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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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  • DavidBoulderD

    Did this SketchUp Logo come up after SU8?

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    The Logo Contest might be kinda fun tho. Since people would know this isn't actually going to be used by Google they could go nuts with it.
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    Windows keyboard shortcut map?

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    yeah, but I am pretty sure I made the mac ones from a windows set I downloaded once, so I thought they might be out there all done. David
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    How to automate creating this profile?

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    Dave RD
    You could create it as a straight run of blocks with the gaps and make the whole run a component. Then use Shape Bender to bend it to the curve.
  • dereiD

    Native SU UV-mapping (maybe suitable for DUH thread?)

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    @broomstick said: I usually get the same result activating the Bucket (B) and then alt-click on the correct texture. That way when you click with the bucket on other faces, it will apply the material with the collected UVs Indeed, but the problem is how to set the "correct texture" because if you sample material from a face where was not "mapped" in some way, it will just sample the material. "Positioning" the texture does exactly that: assign UV on that textured face, so when sampling, you get the UV's too.
  • C

    How to spot intersection errors???

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    My favorite is Stray Lines: http://www.smustard.com/script/StrayLines It labels all lines that do not meet up with another line, and that is what is going on in your model. Download that, then run it and it will show each little broken spot. You might have to zoom in very very close to see the problem. But once you see the line that is not meeting up, just connect it and it should work. Though if it is too small, SU will not let you draw it. You'll have to figure out a way around that if it comes up.
  • jgbJ

    Need help with a material/texture definition

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    Did It!!! Attached is my near perfect Carbon Fiber material. Not quite the weave I wanted, but good enough. I may do another weave pattern later on. I found a JPG of this large format constant contrast weave pattern that was buggered with a watermark and with repetitive line artifacts strewn throughout. Now THAT sort of stuff I know how to edit out, but not the contrast deviations (yet). The color was also off, easy to fix. In SU I again adjusted the overall color balance, because SU does not seem to follow the Gamma setup of my Photoline32, and the texture map came in way too dark. Free to all to use! Thanks again guys... Free to use if anyone wants it.
  • gillesG

    INTERSECT

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    Yes I know that and use it a lot. I think it can be useful to get this intersection separate to create new geometry to connect two volumes. I used to redraw this intersection by hand to get this, if I'd know!
  • hellnbakH

    Mixing hidden and softened edges

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    Well, I think I might have solved the problem. Not completely there yet, but I think I'll get it there eventually. A little convoluted, but what the hey, it's the end result that counts, right? [image: MjUV_3.jpg] [image: Lb9n_4.jpg]
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    Reducing file load on complex models

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    Thank you to all of you for your suggestions on the original post Sorry for the redundant posting.
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    Groups

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    Going forward, I think it would be a good idea to make sure you create a group or component of the geometry you've drawn before moving on to the next part of the model. This way you can prevent the problem you've experienced from even happening. Be systematic in your drawing. If you are drawing a trailer and then the ramp, make sure the trailer is a group or component before you start drawing the ramp. Or if you are drawing the individual parts of the ramp, draw one part and make it a group or component before moving on to the next part. Use components at least for parts that will have multiple instances or that you want to save for reuse.
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    Lofting and Section Cut Help

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    You need to 'extract' the profiles/rails into a separate group and then do the EEbyRails. Get the same number of segments in the two rails and profiles. Split the top rail with the straight edge, then divide it so its segmentation mimics the curved edge rail.[image: xhWk_Capture.PNG]
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    Is there somewhare I can set focal length in SU views?

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    pilouP
    And if you want some infos of 180°, 360° images go to there From Paris.com a crazzy site made by a French guy but it's in English!
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    Ctrl Toggle no longer working for Move tool

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    Chris FullmerC
    Wow Chipp, that is a crazy one! How peculiar. Glad you figured it out. Don't stay up too late working now Chris
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    Plumbing & electrical layouts in sktp???

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    will try it out... thanks
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    Cobwebs in selection window

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    I had the same problem and I solved by turning the aero off on windows 7. For some reason, weird things happen when you turn on all the windows UI fluffy stuff.
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    Shape bender error

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    If you run it with the Ruby Console open there might be error messages ??? Here are the main causes of issues with this tool. The 'red' line and the arc/curve cannot touch any other geometry, or each other. You must have the Smustard.com "progressbar.rb" installed. The object to be bent cannot be very tiny [OR gigantically large] - Sketchup/OpenGL have issues creating very small facets [<~1mm or 0.001sq"]. BUT you can scale the object x10 or x100, bend it, then scale back to suit - you will find that very small [or large] geometry can exist BUT it cannot be created. So if the object you are hoping to bend is the size of your fingernail [or a town] then you must look to scaling to save your ass... Post in the main thread to get better help
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    Triangle or no triangle?

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    Could you use the ideas in the 4 points made from my 'quadded' triangle example [you don't actually divide the faces! just find pt 4] to map the UVs onto the triangle this would take the edge shared with a quad for one alignment automatically as the pt 4 is always centered on that shared edge and offset at a right-angle giving the other alignment, with the other aligned to a joining quad edge?[image: z4ac_Capture.PNG]
  • AdamBA

    Revision control

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    Since SketchUp is not a parametric modeller, saving snapshots is the only way to get back to specific version of a model. A simple approach using a plugin - such as prompting the user for a few notes and saving the file; combined with a history browser that displays the notes and thumbnail might be enough for most users. Possibly introduce the idea of branching (the concept borrowed from software version control systems)
  • jgbJ

    Hook Model will not form a solid. SI says OK

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    I just discovered how that errant group may have formed within my hook tip. Curviloft; when it fails to form a surface, even though it shows a black pre-form surface, still generates an empty, or perhaps an almost empty group that SU interprets to be as a non solid. SI will correctly say it finds no errors, but SU will not see it as a solid. The only way out, is if you know you do have a valid solid after a Curviloft fail, but SU says not, then edit the solid and do a sweeping left select to select everything. Using TT's selection tools, select only groups, and there it is. Just hit the <delete> key to get rid of it. You cannot select just that empty group. If you have other valid groups in that selection, then deselect them first. I'm posting an edited version of this in the Curviloft thread.
  • soloS

    What Font?

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    For iPhone users: http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/iPhone/

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