save, save! In the mean time, if anyone has any other suggestions...

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