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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp

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    For readers finding this older Mac-thumbnail question today: I have made a free extension to restore model-image Finder icons in current SketchUp versions, Mac SKP Icon Repair & Keeper 0.1.5. I am its author. You can repair a whole library through Extensions > Repair a folder of SketchUp Finder icons… . Normal subfolders are included, without opening each model. It uses previews already embedded in the .skp files, changes icon metadata without rewriting models, and skips files without previews. It also restores the current model’s icon after ordinary saves. The installer is in SketchUcation PluginStore as Mac SKP Icon Repair. Source, instructions and direct download are in SamTSham’s sketchup-icon-repair repository on GitHub. My announcement in Extensions & Applications Discussions links to both. Testing covers Apple silicon with SketchUp 2021–2026; this is not a compatibility claim for the older systems discussed here. Intel hardware testing is unconfirmed. Folder repair needs Python 3 at /usr/bin/python3. It restores Finder icons, not the Quick Look service or the other interface features discussed above.

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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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    @myztery need hinge and finish side concept curve hinge layout.skp
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    Surfaces selection problem

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    thank you for solving the same problem that i had.. didn't know it was that easy to correct it.. it'sjust the hardware accleration thing .. anyway thanks guys and plz answer all of our coming questions
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    Adirondack 6x0

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    Thanks for the compliments. Does anyone have any tricks to create a deceptive SU 6x0 in their models? Cheers
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    Copy camera position

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    You should start with these settings because every scene can have its unique settings which is inherited when a new scene is created. So if you already have your scenes, you should do this setting at every scene and update it.
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    I'm lost

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    Maybe that's the reason @unknownuser said: Backup March 12 restored Sent at: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:26 pm From: Coen Naninck To: Registered users Dear SCF user, Unfortunately because of a bug in the forum software we experienced major technical problems that were irreversible. Our solution was to restore a server backup made yesterday, March 12th. Because of this, we lost 68 newly registered members. If you know any of these members or see questions in other boards about this (for example PushPullBar, Google Groups, Etc.) please notify these people of the backup restoration and that they can safely re-register here. We apologize for this issue, but are happy it has been resolved now.
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    Artlantis Site Down?

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    http://www.artlantis.com/index.php?page=support/forum/index Site is back up now. Scott
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    How to intersect and have the cut geometry as groups?

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    GaieusG
    Moved to the SU forum.
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    This could have been the future of sketchup?....

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    Link to Basecamp thread.
  • EdsonE

    Weird stuff

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    no, it did not happen on a clean file. i have already discarded the texture. let us see how it goes. thanks.
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    I'm getting clipping problems when zooming

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    Hello again! Indeed there were a couple of threads about this topic, I had a closer look now. And yes, my model was very big, I was doing a very large sea plane that would be as near as possible to the horizon. I've already reduced it quite a bit and the problem got quite a lot more manageable. Thank you all for the tips!
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    Intersect Functions don't seem to work as anticipated

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    I noticed after performing the intersection command on group 2, and deleting the section plane and half the pipe, the green element at the intersection with the vertical pipe appeared to have hidden edges. In fact, when I clicked on a surface of that object, it selected the entire green object, as if it were an object or component. I think that is why the intersecting face is not being created. When I recreate the two pipes and intersect them, I don't have that problem.
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    Curved wall w/ variable height

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    P Miller rong name but it's for your good eye dtr
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    Hexnumbers for colors

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    The reason why I thought it made since was because sometimes colors are listed this way and it seems to make sense to enter info in 1 box vs 3. Photoshop has this flexibilty I just recently discovered.
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    Convert to .dxf file

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    Dear Remus, Many thanks, Bob
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    Portable Sketchup

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    If the EULA says you cant redistribute it, i wouldnt get your hopes up for publishing it yourself. Definetly worth gettign in comtct with the SU team to see wether theyd be interested or not, as this could add some major functionality to the program. I suppose the only caveat would be if you wanted to charge or not, which would be pretty reasonable as far as im concerned! So i reckon, just talk to the SU team and see what they have to sya aobut it, im certainly gunning for you
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    Advice on which renderer to use

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    nothing beats podium - sorry, its true. I'm sure there are more "advanced" tools, but for people looking of a get-to-the-point easy to learn program, podium is good.
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    Embedding youtube videos.

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    Thanks for the post
  • Bryan KB

    Precision Movement

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    Thanks Boofredlay. I have turned off "Enable length snapping" and set "Precision" to 0". Same results. I'm working on a small house model. I'm beginning to suspect I don't have a powerful enough computer. I'm using an optical mouse with about 3-400dpi, a 128mg video card, slightly less than 1gig RAM and a 7200rpm HDD on a 100mhz bus. AMD 1.7ghz P4. There is no room for more RAM (poor mobo design). Nor can I upgrade the cpu for the same reasons. I might be able to upgrade the vid card. I'm thinking about going with something that uses DDR. I had good results with a customer's computer after installing one for them. The HDD is brand new. (Seagate Barracuda) I have a 19" LCD monitor. In other words, it's an old computer.
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    Dynamic block import

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    Explode them first, or convert them using the Express Tools to non-dynamic blocks before importing the file into SU. There's no way around that. To my knowledge, no other CAD or modeling program outside of AutoDesk's own products imports AutoCAD's dynamic blocks.
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    Convert to Polygon ??

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    A circle and a polygon are pretty much indistinguishable in 2D. Same number of sides and all connected into a single 'curve' object - if you explode either type the sides split into individual edges... However, a circle and a polygon differ if you extrude them into 3D forms - using pushpull or followme etc. A circle is a smooth curve and extrudes faces in 3D that are also smoothed - i.e. the edges between the facets are not normally visible. A polygon is not smoothed and so it extrudes faces in 3D that are separated by visible edges. However, you can hide or smooth these later if desired...
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    Hexagon polygon reduction tool

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    Thanks, I'll have a look.

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