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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    @Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. Now I know that I can share the link with Fredo6 on the Animator thread so he can download the file and look at it (to hopefully identify the problem I have been having trying to generate a video). You might also try generating an Animator video and see what results you get.

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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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    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...
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    2D Export options for Make/Free?

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    TIGT
    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 ?
  • emerald15E

    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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    Impossible import from 3dsmax 2014

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    In Sketchup 2013 - save as - sketchup 8. Then import skp in 3ds.
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    SU Pro 2013: Mac... or Windows + BootCamp (or Parallels)?

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    @caronte01 said: ...Apple has moved away from discrete graphics for all entry level hardware, and only offers it on 15" macbooks, and some imacs, but not on their line of macbook air, or mac minis, or even on their 13" retina macbook. Intel graphics are imo inferior to even entry level nvidia cards, esp. for sketchup work. It's shame indeed... Honestly, if machine needs to be good with CUDA, maybe macbook pro is not the ideal choice as they GPU's have fairly limited RAM (512MB to 1GB). Not sure what's with next Mac Pro, looks like it will have state-of-the-art AMD FirePro GPU cards, so no CUDA there too (from published images it looks like one simple cannot swaps those to nvidia cards).
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    SKP Files do not save and resorting to opening SKB instead

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    This is happening to me and it's not permissions. Will save a file have worked on for days and I get a message file doesn't exist. This will happen in a sessions that I already saved the file a few times. Have to use save as. Then I see file 0.skp, 1.skp, .... Eventually saves. Sometime I keep trying and it works. Thought it was only imported files but now happeneng to some of my old files. Then thought it was because I was saving while rendering but that was it either.
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    MP3 Files in KMZ upload

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    I just noticed something strange. I just copied my kmz to a new folder that did not have the image folder as a sub-folder and it no longer displays the images. Can someone else please verify whether the longer version http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=cf8544f0c3074395dfd89dd71a555b12 displays all of the photos as per the YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1oBDw08x4 My image links used to be eg. images/pic1.jpg. I changed them to ../images/pic1.jpg based on a forum post I read about a change to GE that was apparently made with GE6. I wonder if that could be the problem.
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    Help please !

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    Dave RD
    what kind of model did you submit to the 3D Warehouse? Is this for Google Earth? If so, perhaps you ought to contact the Google Earth folks instead.
  • emerald15E

    Car models required

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    At the 'simple' end of the car spectrum I recommend Richard's http://sketchucation.com/shop/models/319-ultra-low-poly-car-set
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    Visual Problems on one model, others fine

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    Nope, no renderers, camera tools or other plugins that may affect this.
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    Make single edges invisible?

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    Cool, thanks a lot! Mikar
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    KMZ Upload Problem - Cannot parse latitude, longitude...

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    Found the problem after 3 hours of searching. It was one single filename with part of the name "delfin" but the "i" was accented instead of a dot. It was in the jpg file name plus in the doc.kml file that referenced it. Methinks (Trimble) need to fix their meaningless message so people have some idea what the problem is. The big problem is I was first getting an error message relating to latitude and longitude. The message then changed but the problem remained the same, which is is confusing to say the least. The finished version is here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=cf8544f0c3074395dfd89dd71a555b12
  • GwyattG

    2013 pro...?? to buy or not

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    you'll get everything released during this time frame, i.e. all maintenance releases as well as all new major versions (1/y). N.
  • KrisidiousK

    Georgia-Pacific Design Studio Features SketchUp Models

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    Thanks a bunch Kris!
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    How to draw atomic models

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    Components on to faces by Chris Fullmer [image: yaOq_grebus.jpg] You can also make your volume with a component "cube" then replace the component cube by a component sphere! Random (or not) Replace Component by Sdmitch can help you for some variations! Ps You can see also this molecule importer!
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    Guide lines

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    Dave RD
    It sounds like the style you are using has guides turned off. Go to View and tick Guides. After that check the thumbnail for the style you are using and see if it has circular arrows on it. If it does, click on the thumbnail.
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    How to make this form

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    Some tricks that can help you! Joint Push Pull by Fredo6 for have thickness of one surface(s) (press TAB for have Options) Axes tools for that components are middle inside the form! Components onto faces by Chris Fullmer [image: aw8O_trick01.jpg] PS Boolean in Pro version is that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAS1EVOvDMo
  • Mike AmosM

    Kerkythea and sketchup 2013.

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    Mike AmosM
    Sorry Rich, missed this, yes latest release of 2013. Now I have the toolbar found I am basically OK, just got to fit the extra mats into kerkythea and I shall take it for a strole around the block.
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    Sketchup Crashes

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    @imabzeous said: and i am using many plugins but they were working fine with it and suddenly this happen. and besides i installed sketchup 2013 with no plugin in it but still sketchup crashes whenever i tried to import vismat material. This is a key issue for loads, they want your money to subscribe, but wont look into GPU/CPU HD4000 I have to build large office layouts, many rooms and floor's walk through's and more, and the layer system needs to be looked at more effective and faster, i.e. right click object move to 1 of 10 layers, Funny how people will just roll over for a few shinny buttons....
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    Fastest Computer possible? For Rendering

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    Yes the GPU is the "Graphics Processing Unit". I'm not sure if it is really uasable for you for production rendering because v-ray RT still doesn't support all features (like displacement) and is limited by the GPU RAM. But this is a general thing. Concerning distributed rendering only on the render nodes i'm not sure if it is possible to select only the nodes or if the "manager" is always involved. But in this case you could maybe decrease the threads for v-ray on your workstation. If you don't need v-ray RT over network now you could buy a small card now and add a faster card later (the next generation of nvidia cards next year will support unified memory addressing to enable the GPU to access the system RAM!) One thing to keep in mind is that buying a render node will not speed up your daily modeling and testing workflow - unless you always have your node running also for short tests. One other point to improve your laptop performance could be to replace the HDD by a SSD. (this wouldn't cut your render times, but could be a general speedup)

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