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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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    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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    SketchUp 2025. The styles toolbar disappears every time I close it.

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    panixiaP
    @roximate maybe just move it to the bin and download a new one from scratch?
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    Rotate an offset cylinder ?

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    What's your "best practice" when working on large, complex terrain surfaces? (e.g. as architect/LA)

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    Rich O BrienR
    SketchUp by nature is destructive when it comes to geometric changes. It's only course correction is the undo stack. To get around this my preferred method is to have a series timestamped files that constitute as snapshots. So rollback is easier. If I'm working in a modular fashion I use saved components. As an example I have a 00-master.skp with all the components. These components are also saved a separate files in a working directory next to the master. If I work on a component file I can reload changes in the master. My main objective to keep the master file as the target file and everything else piped to it. Not sure it that helps in regards your workflow. My approach has been to treat the master file as assembly point of the work I do in other files. If I do make minor changes in the master I save that back to the components working directory as either an overwrite or as a new timestamped version.
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    Problem with Apple max 3 Metal 3

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    Mike AmosM
    I have been told that the classic graphics engine works better too on a pc. Open GL Versus direct X, what to make of this I do not know but it's a pain in the petunia's.
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    Discussion - object is not a manifold solid !?

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    Dave RD
    @alexpacio2013 said in Discussion - object is not a manifold solid !?: I guarantee you that Bool tools 2 works and works better than the standard tools even among solids You're preaching to the choir on that point. I don't use nor even recommend the native Solid Tools. I guess I have no problem, even for complex objects, with making them solids so I get predictable results when using Bool Tools 2 or Eneroth Solid Tools.
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    Scaled impress.

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    Rich O BrienR
    What's Impress Scaling?
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    problem using V-RAY 5 with SU 2019

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    Dave RD
    Contact Customer Support at Chaos Group so they can help you sort out your license.
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    License failed to download

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    Rich O BrienR
    You don't open .scflicense files Download the file to your device Open SketchUp Go to Tools > Fredo Collection > RoundCorner > License... Click Activate and navigate to the location of the downloaded license file and click Open
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    Creating lots of intersection lines

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    Thanks!
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    Fredo licence 'seats'

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    Rich O BrienR
    There's nothing in our support inbox so I checked Spam and good old Gmail seems to think you are Spam [image: 1736452150830-7fcf8c28-141b-440d-9147-1c466c72aefb-image.png]
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    Cotation des angles

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    Rich O BrienR
    Hello Can someone help me, I don't know how to dimension an angle. No matter how hard I look, I can't find any tool for that. Thank you for your help [image: 1736253828710-sketchup_dz3jkuxnyu.gif]
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    Converting Lines to a shape

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    @jamesn320 said in Converting Lines to a shape: I need it to stay flat. Try Eneroth Upright Extruder from the Extension Warehouse.
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    Sketchucation store plugin toolbars.

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    Mike AmosM
    @TIG I did the usual repair, tried initialy numerous times to install the 'bundle', each time it was reported that the install went well TT library had to be completed seperately but this was NOT an issue. The copy and paste method worked. Odd, I know.
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    How to install SketchUp 2019 perpetual license

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    SU Anamorphic

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    Perspectively/anamorphic Project Texture

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    @bbergem @Dave-R Hello everyone, I'm working on a hotel project in which I want to develop anamorphic views based on images and models/objects. For the objects, I don't have any complexities, so it's up to me to divide them up into multi-objects and position them to create an illusion effect as far as the real thing, depending on the angle of view. On the basis of images, importing them in projected form works but is nevertheless complex and sometimes difficult to implement. I haven't been able to find a plugin that allows anamorphic projection of an image onto surfaces depending on the viewing angle, am I wrong? Would there be a solution for simply making these projections, a bit like what blender offers? https://youtu.be/BgbLXqqaHEI?si=NUWdJPZY2sE55qvg Help would be greatly appreciated and ideally the development of a dedicated plugin for even more solutions with Sketchup. Thanks in advance
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    Cone bending

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    @Christian_33 You can taper a curved cylinder by using selective edge welding. [image: 1732275412362-cone.gif]
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    Photomerge of a previously exported image?

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    Hi everyone, it took several years, but I figured it out! It's one of the most hidden features in SketchUp. If you want to export an image, draw on it with crayons or edit it in Photoshop ...or AI and then map it back, you must activate a scene with a saved camera and then click to create a new photomerge -> the vanishing points will be set according to the last scene. Then you can select the edited visualization and project it precisely onto the model as a texture. Amazing, right? It never works otherwise if a saved camera isn't activated first. The second hidden trick is equally clever. Did you think that exporting 2D DWG with edges colored by layers only works through layout? Miracle, it works in the sketchup too. Just set edges color by material and have Color by Tag activated in layers/tags, then create a Scene with saved Styles (+update the scene to save the style), keep the scene active and export 2D DWG. Aaand is colored. If the style isn't saved in the active scene, it won't work. Ns.
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    Faces Splitting Up at random

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    @Box said in Faces Splitting Up at random: Go View/Hidden geometry. This should show you where your faces are split. I am using sketchup for years. This was the greatest tip that I've ever seen. It eased all my pain that I've experienced through out the tough years passed struggling with random triangles.
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    NOT AUTHORISED

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    Dave RD
    @Lozza944 did you do what the message tells you to do?

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