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  • The ideal place for beginners to get help using SketchUp
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    @Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. Now I know that I can share the link with Fredo6 on the Animator thread so he can download the file and look at it (to hopefully identify the problem I have been having trying to generate a video). You might also try generating an Animator video and see what results you get.

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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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    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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    sk.lionS
    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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    ithilI
    Thanks for the post
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    Precision Movement

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    Bryan KB
    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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    GaieusG
    Thanks, I'll have a look.
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    Problems when exporting

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    Thx for the help man Well let's try to get some older installer of SU somewhere... Someone? Oh i know some place where to...
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    SU hidden gem: add detail = subdivision tool

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    A slightly buggy Triangulate.rb is available at Ruby Library Depot to first triangulate faces. The script messes up on a few types of faces, but it does save work. Add a one-step undo by inserting model.start_operation "Triangulate" ### one-step Undo after line 56, entities = model.entities.
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    Deep Exploration SU to 3ds MAX

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    If you want the entire scene with cameras exported then use .max, if you only want the object then use .3ds.
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    Alignment features

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    GaieusG
    It's in the Component property box (which also pops up when you create a component). Certainly you need to carefully adjust the gluing plane prior to use this option otherwise it will just be the R/G plane afaik (I haven't tried now). See attached image. [image: zAGr_Gluetoany.png]
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    SU Reflections

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    GaieusG
    Other examples: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4721
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    How to map a sphere ?

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    thomthomT
    In this particular case it looks like just a noisemap, wouldn't it work to apply the texture, non-projected, to each face?
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    "Design Within Reach" Furniture???

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    bazB
    you could also try: http://www.sketchupmodels.com/ baz Edit: Seems to be defunct. May 2012.
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    3d Text font problem

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    We're having a similar problem. I've just installed 2 new fonts (.OTF) but although they are available in other software, like Word, Sketchup doesn't display them in the 3D Text dialogue. Is there any way to fix this?
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    Works from an Urban Design/Planner

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    @solo said: From SU ----> .3ds ---> gmax. Yeah, I believe that is what I asked? I just wanted to be sure
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    IClone anyone

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    soloS
    The 3d exchange facility allows import but no export and is at an additional cost.
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    Display of Tom's trees

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    Yeh!

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