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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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    Hide object but still have it cast a shadow?

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    Search for a similar thread - where I showed how to use a completely transparent png as a texture for the material on all faces - you then also hide the edges in the object [group/component] and then you can't see it at all, but it casts a shadow...
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    Atlast Sketchup 3

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    ahhhh. the memories.....
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    What industry do you use SketchUp for?

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    The original post was to consider industries, but how about polling cross industry uses? Design, reconstruction, modeling, entertainment, or production to begin with. Given the most popular use of SU promoted by Google, reconstruction would probably be its predominant use. Lucky for us minority users.
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    Note or label in acres

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    mitcorbM
    I am not aware of any unit selection involving acres. Probably some script could be written. Maybe check TIG's arsenal of scripts. Or see in Smustard, or Ruby Library Depot.
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    Cannot select planes/ objects

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    yes, it is an option. i have version 7.
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    Animations with Alpha Channel

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    There are some rendering applications that can export an alpha mask (white for the rendered objects and black for the background). Have a look at Kerkythea for instance (free). Then it's just a matter of multiply layering the images.
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    Inspirational

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    @alex jenyon said: Consistently miss promised release dates Now this is something Google will never do (as they never announce a release date)
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    Generate Report in Meters

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    I am sort of starting to hope that we had a separate Metric version of Sketchup. The present situation is that the majority of users have to cope with a shoddy translation system added to an odd medieval system of measures that bounces on you whenever you turn your back. Anssi
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    V8

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    Correct. V8 is a lot faster because it's written in c++. *** Spoiler Screenshot below *** [image: VYcL_460.png]
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    Window Help!

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    thanks guys this was one of my first geo model and got around to asking about the windows Realy helpful!
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    Smoothing a mesh?

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    This was the solution! Thank you very much
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    Strange saving behavior

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    mitcorbM
    I had this happen while trying to save to a usb drive some time ago. Try a Save As on your skp file and see if it will overwrite the pre-existing file. Or, rename the file to something else. Close the program, restart the program and call up the new file with Open, and navigate in your OS folder hierarchy rather than from the MRU list at the bottom of the drop down. I am only trying to help. I have a feeling you already know the above procedure. Good Day
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    SketchUp use/industry poll?

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    I will create a poll if one does not exist.
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    Advice on a freeform model please!

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    I agree with the opinion of their colleague, and my tip is, if you can imagine can get .... Hugs.
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    Shade Variation in Components

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    Yes I agee, it must be a video card issue with this mobility ATI. Thanks.
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    American Architects --- Do You Say that Concrete Has...

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    I am a contractor and I have heard the term "gone off" before or in the more active and immediate sense "it's going off". I would say it is not even that uncommon. When it is used I would say it is taken to mean the concrete has achieved its initial set where the surface can still be worked to achieve a more polished finish but its liquid characteristics are gone. More often than not it is said with a bit of panic because there is more work to be done. I have lived in New England and the Southwest if that helps. I wouldn't think the term was out of place if I read it in the above context.
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    Does anyone have some Adobe Acrobat experience w/sketchup?

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    Greenace92.................what happened to you? You piqued my curiosity with your Q.....and no report back I have done a few "full" scale print runs myself with good success and wondering if you needed any further guidance? Just checking..... Charlie
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    Indexed colors for layers?

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    Thanks, Chris and TIG. I think a quick change of the layer color in the DWG exported from SketchUp from within Autocad is the quick fix here. (Chris, you got the scenario just right).
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    Polar Array

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    Cheers for that TIG. This is one I had never seen (or realized I had seen )
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    Drag - Materials Palette and Make Component

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    @tig said: Do you have lots of Materials or Components to be loaded into the browsers ? That will slow it down... Materials - just the standard install stuff, as I rarely do rendering, just splash a bit of color here and there. Can I get rid of or hide the stuff I don't use? Components - I think I have 2-3-4 of them in my template that opens when I start. Nothing crazy - a bunch of boxes (timbers).

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