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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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    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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  • hellnbakH

    A Shadowy Question

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    Found it, used it, it worked Thanks
  • john2J

    The PREVIOUS command like AutoCAD ??

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    Allrightallright - for the Windows people: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=42469
  • hellnbakH

    Need helix help

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    Yeah. I did a google search for "spirix.rb" and found the web page. I printed the complete instructions and explanations for further study. Evidently this author has a sense of humor and he has a nice collection in the warehouse. I wish he would place a date on that web page to somehow indicate when he updates so as to give it some feeling of activity. He has three categories under construction with a completion date back in 2010. I would commend him for his talents and generosity, if I could. I don't have much presence on other websites, needless to say.
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    Quadro fx 3800 upgrade

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    yea, that's what i though. and that is what im doing now. is there ANYTHING i can do to improve performance? why is this lag happening anyway? running out of RAM? if its not video card. is it ram? cpu? both? i know its a 32 but program and can only utilize 4gb. but what if i up the cpu? thanks for the info
  • john2J

    Sorting layers alphabetically?

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    @alan fraser said: They ought to sort themselves automatically, as they are created. If not, try clicking the (faint) arrow on the layer name tab a couple of times. This has pretty much the same effect as when you change the sort order in a Windows folder. It seems like layer 0 is immutable and always stays at the top, though wow!! thanks
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    Deleting materials from Entity Info

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    @dave r said: I don't think you can. I suppose you could rearrange them by editing their names. That only works in the materials list, not in Entity Info. Entity Info seems strictly sorted (and remains static) in order of initial application from Materials into the model. If you import a component or model from some other library, their colors are added to the list unless they have exactly the same name and color/shade (RGB) and that is why a lot of duplications exist. In one model that used a lot of imported components I ended up with 7 "blacks", all RGB=0,0,0 but the names were slightly different; ie: "00black, black-2, <black>" etc. I haven't played much with textures/colors to see if I have any control over that.
  • john2J

    Plugin for orienting faces??

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    are you on the chaosgroup website? If not, you should be - as you can read any of Fernando's (user name fpedrogo) posts and you will come away knowing more. You really should watch some of his tutorials, valerostudio has pointed them out already. edit: added user name
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    Sketchup hang advice?

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    If you are running a tool that is very intensive then Sketchup can become unresponsive, and the screen 'whites-out'. It's likely it's still processing. The Task Manager window should show its memory usage fluctuating as it processes. If you want to kill it you can, but it might be near to the end of processing. Many scripts have show a status-bar 'progressbar' or a counter [10% or 1/1000 etc]. Unfortunately this will stop changing when unresponsiveness kicks in. Unfortunately Sketchup's timing seems to increase almost exponentially so 1000 operations don't take 10 times longer than 100, more like 100 times ! If you seem to be having problems open the Ruby Console before running the tool in question and see if there are any error messages, this might will indicate a failure - a Bugsplat! is a sure sign of disaster !
  • hellnbakH

    $500 for inference engine plugin

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    @hellnbak said: mere coincidence
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    Inner bevel

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    Yes it moves the face created by the offset using a transform with results in an autofold creating the bevel.
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    UV maps

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    You can be surprised just how powerful SU is when other tools are added to the equation. Blender/SU workflow is pretty quick once you get the hang of it. Michalizissou is a good example of someone using other apps to compliment SU. I've a video on YouTube showing mapping in UVLayout using Whaat's UV exporter.
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    From 3dsMax to Sketchup?

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    Brodie, a dae file is a simple text file and cannot contain the image textures (only colour references). You must have overlooked something. Generally the dae file is outside the material folder though (but probably this would depend on the exporter itself).
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    Applying material to the 'other' side in grouped entities

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    hi, thanks for all the answers. i managed to get the result i wanted using this UV Toolkit plugin. TIG: yes, i also thought that painting the group will apply the material to both front and back faces. sadly, this wasn't the case. maybe it could have been a problem with the geometry? my model was actually first generated by script in rhinoceros, and then i exported to 3DS to import it into sketchup for VRay rendering. also, this was a group of groups inside a component, so that my have also been the issue dsarchs: yes, i read about that, but since i do all my renderings in vray directly from sketchup...
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    Importing Google earth Old Images

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    GaieusG
    Not in SU 8. If you have SU 7 however, it always imports what is on screen in GE so if you have a "historic" imagery loaded, you can import that. It's B&W though so you will need to export the colour image from GE and reload the B&W one with it in SU.
  • genma saotomeG

    Is there a simple way to customize the contents of a toolbar

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    Thank you... the first one does all that I need. Very much appreciated.
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    Licensed - Limit Exceeded / Free Version

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    I took Driven's advice and reached the SU folks. They confirmed the direction of this thread: "As you may know, network licenses of SketchUp Pro no longer revert to the free version when you have exceeded the use of your allotted amount of network seats. Each situation is different and there are always different ways of satisfying each individual need. You have the option of adding additional network seats which would give you more room -- as well as more users -- to operate on your existing network. You may also be interested in converted your two-seat network license into two individual licenses; individual licenses allow you to run multiple instances of SketchUp Pro on the same machine without receiving the error message you're receiving now."
  • GaieusG

    SketchUp 8 M2 is out!

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    Very anoying that there was no good warning. I wouldn't have updated downloaded and installed the update. Anyone have a link to instructions for completely removing the updated and reinstalling the old version. Windows 7 64bit machine? the simplie control panel unistall doesn't get the job done. Thanks,
  • genma saotomeG

    Where are shortcuts stored?

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    Here is the link. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=2979d2e0f28d0eed&hl=en
  • DavidBoulderD

    NREL releases new version of OpenStudio (0.5.2)

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    Just as an update to this post, we just released OpenStudio 0.6.0 at the end of December. This builds on 0.5 by adding more HVAC templates and also adds gbXML import, and a number of user scripts. Here is a link to a video on the gbXML import. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E5qCqpe8xk&list=PL54FE3146BF7A2221&index=5&feature=plpp_video We also created a new 101 tutorial series for this release. The old one was very outdated (from 0.3.0). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL647CC3A5AA51AA6B&feature=plcp Lots of exciting improvements coming in 0.7.0.
  • john2J

    Sketchup 9 progress/launch

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    Rich O BrienR
    Not being smart but only Google SU have that knowledge. They don't announce any roadmap so you won't find possible release dates anywhere. I'm fairly sure not even beta testers have that knowledge. Since we've just gotten M2 I imagine v9 is a bit of a wait. Always nice to have something to look forward to.

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