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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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    Can be Imported a cad file with text?

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    @hpw said: When it is possible to write a small ruby to draw text in SU, then it should be a easy to make an AutoLisp-utility to write such ruby out from AutoCAD. I used such approach to restore block-infos on SU components which get lost during import. It is indeed relatively easy for Ruby to parse the 'Text' data out of a DXF [then you won't need AutoLisp] and then to make bits of '2D Text' from it in your SKP... It's just having time to do write it that's the pain...
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    HEY!!! QUES ABOUT GENERAL VIEW!! SketchUp 7 with Windows 7

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    @remus said: If you go window->preferences->openGL then select the setting with the highest anti aliasing, that may help. it worked, and looking awesome. Thank you!!
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    Modelling by equation

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    Hi Mike, hi folks. Make sure that the values that you will import are not too small. SU has problem creating faces with edges smaller than about 1 mm. It is best to import using meters as units and/or scale the points after import, if you want to make surfaces with them. Just ideas.
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    Can I drag a "rake" through a sandbox TIN?

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    if you want to render the image, just use a normal map (or bump map) with blurred black stripes on white background for your material. If you want more detalied effect, and your rendering engine allows it, you can use a displacement map. If you don't want to render the image, you can just make a texture with desired visuals... Trying to model that, will result in lots of polygons and SU might just not be able to handle.
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    Placed image disappears from face. Why?

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    Fixed it. If I extrude the face by a cm or two, then apply the texture, it works. Then using the push/pull tool, push the face back to it's original height/ position.
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    Mac, Trackpad Gestures & Google SketchUp

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    Hi Antonino, It will be interesting to see how you get on with Multitouch. I see that the app producer, Will Henderson, has a good sense of humour also. http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/ I must add it the the List of Mac App that I have goinge here. Mike [image: Will Henderson - Multitouch My Cell.jpg]
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    SketchUp+Ivy

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    thanks a lot da solo! http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=134aa94b551277b3e7c82ed4b8f0c380e04e75f6e8ebb871
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    I have problems with rigth mouse button...Fixed!

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    GaieusG
    Good - also thanks for the fix tip!
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    Thank you Google for fast image export

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    yes, SketchUp 7.1 on a Windows 7 laptop. (although I discovered a few minutes later, that I didn't have textures enabled. when I redid it with textures, it took about 20 seconds...
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    How to model this

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    Well Dang! I guess I really need to learn how to use FredoScale. Thanks!
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    Help with surfaces

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    GaieusG
    Hi Sildeman, Have a look at some of the car modelling basics among these tutorials: http://www.sketchucation.com/intermediate-tutorial-index/ Indeed, such "organic" shapes are not easy in SU but with some prectice, you can get ever better. Also, here is a tutorial about placing 3D text on a curved surface - you will get the basic idea and from there on, can do it on any kind of surface: http://www.sketchucation.com/creating-3d-text-on-a-cylinder-in-google-sketchup/
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    How to find points inside convex hull in 3D

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    GaieusG
    Hi Poonam, This is definitely not a LayOut question. Edit - are you referring to the QHull plugin by the way?
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    Trace Tool?

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    Thank you to you all..Fredo> Wow! Great video and tool..
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    7.1 pro component question

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    @honoluludesktop said: I have notice that the warehouse is beginning to accumulate a lot of very good stuff. I have noticed this also. It is certainly improving with time and has a lot of excellent models on offer.
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    How do you dimension an " angle"

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    Wow! NO WONDER! I downloaded the WRONG file! Man, I can be such a dunce! I didn't pay attention to the file name origninally. sheeez! What a moron. Got it now! Works GREAT!!! FINALLT!!!! :heart_eyes: THANKS A MILLION GUYS!! fitZ
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    Purging edges question

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    aha thanks I never know what to look for
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    Organic NIGHTMARE! Advice please?

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    GaieusG
    I don't know guys, If the edges all around the end of this shape coplanar, you should just select them and do a regular offset without any further hassle and plugins. [image: Offset.jpg] Now if they are non-planar, make an intersection with a flat face and do it afterwards. Another way would be to fill in that face first (just redraw a segment on the perimeter - again, only if the end edges are coplanar) and then do the offset. [image: Offset2.jpg]
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    SU 7.1 Findings from users

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    i'm all better now!
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    Color by Layer trick

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    @chris fullmer said: Your color is not a color at all though, its a material. Right? That's new to me if it is. I'll need to investigate. Chris Yes Chris... this is actually the trick! The color can be a material! And just in this second i have some ideas about how this feature can be exploited.
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    Inference issue?

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    Same problem here.

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