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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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    Sketchup 13 crash (makes me wild)

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    Thank you guys about advices I will try disable most non-used plugins and I will you keep informed with my crashes.
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    Rotating a Point to Meet a Face

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    Well, I ripped out all the Fredo related plugins and all their relevant bits, then re-inserted freshly downloaded versions; lo and behold, it works! I'm confused as to why, because as far as I can tell, the plugins' file path structure is exactly the same as before. In any case, thank you everyone for your help!
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    Sketchup crashing after creating material

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    Rich O BrienR
    Try using the Plugin/Extension Manager to disable them. http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=SketchUcationTools
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    Creating a fence line along a path problems

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    @valerostudio said: ++1 on Vali script. You can use scripts in Free SketchUp, can't you? Well worth the price of $26 I have to tell you. Think about it, if its takes you 3 hours of your billable time to figure this out, isn't it worth it? This plugin has saved me hours upon hours of fence and railing modeling and I have only owned it for a couple of months. I was going to say. Not sure if there's a style for what you want, but if there is-- at those prices it's a question do they want to buy the SW or have you spend more hours? In the right instance VA tools eliminate a lot of tedious time drawing.
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    Remove Derrick materials from Template

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    Hi Dave, That worked!Thanks a lot!Should have thought of that... any way on a side note.. is there a way for us 64bit users to get back the skp file preview in win explorer back yet? I wont go off-topic again
  • Rich O BrienR

    SketchUp 2013 Pro and Make FAQs

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    Ah! OK! seems to work now. Thank you so much!
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    Save as SKETCHUP 2013 problem

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    Hi Carlo, Kim had it correct. 3dsmax needs to update their importers to read the SU 2013 file format. You can contact them directly to find out what their timeframe is for making that update. Thanks, Chris
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    LOCATION OF PREFERENCES.DAT SU-8

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    Chris FullmerC
    Hello, the Preferences.dat file is something that only exists if you export it first. So if you didn't export it, it won't be there. But if you kept your old windows installation, did SU open with all its shortcuts in place? If you didn't delete the SU 8 registry, it might have been able to keep its shortcut keys.
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    Error message saying files are not writable

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    SketchUp 2013 requires a license file no matter whether you have the Pro version (license file contains Pro license key) or the free "Make" version (contains agreement for non-commercial use). While SketchUp 8 tried to make the executables more different to prevent licensing problems, they reverted that and made the executables almost identical, introducing a lot of new problems under certain circumstances (Make turns itself into expired Pro, refuses to run more than 1 instance, or refuses to run as "portable" app). I assume the above problem was due to user/admin priviledges (in an ideal world, programs would absolutely never request you to run as admin). Strangely the license file is sometimes located at different places, like Users/Public/AppData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2013/SketchUp13.lf which is writeable with simple user privileges. Maybe SketchUp will also find it when you move it there?
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    Photomatch camera export to 3ds max not quite right

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    Thanks for the replies. I worked out what the issue was in the end. The camera was coming through in the right position and focal length. However, when I changed the size of the render window to match the photograph the focal length of the camera changed. So after fixing the size of the render I went back and changed the focal length back to the original value and it worked perfectly. Thanks again for your replies. Andy
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    Pan & Orbit suddenly slow, jerky, unresponsive

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    Dave RD
    Kristoff's question is good. Did you just recently update the graphics drivers? It isn't unheard of that an update to the graphics drivers causes problems. What have you changed on the computer recently? Did you install any new plugins? If SketchUp 8 has been working fine for years it isn't likely to be a problem with the program but rather something else causing the problem.
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    Tapering a Round Corner

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    It's probably using a sledgehammer to crack a nut but check out Kirill's LSS Toolbar, first image shows face to face via a path which should work: https://googledrive.com/host/0Bwmt-Rax8alUNkFEMjZkOWhfRFU/index.html, also http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=47399&p=426612&hilit=kirill#p426612 and it would appear to be version 8 I won't be upgrading any time soon either; the tide of rage from the early adopters makes me wary.
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    Component axis appearing everywhere

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    Dave RD
    Go to Model Info>Components and untick the box for showing component axes. [image: bKZ8_Capture.PNG]
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    Editing a pre-made tapered fluted column

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    Dave RD
    [image: 1wg2_columns.png] Yes, you could. I made the short column from XAYA's tall one at the left. Height was adjusted with the Move tool while the capital and the top of the fluted column size was done with the Scale tool. Only a few minutes to do. TBH, the column could use a little fixing up. The column itself isn't centered on the base and the capital isn't centered on the column. I'd make the parts components, too. Especially if you'll have more than one. I'd do it even if there is only one.
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    3d mockup with 2d sketches?

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    Thanks jiminy I've tried that and there's a couple of problems there: As I jump between scenes, the matched photo appears before the model rotates to the right position and obscures the model to the viewer so it's hard to Understand what is going on (is there a way for the matched photo to appear later?) When I try to export to, say, pdf 3d, I can't find away to export it without losing the matched photo. Will appreciate any ideas
  • Mike AmosM

    Rodeo 2?

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    @krisidious said: @hellnbak said: Could somebody please explain what this is about? Yeah, I are pretty SU dumb He was part of the Trimble team and he was a big supporter of the SketchUp Acquisition and perhaps a facilitator of it... He passed away last year I believe. This is their Trimble Tribute. Ah. Thanks for explaining that. I did find this thread that talks about Derrick http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52492&p=475932&hilit=derrick#p475932 So now I know. Sad that he's passed away.
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    Vectorworks now as easy as SU for 3D modeling

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    The discount update is from 2009 to 2013,2014 &2015 for about 1500 euros for two licenses. That's a rather good deal. You get all the updates up to 2015 in a socalled VSS. Vectorworks Service Select. I am sure that VW will not really be a crashing monster. It could be some updates are but that should be taken care off rather quick. I know VW very well and I love it. Its just that in 3D it all looks very old fashioned compared to what we do in SU, Modo and Maxwell. Also compared to Rhino. VW looks to me old school 3D modeling. You know the kind engineers are able to bear with but designers dread. Tx Unearthed for the links. I gave them a look. I will start a thread at Nemetchek to see what the VW community would like to share. Anyhow, anyone with real hands on experience here using SU as well as a recent version of VW. Would love to hear from you. Francois
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    Raster to Vector or Sketchup importing SVG

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    Scan2Cad, http://www.scan2cad.com/ has been around for a long time, but its current release Release 8.3 is not cheap. It might suit some peoples needs though, & there is a free trial. It recognises and can edit text in images and supports batch processing. Its probably one of the best available bits of software for complex raster conversions out there. It's a few years (10 maybe) since I used it but I remember it as a highly competent program. As far as I remember AutoCAD Map had raster to vector functions built in, so our office switched to that on cost grounds.
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    Inteligent HATCH

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    Hatching in LO is texture/bitmap. That's the con.
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    I'm still waiting for my License

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    jo-keJ
    Now I recieved your mail. Thank you

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