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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 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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    GaieusG
    @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!!
  • tibetT

    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 "wedges"

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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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    GaieusG
    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.
  • Mike AmosM

    Curviloft and arcs breaking up.

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    OK, broken the problem down, it is apparent that quite randomly, sketchup is breaking an arc (curve, whatever you want to call it) into its constituent lines. I know of the weld tool but frankly this is getting too much. Is there a way to stop this from happening or is it an inherrent sketchup problem? This occurs BEFORE I do anything else with the geometry.
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    Custom plug-in folder location &amp; transfer toolbars

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    Hi Adam, 1 - Yes. After SketchUp is finished loading, open the Ruby Console from the Windows menu. Type in: require_all("e:/plugins") (Assuming your portable plugins are on a device named e:\plugins.) 2 - Not exactly. You should be able to save and restore your toolbar positions on the school computer. After you load your portable plugins and organize your toolbars, use the Save Toolbar Positions item in the View > Toolbars menu. Then next time you load your portable plugins, you can use the Restore Toolbar Positions item. Note: not all plugins will work correctly from a location outside SketchUp's default plugins folder.
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    Garbage backup files on desktop?

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    I've never had a .skp or .skb file stored on the Desktop except if I explicitly pointed to that location.
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    Modelling irregular shapes in Sketchup

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    thanks for all the replies. It's fascinating. It'll take me a while to master it. thanks again
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    Big Problem with obj export/import

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    There is a link to an 'earlier version' on the download page.... BUT the latest version should be very similar, both time-wise and it now avoids issues with flipped instances etc...
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    NOX free rendering program

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    Seams to work only with Blender and 3D Max is that true?
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    &quot;Visibility&quot; Problems in Sketchup

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    Tricia, Check out the Construction drawings thread in the LO section of the forum. You might try making a floor plan that is at the height you want the symbols to be, then hide it when not placing symbols, or to review, showing the final plan below. This way you have a plane to work on. Z-fighting is a fact but I usually see edges OK in a situation like this (I couldn't replicate your effect). Peter

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