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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp

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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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    @myztery need hinge and finish side concept curve hinge layout.skp
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    Rendering engine

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    and sketchup does not have a built in renderer either.
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    Short question

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    I also have put together some YouTube videos on script writing. The first one is similar to the first tutorial in the Link that Honolulu posted. It shows what software I recommend, and what my workflow is. It can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisFullmer And then check out all the other videos in the "Writing SketchUp Ruby" series. I think there are 6 total at this point. I add more little by little as I think of something interesting to show in a video. Chris
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    SU Thumbnail View on Windows 7 Question

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    @tig said: http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs/ I've talked to the developer of that software. I gave him the info I knew about the .skp file format and he has already implemented .skp support. When he release it I encourage people to give him a little donation for his work.
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    Hidden Line

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    @mojo said: BTW to ThomThom - those are the coolest glasses.. what the heck are they? I have not idea. Found them in the kitchen one day. Months later suddenly found that photo hanging on out photo wall in the kitchen. Student house you see.
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    Large area surfacing w/ Sandbox: Need help!

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    Seems I read somewhere sometime in this forum that you can do a large terrain in smaller sections, whatever smaller means and make components of these to manage file size. However, what I understand is that even with a really powerful computer, there will be issues. But, I am not entirely sure, since my gear is woefully below par.
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    SU 7.1 - Free version - IMPORT DFX/DWG ???

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    Aha! Thank you Chris. I appreciate it.
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    Freelance price range?

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    Good link Marcus.
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    Multiple scene renders

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    FlatchoumF
    Just an other question directly linked to the topic: in the "animation export options", on mac, I never could set the frame rate under 5 frames per second, which creates me a lot of useless pictures. Whatever format I'd choose, I never could access the "expert mode", which icon keeps white. I guess this "expert mode" would allow me to select the 1 fps rate, but how to get there?
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    Rotating textures on radial surfaces

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    Been too busy to get back and close this.... I was able to get the copy / rotate to do what was needed. I grouped a handful of faces that had the texture properly positioned, did paste in place, and then positioned the rotate "wheel" on the center point of the arc and typed in the degrees I wanted. That worked pretty well. I did notice a couple of times there were very tiny mis-alignments... not sure if I got lazy and relied on the inference engine instead of typing a value or if the polys were mis-aligned to begin with. At any rate, I'm cruzin now! Thanks very much for the suggestion.
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    How do you find an axis for rotating something that's round?

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    [flash=628,360:1k0badql]http://www.youtube.com/v/sf0LprZpe1A[/flash:1k0badql] Consider taking a great advantage of those two excellent (and highly recommended) tools: CenterPoint v.1.200 by Todd Burch & Construction Line Tool v1.0 by Jim *s
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    Export SU to Illustrator

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    Hi Anssi Thanks for your answer. I'll try that! Other deas are welcome, or ways to do it - I can't be the only one with that workflow? Best, Lene
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    The curved, tapered spout is winning

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    Rich & Mitcorb, thanks for taking the time to explain this to me. @unknownuser said: Does this help? Have i even made sense? Now that you guys mentioned the segment counts on the rails + the link, well doh! Seems pretty obvious. @Rich, what would you consider a reasonable poly count for something like this? I was thinking it seemed rather heavy at this point. Thanks again!
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    Blending in lazysteps !?

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    Hi folks. I did a test: 1 - I selected only the two arcs. 2 - I used the Sandbox Tool "From Contours". 3 - I did some clean-up (less than 30 seconds). The result looks not too bad. Just ideas.
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    Image cropping tool for sketchup

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    utilerU
    Or IrfanView. simple little program that will allow cropping.... GIMP is great for many for functions but may be a little daunting at first. good luck.
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    Short or Long?

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    daleD
    Good on you. What a great job you have done on this. The animation is quite smooth, if you weren't so crazy (busy--to clarify) I be bugging you to describe your process and workflow.
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    Should I... or wait?

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    @unknownuser said: I have the SDS but for some reason, it is harder to use than I expected. yeah, for you and me both. it does take a certain mindset. please let us know how things are going while you decide.
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    How do I "cut in" a complex roof? [TUTORIAL]

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    Give this a try too. A shortcut that worked for a simple test I used TIG's roof tool which groups and made a profile cutout for the 2nd floor intersect and grouped same. Then used BooTool Boolean subtract plugin for the cutout. (just ignore the not a valid solid message) and ++++++ Bingo. No cleanup and ready for the next step. dtr
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    Creating a mesh

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    Glad to help and thanks for the new word........EEbyRail'ed
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    Camera chops off the foreground!?!

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    Hi Kate, This sounds to be clipping. Have a look at the SU Help center article below if any of the suggestions wrok: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36261 (And of course, welcome to SCF!)
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    Why does my view shift in a saved scene?

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    Even changing the Toolbar icon size will affect the viewport. I always ensure that I only have one row of small icons in my view - I'm kind of stuck with it due to the number of projects set up to match SU output and render output.

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