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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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    Scale plane

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    yeah, fredoscale... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17948 it will do what you're looking for + a whole lot more.
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    Sketchucation since updates to website...

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    Thanks for that but that's not the one i'm after. I'm after this one http://news.sketchucation.com/creating-a-swaying-curtain-in-google-sketchup/ (click and you will see a summary of it) then when you click on "Source: SketchUcation. View this tutorial." It's broken now, it happened when they did the changes to the website =[
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    Handrail

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    @rhysifan said: WOW! curviloft works like a charm. thank you! In your case, I would suggest you use Curviloft "Loft by Spline" (instead of Loft Along), so ignoring the curve. Just select the two faces, and then use the method "Orthogonal Elliptic" (small red arc of circle icon in the button palette). This will make the bended portion orthogonal to each straight rail end. Fredo
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    Matching a SketchUp View to one in External Render

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    I use a few ruby scripts to match the cameras between sketchup and renders. I don't recall the exact names, camera controls? to get the tilt, pan and rotation. I also use a script that places a construction point at the position of the cameras. I then draw a tiny circle at the point and paint a material named camera# onto that circle. When I go into whatever render I am using usually Vue.( I can't get the script for Vue cameras to work) I place a camera at the position of the tiny circle that I exported with the model. I then adjust the camera orientation based on my camera settings I read from camera controls. I use the field of view setting from sketchup. Depending on the render you might need to adjust the angles of the camera. If camera control script said the camera was at -30 degrees you might have to enter it as 330 degrees in the render. Hope that helps.
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    No Selection Window

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    Thanks that fixed the problem. I will look at the graphics drivers also Keith
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    An actual 3D Model, not just CAD

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    Different objects will require different model-making processes. The 3d modeling process you decide on will help determine the best way to export your Sketchup model.
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    Magic ROTATE tool- HOW do you do this??

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    Troy there are NO dumb questions only dumb answers I would be ashamed to show you how I STILL do some SU manipulations. Part of the habits developed since SUv1 but I am gradually changing the habits Mike
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    Plugin Toolbars, Etc.

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    what kind of issues? I'm going to guess it's related to graphic card drivers.
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    Freely rotate?

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    Components, Layers and Component Collections

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    @aadbuild said: HI Chris Christmas has come upon me ... This post is really meant for you Andrew but there may just be others who are interested in this type of thing. Well I think the time has come to see whether our efforts can be merged in any way; here is a kind of wip video that may help consider how. [flash=400,300:2mzchx54]http://screencast.com/t/ODIzNmQ3ZDgt[/flash:2mzchx54] The Internet is a bit dodgy around here. So here is the Screencast link Also a zipped avi Animated UI.zip Animated_UI.swf
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    Export to Open EXR

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    But you can export as PNG and then convert it to openEXR with another application like this http://scanline.ca/exrtools/ http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html You could perhaps automate if with Ruby API for the PNG and auto-make/execute a CMD/BAT file to convert that to EXR... Here's an on-line converter - most image formats to EXR !!! http://image.online-convert.com/convert-hdr-exr
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    Still no software prize?!!

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    Thanks Gaieus - I look forward to it. Julie
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    Cutting a graphic image into specific portions

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    @davidboulder said: If you want to do it all in SketchUp. place the image in one window, scale, it and then use the eye dropper to paint to grab the texture to pain in other windows. Then one by one make each texture unique (I don't think you can do that with multiple selection). Once unique you can export the texture as an image. Now THAT's a tip!
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    License Help!

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    http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41225 http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57586 hth, Norbert
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    Modelling a hull (ship)

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    you may want give DELFTship free a try too. hth, Norbert
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    Weird Measurement Anomoly

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    Hi folks. Make sure that you disable length snapping in Model infos --> Units. It may create unwanted snaps on an invisible grid that may not match your intended intervals. Since SU can accept precise values and its inference engine is also precise, I don't use this feature. Just ideas.
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    How to remove a house from a photo

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    That new CS5 "Content Aware" tool is just amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI This video is the most compelling use of Content Aware http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScWu7pG7r0
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    Render values from front to back

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    TIG, true, white fog can work in many cases. For my elevations I want to keep a blue sky, and if I use a white fog my sky disappears. If I use a blue fog to keep my sky, I get a blue color cast on my elevations. Another technique I use is to create a rendering of my building as a png with sky and ground off so I can get a mask of the building itself. Then I can drop a sky in with Photoshop using the profile mask made from the png; but the reason I favor rendering out a fog vs. building mask is that I can get more control over the effects of depth and can also use curves or levels in Photoshop to manipulate the distance falloff effect.
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    Cupola, dome and curve surfaces texturing

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    @gaieus said: Hi mhyst, As Pilou mentioned for your wish-list post, try UV Tools: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=23725 It has a spherical and a cylindrical projection tool, too. Best would be to export the parts first and experiment with them "outside" the file then re-inmport them. Thank you very much. I'll try
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    Export 3Dmodel type gone empty --- HELP

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    These exporters install somehow separately (don't ask how and why as I don't know) and sometimes improperly so while SU seems to work just fine, they do not but it only turns out once you need them. I did not really know if it'd be a solution but have read it a couple of times thus the suggestion.

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