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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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    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 I´d say it´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 you´re aiming for a low poly model, you probably won´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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    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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    How to scatter many trees / components

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    component spray tool. i haven't tried it yet but the reviews seem to be good. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=11746
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    Multiple scenes and files rendering

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    You can setup a layout file linked to multiple SketchUp files. Then when you have updated the files, you can re-render the images from Layout. You still have to set it up the first time, but then can re-use it as you update your SketchUp files.
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    Silhouettes with Hidden Geometry Off

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    thanks
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    Doh!

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    Oh just read through the whole "duh" thread, then it gets really fun
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    SketchUvision Competition for Sketchup Pro users

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    Thank you very much! and thank you all for taking the time to look at this! Looking forward to posting another one 3D mouse to one of you!
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    Need to stop google sketchup from requiring a keychain pass.

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    Can anyone help with this? I really don't want to remove SketchuUp from our College image because of this but so far cannot find a work around.
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    (Help): 3d welding problem

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    Hi folks. Using the "Follow me" tool on this path that goes around and up and down will result in an unavoidable twisting of the facet. Using the "Follow and keep" plugin may help. Also, try to use an arc with as few segments as you can to minimise edges and face count. Three or four segments shall suffice to give a neat look. You may even try simply smoothing the edges at the interscetion of the two shapes to see if the "rounded" look may be sufficient. Just ideas.
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    Thumbnail stopped showing

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    @unknownuser said: That did the trick, thanks. Image Still wondering why I could not enter the correct path at the command prompt however.

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