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    @Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. Now I know that I can share the link with Fredo6 on the Animator thread so he can download the file and look at it (to hopefully identify the problem I have been having trying to generate a video). You might also try generating an Animator video and see what results you get.

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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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    Sketchup render for mac?

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    hi guys, I've been trying the Kerkythea for mac (as some of you suggested), but i just cant seem to find it in my app folder. other people on the site are having the same problem. do you know anywhere else i can download it from? if not....what else could i use that better than kerkythea. thanks
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    May a Mac user open my SU file (I'm using PC)

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    Yes, no problem, as long as their SU version is 7 or more. If they have a version less than 7, you could save as a lower version before sending...
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    Need Help with this roof cover

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    Hi Charly Thanks a million for that. You just saved me a whole night work. I have been playing with the rails to loft, instead of the lattice, I have done as instructed and it worked like magic. Thanks
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    Takes forever to open file.

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    No, I'm retired, but having just faced a hard drive melt down, I need incentive (any kind of award) to mess with my registry.
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    Aircraft Modeling

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    Dave, I thought about that but I am laying this out for the laser cutter and I am using standard wood sizes for a lot of the parts. If I did it at full scale and then reduced it down to 35% the wood sizes will also change and I would not be using 1/4" and 1/8" wood for the parts. Thanks, Larry
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    PhotoMatch doesn't align perfectly?

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    And that is exactly why PhotoScan is such a wonderful plugin/tool for such buildings like those in Trondheim (and other stuff) There is no way you can make any even slightly accurate model from one single photo without making some assumptions, like that some corners are square. With two or more photos you can calculate a points 3D position in 3D space and don't need to make any assumptions about the objects/buildings. In SU it is pretty easy to place any model into a background photo if you surround it with a helper cube with square corners that can be used for the position and perspective aligning.
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    Can not Import DAE into Blender

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    @mac1 said: Try a different program to see if it is SU or Blender. Somebody suggested the German LTplus_SketchUP plug-in to export from SU to DXF and that worked importing into 3DC-Pro, albeit the objects textures not showing. It's in the 3DC court now. Thanks for all your advice ! O t t o
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    SketchUp Warehouse

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    Hi, have a look at this: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=74deeae241b00f82&hl=en In general, the purpose of 3d warehouse is sharing and the ToS imply that what you want to do is allowed. For a detailed and correct interpretation of the [url=http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/3dwh/tos.html:12hwmeqr]Terms of Service[/url:12hwmeqr], you would need an attorney. Best is always to ask each modeler to be sure if he is ok with redistribution (you can contact the owner by clicking on the model page on the envelope icon next to the author's name).
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    Newbie problem - shadow artifact on objects in model view

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    Thanks thomthom - the clipping bug was driving me nuts - I spent ages looking for what it was. And now I've moved back to origin everthing's fine.
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    Window with trim, sizeable static component

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    Old but still relevant? I need to look into Fredoscale, didn't know it worked like that. As for the OP the current method I use is to create a template window component to a known size e.g. 2' x 2', then make a "unique" copy which i then edit by "Moving" the sides & head ideally to a known dimension, but it can also be pulled to inference with the opening lines if editing in place. This also works with any sub divisions that can be moved individually.
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    Scenes turn off all shadows?

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    Use the Scene Manager > Update tool on ALL scenes... BUT ONLY to update shadow-settings [i.e. when they're 'off' in the current view so that's applied to all selected scenes tabs][image: gqdt_Capture.PNG]
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    Inserting Geo-locations from GE

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    As far as I know, SketchUp does not save the ground altitude from Google Earth (or Google Maps). The snapshot is placed centered on the model origin and the model origin (point) intersects the terrain surface. So there is no way for the query tool to know how to correctly determine the z coordinate of the mported point. So you need to know the elevation of the model origin (you can get it from Google Earth or other geo tools). The real altitude of a point in SketchUp is its z value (inch) + the altitude of the model origin in Google Earth. Vice versa, if you import a point you would have to subtract the altitude of the model origin. If you have the geo-locations in kml file format (placemarks in Google Earth), you can use KML Tools which solve the altitude problem automatically.
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    How to make this

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    i didn't understand the procedure. can anyone please upload a video?
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    The Best Way To Model Translucent Objects?

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    Are you asking about how to get these things (glass and water, for example) to look right in a SketchUp image? Or are you going to use a rendering plugin like Kerkythea, Vray, Maxwell, etc? Those are very, very different questions. If it is just a SketchUp image, then to I don't think there is a point in asking for it to look "right", just how to make it look good. And good is subjective. So for a SketchUp image, I say use a single surface for water or a pane of glass and just adjust the transparency (different than translucency) until you like how it looks. The SketchUp image is, afterall, a conceptual representation, not intended to be realistic. If you are going to use a rendering plugin, then you'll need to go looking in the appropriate forum, either here or one specific to the rendering plugin.
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    Window size

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    @thomthom said: @edson said: I am not complaining as I do not really see much I would like to change. Anit-aliasing? On my windows box I can pick which anti-aliasing quality I want SketchUp to use. On my Mac Mini I can't. I miss that. hi thom, one does not miss something one does not know. this is my case with GPU's tweaking.
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    Explode shortcut

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    I have a lot of ⌥ shortcuts installed within either SU or system preferences. edit to show in action per later responses 0ption.mov
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    Chunky 3D Text

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    Glad it worked, but that's the only way I know of - if you do find another way, let us know!
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    Using Vray version 01.05.30 with SU 8.0

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    @jorgensen said: It works fine in version 01.05.30, but if I do exactly the same in the newer versions it looks very strange. Do you know if I'm doing something wrong, and it acualy works in the newer versions ? that would be nice. I have attached the texture I use, so you can se if we are referring to the same method. No - I've not got it to work. Still bugged. @jorgensen said: When installing it does not ask for a folder, just automatic installs it in sketchup version 7. Might be because I heve both 7 and 8 installed. hmm.... maybe... can't remember any more...
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    .net framework 4 compatibility for sketchup

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    I can check the specs tomorrow when I'm back at the office. (just got home.) Was looking at octgacores - or even one decacore I think - but two computers with hexacores gave the most bang for the bucks.
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    I want a tutorial for making leather sofa

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    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=35657 is a tutorial for a leather Barcelona Chair... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14073&p=105815&hilit=sofa#p105815 has links for modeling a sofa... Look in the 'Tutorials' forum there are several threads that might be of interest to you - you can 'Search' within a forum [left-side search] or the whole SCF site [top-right search]...

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