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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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    How to Vectors -> Sketchup object

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    Hi Helmi, Do you know or use AutoCAD ? I did some short guideline on how to vectorize PDF -> AutoCAD -> SU - assuming that PDF has linework. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=45500 I was checking other options using Free Inkscape - from PNG directly to DXF R13 Result below... [image: WTrq_20120922-SUskitch.png] beginner_skitch.zip
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    How to make "measurements" window default to inches?

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    That's it. No reason why that shouldn't work. The lack of metric (just can't if everything keeps coming in feet and inches) is the reason for this. Since my plans are eventually in feet and inches I used to always refer to that. However in measuring buildings the notation becomes busy and sometimes gets confused. Typing feet and inches as input on a whole measure plan is also more tedious. Decimal inches is what I now use on my Disto and for marking, and laying out a plan, but if you can't check your work quickly, it adds another little task. I can always set the CAD to ft and in for dimensioning later. When I work with someone else who insists on measuring Ft. and inches, like I will today, I have to reset the disto and do it all long hand.
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    Gizmo and Wii Remote for SketchUp navigation!

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    Has anybody tried the Gyration Air Mouse Elite for presentations with SketchUp? http://www.gyration.com/
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    Remove the color/fill of a group

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    yes i know but i said that because in this particular case he specified he need to revert just some components which were eventually painted not on purpose..
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    Group from Slice questions

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    @unknownuser said: .hmmm, I didn't know Sketchup would directly export as .dwg/.dxf extensions. Well dust my britches.. I do now!! I had failed to follow my Dad's main axiom whey you have a problem like this(or most other stuff too). He always said.."You have to LOOK..LOOK ..oh..did I mention...LOOK?" Well that's exactly what I did...BINGO! DUH!! When I selected "EXPORT/3D...the file type was default(skp. I think). All of a sudden...it dawned on me... .dwg...DUMB!! There it was. OMG. Ok guys, problem solved. Sorry if you had to read all this crap. Well, at least I found it..and that's what matters. And man am I a happy camper now. cheers fitz
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    Little headache [resolved] +...

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    @pbacot said: @panga said: @driven said: Variation..... Select 'contours' >> 'COPY' >> 'Sanbox' from contours >> 'Edit' group >> 'Paste in Place' >> Select 'surface' between contours >> 'Cut' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Undo' >> 'Paste in Place'.... Done use Undo to remove unwanted. +1 Using undo and paste in place is often the better solution ! Why not just select the surface between contours, copy, close group and erase, paste in place? why the undo's? Just take what you wanted and throw the rest away. I like the undo 'cause this way I'm sure there's not unused components in the file...It's not a problem here as the created terrain is a group, but It's an habit I have.
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    Boulder newspaper spills the beans about Trimble future

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    mozzie The infection is spreading as we speak...
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    Cannot move component axis to new face

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    Thanks so much for that very clear explanation. It worked exactly as advertised. How to really modify component axes has been a mystery until now.
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    BuildEdge PLAN for Mac Available (Beta)

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    Hi all! We have been developing/testing primarily on Mountain Lion. We have done some testing on Lion, and have not seen huge issues, but we cannot guarantee that it will work 100% on Lion. As for the cursors (having the orbit or arrow cursor while drawing, for example), this is an issue in either version fo OS that we are working on. Please let me know, either in this topic or via PM what you think, or if you see any problems. Thanks! Aaron
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    Lost on this shape (SOLVED)

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    @unknownuser said: it'll never be able to make it a solid object with Sketchup's native tools.. That's not really true, any shape can be made solid using nothing more than the line drawing tool. The trick is to think of the surface divided up into triangles (or quadrilaterals where you can make four coplanar edges)... [image: dfUS_ManualTriangulate.jpg] ...you can see here how I am adding a surface to the top of the uneven curve by simply drawing in triangles one at a time. Once they are all drawn in, you can use the eraser tool (with Ctrl held down) tool to smooth those lines into a continuous surface. The many skinning and lofting plugins available do make this a lot quicker and simpler, but doing it by hand can sometimes give more control over the triangulation so that the "undulations" of the resulting surface are as you would like - and doing a few manual ones will also give you a feel for how the "skinning" plugins works for a better understanding of the variables in their setup dialogues.
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    Exporting Importing problems.

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    I don't exactly understandt what you said, but I tried exporting from su importing blender and exporitng from there. Reimported into SU the mesh is as it should be but imported in max it's still no good...but anyway apparently a solution has been found in max.
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    The Color of Shadows

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    maybe you can use that But seem it's only outline shadows you can colorize the ground
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    Need help creating an compoud inside ellipse shape surface

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    OMG...Living proof there's more than one way to skin an ellipse. Thanks a million. That's great. fitZ
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    Simple question about scaling

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    I meant there's no Option button like there is for importing CAD files and some others. You can import JPG files.
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    Layers in different components

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    All, You may be able to use section cut(s) to demonstrate an assembly sequence. Remember, you can have more than one active cut per scene.(show sections in attahced model for example) See attached example please. Charlie Tank_Assembly_Sequence_Wsections.skp
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    Line placement help needed...

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    another method Draw the red line from the middle of the diagonal to anywhere you want (you have an inference straight) ! [image: jcb5_diago_scale.jpg]
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    Colour changes on pulling

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    @john2 said: sorry for posting this topic. No, this is very important. Group/component materials often trick even experienced users so anything that helps other "remember checking" is very useful.
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    STL Cleanup from Sketchup

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    @unknownuser said: Why not the free Meshlab ? It's the Mesh doctor! [image: images?q=tbn;ANd9GcS-mYuW4N9e40Tk4nIQEuhyDIlBTW-QWa-SZaD3Sz7IBoLxorUActDqle9e] downloading as I type
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    Export 2d House Plans

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    Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up using CorelDraw Essentials X5 which I discovered was pre-installed on my (Aldi) laptop. It worked well. I was able to Copy in Corel and Paste-Special in Word, which is where I actually wanted the data to end up. Even re-sizing in Word still retained crisp lines without any anti-aliasing etc.
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    Default start up screen>

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    Worth doing a "purge" also before saving as a template, to remove unused stuff. I got this wrong when I made my first template - all my first projects had +many MB of file size from the components I made to give the new styles a workout. Doh! The template is really just a regular SU file, so you can include anything that you find useful; components, layers, styles etc. - even geometry in the workspace if you wanted, say, a grid of guidelines always present.

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