• Login
sketchucation logo sketchucation
  • Login
🤑 SketchPlus 1.3 | 44 Tools for $15 until June 20th Buy Now

A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Newbie Forum
sketchup
1.4k Posts 667 Posters 571.0k Views 667 Watching
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • O Offline
    obkcaptain
    last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 09:18

    Hi everyone
    New (very new) on Sketchup, and old (62, very old), I've discovered a simply way to modelling 3D. Mac user with OS Lion, I had some problems rendering SKU's files properly. Kerkythea doesn't install on my Mac under Lion, but...I keep my laptop, wich (running the old XP) had received it ok.

    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • N Offline
      numbthumb
      last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 13:19

      You´re never too old for this 😄 Welcome abroad!

      Comfortably numb...

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • J Offline
        Jean Lemire
        last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 14:03

        Hi folks.

        See this thread in SketchUp Help forum:

        Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

        favicon

        (www.google.com)

        Just ideas.

        Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • B Offline
          boofredlay
          last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 14:10

          Welcome.

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • R Offline
            Roger
            last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 16:20

            Welcome junior.

            http://www.azcreative.com

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • V Offline
              Vicspa
              last edited by 31 Aug 2011, 16:28

              Welcome, from someone slightly older. It's never too late

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • T Offline
                tjl
                last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 11:54

                Hello,

                I am a new user to both SU and this forum. I am a landscape contractor/designer, I design using Dynascape Design and I design for others in the US and Canada. I have come to use SU from Dynascape Design, which launched their 3D verison this year. As luck would have it, my first project happens to be a large and complicated commercial design. I have spent over 20 hrs so far and started over once and I probably will need another 8+ hrs to finish, big learning curve.

                I look forward to learning SU and to use it as another way to present my landscape designs. I also look forward to viewing some of the posts (when I have time), so in advance, thank you for this forum.

                Tom Lacey
                Virginia

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • T Online
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by 8 Sept 2011, 21:05

                  @dmorrill22 said:

                  Hi, my name is Doug Morrill.
                  I would like to know if there is a plugin available that will change the texture or color of an object (such as a group or component) with timing. I want to create a strobe light setup for a pickup truck model, and be able to vary the flash patterns. Is this possible, or would it be fairly simple to program? I have never done any programming before, so learning Ruby or something would take quite a while.
                  Thanks for the help,
                  Doug
                  There's nothing available that I can think of...
                  However by using instances on various layers and switching them ON/OFF you could mimic the effect using the Animation or Timer API methods...
                  Perhaps post a more detailed request in the Developers'/Plugins[Req] forums... with some images etc to attract attention...

                  TIG

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M Offline
                    mitcorb
                    last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 01:10

                    Welcome tjl:
                    I think your post got lost in the shuffle. I think you will enjoy your experience here. Feel free to ask any questions. There are a lot of very talented, friendly, and experienced individuals here willing to help.

                    I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • S Offline
                      scottkahn3d
                      last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 01:31

                      My name is Scott Kahn (scottkahn3d) and a big hello to everyone! I’m not new to SketchUp, it’s been 3 years now. But I am new to the forum thing. I’m looking to network and know all the latest developments within the Google SketchUp family and beyond!...(-;

                      Not sure how much I should say/share on this first go-around?
                      Ok, here's some...

                      Recently about me: I spent all of 2009 in school honing my 3D cad skills, and the last two years working professionally in the trade-show/exhibit industry. I live in California, and freelance out of a home based office.

                      Specialties, but not limited to: 3D modeling of trade-show exhibits, booth design, photo renderings, and fly thru's.Using Google-Sketchup and Kerkythea software. The computer models are built from AutoCad files (dwg), blueprints, verbally, or actual measurements. Then photo-rendered with lights and backgrounds.

                      Scott Kahn with 3D CAD designs.
                      818-540-8101
                      scottkahn3d@aol.com
                      http://www.3d4d.webs.com
                      Thank you!

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • J Offline
                        jp-129
                        last edited by 9 Sept 2011, 12:31

                        Hi folks,

                        I'm new to the forum and new to SU but not new to 3d modeling, been creating models in CAD and MAX but I'm no pro. I have a degree in Interior Design and Interior Design is where I'd like to apply SU. I just installed SU 7 since I received it from a friend as well as needing to import .dwg files into SU. I'm here trying to learn a new tool to help create quick 3d models vs. spending hours on CAD and MAX.

                        Here's a small example of my work, a quick mock up of a kitchen showroom that I modeled.

                        http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3351/hw2johnperezz.jpg

                        You can find more about me at http://about.me/john.perez

                        I look forward in interacting with this great community 😍

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • R Offline
                          ralphvanbemmel
                          last edited by 15 Sept 2011, 07:55

                          Hi,

                          I'm a new member on SU: Ralph from Amsterdam.
                          I'm very interested in designing for 3D-printing. I'm using sketchup pro now for six months and i'm doing allright. In the next month(s) i want to learn how i can export textured models in .wrl that are printable. And i like to find some plugins for fast texturing . I've just searched, but i couldn't find a topic about designing for 3d-printing, is that right?

                          Anyway, nice to meet you all and i hope we can learn a lot about each other.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by 15 Sept 2011, 21:28

                            Hi Ralph and welcome!

                            There are a couple of topics about 3D printing here, I am sure you will find some useful info (I do not do it - yet - so cannot suggest myself)

                            Gai...

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • L Offline
                              legoman
                              last edited by 18 Sept 2011, 03:17

                              Hi,

                              I just joined today! I am a fine artist (using Windows 7) working on a sculpture commission, and my client and I are using Sketchup to plan to piece.

                              In the attached image, you can see an endpoint (indicated with an arrow) floating next to a plane that is not perpendicular to the horizontal or a vertical axis. I would like to be able to draw a line from this endpoint that connects with the tilted plane at a 90 degree angle. The line tool naturally wants to connect at an angle parallel to the horizon, which would give me an inaccurate measurement of how far the endpoint projects from the plane. I hope you guys can help! I really appreciate it.

                              best, Clement
                              clementyeh.com


                              how does one measure how far this endpoint projects from a tilted plane?

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by 18 Sept 2011, 07:23

                                Hi Clement and welcome!

                                You know that you can always align the axes to any arbitrary position thus being able to work in oblique angles?

                                In your case, some little tricks could be used:

                                1. draw a rectangle on that slanting face. It can be of any shape

                                2. Now use the two sides of this rectangle to align the axes to (activate the axis tool from the Tools menu)

                                3. click on one corner of the rectangle to set the origin

                                4. click on another corner to set the direction of the red axis

                                5. click on another corner to set the direction of the green axis

                                6. Now go to your endpoint and start drawing a line then press either the up or down arrow on your keyboard to force it on the blue axis.

                                7. draw the line until you see the "On face" inference on your oblique face.

                                8. Now you can delete the rectangle (or could have deleted before step 3 too)

                                9. Finally right click on any of the three axes (in open space) and "Reset" them to their original position


                                There is also some plugin that can draw a perpendicular line to any arbitrary face from a given point but I forget which is that.

                                Gai...

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • J Offline
                                  jborders12
                                  last edited by 19 Sept 2011, 17:36

                                  Hello,
                                  I am completely novel to Google Sketchup and I know that I won't even begin to scathe the vast possibilities it offers, so please bare with me for these following questions.

                                  I am intending on using Sketchup to create multiple 3-dimensional figures for a Cognitive Psychological experiment examining how manipulation (via a mouse) or no manipulation effects the recognition/memory of novel visual objects.

                                  In order to do this, I am planning on making many of these objects that are very similar yet subtly different at the same time. All objects will be composed of a base (cube, triangular prism, or a pentagonal prism) and three parts extending off of that base which can either be a cylinder or rectangular prism.

                                  At this point, I believe I understand the program sufficiently to create these objects, but i've run into a confound. I am hoping to be able to bend some of these parts that extend of off the base. How would I go about bending such shapes? I've looked around and found the script, "shape bender" but I am uncertain as to whether this would work for me.

                                  Thank you all for any help you can lend; It is truly appreciated.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • T Online
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by 20 Sept 2011, 09:06

                                    jborders12
                                    Welcome...
                                    'ShapeBender' will almost certainly do what you want.
                                    The geometry needs to be a group or component-instance.
                                    Ensure you have all of the required files/folders installed as the instructions, and that progressbar.rb is also installed. Also note that the 'red' line and 'curve' cannot touch each other or other 'raw' geometry... Also the original geometry should not be exceptionally small or the radii of bends too tight...
                                    If you have queries about a tool please post in the tool's thread...

                                    TIG

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • J Offline
                                      jborders12
                                      last edited by 20 Sept 2011, 13:07

                                      Thank you for the quick response.

                                      One last set of questions and again, sorry for being so clueless.
                                      How do I go about utilizing the plugin? I am running free Sketchup ver:8 on a mac running OSX Lion. I downloaded the shape bender plugin but I am unsure how to open the program on Sketchup. Do I need to download another file and/or copy the file(s) in different folders?

                                      Thanks for all the help

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • H Offline
                                        hc3
                                        last edited by 21 Sept 2011, 03:24

                                        Hello. I'm Henry. Got the SketchUp bug a few days ago. In the past I had considerable seat time with NX, was called Unigraphics. I'm working on modeling custom race car parts for a Bonneville team. I like to design mechanical systems, e.g. now looking at chain drives, belt drives/etc. I found, downloaded and got working PipeAlongPath and it worked great. Need for chassis layout. I can't find where to download it now to put on my home computer, I'll eventually figure it out. I also am using the k_tools for putting a filet between two lines. I hope I posted this in the right spot.
                                        Thanks,
                                        -Henry

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • H Offline
                                          hc3
                                          last edited by 21 Sept 2011, 15:34

                                          Hi,
                                          Henry again here.
                                          I'm new and having trouble getting plugins to work.
                                          I have Vista and SU8.
                                          How do I find the correct forum location to post questions for e.g. 2DTools or k_tools_50.rb ?
                                          For k_tools_50.rb I'm using the right click to setup the function, so I think I'm doing that correctly.

                                          Re: 2DTools
                                          I downloaded 2Dtools_4.9(1).zip and installed per the instructions.
                                          I can get the pull downs to work/etc.
                                          Select intersecting lines and can't get the fillet to happen. Tried a number of different sequences of inputting the radius/etc. with 1" or 1' and other radius values, after checking that the radius was reasonable considering the length of the lines.

                                          Re: k_tools_50.rb
                                          I downloaded k_tools_50.rb and got it to work a few times and now can't get it to work.
                                          The function I want is to put a fillet between two lines..

                                          Sorry for the newbee questions.

                                          Thx,
                                          -Henry

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • 1
                                          • 2
                                          • 50
                                          • 51
                                          • 52
                                          • 53
                                          • 54
                                          • 72
                                          • 73
                                          • 52 / 73
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          Buy SketchPlus
                                          Buy SUbD
                                          Buy WrapR
                                          Buy eBook
                                          Buy Modelur
                                          Buy Vertex Tools
                                          Buy SketchCuisine
                                          Buy FormFonts

                                          Advertisement