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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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  • L

    Where's the bug?

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    Hi honolulu and mac1 - thanks for your time and advice. I'll look in to everything you've written. have a nice day! best, lene
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    Moving model axis - ground is unchanged?

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    Perfect. Thank you, TIG.
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    Animation from YouTube

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    thomthomT
    Wonder how the background was done...
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    TIFF & Transparency (PS)

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    Well, as I first wrote, this is where I am stumped as it's a Mac only feature so I have never been able to play around with it and don1t know what the trick are.
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    Panic - my measures have changed

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    When you export a 3D DXF it's created with the 'Units' that are currently set in 'Model Info'. In your case 'cm' - so a line 10cm long has its length set in the 3D DXF as '10.0' When you export a 2D DXF it's always made in 'inches' - you cannot change this. So a line that was 10cm long in SUp now has its length in the 2D DXF as 3.937007874016 (inches) [1/2.54] However, if you know it was in 'cm' and is now in 'inches' then you can easily apply a scaling factor to all of its contents, following the above guidance...
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    Couple of questions

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    SUp's inferencing can be like magic sometimes - it can be annoying at others BUT with use you know how to fool it into, for example, not locking the snap to the red axis when you are trying to pick a point just off it [tip orbit arouns so that the direction you are moving the cursor is not parallel to the sides of the screen - the red inference is less like to predominate - or still your cursor and wait a second and it'll suggest another inference]
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    Dealing with Complexly Curved Facades?

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    If you like developable surfaces please see the book written by John Sharp about my D-Form geometry. Search Amazon for: D-Forms: Surprising New 3-D Forms From Flat Curved Shapes Enjoy. Regards Tony Wills
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    How to divide a cubic bezier curve

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    Jack, select your line then rigth click-->convert to-->polyline divider and set an interval. I suggest you to read the manual that comes with the plugin.
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    About dividing a group

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    @xrok1 said: i guess you need to plan ahead next time . That's your right to guess.
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    Better Way To Make A Ramp

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    @unknownuser said: We go to the moon but we can't know why these tools are named "french curve"! That is strange bizarre The only Frenchman in the discussion is the one who has names like Parrot and Pistol for the different shapes. I think that answers the question. I suspect that in 19th Century architecture they were indispensable for designing French-styled embellishments.
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    Relief sketchup7

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    Hi there, Have you tried SU Sandbox tools? You should enable it first, since they don´t appear in SU by default http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=38496 As for the plugins, you could try Sculpt Tools http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20781&hilit=plugin
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    Mighty mouse and sketch up question

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    thanks..yes, I just came to that conclusion. Much faster with 3 scroll wheel..thanks again..
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    SketchUp Animating.... SUPER HUGE FILES!!!

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    Thanks Dylan. Will have a look....
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    Issues exporting to PDF in scale..

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    Ok, don't have a Mac myself, just cut the excerpt out of the link. Sorry I couldn't be of help.
  • pilouP

    A bug ?

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    thomthomT
    Yes, I have been researching it. But the project is on hold until I get some others out of the way. However, ToolsOnSurface's offset should usually yield a better result than the native Offset.
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    New SketchUp Version

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    @tig said: This happened to most users a week or two ago - it told you even if you had the latest version [rubbish update checker by Google means you get nagged when you do have the latest version !?]... Your PC seems to be just slow in catching up "I forgot to wind the sundial. Now it's stuck on yesterday." R. Hunter
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    Black transparent borders when exporting animation

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    Thank you Chris. I'll try it
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    Organic shape

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    Sounds like a cool project, can't wait to see a rough... btw, I vote 'word-picture is a bit blurry' for the euphemystic metaphor of the month-award
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    Gradient background

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    Make a Style to suit what you want. For example, this is a built-in 'gradient' light blue sky + a white background [image: FKUb_Capture.PNG] This is a darker blue sky with green ground ticked - they have gradients [image: 4aV0_Capture1.PNG] If you want something more dramatic use a watermark 'gradient' background image stretched across the whole screen, like this [image: 97Rg_Capture2.PNG] or this [image: cAg2_Capture3.PNG]
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    Please Help me?

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    rufy, can you post the png, or a screenshot showing the problem?

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