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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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    Editing animation, what not to use

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    My favourite is Ulead Mediastudio. It's the first software of this kind I've found quite intuitive and now I use it just as habit. It is not better or worse of many other programs. I could make a long video (45 mintes) assembling a plethora of small clips (more than 50) with all kinds of transitions and post effects. The trial version is fully functional and expires after one month. If you don't have particular needs, Ulead Videostudio is a cheaper solution: it comes boundled with many cheap hardware pieces. You may get it with a pci firewire card, or usb card found for less of $5,00 on some internet auction.
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    Drape Bugsplat

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    I am currently having the same problem. Suddenly, today out of nowhere, I get the bug splat everytime I try to drape something. Including draping one rectangle onto another. Your file crashed my Sketchup. I've been dealing with this this morning. I have uninstalled and reinstalled SU. Still have the problem. I have the most recent version. I do not understand what's causing the problem.
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    How to put a small image on a bottle

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    Thank you very much Voder With best regards PRSS
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    Anybody used 'round by bezier' much?

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    Dave, got it, thanks. Just followed your steps and all is now crystal. Also, used the 'offset' parameter(for the first time)to make a group of the roundover, saves a bit of time on the clean up. [image: XCUc_Clipboard01.jpg]
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    Importing pencil drawing

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    Mut, I'll keep that one in mind. Thanks
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    Need help with organic shapes

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    another great tool to deform and twist shapes is the FFD tool (Free Form Deformator) easy to use and with great results. only make sure, that your faces are subdivided enough before you use it. (I used it to make the shack in this image more skew)
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    Water effect

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    @dsarchs said: You could also do a quick model in Blender [or similar] using the fluid simulator and import that into sketchup. Cheating, I suppose, but that's a specific thing that other programs are just much better at [and free, in the case of blender]. Use the right tool for the job. There's no such thing as cheating, only using the right tool for the right task.
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    Adding a new layer "ruins" my sceness...

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    "Add hideen layer" is an indispensible script for adding section cuts when multiple Scene/Page views exist. One of the most useful additions. Thanks Jim
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    Know how to set the texture coordinate in sketchup 6

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    @remus said: Sorry, youve lost me Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to answer your question. but do you find that value in texture coordinates have something with like the vertex coordinates? Following your advice, should i divide width or height of texture image?
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    Fast select with eraser

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    Thanks for all the responses. Jakob's eraser and space key works perfectly! Thanks so much for the great tip! Even better if we can have bigger eraser for bigger area selection in future.
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    Dealing with complex surfaces

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    ahhh... i meant as a general approach, you do have to delete by hand, no matter how complex?
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    Jerky orbit

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    it's cool, i fixed it. well i say i fixed it, looks as though sketchup was warming itself up for a bugsplat. happy days pav
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    Components cutting two planes...

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    Thanks Jakob, I think you're right but I didn't realise I had to explode the 'parent' component... If this is the case, i think i would rather build the component to cut the external wall and just draw a rectangle at the intersection of the inner face of the wall and delete the face... that way if you need to remove the component, at least the out wall will re-build on deletion...
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    Texturing - Would this be a smart approach?

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    Well, at first I'm creating the city to be used in Google Earth. And it's all done using Sketchup. But at a later date, I'm eventually going to use the assets in a game engine. But that's pretty far ahead in time. During the work with Sketchup and Google Earth, some buildings will probably be repeated. But just a few since this is city that's evolved from scratch about a thousand years ago. Meaning that the buildings aren't even mathematical correct at all. So I thought I'd use a smart way of texturing to save memory and thus, increasing performance that way. That's why I'm tiling as many textures as possible. The models will be quite simplified and won't have a high polycount at all. At a later date, I'm going to take pictures of the buildings and use CrazyBump to create the bump-maps etc. I've already done some testing on this and the results is very nice indeed!
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    Basecamp videos

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    Thanx man! Its working now
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    SU 4 lost authorization and stopped working

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    Updating what i found out, Versions 2, 3 and 4 runs ok after the evaluation in PC with Vista Premium Entering the serial_number only for there is no chance to enter the authorization code. 2 says it will work until...and then says nothing , but it works ¡ 3 and 4 says they will work for 335 minutes , but when done and got to 0 minutes, when re_opened they show again the same message and work ¡ So great. I am now running the three of them plus the 6 . Version 5 was not of my taste so i have not tested. I have found much more easier to deal with big topographical_cad plans in 4 than in 6. zooming, panning, drawing ,... it was not supposed to be like that but it is, and the power that 2 had is still missing .
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    Importing files from autocad

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    set designer, You should note that SketchUp doesn't actually do curves. All circles, arcs, bezier curves, etc. are composed of straight-line entities. After import, you can select a curve and change the number of line segments, if you need a smoother 'curve.' (At least, that is usually reported as effective.) After selection, look in the 'Entity Info' dialog box, and therein change the number of segments. Taff
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    How to remove

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    @jim said: As a work-around, you can create a rectangle anywhere - it does not need to be attached to your unfold geometry - and select it as the last unfold plane. Jim Yep, that what I do now and it does the job well and quite happy with the results. Thanks for the script Ken
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    Camera Perspective per Scene?

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    @gaieus said: Ah, see. It doesn't seem to be posible (at least not for me). You know where to file a feature request, don't ou? Yes of course, I was just double-checking. Thanks.
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    Fluted domes n details

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    When I was ready with the dome, exactly the same parachute came to my mind

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