A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

yf90 · 13 May 2009, 01:13

Thx for all the help!
im using artlantis currently
is artlantis good?or podium?
looking for a good renderer here

ml77 · 14 May 2009, 18:31

I am a new member must know the load Vismat Material for Vray.

waredatamredpcdr · 17 May 2009, 23:20

Hello I have just downloaded this program, When i open it up I have a blank page, cannot see any lines or markings? What I'm I missing??

SuManSharma · 18 May 2009, 04:57

Hi All!! This is SuMan from India..
Gud to be a member of this forum and looking forward to enhance my sketchup skills through your help ...
I use SU7 and want to know if there is any way to open the SU7 file in SU6 which can be edited in SU6..

ThnQ,

remus · 18 May 2009, 06:07

Welcome SUman,

If you go file->save as then change the format to SU 6 you will then be able to open your SU7 files in SU6.

Gaieus · 18 May 2009, 11:37

@waredatamredpcdr said:

Hello I have just downloaded this program, When i open it up I have a blank page, cannot see any lines or markings? What I'm I missing??

Hello Nora and welcome.

Can't you see anything when drawing (say) a line either?

Could you try this test: Go to Window > Preferences > OpenGL and uncheck "Hardware acceleration". If this "seems" to help, try to update your video driver rather than leaving it like this (because without HW acceleration SU can be slower).

What video card do you have by the way?

SuManSharma · 18 May 2009, 15:31

@remus said:

Welcome SUman,

If you go file->save as then change the format to SU 6 you will then be able to open your SU7 files in SU6.

ThnXX for the reply but the file is opening as a read only file in SU6 when saved in this manner..

remus · 18 May 2009, 16:25

Did you close SU7 before opening it in SU6? windows doesnt like you having the same (write enabled) file open in 2 different programs.

Gaieus · 18 May 2009, 19:17

Hi Jack and welcome to the forums.

Indeed Dave can make SU look a fantastic tool (which it is actually) so I'm not surprised. To make sure you get the "most" out of SCF, I registered you at the Woodworking forum (which is subscription based and I saw you were not a member of it yet).

bluecollar · 25 May 2009, 18:46

I have been using sketchup for a few years now as a furniture designer/manufacturer,and am keen to find information on using SU models for CNC routing.

SU is by far and away the best 3d design platform for furniture

bluecollar · 25 May 2009, 18:51

P.S any chance I can get on the woodworkers forum too? I am having trouble finding the login page

remus · 25 May 2009, 18:53

Evening(or morning/afternnon depending on where you are) bluecollar,

you can get to the woodworkers forum by going to the user control panel (top left of the forum) then going to usergroups and signing up from there.

bluecollar · 25 May 2009, 18:58

Thanks Remus late evening here in South Africa

alarm · 28 May 2009, 08:22

HI ALL my name Alam from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Reactive forum back, before this i just the watcher and reader only!

Gaieus · 28 May 2009, 14:54

Hi Alam and welcome to SCF!

FireRed808 · 29 May 2009, 18:56

Hi. I'm new to this, in the design of military CQB buildings for my uncle. I was wondering if I could get tips on how to give a building interior a shady look with plenty of twists, turns and hiding places? Nothing fancy, just getting started. Thanks!

Gaieus · 29 May 2009, 19:16

Hi FR and welcome

What do you exactly mean by "shady look"? From your further description it would mean some detailing if I'm not mistaken?

Oma · 3 Jun 2009, 17:14

Hello

New I just downloaded this program this morning.

I am grandmother and little bit nervous about learning a new program. I also use the program paint.net and find I'm ready for new challenge.

I have several questions. re the 3d items for components I would like to add some 3d people but not sure where to save to my computor. Please simple step by step I'm older and not a total computor geek.

ciao
thanks in advance
OMA (german for Grandmother)

boofredlay · 3 Jun 2009, 18:06

Welcome Oma. I think you might have just inherited me as your new grandson. My Oma (yes we called her that) passed away last summer.

Regarding your files, you can save the 3d people, chairs, windows etc... wherever you wish. When you want to insert them into your current drawing you can either go to File / Insert and locate them that way or you can open the file folder on top of SU and drag / drop them directly into SU.

However if you want them to show up in you component browser then you should create a new folder called 3d people (for example) and place it here (assuming you are using a PC):
C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Components
Then you will see that folder show up in your browser. See images below:

However, I prefer the drag and drop method.

I hope this helps. And if you have further questions it would be best to start a new thread here in the Newbie forum as it might get lost in this long thread.

Archikton · 4 Jun 2009, 01:36

Hi,
I used SU primarily as a concept tool but from the looks of things I have been grossly underestimating its finer possibilities. I intend to learn a great deal from you guys. Thanks for the opportunity to learn.

Thanks

Archikton