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    thank You I can't believe I am benifiting something from 2013

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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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    Fade in/fade out between scenes

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    Thats always been my solution too. I really like setting up 2 scenes pretty close to one another and put a long transition time on them. So over like 15 seconds the camera only moves a little bit. Then make of few of these slow panning/zooming/FOV Changing scenes. Take them into a movie editor and do a crossfade on them. Makes for some really nice, upscale feeling, video work. Chris
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    Model dissapear when changing wieving angle

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    I "accidently" solved it by clicking zoom all extents before your reply, but in the link you send i found this. Another situation that can cause clipping is when the Perspective camera mode is turned off. In that case, click the "Zoom Extents" button (it looks like a magnifying glass with four red arrows pointing outward). The camera zooms out to display the entire model, and the clipping is eliminated. So you are totally right! Thanks a lot
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    Bugsplat model :(

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    Lol well all its stands for is a weird model At least i recovered my model from a previous autosave. If you want to see the complete model its http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b3c8d49f3d2f351d145b4cbe1c91cb6a
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    The feature you use least

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    GaieusG
    When doing big calculations in SU (like using the Comp Spray Tool) never leave the Outliner open because it may slow SU down considerably for it tries to update itself all the time. Other than this, it is really handy and sure I should use it more often (just like shortcuts).
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    Modelling a bubble lamp

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    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10242 here s the plugin Thx Remus!
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    Strange Behavior

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    Elysium, That seemed to help. Thanks. Oddly enough, it also seems to have reduced the file size quite a bit. Don't understand that really, but, as long as it works!
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    Zoom out and frame shows through skin?

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    Dear Jean, Thank you for your clear example. These small work-arounds make all the difference. Kind regards, Bob
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    Problem exporting to a 2D image

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    I have the same problem all the time... Mostly because of file sizes... so purging, deleting, etc... all helps!
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    Sketchup gets slow

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    Hi Dirk, Please, try this "test": go to (menu) Window > Preferences > OpenGL and uncheck hardware acceleration. If the performance is improved, it means that you should find a video driver (i.e. updaet your driver) so that your system can handle OpenGL better. This is a common issue with drivers and Vista and I only hope you can find a driver that solves your problem. If not, kee4p HA off until you find one.
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    Rendering plugins?

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    Hi Timetodoit. Since you are using Photoshop see http://sites.google.com/site/3dbasecamp2008/all-sessions-2008/taking-your-models-into-photoshop on how to "render" in PS. Yes printing straight from SU is rough. But also have you tried exporting .png at high resolution and printing that? Still not a rendering but much cleaner. I am looking, like yourself, and checked out Kerkythea, but this is not so simple as loading a Mac app on your Mac. Stopped me, until I can spend time loading and learning the software needed to run it. Looking forward to the Mac Podium.
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    Materials and suddivide & smooth

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    Ah, well I think I may have reversed the faces, applied the material to that side too then reversed them back again. That could very possibly be the explanation, Biebel.
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    Sketchup, UVs and cleaning models for export

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    I don't use other 3d apps too much, so if there is way to clean up SU models, that could be cool. But I think its a common problem where one program that works one way will always export a little bit less than perfect to another program. CAD to SU is another example. It works, but it takes some cleanup in CAD and SU. There are definitely examples of people doing very high poly stuff in SU, then texturing it in SU (I think) and exporting it succesfully to a renderer and getting inredible results. So I wouldn't call it completely useless. But I think it does get a little bit clunky, because of the way faces are turned into triangulated geometry. But for sure there are people who know a lot more aboutt he technical details of this than I do.... Chris
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    Animation choppy on CD

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    Sounds like a cache-ing problem to me.
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    Please Help

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    Sanjay, you do not appear as though you want to learn how to model this. I may be wrong, but it looks like you want a model creating for you without doing any work yourself. SketchUp is a fantastic tool and you have a Community here willing to help you learn, use this resource and you will have fun.
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    Component edit on Mac Os

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    I got it to work . What I did was select and copy one plant from the pool project and paste it into a new blank sketchup window. The edit functions somehow work normally in this new file and I selected always face camera etc. I copied the altered plant back into the project and all the plants then became editable within the original file. Strange but it works
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    Why don't more people use SketchUp to place 3D components?

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    Hello, Perhaps this is a good place to post my SU Kitchen Modeling Consortium idea. I am not concerned here in opening the SU door to the masses as facilitating SU use for professional designers and architects. With residential remodel design being a large part of my work, I'd like to use SU to present 3d kitchen models in something comparable to that provided by cabinet makers. If professionals worked together online to glean, vet, and share models and systematic modeling methodology, we might make something that is useful to everybody. Agreeing on the quality and impetus of work might be the hardest part among designers. But at least you are not leaving it up to non-designers to ferret out as in 3d Warehouse. The process could start out informally, but of course, it needs a place online to happen. Hope this is not too OT
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    Export of iso not scaled correctly

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    Chris FullmerC
    And sometimes the dirtiest bugs are sold as features Chris
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    Resolution of Materials

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    Thats right, nicely summed up. Just to add a bit, SU can handle a max image resolution of 1024x1024, so no textures can be bigger than that.
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    Inadvertent objects added to Groups

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    . Funny that we've been fooling w/ this for a long time and I just assumed it was another undocumented trick. You'll notice tho as you use the Outliner for drag/drop nesting of the clones, that the results are unpredictable (and therefore not really a feature"..;-) Some of our object outlines are 5 or 6 nests deep, but the same behavour occurs even with a simple cluster. Hope that helps, pls let me know when you know...thx again. /Dennis .
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    PLEASE HELP with image crash!!

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    Joao, I also have a fancy Logitech mouse whose driver I simply uninstalled (I know there are ways to fix misbehaviours but I didn't need those functions anyway). Also I work with 0 AA settings for during modeling it doesn't really hurt my eyes while on export you can either set AA (this time it's supported by SU, not the graphics driver) as well as you can postprocess and resample your images in PS to get rid of aliasing.

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