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    thank You I can't believe I am benifiting something from 2013

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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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  • A

    Plane filling plugin?

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    try makefaces from here: http://www.smustard.com/scripts/
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    Align materials on faces

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    @gaieus said: You welcome Luca. It could also be wrapped instead of projected but I guess the shape is not that regular for it. SketchUp's texturing tools are kind of limited but what you can use, can be quite powerful in certain situations. thanks, my pleasure to be here. actually I'm using SU for a long time but until now I never needed to work with textures. see you
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    Camera match / photo match

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    Is a long time but .... for me the problem persist! I state that my English is what it is ... not good .... So perhaps I might be confusing ... if you do not understand let me know! hello! honoluludesktop, xrok1, and anyone familiar with effective methods to make the room match could you explain how you would do well to make a "camera match" "with pictures of this kind, I therefore have no obvious images perpendicular planes?? honoluludesktop, maybe I'm lacking in basic knowledge of the reconstruction but your perspective is based on what facts? can give me detailed directions please? xrok1, are you saying that pointing out a plan in the "reality" then I could stick the photo .... Could you explain better??
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    Using Sandbox for Topography

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    see this link... http://www.smustard.com/faq/index.php?sid=196022&lang=en&action=artikel&cat=5&id=1&artlang=en
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    Drawing a Chair

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    Thanks Dylan and your welcome agrazdi, I hope it helped.
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    Something wrong with sketchup

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    @gaieus said: @anssi said: Graphics card OpenGL support problem... Anssi No,I'd guess it's what John says. There is no (known) graphic card issue that would paint faces like it paints groups. Open up those imported components for editing, Sam! I was thinking about the common problem with Intel and Ati graphics where tools select objects that are behind the intended surface (the "reverse picking driver bug". Anssi
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    Anybody heard of this?

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    @ecuadorian said: ...I'm inclined to think that Luminova was not ready to make an announcement but CGarchitect spilled the beans... sounds like it if it wasn't using irender, then what WAS it using? that sounds fishy...
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    Shadows' trick?

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    Nice trick Pilou !! I like it.
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    Help

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    THANK YOU
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    Material/color panel needs an update (OSX)

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    There are a few important features missing from the Mac version which are on the PC that I would like to see implemented. I guess the Mac version has the odd thing the pc guys would like also!
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    Shadows and view export

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    To clarify, PageExIm should save the shadow settings if the scene saves them, but it will NOT export/import any model info data, and location is model info data, not scene data (since v6, I think). If you're having trouble with shadow settings, first make sure the scenes are set to remember that data. If you're still having problems, contact me.
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    Is there a script/plugin for making lines from units

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    Hi folks. Another possibility is to use an actual unit as your "unit". For example, draw a line that is 5 cm for a 5 "units" line. Do the whole model and, when done, scale up accordingly. In your example, you would scale up by a factor of 80. Just ideas.
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    How to make an interactive design tool online?

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    Wow.....awesome! Thanks johnsenior1973 and Norbert! I really appreciate the links. Once again....this forum is the BEST! Thanks All, Jeff
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    Topo without whole footprint... Help!!

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    fill gap after: [image: M8L3_Capture.JPG]
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    Best way to import round acad drawings into SU?

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    From Acad export it as 3ds. in the export options turn off the Autosmoothing. Importing this 3ds file into SketchUp will give you much better results. If you don't have the option of exporting to 3ds in your version of AutoCAD, there is a free plugin file available at Autodesk web site which allows you to export it to 3ds format. Hope this helps With best regards PRSS
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    Join Tool?

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    Thanks .................
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    Cut a helical groove

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    Now the "pluginless" method is as follows: Make one segment of the thread, make it a component Move one side of the segment up by the needed amount (here I used a default circle with 24 segments so I moved this up by 1/24 of the height of the segment - the image is of course exagerrated, see the following ones below)[image: Ic7O_MoveUp.jpg] Copy rotate it along one segment [image: Xium_CopyRotate.jpg] 4) Move it up to meet the endpoints [image: 7kog_MoveUp2.jpg] 5) repeat it with a growing number of segments (once you reached around, you can already Copy-move the whole round up as many times as you wish). [image: gXjJ_CopyRotate2.jpg] I exploded the whole thing at the end, otherwise I couldn't have smooth transitions between the segments but is you make a segment from midpoint to midpoint along the circle instead of endpoint to endpoint, you may be able to keep the components. There are actually plugins that could do this (like Follow me and keep and such) but sometimes I feel it's faster to do by hand as well as one really needs to also know how to model hings not just push buttons.
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    Video Quality?

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    windknot - I've found that you must do 3 things. the bigger the size the better - i.e 1230 x 901 at 16:9 res is better than 720 x 340 . under codecs use full frame uncompressed highest frame rate 30fps. It will take hours to render and produce a 300meg plus file but it will look the best you can get out of sketchup and it will also compress down to a useable - web postable - size and retain the clarity.
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    Axis On or Off?

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    It appears that if you want to use guides you MUST have axes on. Turning off axes in 7.1 turns off the guides.
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    Faces from edges?

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    @petrence said: here are the pictures of my molding pattern, what i'd like to remake with sketchup. this also has a negative. any ideas how do i need really exact opposite side with the same dimensions? i think this will be the next difficult step for me. Think you are looking for a mirror image. Use the scale tool and scale at -1. If you first do a copy , then the mirror and then paste in place you have the two.

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