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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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    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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    Solid tools question for sketch up 8

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    Solid, manifold, water-tight. No holes. No stray lines. No internal geometry. Here's a plugin to help identify problem areas: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=30504 And a new one that tries to fix solids: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=33471
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    Help with advanced form creation

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    Dave RD
    [image: 5271000242_61f816b1c4.jpg] This is possible and not difficult with native tools. Jim's suggestion is good. I did it with Follow Me. Although you don't have to, I started with a square and stretched it with the Move tool after getting the shape. I used an arc--could have increased the number of segments to make it smoother--for the profile. To avoid the point that would inevitably be created at the top of the arc, I put in a short horizontal line segment. [image: 5271011096_46961173f4.jpg] (click for a larger image) There is some unneeded geometry created by Follow Me so a quick Intersect and clean up followed by stretching it to length with Move and you're done.
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    Merging Terrain Files?

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    GaieusG
    You could use the stamp tool from the sandbox to add your topo to the downloaded area. First unlock the downloaded terrain then either explode it or put your topo inside the terrain group. Use the stamp tool. Now you have little control over precise vertical placement but once you stamped the topo, it will create a surface with hard edges around so you can select it and use the move tool to adjust the final placement. Finally soften all the edges.
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    Render bake help

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    pmolsonP
    Thanks chris. I think I get it. @chris fullmer said: So then when you navigate in SketchUp, it looks like a photoreal model that you navigating around. Oh boy! p
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    Trying to open an 8.0.3117 file in 7.0.8657.... Can I?

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    honoluludesktopH
    When you click on either su v7, or su v8 to start, your system will recall that that as the default su. Because of installing su v8, your system is starting with that version. All you need do is to start up with su v7 for your system to default to su v7 thereafter.
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    Ruby question

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    @adamb said: Is that right? I believe the Ruby in SketchUp is the full language but with some extra hooks to support that proxy nature of Ruby objects wrt to the underlying COM stuff. How is the behaviour of the Set class different? http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/set.html Methods: clear contains? delete each empty? include? insert length new size to_a Compared to standard Ruby: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Set.html [image: 0l6Z_SetClass.png] I believe it was some Googler that mentioned that it was not a full installation. Maybe they meant it was not a standard installation as they modify several methods in the base classes. And I have no idea why they did what they did to the Set class. I've been trying to get info on this for a while now. I can't find the exact thread now, but I did find report is issues when some Ruby packages where tried within Su Ruby. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=20297&start=0#p169325 If you look at the lib/ruby/1.8/ folder for a standard Ruby install you find several classes missing. Base64 is one of them. I've not mapped out everything that's missing.
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    Clipping plane

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    mitcorbM
    What? You're not working on this?
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    How to break down the file

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    DavidBoulderD
    Let me ask you another question. Why do you want to break the model down. Is it just for the purposes of viewing the model isolated one floor at a time, or do you need to physically have a separate file for each floor that you need then then make changes to. If it is just a viewing issue then I would use section cuts. If you make a to level section cut you can cut for example at the top of the third floor. If you also want to cut at the bottom of the third floor (or top of second floor at the same time) then you can put everything at the top level into a group, now enter that group and make your second section cut. Now you can save that as a scene and do the same thing for all of your floors. When you get an updated model next week you can drop it right in place of this (very easy if you make your model a component, then you can reload from another file). You won't have to re-create the section cuts or scenes every week, ready to view as soon as you bring in your new model.
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    Edge color by layer

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    Autofold a dome

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    If you want to bend some thing different than a cone try FredoScale. See attached example Oblique Cone Radial Tip.skp
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    Clipping

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    genma saotomeG
    Thanks for the lead. I'll follow the advice and see if I can work around the "features" of the software.
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    A materials texture question

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    Thankyou very much Gaieus, I just went through learning the kerkythea renamed zip files, so I will remember that. cheers.
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    Photomatch model from interior render?

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    dereiD
    Be sure you select the correct projection, according to your model (image). Also, be sure that you have front view activated, not back view, in sketchup viewport. If green axis is with dotted part towards you, is OK. But if the dotted line is pointing at the horizon, you are looking to your model from back and that can explain why you are seeing the model that way. [image: YUBT_2010-12-16_144322.png]
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    COLOURS - matching and using RGB

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    brodieB
    I'm not quite sure I understand the question but the one with the box samples the actual values SU is using whereas the monitor one samples whatever pixel color happens to be on your screen at the time. -brodie
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    Fabric Mapping

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    srxS
    There is a plugin for import-export of UV maps from a number of UV tools (some of them free) ... and here it is http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23725&hilit=plugin+uvtools
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    Spiral Ramps

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    One of the easiest ways to make one is ...first build a straight ramp with the required slope then use Chris Fullmer's shape bender plugin to bend it along a path...
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    City Engine to SketchUp Questions

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    Chris FullmerC
    I would suggest using TIG's .obj importer plugin. Then make sure all materials are in the same folder as the .obj file. That might do the trick. I'm not sure what the .ppm file is though.
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    Doors and windows swing arc

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    Keep in mind that SU arcs are imported into ACAD / Bricscad as a series of short straight lines & not arcs. Seasdes
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    Copy and paste slots in vray materials

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    @Brodie This is within the vray materials editor - things like reflection and emissive layers, etc. It would save time to be able to copy these layers from one material to another.
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    Animation to dxf?

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    honoluludesktopH
    2d wireframe?

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