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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    Rich O BrienR
    @dkuucharzak said in Username change: @Rich-O-Brien, I misspelled my intended username. Could you help me change it? I can if the one you need is available. Send a mail to support@sketchucation.com and we sort it out

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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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  • R

    Question: you can change the comma?

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    srxS
    Yes this works in Windows 7 also.
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    Flat plan to cylinder

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    Dave RD
    Rich's method is perfect if your blue prints are in an image format and can be applied as a texture. If you've got a SketchUp drawing instead, you might want to look at Chris Fullmer's Shape Bender.
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    Stephanie Syjuco

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    daleD
    Hey These are kind of fun. She uses the "thingies" idea pretty well, as well as it looks like she had some fun with the projections. Your right, interesting idea.
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    Screen modeling Display Ratios

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    GaieusG
    Well, I indeed have custom window sizes but then also it ma affect your toolbars badly. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=37422
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    Rotating Spherical pieces around a common axis

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    BTW, here's the link to Kwok's "Key rotate" plug-in: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=28086 Thanks for the pointers so far Kwok! Woz
  • tibetT

    So easy...can´t finish :-)

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    TIGT
    @tibet said: ...funny, i thought curviloft plugin will do the magic... It [or EEbyRails etc] probably would,,, BUT they are really necessary...
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    3D printing - Extrude entire model?

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    I follow you, I'm not very familiar with the solid tools yet, I'll have to explore those. I understand from your guidance that I need to fix the model according to your guidelines before I can use these tools to create a wall thickness. Thank you
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    SU crash notice?

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    brodieB
    Ya, Soluto is quite nice. They came out with an update recently and added some new features. Originally the idea was to speed up your boot time by helping you chose programs that didn't need to start up at boot time. Now they've added a new feature which keeps track of your program crashes and eventually as it develops, may help you to fix them. The hope is that it will be what the normal windows crash reports should be (something that helps you fix the issue, rather than just a log that gets sent off somewhere). It also has a new feature to help speed up your browser but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. At any rate, it's a great software. One of those rare ones like dropbox, that just does what it does, but does it very well. -Brodie
  • tibetT

    App to convert a 3D model ( like pdf out of SolidWorks )

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    tibetT
    hi sketch3d.de, thanks, we appreciate your help too! cheers!
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    Importing DWG and DXF files

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    TIGT
    "Plain" 3d arc/circles imported from DWG/DXF are recognized as such in the SKP, so you can then change their segmentation in Entity Info later [there is also a script to change selected arc/circle's segmentation en mas sin the same way]. If the arc is part of a 3d form it's not changeable.
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    SU Feature Request - Sections

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    @tig said: The 'section-plane list' dialog could select [i.e. highlight] the 'ticked' section-plane [picked from the list listed 'by name']... BUT then you'd have to make it 'active' manually [at least at the moment the way the API is]... Hide the other section cuts? <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />def&nbsp;display_sectioncut</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">all_section_cuts</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">().</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{&nbsp;|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">s</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">visible&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;(&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">s&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br /></span>
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    Problems with exporting in 3ds max (.3ds)

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    I haven't know about the"Purge Unused" function until you showed me. Yes, measure units are the same in the 3D MAX and SU (mm). However, it is a bit strange that the model looks fine when reproduced through my PC with SU [image: g5Wf_SU.JPG]
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    Fill faces to imported mesh wireframe

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    Rich O BrienR
    I knew there was another but couldn't think. Good it worked out for you
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    Trying to create surface terrain

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    I have been dealing with a similar kind of project, so maybe these comments help you. I had a pdf document with all the contour lines. Actually some really helpful people in this forum helped me to convert the pdf into skp file (pdf => dxf => skp). Anyway, if you don't have these softwares I have found that the best way is to trace the contour lines form image file of the terrain/contours. Workflow would be: Import the image file and scale it to the right size Trace the contour lines with Catmull Spline - tool (bezierspline plugin) and using top view Put all the contours on certain layer that corresponds the height value (contour height 20m => layer: 20m) Use Edge tools or simplify contours plugins to simplify the contours if needed Use front/back view and use the move tool to put the contour lines to certain height Use Sandbox tool to create the terrain Anyway, I don't know detailed you need to be and how big is the terrain. This is the map of the project that I have been dealing with. [image: q5M5z.jpg]
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    Why does my bottom info bar disappear?

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    Dave RD
    @frascati said: Ok, did I finally wear out my welcome with this post? Am I so bone stupid that I'm just getting ignored? Would anyone simply try this with a single line segment in a new model and get back to me with the, no doubt, four neuron maximum instructions on what I'm doing wrong? Don't think because I didn't reply that I was ignoring you. Shortly after my last post I got in the car to make the drive to my father's house. Since the OM won't be needing a house anymore, we gotta get busy cleaning it out so we can sell it. As I already wrote, if you don't stop on the second endpoint and you don't make the second click, it won't offer to scale. When you enter the distance it'll put the guide point out there.
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    Aircraft Modeling and Artisan

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    Perfect,I like this style!
  • Al HartA

    Batch print/render of hundreds of SKP files

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    Al HartA
    @unknownuser said: I would be curious what he's doing with the .jpg's. I wonder if he's just wanting to use the .jpg's as a replacement for thumbnails since they don't work for many people. If so perhaps, he should try MysticThumbs instead which would be a better solution. -Brodie One of the problems thumbnail processing may have is that "modern" thumbnail generators can make large thumbnails for Vista and Windows 7, but programs which haven't been updated much still make old XP sized thumbnails. Here is an image of "Extra Large" Windows 7 thumbnails for a folder with images, movies and SketchUp models: So things that want to process thumbnails well may not have much to work with with SketchUp thumbnails. [image: thumbnails2.jpg]
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    RenderIn causes trouble with make component

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    Dave RD
    I was suggesting that you contact them since you are using their plugin. I don't use it so they'd have no reason to help me with it. It would be better if you contact them directly so there's no one in the middle.
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    Texture mapping loose when exploding groups

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    GaieusG
    I did not mean the unit (that should not matter even if you change it on the fly while modelling) but the scale. If you use the Tape Measure tool to measure a side of the building, what do you get? (I also model in centimetres)
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    Brick on edge rounded and roof tile edge

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    GaieusG
    @unknownuser said: how to do when my surface is allready in form? i can't bend a surface to match the curve perfectly arround my door! You could also use shape bender which is better to curve around already existing curves. @unknownuser said: finally i divided my line of rounded bricks and rotated each brick texture one by one Well, that's also a solution - and I have often done that myself so don't worry. They look nice now!

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