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    Does trimble still support Sketchup viewer for iphone?

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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 transfer to the real world

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    I wish I had one. I've been looking at CNC routers for cutting large sheets of plywood but they are quite expensive and if I put one of those in my shop, I wouldn't have room to build another boat.
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    Need help with a table

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    Make a rough draw of what you want.
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    Rendering with 3D trees

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    @pixero said: Well, it's hard to say how fast anyone will learn Photoshop but I use it a lot to incorporate both people, trees and more. There is lots of ready to use cutout trees availble and after a while you'll want to photograph your own and make your custom library of images. Be sure to learn how to color adjust the images so they match the lighting of the render. Here is a good place to start: http://vyonyx.com/category/tuts/ Great tutorials and also some trees and people for download. Another thing. If you're serious about Photoshop you should get yourself a wacom pen. Makes life soo much easier in Photoshop. Cheers for that. Long time ago, about 2 years, I bought a Wacom tablet for Sketchup after watching Ironman, but I realised the mouse was so much better ,plus i needed the money at university for Booze and smokes so i sold it. Should have kept it lol
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    Z depth rendering in Sketchup

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    How about "fog" in SketchUp?[image: nMvI_Temp00.png]
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    Which plugins to install?

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    Thanks for all your replies guys, I'll check out each suggestion.
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    Any suggestions about modelling a tufted futon matress?

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    anstvam I have a folder of how to,s I've collected for a while. This from the 4 09 time frame. I don't have the author info and maybe dated but perhaps it will give you some ideas. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f48b65c28d87667427d16763a0ff49 Update 0201 2011, found the author while looking for something else. It is catamountainThis is some data she has in the sage site.Here is a better link http://groups.google.com/group/Sketchup-Pro/browse_thread/thread/b97e3d2cb4fe0a75/117b0f68b52ee3f3
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    Set printer setup in SU to landscape default?

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    It is not a SU setting (and definitely not a setting at model level - which means that cannot be set with the template) but indeed a printer setting so you are stuck where you are now and what you already know.
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    Problems with reverse faces and textures

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    Dave RD
    Black tape on the check engine light will probably be just fine. Maybe. I hope. I don't find that I get reversed faces all that often when I work. And fixing them as I go isn't that big of a problem. I just right click on a properly oriented face and choose Orient Faces. I do see if frequently in models by other folks who start with flat surfaces divided into smaller faces and then use Push/Pull on them. Of course in those cases, while it looks like the faces are reversed, SketchUp is doing the correct thing if you look from the other side. As was already mentions, internal faces can cause problems but those should probably be removed anyway.
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    Anyone who has used Shaderlight. Opinions?

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    I have Podium, Kerky , Twilight, plus I have played with Shaderlight, Hypershot and Vray for SU. After seeing Pete's Demo in boulder of Thea, I am leaning toward a purchase of that. What does this mean??? I'm rendo-schizophrenic. And I suck at all of them.
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    Modelling models - Chinese New Year animation

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    Now basic plugin
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    3ds Import into Sketchup

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    I think 3ds only imports "geometry", well as far as I am aware I dont think the cameras can come over also I would look for a plugin maybe other than that I haven't heard of a way before?
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    Isn't this strange for SketchUp 8?

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    Fixed Found a older SketchUp 7 Version buried in my Library folder. Removed it, and there was V8.
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    Importing 3ds Files to SU - it crashes? Help

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    Do you have a 3ds file that you can share so we can test it? -brodie
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    Editing one component - seeing textures on other components?

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    @redmotion said: I want to align textures on one component with those on several others (using Texture > position) but when I edit the component all other components turn grey/untextured. Is there any way to have textures display on everything while editing one component? No, I don't think SU ever displayes texture of components in higher levels when you are in editing context of a group or component. First question could also be interpreted as: .....all other completely differentcomponents with same texture turn grey/untextured. If so, you need to apply extra geometry (edge or guide) outside editing context by eyeballing, to mark how you do want to make changes to the textures position. See simple example in attached file: pre-marked texture position for aligning with neighboring group.
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    Working with xref components issue

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    Yes, it sounds perfect. I'll try both options and see which is best for my work-flow. Thank you again (for both helping and the plugin ;o) )
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    Are You A SketchUp Guru?

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    @krisidious said: I think a Guru would know that SU would being crashing momentarily because of the huge number of double plugins and outdated plugins he had installed at any given time... I agree a Guru would have a sixth sense for when a plugin is going to make SU hang till eternity.
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    Cutting Panel lines in an object?

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    you know when you smooth geometry with SDS and the size of your mesh scales down slighly? Tgi's 'up-sample' uses a fancy algorithm to smooth but keep things to size. There are other features that are pretty good but that's another time...
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    Teaching SU to a student - Lesson Plan?

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    Rich, David, thanks ever so much for your replies. Daivd, would love to have a look at your lesson outline. Thank-you.
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    Shadow Gremlins

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    Something is happening though. If you adjust the shadow date from 01/01 to 06/22 you go from a light to a darker coloration on the object at the RHS.
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    .prc graphics files

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    @bob james said: Thanks, TIG. Will they loose their high quality as a result of this process? Probably - try it an see. A .prc file is a format for text, the .pdf version will probbaly replicate it's quality but any images will almost certainly loose 'something' in the processing - of course it depends on what you want to do with it! It might not be so bad

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