A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members
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I'm a new user of SketchUp and have been very impressed with the program and how easy it is to learn and use. I've run into an issue that I'm not able to solve. It may be that the program will not do what I'm wanting to do....... anyway, If anyone can tell me how to accomplish the following I'd be very appreciative.
I have created a rectangle, then pulled it up to create a block. I have constructed an arch for a doorway and I'm able to pull or push that arch all the way to the other end creating a vaulted void in the block. All of that is quite easy and works well. However, now I want to slice that block at an angle, keeping the vaulted void through the block. I'm not sure how to accomplish this.
I'm using the free version of SketchUp and wonder if I just can't do what I want unless I purchase the Pro version.
Thanks for your help,
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Hi John (and welcome),
Whatever you intend to do at these steps, it doesn't matter if the free or pro version. Make a slicing plane (best would be to "group" it until you place it and then explode). See the attached skp file "for ideas" as our learned friend, Jean would say (go through the scene tabs). I am not sure how you want to cut that shape but the theory is the same.
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Hello,
My name is Morgan I am French I'm 19 and I'm BTS in Visual Communication.
In order to create a multimedia project I need to replicate a bunker into a museum. As the interior of each room and floor. Therefore I discovered sketchup and I must say I am delighted. Here is what I must do:http://en.labaule.com/images_annuaire/14_77_1_labaule.jpg
I'd aps of my work forward.
Hope to read you
Morgan
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Hi Morgan and welcome!
Those shapes are going to be very easy in SketchUp so I believe it is the perfect choice. Post along as you are advancing with the project and a lot of people will chime in with good suggestions.
Cool project by the way - at least better than using those abandoned bunkers as public toilets as I saw near Bordeaux.
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Welcome Bunker!
Keep us posted on your project.
PMO
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Olá
I´m a new user of this community and i´m starting to use SU version 7 on my work, and hope that it will be very positive because i see a lot of potential in this.
Obrigado.
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Hi Pramos and welcome!
I have already added to the Portuguese usergroup so you can say hi there, too, if you want!
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Hi everyone!
I just joined today after getting reacquainted with the Google/Free SketchUp. When it first came out, I downloaded it to give it a try, but found it to be a bit beyond my needs as a hobbyist. As time went on, my time photographing automobiles rekindled my love for automotive design. Much to my excitement, I noticed on a few blueprint sites that they were using SU to create some amazing renderings. So, here I am! There's a sneaky suspicion this will also further my love/appreciation for architecture. And, it would be interesting to experiment with some fashion project applications. Who knows, maybe if I get on well with SU I'll look into V-ray for it. It's a big purchase, but gosh are the results amazing!
I look forward to chatting with you all and learning as much as possible. Cheers!
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Hi bvnni and welcome!
Looking forward to those models/renders!
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Hi I'm Carlos,
Thanks guys for this site, I really enjoy learning with all your tutorials and comments.
Blessing for all you..
Thank you.
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Hi Carlos (or Alex???) and welcome to the forums!
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@gaieus said:
Hi Carlos (or Alex???) and welcome to the forums!
Jee Carlos Alexander!!! Thank you Gai
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Another Newbie here... I am a custom cabinet designer/draftsman/engineer and I am attempting to use SU to create cover pages with renderings for print sets and renderings for the shop to use during construction- and I naturally ran into a problem. How do I get two complex geometries like crown moulding to join at a corner and create the 45 degree miter? Interior corners I can do (sort of) but exterior corners are eluding me.
Help me, Obi Wan, you're my only hope!!Thanks-
Brandon -
Hi Brandon and welcome. Please, have a look at these YouTube videos. They are really great at explaining the nature of the Follow me tool:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sketchup+follow+me+tool&search_type=&aq=f -
@gaieus said:
Hi Brandon and welcome. Please, have a look at these YouTube videos. They are really great at explaining the nature of the Follow me tool:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sketchup+follow+me+tool&search_type=&aq=fThanks Gaieus, that was exactly what I needed. I could have saved myself some time and frustration if I would have watched all the tutorials instead of just the first few... Ah well...
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Hi everyone. I just joined a few days ago as a complete beginner. I've done this back to front because I seemed to have made a a few mistakes so my 1st intro is lost in a "black whole".
I've got plenty of time now to learn new things with Sketch Up but SketchUcation seems more to me as a newbie. They are great, and friendly on the 'SketchUp' forum as they all are willing to help but it sometimes goes far above me.
So I'm raring to go, as I already got something new from Gaieus. I'll be a pest by asking a lot of questions as I go along.jacm -
Hi John (again) and welcome (again)
Never mind being a "pest" - after all a forum - especially a "Newbie Forum" is the ideal place for this.
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Hi..I came across this excellent site while searching for woodworking tips and tricks.
I have a couple of questions.....I'm running a Mac Intel (new model) 10.6 and SU keeps on crashing on me. My models are very very simple 2D drawings of a window.
Is there a link to the Sketch-up tools anywhere? One comes across answers in the threads and these may mention a tool that you haven't used...eg x-ray (at least I think it's a tool). It would be great to have a window open on a link where you could go straight to it and look up -x-ray and where it is in the toolset menus and what it briefly does.
Thanks guys
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Hi "Countryman" and welcome!
As for your display issues, I will probably not be able to help as I am on a PC although you can try to disable hardware acceleration to check if it is not a graphic card problem - this is under the Sketchup menu > Preferences > OpenGL settings on the Mac.
As for some reference manual, there is an abundance of info in the SU Help Centre like this "Reference Guide"
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Thanks for the welcome. Will check OpenGL although as it is a new Mac I'd have hoped that these issues were long sorted...I found posts about this going back to 2008.
Re reference manual...you've proved my point! Take X-Ray, for example. It doesn't appear anywhere obvious that I can see in that guide. I found it in the Google SketchUp 7 Quick Reference guide under Face Style. But Face Style doesn't appear in the Reference Guide either. Nor could I see Dynamic Components. They are probably there but filed away under something completely different and that is one of my gripes from a new users' perspective....the lack of consistency in presentation and naming/filing of information. I tried searching for X-Ray in Google but then you get many posts with questions that I don't even begin to comprehend.
Using the Search Bar in the Reference Guide does yield results but again proves my point re inconsistency. Putting in x-ray and clicking on the first link takes you to the Styles Browser Face panel. Now is that the same as Face Style? It is. So why not name it the same as the Quick Reference Card?
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