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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 display a v.8 .skp file with an older SU

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    This reminds me of one of the other great things about SU, I can open all my legacy drawings but my BIM software leaves me with a load of unresolved components if I try to open anything more than two years old
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    Share Violation?

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    Thanks Csaba - I think we tried the driver, but I am trying to get him to swap the card out with another machine of the same spec to see if the card is what is malfunctioning. At least that is under warranty.
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    Suggestion for interior walkthrough style

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    Ya, I find that troublesome as well. I'm not what capabilities Photo Director has but I was planning on putting a bit of blur in with adobe after effects -brodie
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    Sketchup on Mac?

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    @aerilius said: When the SketchUp model is not the active window, because the materials/entities dialog or finder or web browser has focus, and you scroll over the SketchUp model, does it zoom (although it has no focus)? yeah, i have a su model peeking through the side of my browser window right now and i can zoom in/out without taking focus from safari.. i can also right click on geometry and the su context menu will pop up though i'm still in safari.. not much use for that but with rhino there is. rhino uses the right mouse button for navigation so i can zoom and orbit a rhino model while keeping focus in another app.
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    Where is Susan?

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    @unknownuser said: @gaieus said: Also do not forget to purge unused components before saving as a template. likewise, purging will rid the template of all her colors so you'll be able to start off with a blank slate of materials.. That's were all those were coming from! Man, I feel so dumb right now.
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    DesignByMany

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    Okay I made a quick concept last night and posted it. http://www.designbymany.com/project/glass-bridge-concept-building-building So far I have a 20% chance...HA! [image: glass-bridge-concept-1-400x300.png]
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    Can you override the shading on one object/material?

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    Brilliant! totally forgot about that, thanks again! -Brodie
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    Best Way to Model Terrain w/ a retaining wall

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    I have Instant Site Grader Pro and use it all the time. It's definitely worth the money. Since you are doing this type of work, you could also check out some of the tutorials I put together for the hardscape contractors here - http://prohardscaper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52
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    CNC milling machine

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    As has been said... a CNC machine uses special code ['gcode'] BUT there are converters in its software to allow certain file types like DXF to be converted to that special code... so you need to find out what types of file this specific CNC machine can take in and translate... Converting the SKP to 'gcode' direct is an option, but most machines include translators for some file-types [not SKP unfortunately]
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    Spray fountain

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    yeaaah this is what i need the water and the spray please thanks
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    Hidden line with textures possible?

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    hello TIG, Thanks for your suggestion. This wouldn't give me the look I was aiming for. I already started to do it manually. Greetings, Max
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    GHOSTS

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    @ Thomthom @unknownuser said: Does it happen on any model, or just this one? it happen when I have a lot of components, for this model 100 definitions of components 1269 copies of components @unknownuser said: Does it happen on other computer you try on? I have'n try @unknownuser said: Does it happen if you temporarily disable hardware acceleration in SketchUp? (If so - have you updated your graphic drivers?) I'll give it a try next time @Gaieus @unknownuser said: Does it help if you copy all (normal) geometry and paste it into a new file? (I have seen such unexplainable ghosts already but then they stayed in the old model). I'll give it a try next time thanks for replies
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    Texture Change Not Reloading w/Model

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    I'm glad that solved the problem. It's been my experience that materials within components and especially sub-components will cling on to their former identities with a tenacity that is awesome to behold. Sometimes, not even name changes of material and component are enough. For instance, here is a file containing a Face Me tree I got from the warehouse. I have edited it. The name of the png, the name of the material and the name of the component are now all 'summer'. The file itself is called tree summer. I have also attached an edited version of the png in autumnal colours...called fall. Download both, open the skp, then in Materials edit specify the fall image. Also change the name of the Material to fall. Also edit the component properties and change its name to fall. Save the resulting file as tree fall.skp. You now have summer and autumn versions. Open them each separately and they both look exactly as expected. Now open a new file and import them both. Of course, you wouldn't normally nest a Face Me this deep, but I'm just using it as an easy example of the problem with sub-components. There is a solution, but you really shouldn't have to take things that far. tree summer.skp [image: kyxP_fall.png]
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    Kerkythea Rendering..

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    mandar, try this alex hogrefe's blog. they guy works with Kerky and does an awesome job at explaining his process through you tube videos. [url]www.alexhogrefe.com[\url]
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    Export 2D Problem

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    Export it at the largest size image you can [see options ~3000px], and turn anti-aliasing off. Resize the image in your document. To get a 'scaled version' perhaps add a 'scale-bar' to the image to assist in that... Or try 'Layout' ?
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    Screen capture image markup tool rec?

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    Thank you very much Jim and Gaieus ! It was my mistake - I downloaded FastStone image viewer instead of Fast Stone Capture and was looking in the settings for "Include Mouse Pointer" almost got frustrated I have what I need, thanks so much!
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    How to make this?

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    I've made this with those tools, but it's slow and unprecise.
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    Join 2 separate lines where they intersect on the Blue axis

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    jeff hammondJ
    oh. one of those. yeah, you can't do it solely with standard sketchup inferencing. i bet there are quite a few tricks out there but my own go to is similar to yours except i'd use TIG's extrude edge by vector to make the vertical face.. (select a line, extrude it up (or down) but keep it as a group for easy deletion when your done with it.. draw the vertical line then delete the group). i guess if i had a lot of these on one drawing, i'd consider draping all the criss-cross lines (sandbox tools) onto a flat plane which would show you where the intersections are.
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    How to make this structure?

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    Used Didier Bur's Lines2tubes plugin and Outershell to manifold at the end. It should help get you started. [flash=800,600:1krpr47c]http://www.youtube.com/v/Dd72uAik8CA[/flash:1krpr47c]
  • Bryan KB

    Excessive Bounding Box

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    Thanks again to everyone. In this instance, it was some kind of non-selectable artifact (a cross mark) and a stray guideline that was causing the problem. My solution was to select just the model itself and then Paste in Place to a new file, then do a Save As the old file and overwrite it. Worked just fine.

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