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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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    Processing or other aspects of Groups vs components?

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    Just did a quick test comparing the file size of 100 individually grouped cubes and 100 copied component cubes, and surprisingly the component cube file was slightly bigger. I imagine this is only really true for quite simple geometry, and that when you strat getting more complex components the advantage (file size wise) will become apparent.
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    2D Export aspect ratio

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    I will have a look at it. Thanks for the tip. The problem is at the office everyone has their own set and layout for the toolbars so if one person needs to update some SU images then we end up with deviating images. I'll add a request for custom aspect ratio.
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    Help -- how do I do this

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    DavidBoulderD
    You may also want to make a group out of the property box. This way you can move things around that you place on it, without affecting the property itself.
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    Boundin boxes not aligning to coordinate axes

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    bazB
    I've had this happen sometimes, I think it's something to do with pasting groups or comps from another file with a different axis. But if you explode the group or comp then regroup it fixes itself. baz. here an example: [image: YMT9_Clipboard01.png]
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    .kmz to .3ds

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    pilouP
    Maybe by : Kmz-->Blender-->OBJ (or 3DS) ?
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    Glass panel

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    Not quite what Amo was envisaging, but it's a step closer. Enjoy. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/245
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    Transparent material not always appearing

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    first guess: try to switch "transparency quality" in the style window (edit tab > face settings) from "faster" to "nicer". second quess: if you have grouped your fence and outside of it is another face in the same position, SketchUp may get confused which face to display. if that is the case, just delete the additional face. could you post your model? would be interesting to have a look at it...
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    Creating a smooth surface form many connected units

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    If what gai mentioned doesnt yield satisfactory results your only option is to redo the model but with more triangles, although thats usually really tedious so only do it if you really need to. If youve got a bit of cash to spare it might also be worth checking out the subd and smooth plugin, i reckon itd be pretty useful for the sort of things youve shown already, and its very good at getting smooth surfaces. subd and smooth: http://www.smustard.com/script/SubdivideAndSmooth
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    Quality hard copy prints from Sketchup views

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    Just a quick addition - for better results, try editing your styles so you have thinner edge lines, I find it gives it a slightly more professional look.
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    Window still transparent when textures turned off

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    I hope you don't mind if I say that this model is a complete mess (seriously, I don't mean any personal). Actually not only some (but many) of the rear and some of the front windows are also see-through (only from that angle it's not apparent). For some reason, all your window components contain another window component. Exploding the outside ones make all the inside ones see through. I wonder which component has gluing/cutting features and which is cutting what... (although you have all the window openings cut into the walls anyway). So my guess is that there's something with the "cut opening" feature but seriously speaking there are sooo many components nested into each other that I can't really investigate which is which and which is causing the problem. For this particular project, I'd suggest a "workaround". There are two styles in your file now that I created. One is in monochrome mode with transparency turned off and one is the shaded with texture mode with transparency turned on. Use the styles dialogue to change the rendering modes instead of the buttons in the toolbar. Also purged the model a bit... Hope didn't delete some components you were going to use later 7 Nightingale Rd Extension 30 var.skp
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    3D PDFs

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    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=9864 Hello All, Interesting Topic here. I saw Hypercosm mentioned in this tread, from my very limited experience it does not support section planes from SU. Would be interested to know how this is in the different varieties of 3D-PDF? Btw, I asked some other questions regarding Hypercosm here. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=9864 I guess that sub forum is a little quite, if someone feels like having a look, I will appreciate it. Kind regards, Robert
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    Global Texture Replace

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    @plot-paris said: I am a great fan of drag-and-drop actions (even if I am no mac fan ). a cool option would be just to drag a material and drop it onto another, which brings up a prompt if you want to replace the material with the dropped one... cool, isn't it? Very!
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    Smooth Texture on Curved Surface

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    Thanks for the info. I can now recreate what you have done. I just draw a curve, and close it, no welding, the arc stays an arc. I then use extrude to create the surface and afterwards the texture works fine. What I was actually doing to create the extruded shape was rather different, and it might have something to do with it. I create an arc just as a guideline for a follow me. Then I create an Upright Rectangle, and follow it along the arc. The reason for this was of how my Ruby script work. I have to create a lot of components that follows basically the same curve, ie curved panels, with mouldings, etc. It seems that in that case, the resulting follow me creates the "segments" somewhat differently, and hence the texture problem. This might mean some rethink on my approach.
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    Click and Drag Unfolding

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    plot-parisP
    nice tool. seems to be quite simple to use
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    One Component - Two models - One Style - different Look WTF?

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    Hello Anssi Thanks for your two sents. NEver heard of that problem. But it´s not that either. The model is entirelly created in SU and is pretty much build around the point of origin. Oh well. I got the pics in the end. Can it be that SU is still a pretty buggy app?
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    How to get the SU thumbnails back in Windows explorer?

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    cd to the same dir as sketchup.exe. Run- regsvr32 ThumbsUp.dll It should say succeeded. If not, I seem to recall that since the dll is not 64-bit, it won't work in 64-bit Vista.
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    Too many toolbars

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    Edson, I expect that since those are all ruby add ons that perhaps the programming, especially with respect to MAC, may be flawed.
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    Another use for TubeAlongPath

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    My ancestry is Welsh (many generations ago,) so you're right. 'Taffy' is the anglicanized slang spelling of 'Dafydd' (Welsh for David.) 'Goch' is Welsh for 'red' (and, yes, I have red hair.) Good catch, Bob So, the 'perpendicular' thread WAS the one of which you were thinking. I still think it would be a nice feature if the 'circle' cursor could be dragged along an axis, similar to the 'protractor' and 'rotate' cursors. It sure would make drawing a surface perpendicular to a line (axis) a whole lot easier. -Taff
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    Line help

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    Success! Thanks again
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    High poly thing

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    @remus said: Adam, what makes you think inferencing does take much computing power? i would have tohugh its quite computationally intensive to find the mid, end and direction of very line in an SU model. It would, so you don't do that! Typically one creates some spatial structure that can narrow down the potential candidates very quickly. LightUp uses kd-trees to do it, I suspect Mr.Google will have something similar. The end result is you actually find mid, end and direction for only handful of lines. Adam

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