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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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    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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    Hiding facets in an imported CAD file

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    @gaieus said: Cool, I wasn't sure if I got the problem right. A couple of further tips/info: When you just hide the edges, they will still separate the facets i.e. you can select them individually and the whole surface will look faceted. With softening the edges, you'll end up with a curved surface which is still made up of these facets but SU displays it as one,smooth area. The only place it is obvious that it's also made up of these facets is the edges/sides of these surfaces (say the top and bottom of a cylinder). You can manually hide edges by using the Shift + Eraser tool and soften them with the Ctrl+Eraser tool. Smooth surfaces cannot be PushPulled, the texture cannot be positioned on them and some other limitations also apply. You can however reveal the dividing edges (and perform some of these operations) by going to View > Hidden geometry (it will also reveal other hidden things, not only softened edges). Etc. etc... Now that you mention it, I do remember the trick with the eraser. I just had not thought of the smoothing as a solution. Thanks again for the tip.
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    Customizable Toolbar

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    Hi Karl, My toolbars allows you to make custom toolbars using many of SketchUp's built-in buttons (and a few custom ones.) It isn't a plugin organizer, but can help you get the most from the available toolbar area by eliminating buttons you rarely use. It can also help the with the crazy toolbar positioning bug in sketchup by having a few, larger toolbars it is easier to set them back to normal.
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    More Can't Close Faces

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    Thanks for all your comments, they help a lot. First, as expected, I can see some problems with my workflow. I was taking a floor plan into SU, then an elevation, and coordinating them. There were minor discrepancies— for instance, a wall 1/64" out of line. The snaps & inferences happened with different lines. Second, while I'm currently working on a building, but I can see places in the furniture where small triangles did not close. Third, the scale thing. I wasn't getting it before, but the bit about only closing in so far has been keeping me from getting close enough to see the problems. On to the next: What's going on when Push/Pull will select a face, but will not move it? Or will only move it a certain amount, then refuse to budge? Or not move it until the mouse moves in just the right direction, after scribbling around trying to find any way that works? Best, JIm PS: I'm in the States. What are millimeters?
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    Texture on complex shape

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    What you "marked" as an error is in fact not an error. Projected texture should behave like that (that's why it's called "projected" as if it were coming from a computer projector; it will be "distorted" on sides near parallel to the "projector rays"). Basically "wrapping" is what you need instead (Remus solution is something like that) although it is rather hard to do on such heavily triangulated surfaces you have (see especially images 3 and 4).
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    Vector Brick Pattern

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    You could also try building a dynamic component. Take a look at the Sketchup 7 example of a picket fence component. As you scale the component the pickets are automatically copied and spaced. To do this with bricks, you would need to build two sub-components: one row with a full brick in the corner and one row with a half brick, so the two rows would be offset. This component could also be used to lay down flooring or drywall.
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    Hide rest of model

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    thank you much appreciated
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    Sandbox Stamp Freezing

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    it goes to 10 percent and the program becomes nonresponsive, i last left it for about half an hour... i tried it with just one section of the house and it worked fine after about 30 seconds. all i needed was that one part anyway..
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    Hi every one

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    If you draw your line/do your offset/move your object, then after you've clicked to complete it type in the length of your line/offset/move distance and press return, that should do it.
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    Another John Bacus interview

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    Thanks Tavi, good find.
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    How to reset axes view??

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    Chris: I sure hope your thesis is not suffering, and your lawn gets mowed on time. mitcorb
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    Park o a sanded surface

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    thanks for the quick response gaieus, i'm gonna try that on my model, i'll be posting the results of that, thanks again
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    Help Me please - my sketch up is on hold

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    That's the "classical" clipping issue. Indeed, the model (physical) extent, like being far away from the origin is one of the main culprits - but there can be other reasons as well. Check out the link and possible troubleshooting/workarounds for the future.
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    Scenes, Layers, Outliner Question

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    that is what I thought I did, I even saved the file, but for some reason, unknown to me, the scene gets corrupted, updated, modified, who knows what, it just is not what I know I had saved, and still am very uncertain as what I can do to in fact have a "saved scene". thanks for the insights and experienced perspectives. aloha red
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    Alcoa Rims

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    I don't know where to get it, but I've found a good rim that you can model in SketchUp: http://www.custom-wheels-n-rims.com/images2/dodge2.jpg Hope This Helps
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    How much time to spend on texture fixing?

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    seems will cost 350$ in june? (see somewhere on the net) Not very different than the photomatch inside except the fact of the multi-camera article by the conceptor [image: screenshot217.jpg]
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    SKM file format

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    Doesn't SU understand them all? face.material = 255 # This is RGB integer here Blue face.material = 16711680 # This is RGB integer here Red face.material = 0xff # This is hex Blue face.material = "red" # Red by name face.material = "#ff0000" # This shows it as a 32 Bit Hex RED face.material = "#0000ff" # This shows it as a 32 Bit Hex BLUE Edit: Corrected color-names since the low Byte is Blue
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    Material becomes hollow when Sectioned

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    Some email providers unfortunately block automated emails in general. Sometime I receive emails from people who registered but never received the confirmation mail. Note however that you can also subscribe to your (or any) topics vie the RSS feed.
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    Baffled— Can't Make A Face

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    Thanks for the help with the workflow, guys. I'd heard of Sandbox but never found it. I searched the Forum and saw that it needs to be enabled through Preferences/Extensions, which I just did. I had assumed that when I was drawing on a flat surface the tools would select the surface, and was not orbiting to confirm. I'm having other problems that this doesn't seem to cover. I'll post another thread with the issues I'm having closing rectangular faces. Best, JIm
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    Screen black out

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    But it doesn't happen in other sketchup files
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    Problem with moving after downloading Cortona 3d viewer

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    @unknownuser said: If you are talking about the WallFraming in SU7...it is dynamic. Oh, wow, Thanks for the info. I haven't had a chance to investigate the "dynamic" component thingy. So what does that mean in relationship to the 0,0,0 issue? I'm not familiar with these yet. fitZ

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