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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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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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    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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  • cmeedC

    Mac pc differences- AGAIN

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    cmeedC
    great help---- i love Sketchucation......
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    Drapping Air Photos

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    Dave RD
    You could have also simply opened the group for editing and done it.
  • Dan RathbunD

    SketchUp shown on "American Guns" TV show

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    Dan RathbunD
    I thot it resembled one of the blueprint like styles.
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    Skinning Problem

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    Jean LemireJ
    Hi folks. See this SU file for ideas. how.skp
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    How to reset/modify the height of a vertex/point?

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    Jean LemireJ
    Hi folks. If you want to try it with SU's native tool, see this file for ideas: Finding endpoint that is not coplanar.skp
  • spenceS

    Component / Group Along Variating Path?

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    Replace groups with component

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    bigstickB
    Thomthom's Selection Toys (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=14975) is indispensable for this. It's a one-click operation and one of my essential plugins. When you have a renderer which renders instanced components, using 3d trees becomes feasible, as long as you use some form of proxy object in SU to make performance acceptable. There are many 3d tree applications, and to the best of my knowledge, none of them have instanced leaf components when imported into SU. Sometimes you can use plugins to regularise these things. Thom also has a plugin called Component Comparison (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=30143), which might also help with components which aren't quite identical.
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    Stereo plugin for Sketchup

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    iichiversiiI
    Even I learn something new every day, cheers
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    Forums' Future ?

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    This is a delayed response and slightly off topic (now..;-), but I wanted to clarify my earlier post about the “mutiny” of sorts I suggested with G-SkUp and this forum. My thought was that most of what is really valuable about SkUp comes from the original core code in the very earliest versions of SkUp plus the plug-ins and adjunct programs produced by third party providers. We’ve even tweaked SkUp for our purposes with plugin overlays to this code – thanks to Brad Schell’s farewell gift to his users with V5 updates before the @Last departure -- and we're admitted light-weights compared to some of you guys.... When you think about it, that code sits as a virtual open source and is exactly what Google and Trimble find so valuable -- and paid handsomely for (see Trimble SkUp? Good Enf, < http://insitebuilders.wordpress.com > )
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    How to read the measure tool values and what variable ?

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    TIGT
    Look at the linetool.rb example that ships with Sketchup. All you need to do is use the two picked points and length=point1.distance(point2) without drawing the line at all. You can then 'format' the result as desired...
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    I can still select object while its layer is already off.

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    TIGT
    I think the issue is that if you have hidden-geometry ON the smoothed edges on 'Layer0' belonging to the surface that is otherwise on layer 'object' are visible and also they are selectable in either fence direction. If you have hidden-geometry OFF then only a right>left fence selects anything all and then it selects the 'surface' as the edges are 'hidden' [actually they are 'smoothed']- this is because it is actually selecting the invisible edges belonging to the surface which are on an ON layer, when the surface's layer itself is OFF ! In a way this is a 'bug' as you can't select hidden objects if hidden-geometry is OFF, but since it only manifests itself when layering has be used inappropriately mixing faces and edges across different layers that are ON/OFF it is hardly a show-stopper... Don't expect a fix any time soon...
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    Missing textures

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    @pbacot said: Styles window. Choose the style for your scene: EDIT, under the "Modelling" tab (last on right), at the bottom, "Match Photo", unclick "Foreground Photo". Thanks alot pbacot, it worked .
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    Is it possible to import models with texture into Sketchup?

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    michaliszissiouM
    Use the 3ds format! Texture files must be in same directory as the 3ds file. Texture file have to have max 8 digits names. 3ds file, when a single mesh is included has to be less than 64K faces. However, 3ds file may include lot of groups-meshes, each of them less than 64 K faces. Under macOSX, in newer builds of SketchUp8, 3ds importer is broken! I wonder when devs will have a look on this. I import using SU7 free. You may face difficulties related with the scale of the model, in general, make it 10x bigger before exporting. After you successfully have imported the 3ds, with UV textures, you can still edit the texture file (probably using Ps or Gimp) In cases like using png transparent textures for leaves-foliage, you'll have textures assigned on the outer face-normal. Use the "UV toolkit" plugin to "frontface to backface"
  • cmeedC

    CAMERA = HUMAN EYE

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    jason_marantoJ
    If you are looking to match the perspective distortion a human eye would see (which is different from cone of vision/field of view) then I created a DC that will calculate that -- however you will need to know the pixel dimensions of the SketchUp viewport. AOV calculator.skp Bring this DC into a scene as a component (do not open directly) and then choose "Component Options" from the DC toolbar. Best, Jason.
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    Fill a space randomly

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    That is ..... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Manipulate object with a 3D mouse?

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    mitcorbM
    Sketchyphysics is pretty much the solution for a "quick" result. A similar recent thread mentioned the same thing. Otherwise, you will have to position each discrete object as a group or component. If this collection is just a background element, the obvious thing to do is apply an image of the collected objects to some form and put a jar around it.
  • Al HartA

    What do people use SketchUp for?

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    I have used it to create animations and simulations of engineering projects built by others in my department [flash=600,410:1m4yup38]http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUL6S5JMxls[/flash:1m4yup38] The videos are produced as part of progress reports to partners and clients, and the models and animations help to illustrate functions that are difficult to see in real life, or which may be dangerous to film on-site.
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    Can I have 2 sections planes active?

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    Thanks. What I wanted to do was get a horizontal section through my entire model cutting off the bottom and the top. For what I wanted to do. I made the whole model a component and cut off the bottom with a section cut within the component. Then adding another section cut external to the model gave me what I needed.
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    Texture won't follow when moving object

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    @metaclay said: To fix this, i go to texture/position menu , do nothing , just press enter to confirm, then now texture is following correctly while i move the face ..... but only for that face. This is usually caused when the texture has the default positioning (when using the paint bucket one does not define the texture positioning; it's only then defined when you or a plugin sets/edits the texture position).
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    Sketchup Model issues

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    GaieusG
    Purging will only get you rid of unused items (components, materials, styles, empty layers) but nothing that's used in the model. It's not any sort of a "clean-up" or "simplification" tool (but search for CleanUp in the Plugins index).

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