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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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    Strange lines on tires

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    Eric Sorry did not read your post close enough. I was not " selecting everything in the problem area"
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    Difference in file size Autocad vs SU

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    @unknownuser said: This is pretty much the case with SU vs. any program I've worked with. SU file sizes are always much larger (and the save times are much slower which compounds the problem). I just trying to bring in a very high poly flower/vase combo yesterday. The 3ds Max file is 26mb (pretty big for a flower but manageable). After I was finally able to bring it into SU as a .dae file and reduced the texture size the SU file (containing ONLY the flower/vase) is 244 mb. Obviously that won't be going into my scene any time soon - you can imagine the save times. -Brodie I agree in all that you are saying. A small file that takes a second or two to open in Autocad, takes more than a minute to load in SU. Imagine that this file is only max 5% of the finished drawing. This might give me a load time of 20 minutes.
  • utilerU

    Imported 3D file - extracting layers

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    utilerU
    Thats one of its big selling points...
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    Birel kart

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    Hi Jean Yep I found the same ,but was hoping for something a bit more detailed I know I'm being lazy and cheeky, maybe I have to draw it myself I was just hoping to do it quicker Time to get my Artisan head on Thanks Dean
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    SketchUp 8 Maintenance 2 online

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    @unknownuser said: scf is going to be dead now.. no more 'how do i install fredoscale etc
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    Help! Black animation export on mac!

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    Thanks for the speedy responses, much appreciated guys. Just tried your test driven and got an animation out as a mov. Jeff, thanks for sending your settings. I now think that the problem with my file was in the settings - basically I had fiddled with something I shouldn't have. Have exported an email animation of my problematic file with the settings re-set and it works fine. Was trying to get the files size down but will do that in post instead. Thanks again
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    Tool for laying groups/components flat for laser cutting?

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    Hi Here is another WIP code this time wrapped up as a plugin. Still it works only for groups. Running: Select entities first, then use menu Plugins/SPP to execute plugin, click with a left mouse button on a screen. Observe status balk messages. How it works: Plugin works in 4 steps. It will search for all groups in a selection and make every group unique In every group it searches for a biggest face, and then rotates whole group so normal vector of biggest face is pointed up (0,0,1) Then the angle between X axis and main centroidal axis of this face is found, and group is rotated one more time, to match orientation along X axis. Last step is placing oriented groups along Y axis, with a separation between groups ( bounding boxes ) of 1 inch. ( to change it look for separation=1 in a script and change it there, I will code another way to do it later). Calculation based on : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon_area#Area_and_centroid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_moment_of_area#Any_cross_section_defined_as_polygon Therefore it works nicely for a faces without inner holes. For a faces with holes it gives a slight incorrect result in step 3. This plugin is a part of a bigger toolset that I am making to use Sketchup for making paper models ( SPP stands for Sketchup-Paper-Planes), more will surface in a near future. Greets Matt Groups to XY plane
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    Default Material ... huh?

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    Yes, I know about painting a group and the "windshield phenomenon" (the default faces will take color and the colored faces will not), but I did not know that the group acquires its own default color. You learn something every day!
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    How to cut hole through wire framed trellis?

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    thanks Jean. lots of great advice. every time i think ive come to the end of sketchup's capability another door opens
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    Beach Home Pilings/Piers

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    Hi Kris Standard beachfront wood pile systems use 12" diam driven wood pilings about 12'to 16' max o.c. with 12x12 pile caps. The pile caps are connected to the pilings with drift pins and the system is cross braced both ways in all bays with 2x12 members. Seismic and wind loads are transmitted to this platform per engineering calcs and location requirements. The attached photo of one of my projects on the beach in Malibu should help fill in the blanks. Feel free to PM me if you need any more info. Cheers Dave [image: usWc_stader-3AA.png]
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    Print to scale.....but its big

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    Hi All I used TIG's explanation and it worked a treat The cut marks didn't line up perfect so I measured the pieces together and then taped them together Thanks again Dean
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    Is it possible to have simultaneous views: Left, Right etc?

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    Hi folks. See this SU file for ideas. Simultaneous views of a model.skp
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    Does anyone know of links where i can get presets settings

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    TIGT
    There's a wealth of built-in inference/snaps and modifier-keys too. BUT these are not 'scriptable' or editable. Shortcut keys to common tools are very powerful and in many ways better thanA CAD - in SUp a single 'L' >>> Line, versus 'L+space/enter' for ACAD or 'LL' for Revit. You need to practice using them in varying circumstances - ans get to understand that SUp is not ACAD - it's different, and more suited to 3d modeling work. The pulled out direction line is colored RGB if on axis and holding Shift locks it, or the arrow keys pre-lock directionality to the axes. A magenta line is parallel or perpendicular to a line over which you have just hovered. An arc/circle center is the snap if you have just hovered over one. Picked points assume vertex, on-edge, edge-middle etc depending what's under the cursor. Modifier keys used with other tools change them to copy [M+Ctrl or R+Ctrl]; auto-fold [M+alt]; or hide lines [E+shift] or soften [E+Ctrl] etc etc...
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    Remove all instances of a component?

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    @calypsoart said: I'm working on a project that has a lot of metal and truss work. I may have put in too much detail, and the model is bogging down my machine. I'd like to reduce the load. I was wondering if there is some way to remove all instances of a component. E.g I put in rivets for the joints in the steelwork. In reality, these are invisible for most views unless zoomed way in. I could remove these rivets/components and it would not be noticed. Is there a plugin that might remove or allow me to swap out a complex component for a simpler one? Component swapping is built-in - no need for a plugin. Select the component and right-click. Select Save As... from the menu and save it a place where you'll find it (like where your scene is?). Then you could "rebuild" your rivet to a single line (that could even be invisible), or some simple shape. If/when you later find out that you need the rivets again, you just select one of the stand-ins, right-click and Reload... it. But before you do, save your simple rivet as Rivet_simple or something, so it is easy to get it back later. Very convenient when building complex scenes - like with hundreds of 3D trees, cars, rivets or similar.. Just model very simple components and Reload more complex versions later when needed.
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    Toggle Break Edges

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    I was actualling going to suggest Flash...but you're already aware of it; and it's not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of drafting applications. Unfortunately, I can't think of any others; and thinking about how such programs function, such a feature would be mostly hugely counter-productive. I don't imagine any CAD programs would oblige; and sticking with the more artistic packages, Illustrator and CorelDraw certainly won't do it either. I'm not sure of some of the 'B list' like Serif Draw.
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    Materials I have not applied to the model

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    Post removed, I solved the problem myself
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    Fabric

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    Take extra attention to the crease tool Especially when in the video, he is creasing that tip vertex (endpoint) of that pyramid.
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    Car quarter panel help?

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    Thank you to all of you..I'm sorry I got a little sideways..
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    Missing info in imported Cad files

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    @TIG: It may not be the size of his file. I had the MySQL Too many connections 1040 event last night, so it may have been something to do with that. Then again, maybe not.
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    Transparency problem

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    Aah, got it. Thanks.

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