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    • R Offline
      rumcajs
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      @gaieus said:

      Because that screenshot was made of SU version 6 and you have 8. Use the "Add location" button (and you do not need GE for it either any more)

      [attachment=0:a0ojlzo7]<!-- ia0 -->add-location.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:a0ojlzo7]

      Maybe if you will show me the trick how to change imaginary source in that "Add loctation" window. But for me it is unusable now, because, and I repeat it again, the source from Google Maps is blured and low quality. So that is the reason why I don't use Google Maps for making screenshots. But I could install SU version 6 because that should solve my problem. I wonder, why developers of SU degraded the SU8 with removing this feature... 😲

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        They didn't degrade SketchUp, they changed the source for the view and terrain data to Maps instead of Earth because Maps has better terrain data. Just because the area you're interested in is not very high resolution doesn't mean they've degrade SketchUp. Using Google Maps also yields color images whereas the old GE imports were only in black and white. With V8 and Maps you can more easily control the size and shape of the area you import and you can get additional locations into the same SketchUp file.

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          rumcajs
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          I see importing from GE will never work for me. Then it's time for making screenshots...

          But I must think up how to solve the Mash. I must make new mash and project topographic map to create new one.

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
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            Rumcajs, remember that I explained to you how to grab a mesh with the colour imagery projected on it here?
            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=425750#p425750

            Gai...

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              What do you mean by "Google" here? Do you want to upload your model to Google Earth?

              Gai...

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              • R Offline
                rumcajs
                last edited by

                Maybe in future. It is just theoretic. I would like to do it in the way, that I could possibly upload it later.

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                  rumcajs
                  last edited by

                  @gaieus said:

                  Rumcajs, remember that I explained to you how to grab a mesh with the colour imagery projected on it here?
                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=425750#p425750

                  Sure, but the problem is that I must to remake the mash. I am not sure - will Google Earth let me create new mash into my model? Because I need make the mash lower - moat is bellow GE mesh level. Only good thing on importing Google mash is that I can find the water surface with it... And then I need to make my own mash. It is above 10-15 meters of elevation or so.

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
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                    All right. So the case is that you can add a (small) "terrain skirt" (as they call it) in the positive direction but you cannot go below the existing GE terrain. So a most cannot be modelled below the existing GE terrain.

                    Gai...

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                      rumcajs
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                      Ah, then only solution would be to make the model higher, then it should be. Otherwise I could not make the moat there.

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Yes, that could be the only solution but if this terrain skirt is too extensive, they may reject the model.

                        Gai...

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                          rumcajs
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                          I think the model will be extensive and will not suite GE criterions... As I understand street view project, they want the buildings to be as simple as possible. But in my project I try to do it as nice as possible. Hence my model will cost a lot of space (on disk).

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