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    @dkuucharzak said in Username change: @Rich-O-Brien, I misspelled my intended username. Could you help me change it? I can if the one you need is available. Send a mail to support@sketchucation.com and we sort it out

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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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    Orphan lines

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    wow! "erase coplanar edges" in the "cleanup" plugion is perfect !!!
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    Clean install file structure

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    Although the Plugins folder may be empty, don't forget the stuff in the Tools folder is still being loader - Dynamic Components, Sandbox, Photo Textures...
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    Texture without subdivision?

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    Sketchup does not subdivide the texture deliberately, it is only not capable to align the texture. The only ways of texturing organic shapes in Sketchup is using projected texture (native), or using spherical or cylindrical projection (plugin UVTools 0.1). There are also other ways of texturing, like this workaround or using another programm for uv-mapping (plugin UVTools 0.2)
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    Moving Between Levels

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    @sercrojoe said: Edit: By changing certain groups' or components' Entity Info, I've been able to change their layers (apparently), but for some of them it just won't work. Why is that? Well, that's the easiest way and actually "the" way normally. You can also use the Layers toolbar but the results will probably be the same. If you have any issues ("some of them not working..."), double check if the content is on some different layer than Layer0. "Primitive" or "raw" (i.e. ungrouped) geometry should never go elsewhere. There may still be nested groups/components on all different layers within your groups/components - check that, too. Eventually copy the troublesome groups and paste them in a new file. Have a look what layers they have "inherited" to get some clue what may be wrong with the original file and/or ultimately upload such faulty pieces here so we can have a look.
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    SketchUp OSX always sensitive to keyboard input

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    Well, that's it, I haven't (had the problem). I was primarily interested in the thread, because this was an apple issue that I was interested in seeing the outcome of what happened. However, like you guys, the assistive option checkbox was ticked on my computer.
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    Double material editor

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    It is a handy thing sometimes as you can easily drag and drop materials from one window to the other (say when you have just made a new material of an imported image from scratch and want to keep it in one of your libraries)
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    How to find the poly count of a model?

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    Yeah I noticed the xml file for kerk was 131MB where as the 3ds was 59MB, the original SU file was 32MB. Its obvious different formats and exporters triangulate the model differently.
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    Do you pay attention to the Component Axis?

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    And with this that is another story [image: Choisy-R_8c.jpg]
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    How can i fill a bucket surface with an image

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    GaieusG
    Yes, it does. If you have pőroblems with it, just upload your model and the image here so we can play around a bit.
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    Shadow problems ... help please

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    GaieusG
    OR move everything above the default ground plane (the x/y plane). But turning shadows on ground off is an easier solution of course.
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    Highlighting Objects in Model

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    How about giving one set a distinctive texture in addition to colour?
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    SU7 box.rb doesn't work as in SU6

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    I too have a mac and I am having the exact same problem and get the same results after upgrading from 6 to 7.1 I did all the work arounds list in this post and got the same results as Anar
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    Display Component Axes question

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    Thanks, Chris: You are very kind to reply. As a matter of educating me, do you happen to know what factors would contribute to this condition, other than my ignorance? This appears analogous to Autocad block insertion points issues, but I don't know. (And it is rather involved process to correct this in Autocad, too.) I assume there is no easy script fix for this. Or is there? EDIT: After performing the operations suggested by Chris Fullmer, I gained a little better understanding of the problem. The component axes (not the workspace global axes) are normally connected with the bounding box of the component or group upon creation. If some modeling operation "corrupts" this relationship, the component axes may become divorced from the bounding box. It just so happens that while using SketchyFFD in SU6 I discovered that the deformation matrix was being formed at or near the divorced group axes, and because of this offset, some squirrelly results were happening after moving the matrix into position around the target group and applying the deformations. So, this may be a caveat for users of SketchyFFD, whatever version, to be sure that the axes are in the right location.
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    Disappearing lines

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    Hello Jody, That is exactly what the problem was. Now in what way does turning off Hardware acceleration affect the performance of SU? I am on the iMac 27" With the latest OSX 10.6.2 Graphics card is: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 Mb 8Gb Ram screen resolution of these big ones is: 2560 x 1440 Many thanks Jody for your advise Filip K.
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    Solidworks moving to 'the cloud'. Will SketchUp do the same?

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    since clouds are water vapor, will the software then become vapor ware??
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    How to "build" with bricks in sketchup - Newbie

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    @jagizzi said: Gaieus, I am on my Mac, which is new to me, so I don't know how to capture a window to post so I will have to save the sketchup file itself. (Would take that bit of knowledge too, if you knew how). Easy on my PC buy am learning the mac as i go. Thanks, jagizzi to do a screen capture on your mac you can use "command/shift/3" for a full screen capture, or "command/shift/4 " will bring up a set of gun sights to capture the area you highlight. I have always wanted to build one of these ovens for bread and pizza, so I will follow this closely.
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    External render info

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    @honoluludesktop said: Hi Paul, Your render has a very nice nice feel. Where is the shadow on the right side of the building coming from? I often add too much yellow to my landscape and really like your use of green. I have been asked that same question when I posted this image on the Podium Forum. There is a tree floating in space off to the left of the view that is casting the shadow. I moved it over there to get it out of the way while modeling and forgot about it. When I saw the shadow, I said to myself...no one will notice...ummm I was wrong. I have to give credit to Oli for the final grass color/tone. It was a darker green when I first posted this image and he grabbed the image and lightened the grass to more match the lightness of the sky. p
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    SketchUp for Car model

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    Hi, Manoj I assume that you have already checked out some car modeling tutorials, but anyway take a look at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=23792 However, there are no shortcuts. If you really lack the patience, I have no advice for you, except to be persistent, especially if it is about modeling in 3D Studio Max. Best regards, NT
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    Share models with password

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    And to make it read-able reverse those steps at the other end ! The only way to give someone else your actual skp file in a way that won't be very 'useful' to them is to copy it and explode every group and instance [then purge], remove layers, styles etc and sabotage bits and bobs so it is not at all user friendly. They can still edit it but it won't be very useful for 'harvesting' or reuse... Alternatively make a 3D PDF of it so they can still look around it and print off, but not edit it. You can make it read-only but that can be undone in a second. You can ship it with a special ruby that limits what can be done to it - but simply removing the ruby from the plugins folder will scupper that plan... No one has come up with a way of 'locking' or 'password protecting' skp files - enough have tried...
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    Sketchup 7 perfomance

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    All true, I guess I shouldn't had asked. Lets just forget about it.

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