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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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    Trail Building

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIsaATIedtI I made a video that shows how I like to do it. One important thing is that in my video, I first smoothed the terrain. You could select all the faces and edges and open the "Soften/Smooth" Dialog window and move the slide until all edges appear to disappear and the tarrain looks smooth. Then just do like the video shows. Its a good quick method to get paths onto terrains. Chris
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    Surface problem

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    To texture large surfaces with the free Training Edition of Tgi3D SU Amorph you can work with smaller chunks. The UV mapping and texturing utility also keeps the previous texture. So what you can do is include a portion of the mesh that has already been textured in the next area and then you can try to do a seamless merge of the texture visually to the portion that was already textured.
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    Artisan Proxy help

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    Thanks very much, Rich. I'll have a play.
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    Camera clipping worse in skp 8?

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    Okay... so by a process of elimination I am thinking that its file related. Attached two pics: one from a 'problem' file... I then copied and pasted in place into a new skp file and imported the same view across and no clipping! Incidently I have saved the problem file back to v7 and opened it up in my older version of skp and it still clips, further confirming that it is probably file related... Now I just need to determine if its something I am doing as part of my workflow to cause the 'bug'. Will keep trying to isolate the issue. Standby... Dave [image: aWht_clippingv8.jpg] [image: KGkU_newfile_no_clippingv8.jpg]
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    Re-Installing Sketchup Pro

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    Only the shortcuts.
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    The best way to break bricks in half

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    That may be a good idea too, thanks!
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    Howto?? Extrude a design?

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    Also read up on ImageTrimmer - it might do what you want semi-automatically.....
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    Sketchup colors

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    @unknownuser said: You can also try these? Link goes to Sherwin William Color Palettes in 3DWH http://goo.gl/qS0qG Great resource. Thanks!
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    Where are materials stored?

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    When I create new libraries for materials or for styles or components, I just stick them in the Materials, Styles or Components directories so I don't have to go searching for them in other places on my computer.
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    Is Physics Required to....

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    Bryan KB
    Ah! Excellent explanations. Thank you both. It looks like Proper Animation or ImageAnimator may be what I'm looking for.
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    Solids, meshes, faces,, anyone have info on su import/exp

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    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=35366
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    2D curve wrap to surface cylinder-best method?

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    WOW this is one of my favorite threads in a long time. Great info here on stairs thanks for the great tuts Jeff and all others who have made usefully posts. Loving the stair porn link too. I have built a few steel spiral and curving stair cases over the years and have also built railings that go on top of beautiful curving stringers with a wood top rail on the railing. My question is would you build the stringers in this thread in the shop or on site? Basically I am asking if anyone has a link or pics of these being built. Also any one have any 2D shop drawings of stringers like these that they would be willing to share? Cheers S
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    Push / Pull

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    Thanks for replaying @unknownuser said: it seems a bit excessive to reinvent the wheel... Your are completely rigth! That does not make sense. I was just looking for a possability to set and save such an option along the skp-file. @unknownuser said: Have you considered the JointPushPull script ? Yes, I thought about that. But I decided to work only with a few plugins. Regards, Kurt
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    Managing open documents

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    Vista - right-click bottom Task-bar and select Cascade, Side by Side etc for ALL windows... Can't do SKPs alone... unless they are the only windows open...
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    Showing thicknesses in scale

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    Dave RD
    Alright, it's not clipping. It's because you have used a section plane. And as you must know, SketchUp doesn't create solids. It creates hollow structures. You have two options. Either get rid of the section plane and show the outside edges of the plates. The other option would be to use TIG's plugin to create a face on the section plane.
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    Rotate Axes w/ top down view

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    You may have to construct some Scenes that will set the camera square on to the orientations you desire. And, I thought that there was at least one camera control plugin that could do this? I assume that Parallel Projection could be applied to each scene?
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    Need some help with complex curves

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    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=32810&hilit=bezier+patch Coming soon....but ask Thomthom when?
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    Geo location street view

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    I am guessing you are clicking on the "Photo Textures" icon in SketchUp, and it brings up the window in Street view? Try clicking the "Add Location" icon, that will bring up a regular Google Earth window where you can grab the terrain and import that. You can click that icon many times to keep importing more pieces of the terrain. Good luck, Chris
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    Commercial use for free version of sketchup

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    Chris FullmerC
    Yes, absolutely. It is completely legal to make commercial products with the free version. Cool, 'eh?
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    Multiple windows of different files in SU

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    Here's Windows TaskMangager with two SKPs open at the same time -> two versions of Sketchup...[image: JPQY_Capture.PNG]

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