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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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    Things that bring Sketchup to a coma.

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    @alan fraser said: Say to yourself "I'll back up this file right after I finish this little thing." ' Works every time. LMAO dude thats what i alwys do!! and them BAM i lost an hour of work
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    Looking to buy a new computer, any suggestions?

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    @kustura said: WD is fine I second that. I've already killed three Maxtor hard drives, and a Samsung one, but Western Digital hasn't failed me. That's what happens when you work with 3D Walkthroughs and often move/edit Gigas of data. I agree that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 and the Core i7 920 are the two best "bang-for-your-buck" CPUs right now. If you check the charts at TomsHardware.com, you'll see that the Core i7 920 is 54% faster than the Q6600 in 3D rendering. Since the difference in price between the two is only $82, I'd highly recommend you buy the Core i7 920. Compared to CPUs in that price range just a couple of years ago, it's like having a small render farm at home. In fact, your programs will see the Core i7 920 as having 8 logical cores, not 4, as each physical core can handle two threads. It also consumes less power than the Q6600, according to an Amazon review. If you're going to skimp on something, that should be the graphics card, as it is not used during rendering. Even navigation within SketchUp and 3dsMAX seems to be far more CPU intensive than graphics card intensive. Just make sure the card you buy is HDCP compliant, as at some point you'll want to watch Blu-rays on your PC.
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    How can you do to tremble a membrane the box?

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    ok .........
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    Needs help inserting a background??

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    Is that the sky you see in the window? You should get an alpha channel you can use if you have it enabled in the VFB section of V-Ray.
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    Strange face !!

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    Henry, one thing you always need to keep in mind; layers don't separate geometry in SU at all - they just control visibility. Therefore if you have basic ("primitive", "raw" - i.e. ungrouped) geometry within your model, you shouldn't put different parts of it on different layers because these parts - though on different (sometimes hidden) layers - still interact with each other. See this video for basic ideas and mistakes to avoid: [flash=425,344:3m1el3he]http://www.youtube.com/v/fBdP499iw0Y&hl=en&fs=1[/flash:3m1el3he]
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    Aerodynamics study

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    Theres a lot more info here: http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Main_Page
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    Italian sketchuper - looking for human modell

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    Welcome, rejdavid. I think makehuman is what you're looking for: http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php When you're finished configurating your model, save it as OBJ (click the OBJ disk icon, hit Enter to save in the default path) and then import it into SketchUp using the OBJ importer: http://www.scriptspot.com/sketchup/script/obj-importer
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    Edges cast shadows...?

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    I don't know anything about the inner workings of SU either, but I would guess that to display a shadow from an edge, the app has to treat it like a thin face, about similar as when exporting a model with the "export standalone edges" enabled. So I would use it only when absolutely necessary. Anssi
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    Components Galore!

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    @xrok1 said: toxicvoxel, just to clarify, you painted the metal face inside the component and everything else on the outside. is this correct? Affirmative.
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    Animation help needed

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    hi, im back. sorry i havent got back with my other posts. been really busy. right now i really need to put my finger on proper animation. i still dont understand how to use it. can u explain again step by step? thanks.
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    How to dim reflection in glass, able to see throught it?

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    @jcarchitecture said: When you say make sure the front faces out, how do I determine that?? Oh and by the way thanks alot for responding so fast, it's really appreciated....I'm trying out the render click the icon circled in red. your front faces will show in white and backfaces will show blueish purple. you can select a face then right click and choose reverse faces. it is generally considered good practice to never have backfaces facing you. sooner or later you will run into problems when rendering with most renderers, they will either render white or black no matter how you texture them. [image: yZI8_Capture.JPG]
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    How do I convert a jpeg to...

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    If I'm not mistaken once you've imported the texture into your SU file you can right click on that texture in your Materials panel and theres a Save As option or something like that. Click that and you can browse through your folders until you find SU's Materials folder and drop it in the appropriate one, or make a new one. -Brodie
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    Intercept Mystery

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    an example file would be very helpful Intersecting grouped geometry will behave differently from simply intersecting ungrouped geometry. Try experimenting. The behavior of lines "just being on top" usually happens when you deal with grouped geometry.
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    Competition?

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    Fair question thomthom. Good answer Gaieus. Thank you.
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    Shortcut for Explode?

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    @gaieus said: Yeah, this often drives people who haven't experienced it before crazy. There are a bunch of commands you can only perform when something is selected (reverse faces for instance) and until you select the proper entity, no shortcut option appears. I had hoped that behaviour would change for SU7. It's not really intuitive. Maybe we can try to make our voice heard for SU8...
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    Converting Formats

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    It says it exports/imports FBX files. You should give a chance to it - supposedly it's a better format than 3DS for conversion.
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    Identify like components

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    Mirjman Thanks! this rb is a big help.
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    Sketchup 6

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    Thanks Gaieus
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    SketchUp can play sounds

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    Yes, I know the plugin to play Homer by pressing the button was written by Jim but AFAIK he used an Easter egg (maybe it was something else though). I'm just too lazy to ask
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    Birds eye views and massing

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    @chris fullmer said: And Paul, sounds like you should check out randor.rb. It does all minor rotates and scaling for you. I generally like it pretty good. Or Didier's Component Spray tool as it has a "click one to place one" option as well and you can pre-define random rotation, scale and (AFAIK) even tilt (is it tilt? like leaning sideways a bit).

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