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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    @Dave-R Interesting because I used it last year (2024) without any problems. I can get the idea of payment but for me, using sketchup as a hobby, so no income out of model making, it is expensive.

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    soloS
    Hey guys I am desperate for very high resolution/quality satellite maps, I use Placemaker and I also use Nearmap but the resolution is not that great, I have tried using AI to upscale but that too does not really solve my issues. Is there another solution?

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    SU 2023/2024. install Dynamic components. — alert: "SketchUp tse.msg.os" Q:What to do with this and how to remove it? [image: 1725617849633-screenshot-2024-09-06-at-12.55.22.png] Mac osX 14.6.1. Macbook pro M1
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  • placidfuryP

    Display Edges kills performance

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    placidfuryP
    I've got the latest drivers considered stable with my hardware and OS... I changed the fast feedback setting, at it helped immensely... it's at least usable now! Thanks!
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    Rendering this building to seem realistic

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    [EDIT] updated it a bit: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f304abd1ad94126b3edfbe5b00b69b27
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    Limiting factor for image export?

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    Is there a limit on how big SU can export (on any computer) then? Because surely as a 32 bit app it can only address a small bit of memory?
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    Section cut depth

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    Yes, as Jacob says, the trick is to do a cut and then group, then cut within group. Takes several steps to do this. I think a ruby script could perhaps be done: cut section specify depth of section via vcb or picking, done!
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    Crashing

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    Have you ever tried to uninstall and clean all files dedicated to SU and reinstall? Also if you are not using the latest version, maybe updating helps. If you can not fix it, go on windows version.
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    Project texture

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    Import image to be projected (or apply the texture you want to project on to a flat surface.) Explode the image (if imported), right click it->texture->projected. Select the paint bucket tool, hold the alt key (changes it to a sampling tool) sample the texture and apply it to your curved face.
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    Texture on round surface

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    You could also try turning on hidden geometry and then painting the faces with the same texture, but rotated around. This would keep the irregular geometry of the bowl, as well.
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    Controlling follow me

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    Hi folks. I dont see this behavior of "Follow me" as a bug. This is to be expected since, when "Follow me" goes from one segment to the next, it must rotate the profile as it goes. If the direction change imply a rotation around only one axis, the profile will be reoriented around only this axis. Good for now. If the direction change is done around two axis at the same time, like the ramp in a spiral staircase, a rotation around the third axis in unavoidable since all three axis must remains at 90° from each other. What would be nice to have in a future version of SU would be some kind of modifier key that would allow the user to tell the "Follow me" tool to consider only one axis for rotation when doing the pull along the path. Just ideas. Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
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    FREAK Sketchup Error

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    Sorry to celebrate your frustration, Elysium...but: YEAH! I'M NOT INSANE!
  • sketch3d.deS

    2D Exporting creates blank screen

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    OK, thanks for the rephrasing. Yes, I knew about the export difference so I was quite surprised when misunderstood your first statement!
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    Curved corners

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    @remus said: Definetly possible, although it takes a bit of work. Theres a good tut on it here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3631&p=43237&hilit=rounded+cube#p43237 Sorted
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    Drawing views on SketchUp?? Please help

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    lol thanks.. but im not asking you to do so - this aspect of the unit isn't significant. It's only for this unit in which im designing a nightclub, that our teacher wants us to implement different drawing views throughout our folio- it's not like the main presentation or anything.
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    Barber pole

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    GaieusG
    Oh yes, bumps and such - or even clipmaps and layered materials so that it could look like a marble column with a winding, gilded stripe on it!
  • EdsonE

    Alpha channel is clipmap?

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    GaieusG
    Just for a sidenote, in Kerkythea speifically, you can use the alpha channel as a clipmap. You put the png, tiff, whateve format with the alpha channel into the diffuse slot and at the clipmap slot there is a checkbox (aomething like) "use alpha mask as clipmas" you can check. But other applications may not have this option so to create two files - a diffuse and a clip - may still be useful (not to speak about file sizes that Alan mentions).
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    Unsoften?

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    You need to do more than just select the edge. The softening effect is a combination of both the edge and an adjacent face. So long as you select edges and at least one adjacent face for each edge, you should be able to simply turn down the smoothing slider to unsoften them.
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    Erasing/creating faces/surfaces

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    plot-parisP
    and if all that doesn't help, you may be in the "wireframe" face style mode. then you just have to change to one of the other modes (shaded for example) and you will see all the faces again. this sounds far too simple. but it happens quite often...
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    I just got the Sketchupdate :( and send Adian a mail

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    pretty new to these forums, but have been using sketchup pretty regularly for the last few years. I am in the videogame/film/tv industry and have found sketchup to be heavily used in the design process. It's a similar industry to architecture, considering the needs for conceptual, photoreal designs. I have been waiting for sketchup to take the next step in terms of modelling and am hopeful that 7 will address some of the issues. I hope Google understands the widespread use of Sketchup in diverse industries. If in the next update there is little to address the need for better modelling, and maybe even more extensive lighting options (like the light up plugin) i think i'll have to bite the bullet and learn modo...ouch. I hope not because i love sketchup and am heavily invested in it. just my two cents. i love this board by the way, have learned an amazing amount and am constantly inpressed with the quality of the work displayed!
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    Different Line Types

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    i think this is the script markitekt is refering to, unfortunately you have to pay for it, but dont let that put you off. Cheers for expanding on your original description
  • Joe WoodJ

    Pan and Orbit Problems

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    plot-parisP
    ...and you can change the mouse's balance with a set of weights I have no idea how to balance it correctly though (just made it as heavy as possible)
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    Benefits of Pro over Free?

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    soloS
    The answer is simple really, most folk that bought the professional version were indeed using it in a professional capacity and in doing so their workflow would probably require exporting and importing over several other apps in order to deliver the final product. I cannot comment about the Layout feature as I have never had the patience to deal with it and it never yielded anything productive in my hands.

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