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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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    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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    Need levaling help....Bad hands/eye coord...

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    Have you tried thomthom's VertexTools ? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=259700#p259700
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    Do Any English-Speaking Architects Here Use the Word...

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    in Spanish the word "Maqueta" was used frequently. Although i went to school in the states and i am more familiar with the term partii, be it a model or a drawing as marvins_dad suggests, as the more common term.
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    ? Woodworkers Group

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    Matte If you are thinking about using SU for modeling here are a couple of good links I use. Sure there are many more http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build/page/4. this is a blog an has many short How -to's posted http://www.srww.com. For this one look for the SU link Joe has an 8 part series on the design of a bed side table that will get you up to speed quickly Good Luck
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    Sine waves and Fourier series

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    Oh, we are talking about different plugins. I was talking about my super simple sine curve plugin. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the equation grapher. Many of my plugins need re-worked and I'm not finding the time or motivation to do it. It might be best to for me to take a few of them down, I don't know.
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    SkecthUp not saving file

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    every time i want to save medium and bigger size files.. i've tried the method but still can't solve the problem..
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    Which renderer to choose

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    I started out using TurboSketch n/k/a IDX Renditioner, and I thought it did a good job of rendering each image. It's a plug-in, so it's convenient and very easy to use and has a good support forum. But since my purpose is to create Flash animations, I would have to manually render each frame of the animation. Since I've gotten Twilight Render I have used that for my renders, since it will automatically render the animation frames based on the scenes in SU. It's also a plug-in and very convenient and easy to use, and has a good support forum.
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    Doors and Window Plugins

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    Hi Ken, See this free: http://www.smustard.com/script/Windowizer3 and this commercial plugin: http://www.smustard.com/script/Windowizer4
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    Solidworks to Sketchup

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    thats excellent! thank you very much!!! I should have the file shortly, if i run into any problems i will let you know. Thanks!
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    Invisible backfacing

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    Hi folks. Your image suggest that hidden geometry is visible. A hidden face appears as a dotted array, as in your image. Try the View Menu and select the "Hidden geometry" to uncheck it. These hidden faces will disapear from view. This method of hiding geometry is good when you want to hide only a few items. When the number of hidden objects begin to get larger, you may loose track of what you have in your model. A better way is to create a layer and make it invisible. After that, assign all items that you want to hide to this layer. If you need to check a hidden item, simply show the layer. To work inside an enclosed object you may also consider going inside or using a "Section Plane". Just ideas.
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    Those trailing dots...

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    I would try updating the driver.
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    Move multiple entities to z = 0 ?

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    If you have SU Pro, you can export a 2D plan view DWG, and re-import that Anssi
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    A few questions....

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    Your friend could upgrade for a $95 fee from his older version. As for classes, search for "Certified Google SketchUp trainers" or "Authorized Google SketchUp Trainuing Center". Depending where you live, you may have luck to find one nearby. They can give you a certification with a nice badge. In many countries these classes can even be credited as college/univ courses.
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    Erase help!

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    can you not also select the hidden items as a selection set and either right click select Unhide, or, if the right click menu does not contain Unhide, then you would select from top menu Edit and select Unhide?
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    Photo match challenge

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    I've given up on Photomatch for birds eye view images. The lens angle, and the fact that the imagery is cropped - makes it pretty much impossible. I do it by hand now; load the imagery as a background watermark set the AOV to about 6-8 degrees hide anything other that key features of the model pan/zoom by hand to get an approximate match. finish off in post
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    SU Components Window freezes (from new) MacOSX

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    I did add one new plug-in/ruby (tt_uv_toolkit.rb) but that has long since been deleted - I'm just trying to get it working with a clean installation and new window! All signs of the "old" stuff have been moved to another drive, the main hard drive has had all traces (that I can find) of SU and associated files removed. I render files with Podium (which continues to work as expected) Thanks for your reply.
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    Making Curve Coplanar

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    Thomthom's Vertex tools will do it for you too. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=29636
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    Sketchup Component

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    thanks, I ran into the plugin fur played around with it. Was just wondering if this would be easier / quicker. So I will play with the fur plugin some more. Thanks

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