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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    TIGT
    V8.0 is released https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=2Dtools Or via the ExtensionStore dialog. It fixes a glitch with v2026 whereby some MAC users could not get the TAB key press/up to work to open dialogs in some tools, and some PC users had to press/up 4 times to make TAB work. But <=2025 users had no issues. I've now improved the onKeyUp methods to optimize TAB use in v2026, but it can still be flaky for some users. including me needing 4x press/up! So as an additional option I've added one press/up on the Shift key which will also open the dialogs, in certain tools like LineStyle and Hatching. The Help pages explain this dialog opening more fully. Please try and report back issues...

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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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  • kenK

    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
  • dereiD

    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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    Wrap design around surface ? i´m stuck

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    hi driven, thanks for your tip, it´s a cool plugin ! it looks great , but videos doesn´t work. i contacted kirill2008, hope to get some good news soon cheers ! [image: zujcp1.jpg]
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    FOUND IT...Help finding tutorial on using &quot;wedges&quot;

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv7dULmJUiU this one? did you Google for sketchup aircraft tutorials john
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    Linear array

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    If you have ill-advisedly set 'X' OR '*' as a shortcut then typing x10 or *10 will jump out of the copying and go to the X-tool or *-tool. The alternative is therefore to type 10x because if its at the end the X is still taken as part of the array command... Of course after the first copy is made, then you must press <enter> after typing the number+x otherwise how is the tool to know when you have finished typing...
  • hellnbakH

    Components along path problems

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    Thanks, Dave. Just lack of practice, no excuse.
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    Transform a component into a face-me component

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    @thomthom said: Here's a little plugin to configure components from the context menu: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=35667 Looks good
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    Remote viewing of Sketchup sessions in real time??

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    Just ran across this beta Chrome extension for remote desktop - haven't had a chance to try it though. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp
  • tibetT

    Save model in PNG without background . anyone?

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    I told you knew!
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    [REQ] Paneling tools for SU

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    Bezier patch==Bezier Surface, a deformable grid similar to Blender's Lattice Deformation Starting with this link: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=bezier%20patch&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FB%25C3%25A9zier_surface&ei=-JVHT9r3EPOrsALRnNnqCA&usg=AFQjCNFRHwkJEdlkp2H0fOfWOhC-5NOtig&cad=rja ThomThom was thinking about this or something like it a while back.
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    Too many materials

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    Thanks a lot for the fast replies, I just went to model info-statistics-purge unused. From 263 materials that I had, now I have only 11 I just can't figure out why I haven't thought about it. You guys rock, thanks.

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