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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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    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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    Problem importing 3ds max models into SU

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    Thanks Bill. I'll try your suggestions.
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    3 D Warehouse ???

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    No problem at all with several searches for me. Just guessing, but try closing down all your browser windows and then trying again. If that fails, try restarting your computer. Do you have a different browser installed? If so, try that.
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    SketchUp Walkthrough with pop ups

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    GaieusG
    Hi Mike, There is a plugin which would allow you to assign a (web) URL to any entity in SU - say a building that's turned into a group and such. You need to right click though and select the URL item in the context menu and then it will open a "normal" browser window, not a neat, chromeless one within SU. (see url_link.rb here) There were requests for this during development of SU 7 though because (theoretically) dynamic components could do this but AFAIK Google finally didn't include this feature for security reasons. I see you have SU 6 anyway so you couldn't go anywhere with DC's as it needs SU 7. I'm pretty sure however that with some modification of the URL plugin, it could be made nicer in SU because webdialogs have been implemented since that script was written (before SU 6). OR you do the whole presentation in Google Earth and add as much rich html content on click as you want.
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    Should i migrate to ubuntu?

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    EscapeArtistE
    Ditto for keeping XP. I run SU on Ubuntu and it just has too many glitches plus the plugin issues Coen mentions. Just not worth it, I'd stick with Blender for Linux.
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    Control of work-time of a drawing

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    I have not used it or seen it in action, but TBD has a script called time.rb that does this. http://www.smustard.com/script/TimeTrack Check it out, its only $5.00 USD Chris
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    Flip issue

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    @anglaret said: I suppose you are right, but a component does not brake an area betwen 2 rooms (to change floors coverings for example) You could leave a line to separate the rooms. That's how I would do it.
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    Amazing model

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    Thanks for the compliments
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    Importing DWG file...

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    @gaieus said: At least we only have "simple" rain here. So much about global warming. No, Gaieus Here in the north it goes: Higher temperatures in the Arctic> more evaporation, more winds> more rain As to importing DWG files, a valid file should import OK, but SU ignores many object types, especially those created by AEC applications like AutoCad Architecture. Those should be "Exported to AutoCad" prior to sending you the file. Cleaning the file of unnecessary geometry makes it import faster, but should otherwise not be necessary. There seems to be some limit to file size, though, I have read somewhere that at somewhere bigger than 10 Mb the importer begins to choke. Note too that the new AutoCad 2010 version that came out this spring has a new file format that is not yet readable by SU. So if the person who is sending you files uses that, they should save the file in the 2007 format or older. An intermittent problem with the same file might indicate some other problem, like a problem with a removable disk/memory stick or a network glitch, if the file resides on a server. Anssi
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    Convert the SU file to a file like games to walk in it witho

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    GaieusG
    Have look at Walkabout 3D or Simmetry 3D. They both have full working trial versions.
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    The resolution decrease when i save a SU as video

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    yes yes thank you
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    [Poll] Do you have Internet Explorer 8 installed?

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    IE8 installed. (And that's the one I'm using, if I may say so)
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    How do i find the files

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    Need drawing w/ line weights and dotted/dashed lines

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    @august said: @august said: I got something. August, What did you get? Tom
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    Save V6 files so V7 can open?

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    GaieusG
    ...so to add to Jim's post, something must have gone wrong. You should definitelybe able to open a version 6 file in SU 7. In fact, we do that all the time here with files uploaded by members still using SU 6 (or even 5).
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    Size of files...

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    Thank you ! It works fine!
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    Revit 'Curtain Walls' to Sketchup

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    Sorry to hear that. Do you have a screen shot of an area of your curtain walls so we can share in your pain.
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    Modeling from plans

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    this is definitely quite the list.. i might just have to utilize it too, if no one minds. and for the record, i too like modelling from plans/elevations...not sure why, but it can be 'fun'... its probably a good chunk of my workload, too.
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    Concrete cracks & pitting

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    Is this being rendered? Is there any particular reason you want to do this w/ geometry vs. textures? With pits and hairline cracks I can't see not using a texture. If it's being rendered a decent bump map will help you there. If you really want to get fancy or if you want to show some more depth from larger cracks and deformation then you're probably looking at more of a displacement map situation. -Brodie
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    How to fix this?

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    Problem solved. I just dragged the piece I'm working on in a new drawing and voila! Thanks for the help!
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    Surfices interfere with eachother

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    GaieusG
    Yeah, it definitely seems to be a (maybe just "almost") coplanar z-fighting issue. Do those lamp shades have "thickness"? Or are they just single faced? (painting on the front and back faces - even if you paint different materials on them - shouldn't cause this problem). Such a z-fighting can occur with even not entirely coplanar but very close faces like EscapeArtist says. It happens when the "physical" distance of two faces - viewing from far enough - is already foreshortened enough to be less than 1 pixel on screen; the limit OpanGL can display. In your 2D export that distance must be very very small however (if that's the case) since it's not a very far away shot OR I'd still suggest there are exactly coplanar faces there.

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