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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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  • john2J

    A subtract from selection key?

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    massimoM
    You're welcome John. And of course Gai is right.
  • john2J

    Layerwise transparency?

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    okay
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    Sketch up for gaming concept art?

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    I have had some luck taking things from sketchup to unity3d. The beast lighting engine/baking is probably the most attractive thing about it. I will say there is a learning curve, but so far nothing youtube has not be able to teach. Unity3d appears to have a small but dedicated group of users. Though if there are other on the board I would love to know.
  • brodieB

    Can SketchUp free export .3ds?

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    Thanks Marian, that's what I needed. -Brodie
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    3d "dimensions" for external rendering

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    Would something like this be what you're after? I included the edges but you wouldn't have to in order to get the dimensions. Just put the dimensions on their own layer or layers, put the rest of the model on other layers. Turn off the model leaving only the dimensions visible. Export an image to the same dimensions as the rendered image and overlay it in your favorite image editor. [image: 6115710417_5709bf20d8_z.jpg]
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    Renaming components

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    Dave RD
    You could also drag the renamed components from the In Model library to another library which saves you the step of right clicking and using Save as...
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    SHINY REFLECTIVE SURFACE?

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    Hi, Laura: Your question suggests that you need a Rendering Application for shiny reflective surfaces. Sketchup is a modeling program. It uses one camera, and one light source- the sun, for shadows. You can apply a picture of a shiny reflective surface to the Sketchup model as a texture, and for a fixed scene.
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    Revit-IES-SketchUp

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    Hi, Anna: Looking at your plan image, tells me that you could approach this in at least two ways. Perhaps you should draw a large rectangle that extends beyond the perimeter of your plan, then select this and the plan graphics, right click, intersect. Your plan graphics lines must all be on the z=0 plane before importing into Sketchup. This of course will help reduce any face forming errors. For a simpler model, the internal features of your exterior walls could be erased. You decide. You could just start tracing along the lines of your plan, forming faces as you close the shapes. In any case, you cannot extrude the walls up until faces are formed within the perimeters of these walls. By the way, if you are familiar with the Sandbox Tools, you could select the dwg import graphics and Drape onto the large rectangle in 1. Do I still misunderstand? (I am good at that)
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    Sketchup accessing internet ?

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    First is filtered t5raffic on my machine SCF page open: Second is also with SU8M2 open. Note the check for upated even though I have that deselected. CHECKING BUT NO ACTION?? [image: ZozR_NetworkFilteredAnalyzerSCFScreenOpen.jpg] [image: ANRa_scfsustartedtcpfilter.jpg]
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    Sketchup free and Pro

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    Know, I missed the update on my version. I have 8 M1, couldn't get M2 to run. Thanks for the freed back. Ken
  • Rich O BrienR

    CatchUp Edition 8

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    @unknownuser said: Thanks Peter. Regards the iPad.... The default iOS PDF viewer is not able to display interactive elements. Try the Adobe PDF app (free) or GoodReader. But work great. I can't explain why the Gallery link on your PC aren't working? What PDF viewer are you using? Issuu doesn't like the highlight on hover feature of the Showcase page. But I can fix for next issue. Good feedback Once again the culprit is Apple. I use Preview for PDF, and for most things it is better than Acrobat. But there are some features it fails at. Thanks, I'll look into your suggestions. Peter
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    Create new textures for sketchup..

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    It depends on if you want to have a texture or a object (like a standalone face as a fence). For making materials the how-to's above are correct. If you want to have a "standalone-object" like fence, people, tree whats-of-ever you'd have to do it like this: import image with transparent parts (png file) explode image trace the object and delete transparent parts to get correct shadows to automate that you could use TIG's ImageTrimmer plugin (search the forums) which does that job for you
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    What do you think is the best UV mapping software ?

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    UU3D is a good app and is a pretty good price. It has tons of features and works well with the UVTools plugin. Take the time to learn it and you won't regret it.
  • utilerU

    Locked File...?

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  • hellnbakH

    Sketchucation Books ordering problems

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    @unknownuser said: thanks for feedback. please provide more information so I will be able to debug it: what OS and browser version did you use steps to reproduce the error if there are any sensitive info please email me to books@ regarding one click checkout we are working with our payment processing (FetchApp) to create a solution. Thanks for getting back to me what OS and browser version did you use -- Windows 7, Firefox steps to reproduce the error -- not sure what you mean by this. I clicked on a publication, went to PayPal, paid for it (eventually), and when I click on "Get Your Downloads", I get the error msg. (I just bought another one, same results, except this time it took quite awhile to get the email so that I could download the thing) Actually, for me, the error msg is secondary to the problem of having to pay for each publication individually. Not an earth-shattering issue, but it will become more of a factor as the number of publications increases
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    File Size Ruby

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    Chris, I am splitting the model up into smaller pieces now and it works much better. Still learning. The code TIG gave me works great.
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    How to model something like this?

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    Thanks guys and you are welcome.
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    Surveyor's angles, please

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    Thanks, Tim. I have the quad from various sources...One of the good ones surprisingly to me is the county (parish) forestry GIS portal. There's just a couple of things to be gotten from the quad, I think, mainly the contours but this is pretty flat land. The water features we know from the ground; but the corroboration is nice. The historical imagery from google earth is cool. I made crude little videos of the property over time, from 1998 to 2011.
  • hellnbakH

    Sketchup for your feet

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    @hellnbak said: Ran across this on Ebay. It reads Google Sketchup..."it doesn't stink!" I had pair of those. Also a pair in black. (And they indeed do not stink - until you put thm on...)
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    Arcs and Circle question

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    With 360 segments a circle has only 1 degree subtended for each segment, irrespective of the segments' length. With more segments the shorter the segment length for the same radius; but the sensible [self-imposed] upper limit should be something like 1.mm [or a lot less to be practical for large radii!]. The circumference of a circle is 2PIr, so to work backwards from a radius to 1.mm segments use numsegs=(2*Math::PI*radius/1.mm).to_i As the radius increases the number goes up proportionally... radius >>> numsegs 1.mm >>> 6 5.mm >>> 31 10.mm >>> 62 50.mm >>> 314 100.mm >>> 628 1000.mm >>> 6283 etc... Note that ~1591.mm is therefore the radius limit as ~9999 segments gives segments of ~1.mm long. So a circle about 3m/10' across is the limit for 1/mm segments... BUT of course thousands of circle segments translates to many more thousands of edges and facets when it's extruded into 3d... which is a sure fired way to kill your model! So don't be silly!!

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