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    zandro
    last edited by 24 Sept 2011, 13:28

    Hello! Im new here in this forum.

    I want to share my problem. My VRay does not respond every time I render such a big file. Any suggestions? My SU version is Pro 8 in Win7.

    Thanks!

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      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 24 Sept 2011, 18:30

      @zandro said:

      Hello! Im new here in this forum.
      I want to share my problem. My VRay does not respond every time I render such a big file. Any suggestions? My SU version is Pro 8 in Win7.
      Welcome zandro,
      Can I suggest you post a message in the special VRay forum here as you're likely to get a better response there...

      TIG

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        Gultekinmg
        last edited by 26 Sept 2011, 02:35

        Hello,
        this is my early sample at SU.
        http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=16c8b57688f3fd719489d80069630f38

        Has been long time i have quit sketchup due to could not utilize tools to design POPUP books.
        I am back here to search some bone connection scipts to animate pop-up books.

        All Sketchy Scripters makes me download are here, i like it. πŸ˜„
        I hope it helps me achive my goal.

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          makizushi
          last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 03:03

          Greetings, all.

          My name is Ryan. I work at a church and used SketchUp to create a model of the property so that I could more efficiently plan a haunted house / maze for Hallowe'en last year. I haven't got a background in CAD and have no talent for reading blueprints, but I've worked with Adobe Illustrator some and ported the skills from there to SU as best I could. The result was a usable, if inelegant file. I'd hoped to have become a SketchUp pro by now, and to be wowing everyone with mad-skillz visual walkthroughs of how we're going to do this year's haunted house...but that hasn't happened (yet). So to remedy that I've come to sketchucation for guidance.

          My hopes for this forum?

          1. I need a basic vocabulary so I understand the terminology when folks use it.

          2. If someone could point me toward a 'best practices' guide for creating and ordering the components & models - such that I could have multiple POVs, cross-sections, etc.

          3. also, if I want to upload my working file and ask people to critique and/or improve on it, where do I go?

          Thanks in advance, and it's nice to be on such a friendly forum. 😎

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            Gaieus
            last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 09:10

            Hi Ryan and welcome!

            There will probably not be any direct guide for most of your questions as some are quite complex.

            1. As for "terminology": there is a "Glossary" in the SU Help Center which explains all the terms used in the application.
            2. As for organising your model and especially using components - whenever there is the smallest bit that is repeated at least twice in your model, you should use a component and its copies ("instances") for it - but of course, this advice is ultimately vague and we could demonstrate much better with an actual example (model).
            3. Under the text area where you are posting, there is an "Upload attachment" tab. You can upload attachments up to 2Gb here (I think smaller for images but of course you need not use 2Gb images) but if your file is bigger, you can always use the 3D Warehouse to share your model and paste the URL here.

            Gai...

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              Thoryan
              last edited by 5 Oct 2011, 19:00

              Hi Guys,

              Just wanted to do a quick intro.
              My names Tom, and I'm in the UK.
              I'm following in the footsteps of other action figure fans and just trying to create my own mods for figures, and was recommended sketchup by many of the guys on some of the figure forums.

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                ConnorBC
                last edited by 10 Oct 2011, 17:33

                Hello everyone. I'm new to SU. I've been playing with SU Pro 8 for a few weeks now and really enjoy the program. I have never played with this type of 3D program before and have been told that SU is a great way to eventually jump into SolidWorks.

                I have always enjoyed traditional drafting since high school. I am currently designing and developing new compound bow components. I have been submitting all of my traditional drafts to a second party for modeling and would like to speed things up by building the models and generate the required PDF's and DXF files right from the start.

                I am able to generate simple components to scale but feel I am still some time away from completing more complex models. I will endoubtedly have many questions while learning SU. πŸ˜„

                Thanks everyone! I look forward to being an active forum member and hopefully can contribute to the forums very soon.

                Connor

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                  mitcorb
                  last edited by 11 Oct 2011, 01:27

                  Welcome to you, Connor:
                  I hope you enjoy the ride. Feel free to ask questions. There's always somebody who either has an answer or can point you to a solution.

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

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                    ricabescobar
                    last edited by 11 Oct 2011, 21:28

                    Hi my name is Richard, I'm from Guatemala, that is in Central America!!, and I'm an Architec student, but I'm already working as an Architect, and I love to work with Sketchup, my primary job is in Autocad, but everytime that I can, I work something in 3d on skethup for presentations to clients or my boss. I also work with 3d max.
                    This is my blog and some of my works:
                    http://visual3drcab.blogspot.com/

                    I'm very happy to find this web!
                    I hope to find somethings very useful here.

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                      Supreme Line
                      last edited by 12 Oct 2011, 13:22

                      Hi Guys

                      I Am Ryan From Scotland.

                      I Started Google Sketch Up in May 2011 and since Then I have Created about 15 Ships In Which Iv Made A Ship Line Supreme Line I have 6 Employees that Build Ships For My Virtual Ship Line.

                      This Is My Ship Line Wiki Page
                      http://www.peekarica.com/steampedia/index.php?title=Supreme_Line

                      This Is The Official Website of My Ships
                      http://supremeline.weebly.com/

                      My Old Ships are out of date as i am learning how to build better etc.

                      Hope You Like Them anyway if you have any question please Aks and ill get back to you soon as possible πŸ˜„

                      Waves
                      Supreme Line

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                        Gaieus
                        last edited by 12 Oct 2011, 13:30

                        Hi Ryan and welcome!

                        There are a couple of ship-makers here as well.

                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=20385&p=170602
                        or
                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=33757&p=296873

                        Have fun!

                        Gai...

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                          Supreme Line
                          last edited by 12 Oct 2011, 13:38

                          @gaieus said:

                          Hi Ryan and welcome!

                          There are a couple of ship-makers here as well.

                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=20385&p=170602
                          or
                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=33757&p=296873

                          Have fun!

                          Thank You Gaieus

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                            Gaieus
                            last edited by 12 Oct 2011, 13:47

                            You welcome. I hope you do not mind me linking to those two, superb models. As you can see, you still have some things to improve in your ships (not as if I had ever modelled anything close to those ships linked either).

                            Gai...

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                              Supreme Line
                              last edited by 12 Oct 2011, 13:54

                              @gaieus said:

                              You welcome. I hope you do not mind me linking to those two, superb models. As you can see, you still have some things to improve in your ships (not as if I had ever modelled anything close to those ships linked either).

                              Yeah I know I am working on RMS Netherlandic this is my 3rd month on it now and its looking amazing lots more still to do though.

                              Wiki Page of Netherlandic
                              http://www.peekarica.com/steampedia/index.php?title=RMS_Netherlandic

                              Waves
                              Supreme line

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                                Plastic.Spaceman
                                last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 11:03

                                Hi All

                                My name is George, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. I am new to Sketchup and 3D modelling. I have dabbled in the program a few times, but I am keen to learn more, and create some more 3D models. Mainly for my wargaming hobby. I want to build various items in the 28mm (1:56) scale area, which may or may not end up being printed.

                                I look forward to learning a whole lot more about sketchup, as well as being active on these forums.

                                See you around the forums.

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                                  mitcorb
                                  last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 12:30

                                  Welcome, George:
                                  Enjoy your adventure.

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

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                                    xphatjunkie
                                    last edited by 17 Oct 2011, 07:50

                                    Hello there newbie here,

                                    Im an assistant Landscape Designer working in Hong Kong, nationality from Indonesia...

                                    please kindly advice from the SU master here, anyway is there any forum in here that provides for landscape architect forum related with SketchUp tools?

                                    regards
                                    rocks

                                    😎

                                    a Landscape Architect. Born in Indonesia. Live in Hong Kong

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                                      Marcos989
                                      last edited by 2 Nov 2011, 16:21

                                      Hello!

                                      I am a greenhorn to SketchUp. I have re-trained recently at my advanced age of 55 and am now a underwater inspector, required to produce drawings of inspected components, so I need to get going with this software.
                                      I do have one question now....the plugin for engineers (3skeng) costs quite a bit and I see nothing else that is free. Most of my drawing is oil platforms, piping, valves ect....from the very little I have seen so far there is not much of this in the warehouse.
                                      Any recommendations?
                                      Likely, I need to just spend time, read, explore and be patient but thought I would ask now.

                                      I was introduced to this prgrm via an engineer on the last job and he made no bones about it that I need to learn this now and quickly. So I am just trying to watch the available video tutorials some what in order. So far they all deal with architectural items.....no engineering ....yet.

                                      Anyway, hello folks... πŸ‘

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                                        last edited by 2 Nov 2011, 17:24

                                        Hi Mark,

                                        There isn't an alternative to Skeng unfortunately.

                                        We've another member here who's involved in the same industry. He's name is Ken and he might help with some techniques.

                                        But it's best to start with a problem then members here usually offer guidance.

                                        We've a moderator named Jean who uses SketchUp in engineering also.

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                          tfdesign
                                          last edited by 2 Nov 2011, 23:13

                                          Hi Mark.

                                          I'm also an engineer whose primary CAD Package was Solidworks (although I also dabble in architecture). The problem was that I couldn't afford a seat of Solidworks, so I tried SketchUp instead. Although you need to think a little more, all the tools are essentially there.

                                          You may want to look at the Driving Dimensions plugin for SU too. This allows parametric editing ala Solidworks or Spaceclaim. There's a free version of this plugin.

                                          Tom

                                          And welcome to SketchUcation too! πŸ˜„

                                          My book "Let's SketchUp!" Download from here

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