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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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    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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    Sandbox terrain issue

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    Hi Gaieus, Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't find those plugins helpful for my model. In the end I did it manually.
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    Match Photo as Texture

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    Thanks again for the suggestion, but as you say, the background image doesn't lne up so well. In the meantime I'll continue to create another plane with the photo match image on. I've streamlined this a bit in terms of perspective by copying a face of the back of the camera object to use as the plane for that image as it lines up in 3D space exactly except for size and distance.
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    Extrude profile to profile

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    I think he meant "how" [to get 'weld.rb'], not "why" [he divided the edge before welding its parts]... To use the EEby... tools [and others] any profiles/rails/etc need to be 'curves' - that is any collection of edges that have been made into a 'polyline' [in CAD-terms] - or a 'curve' in SUp-speak - SUp's arcs etc are naturally 'curves' - Bezier curves etc made with Fredo's tools are also this type of 'curve' - BUT any edges joined end-to-end [with no branching] can be made into such a 'curve' - even if there is no apparent 'curviness' in it at all The tool to make these edges into a 'curve' is weld.rb. However, you can only 'weld' two or more edges into a curve, if you have just the one edge then it can't become a curve that way - therefore select the lone edge, right-click context-menu > divide it [i.e. 2 or more - if it's to match a 'paired' curve as a profile/rail/etc then it's recommended that you divide it to have a matching number of segments], it will remains highlighted [but it's now in bits], immediately weld those selected bits into a curve... You are now ready for he next step...
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    Strange behavior

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    SU2Thea will do letter boxing, but in my understanding only when you have set custom camera. In SU2Thea you can change camera back to original (SU2Thea exporter > Scenes > SU Window in view parameters). If that happens for some other reason, maybe there is a bug. Some other renderers do use the same letter boxing too...
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    SketchUp crashing on startup

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    A problem like that could be indicative of a hard drive that is on the verge of failing. You might consider backing up your hard drive.
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    The best rendering program for animations?

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    @d12dozr said: @comatose said: Is the $7 plugin much better than the free one? I've never used either of them so I can only go by the description on each plugin's page, but it appears the $7 one has more options for focusing the camera. Why not just try the free one to see if it does what you need, and upgrade if necessary? Maybe somebody that has used the scripts could answer better? It's already a while when I used one of free camera patch scripts (sorry cannot remember the script). There was some hard (or impossible) to control accelerations - so I finally did gave up (Kerkythea produced better results). Never tested FlightPath2, but it seems to have crucial camera target options. I think Ecuadorian have played a lot with these... maybe search his posts.
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    3D studio Max or Sketchup?

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    @numbthumb said: Oh, no, not again... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27923 thanks for the link- interesting discussion.
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    Creating Your Own Face In SketchUp

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    BTM made some scuplt tools, too that may be useful. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20781&hilit=sculpt But I'd put my money on Thom's vertex editing tools as soon as they are available.
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    Help Water fall

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    Nice look to the water, esp. reflections visible at top and distortions/refractions of the block wall through the water body, and also very magical forces applied which produce the narrowing of the flow.
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    3 button mouse unable to orbit/pan

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    HI, Thanks, minutes ago, I read online to try to uninstall usb overdrive from my computer, and it did the trick. It is orbiting fine now. thanks so much, Keea
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    Invisible face that blocks light?

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    @thomthom said: but when I use V-Ray fro Sketchup I can assign a 100% transparent material on one side and a solid on the other. You can then see through the transparent face, but no the other way around. And the light does not pass through. how do you do it thomthom??
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    How to make a picture background of a style

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    @thomthom said: Open the Styles window, Go to the Watermark section (fourth button from the right, big OK on it) Insert watermarks/backgrounds Thanks Thomthom! I found it. More details for those who may run into this problem again: After opening the Styles Window, clicl the Edit tab. The Watermark button belongs to the Edit section.
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    Custom Team Fortress 2 weapons made in SketchUp

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    Hi, Slench IĀ“d say itĀ“s pretty much the same procedure as with any other model - learning basic SU operations, watching video tutorials, finding a decent blueprint plus lots of reference photos ( but if youĀ“re aiming for a low poly model, you probably wonĀ“t need many of them ) etc. This might give you a rough modeling idea http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5riz0_uzi-sur-google-sketchup_creation - no blueprints used , but anyway... About setting up blueprints in SU http://www.the-blueprints.com/tutorials/sketchup/ As for using your model in games like TF2, you might want to check this out http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SketchUp_Source_Tools Hope this helps.
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    Nola Saint's projects

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    Yeah, I think that's a good idea, also, you need to push in the windscreen, as it is, it's flush with the columns. Same with all the other windows and rear windsrceen. Other than that, Nice work so far!
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    Problem with "Rendering" Scenes with a Drawing Style

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    @thomthom said: Styles with special edges like that takes much longer for SU to process. Shadows also adds a great amount of time. What you are best of doing is making your camera adjustments with a quick normal style and only toggle on your custom style when you are ready to export. Well, i already tried this ... but in some angles the problem still occurs Is it possible that the style i made myself is to "complex"? I could imagine that it takes more time to render a style thats build on many strokes... cu
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    A problem relating to activate groups (or components)

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    If you have it set one way in your template it will be repeated in any new models made from that template, but if you change it in any model it's remembered in that model as a new setting. It is a very useful feature to toggle on/off as you work...
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    Race track help

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    This is the final model of the race track : [image: e4cw_TestRendu.jpg] Regards.
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    File*.max to SketchUP workflow?

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    Sry for long time, but my connection speed upload is slow ... but i try soon
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    Lessonplan For Teaching SketchUp To Grade/Middle School Ages

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    Bonnie responded to my voice message. She seems to have some email problems. I ordered these books (link below) looked them over and they look very very good for what I need and want to do. I would recommend these books to anyone that wants to get a little one started with SU which I think can be an excellant learning tool. Still interested in knowing about anything else out there that might be good to work with. I am excited, soon, wonder boy can teach me some stuff. http://www.3dvinci.net/ccp0-prodshow/MBB_PDF.html
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    Updating nested components

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    brookefoxB
    No, I made a mistake. Undoing it all revealed I did scale my change, in spite of thinking I had surely, surely, surely learned that one. Beg pardon.

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